About the author: Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) lawyer, colonial official, statesman. Governor-General of the Philippines, 1927-29; Secretary of State and Secretary of War in various administrations.
About the diary: The Philippine Diary Project includes such portions of his diary as have been cited in various publications as mentioning, or directly about, the Philippines, primarily when he was Governor-General of the Philippines (1927-29) and Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1940-45).