Woodrow Wilson
During World War I service in the Intelligence Corps, University of Mississippi alum Eric A. Dawson kept an album called the “Book of Gold” which contains a dazzling array of significant signatures, including those of Wilson and five members of the Paris Peace Conference staff. Note the embossed stamp “American Commission on Negotiating Peace” below the signature of presidential advisor Colonel Edward M. House.
Following a 1919 tour to promote the League of Nations, Wilson suffered a severe stroke that left him largely incapacitated. Until the end of his second term, his wife Edith, known as the “Secret President,” took over many of his routine duties, brought select issues to his attention, and delegated others to cabinet members.
Wilson Autograph in “Book of Gold"
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Edith and Woodrow Wilson Photograph
