Louis McHenry Howe Papers, 1912-1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Collection Overview

Title: Louis McHenry Howe Papers, 1912-1936

Primary Creator: Louis McHenry Howe (1871-1936)

Extent: 35.6 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: The Louis Howe papers are seven series arranged chronologically and thereafter alphabetically as follows: Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1913-1921, Personal Papers 1912-1928, Secretary to FDR 1928-1932, Secretary to the President 1933-1936, Personal Papers 1933-1936, Papers of Grace H. Howe 1931-1936, and Papers Donated by Lela Stiles (secretary to Mr. Howe).

Abstract

The Louis McHenry Howe papers chronicle his work for Franklin D. Roosevelt during the years 1912-1936.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The papers of Louis Howe (1912-1936) is a 75 box collection that focuses primarily on his official life as Chief Advisor to the President. As FDR’s most important political adviser, Howe also served as principal secretary to the President during the first term.

The collection contains correspondence and printed material related to Howe’s relationship with Franklin D. Roosevelt as his close associate and political advisor. His papers begin with the start of his work as Assistant to FDR as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and continues up until his death in 1936.

Collection Historical Note

Louis McHenry Howe was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 14, 1871. When Louis was five years old, financial reversals forced the family to move to Saratoga Springs, New York. As a young man, he attended the Saratoga Institute, a private day school, but he had no formal college training. His father had purchased the Saratoga Sun in 1882 and Louis worked for him, eventually taking charge of the publication when his father became ill. He also assumed his father's supplemental position as local reporter for the New York Herald.

In 1906, Howe became involved in an attempt to reform the Democratic Party in New York State. As a newspaperman, Howe was able to serve the anti-Tammany Hall organization in many ways. In 1910, he met the young Senator from Dutchess County, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Drawn together by mutual political interests, the two became close friends. When Roosevelt was ill with typhoid fever during his 1912 campaign for re-election to the State Senate, Howe carried the campaign to a successful conclusion.

Howe went to Washington in 1913 as secretary, and later special assistant, to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. He was mainly a "trouble-shooter" using his political acumen to cut through government red tape.

The eight years in Washington were probably the most stable ones the Howe family ever enjoyed. When Roosevelt contracted polio in 1921, Howe committed himself to the job of secretary, friend and confidant to FDR, which was to be his role for the rest of his life. He was a nurse, business manager and morale booster for FDR. He encouraged FDR to make ship models, which were pitted against other models in challenge cup races. Howe wrote skits and poems and made up watercolor booklets about experiences he and Roosevelt shared. One such story was "The Log of the Houseboat Larooco," (located in the Roosevelt Family, Business and Personal Papers). He also managed to keep Roosevelt's name before the public in anticipation of the time when FDR would be ready to re-enter the political arena. Howe's timetable called for FDR to run for Governor of New York in 1932 and for the Presidency in 1936. The 1928 draft for Governor of Roosevelt changed the timetable, but not the program. Howe managed FDR's gubernatorial campaigns and acted as his secretary and chief advisor during the two terms as Governor of New York State. In 1932, he and James Farley went to the convention in Chicago to secure the presidential nomination for Roosevelt. After the election, Howe supposedly remarked that he had probably worked himself out of a job. To some degree this was true. Howe lived at the White House and had an office close to the President, but it was no longer possible for him to handle all the demands the job placed on a secretary. He established the first Press Intelligence Service; he was secretary and later executive director of the National Crime Commission; and he was actively involved in plans for the Civilian Conservation Corps and Subsistence Housing projects, particularly Arthurdale, West Virginia.

The heart condition and chronic asthma that had plagued Howe most of his life began to take its toll. He was dangerously ill by April 1935, but even after he was hospitalized in August of that year, he continued to be involved in affairs of government and the plans for the 1936 campaign. He suggested the creation of a Roosevelt Good Neighbor League to organize "non-partisan" clubs throughout the country. This was an effort to involve Republicans who supported Roosevelt but did not wish to be labeled Democrats. Howe did live to see Roosevelt re-elected. He died on April 18, 1936.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.

Use Restrictions: Copyright in these papers has not been donated to the United States Government.

Acquisition Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lela Stiles

Acquisition Method: The majority of the Howe Papers were sent to the Library by President Roosevelt. One container was donated by Lela Stiles, one of Mr. Howe's secretaries.

