Scope and Contents The career papers, 1804-1961, of Coert du Bois mainly consists of letters, notes, and diaries reflecting du Bois' service in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant and Chief of Engineers with the 10th Engineers in France (1917-1918); State Dept as Consul to Naples (1920) and to Port Said (1922); administrator of the Visa Office in Washington, D.C. (1924-1927); Consul general at Batavia, Java (1927-1930); foreign service inspector at Naples, Italy (1931-1937); a member of the Anglo-American Caribbean...