The Paris Peace Conference has been the subject of voluminous historical and rhetorical study. (2) Further, there are many sources that contain information about Colonel House's activities in the absence of President Wilson at the conference. These include collections of original documents, such as The Intimate Papers of Colonel House (1928) edited by Charles Seymour and The Papers of Woodrow Wilson (1966-92) edited by Arthur Link, recollections/memoirs, such as Robert Lansing's The Peace Negotiations, a Personal Narrative (1921) and Ferdinand Czernin's Versailles 1919 (1964) and scholarly works, such as Wilson and His Peace Makers (1986) by Arthur Walworth and The Versailles Settlement (1991) by Alan Sharp. There is also an enormous popular press devoted to the history of the peace conference, such as Woodrow Wilson and the Lost Peace (1944) by Thomas Bailey and Mr. House of Texas (1940) by Arthur Howden.
For this particular paper, the major works consulted were Wilson and His Peacemakers (1986) by Arthur Walworth, which covered the major events of the conference while Wilson was in America. This work was particularly helpful in establishing the chronological order of events at the conference. The Versailles Settlement Peacemaking in Paris, 1919 (1991) by Alan Sharp gave a broader picture of the conference and helped to understand "The German Settlement." Sharp provided a background introduction on the "Rhineland" and gave a history of the issue.
Collections of original document sources used were The Papers of Woodrow Wilson (1966-92), edited by Arthur Link, which contained diary notes and the correspondence of President Wilson and included some excerpts from House's diary. The Intimate Papers of Colonel House (1928), edited by Charles Seymour, provided a first hand view of Houses perspective.
For background information, the following books were valuable. Woodrow Wilson and the Lost Peace (1944), by Thomas Bailey, covered the period of what happened while Wilson was absent. Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House (1956), by Alexander and Juliette George, gave an understanding of House and Wilson's relationship. Finally, Mr. House of Texas (1940), by Arthur Howden, was a biography of House which contributed to an understanding of House's own behavior at the conference.