James S. Carson (December 9, 1874 - August 8, 1960) was chairman of Colonial Trust Company, corporate executive and Spanish–American War veteran.
James Carson started his career as a college professor but eventually became a reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle then joined the Associated Press and established its first Latin American bureau.
In 1939, Carson, along with John L. Merrill, president, Central & South American Telegraph Company predecessor to the Atlantic Cable and Undersea Communications, Robert De F. Boomer from the Authority on Latin America and Herman G. Brock, VP Guaranty Trust Company all who established the VAA, founded the Peruvian-American Association and Carson served on its board of directors.
His work and reports have been cited in several books including Uneven Encounters: Making Race and Nation in Brazil and the United States, by Micol Seigel.
[9] For the 1939 New York World's Fair, Carson pitched Grover Whalen on the idea of having a "Pan America" exhibit.