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Roosevelt Papers - New York State Senator

Roosevelt Papers - Assistant Secretary of the Navy Papers, 1920-1928

Roosevelt Papers - Campaign of 1920

Roosevelt Papers - Campaign of 1924

Roosevelt Papers - Family, Business and Personal

Roosevelt Papers - Papers as Governor of New York

Roosevelt Papers - President's Personal File 2095 Howe, Louis McHenry

Papers from Mary Howe Baker (Restricted)

Democratic Party National Committee Papers

Papers of Mary W. Dewson

Papers of Stephen T. Early

Morgenthau Diaries

New York State Records, Office as Governor, 1928-1932

Scattered materials are found in many other collections

Papers of Lela Stiles

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1921],
[Series 2: Personal Papers, 1912-1928],
[Series 3: Secretary to FDR, 1928-1932],
[Series 4: Secretary to the President, 1933-1936],
[Series 5: Personal Papers, 1933-1936],
[Series 6: Papers of Grace H. Howe, 1931-1936],
[Series 7: Papers Donated by Lela Stiles],
[All]

Series 1: Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1921

This series consists of subject files and a small general correspondence file both arranged alphabetically. The series also contains some oversize material, which is listed at the end of the series.

Box 1

Armor Plate Manufacture
Assist to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, 1913-1921
Bethlehem Steel Company
Boston Navy Yard
Cantonment Adjustment Commission
Carnegie Steel Company
Charleston Navy Yard
Civil Service Commission, March 1917-July 1917

Box 2

Civil Service Commission, August 1917-December 1918
Commissions and Enlistment's, 1913-1917
Commissions and Enlistment's, 1918-1921
Construction and Repair, Bureau of
Council of National Defense: General Munitions Board - Correspondence
Council of National Defense: General Munitions Board - Announcements and Minutes
Counterespionage

Box 3

Daniels, Josephus
Erie Forge
Fore River Shipbuilding
General Electric Company
Housing, 1918-1919 (January 1918-September 1918)
Housing, October 1918-1919

Box 4

Key West Naval Station
Labor and Personnel: Procurement, June 1914-June 1917
Labor and Personnel: Procurement, July 1917-October 1917
Labor and Personnel: Procurement, November 1917-April 1918
Labor and Personnel: Procurement, May 1918-1921
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, February 1917-August 1917

Box 5

Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, September 1917-December 1917
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, January 1918-June 1918
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, July 1918-August 1918
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, September 1918-October 1918
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, November 1918-January 1919

Box 6

Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, February 1919-May 1919
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, June 1919-September 1919
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, October 1919-February 1921
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions, Undated
Labor and Personnel: Wages and Working Conditions: Mare Island Navy Yard
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: card index to Correspondence Container 7

Box 7

Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Files 210-240
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Files 241-242
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Files 243-252
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, 1913-April 1917

Box 8

Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, May 1917
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, June 1917-August 1917
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, September 1917-October 1917
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, November 1917-December 1917
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, January 1918-May 1918
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, June 1918-March 1919

Box 9

Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, April 1918-December 1919
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, 1920-1921
Materials, Machinery and Equipment: Chronological Files, undated
National Labor Adjustment Agencies
National War Board
Naval Consulting Board
Naval Operations, Office of
Navy Allotment Office
Navy Labor Wage Board
Navy Yards: General
Newport

Box 10

Newport Navy Yard, 1914-1917
Newport Navy Yard, 1918-1920
New York Navy Yard: Photographs
Norfolk Navy Yard
Oil
Ordnance Bureau

Box 11

Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - Alexandria, Virginia
Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - Dahlgren, Virginia
Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - Indian Head, Maryland
Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - Lake Denmark, New Jersey
Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - Pacific Coast
Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida
Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - Puget Sound, Washington
Ordnance Shore Stations: Photographs - South Charleston, West Virginia

Box 12

Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1916-1917
Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1918-1920
Portsmouth Navy Yard, 1916-1917
Portsmouth Navy Yard, 1918
Portsmouth Navy Yard, 1919-1921
Puget Sound Navy Yard, 1914-1918
Roosevelt, F. D.,, 1916-1920
Roosevelt, F. D. - Journal of Trip to England and France,, July 1918-August 1918

Box 13

Shipbuilding Conference, June 1920-July 1920
Steam Engineering, Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts, Bureau of
Transportation, 1918
U.S. Shipping Board
War Industries Board
War Labor Policies Board, May 1918-June 1918
War Labor Policies Board, July 1918-August 1918

Box 14

War Labor Policies Board, September 1918-December 1918
War Labor Policies Board: Committee on Relation of Military to Industrial Manpower
War Service Badge
War Surplus Property Lists, #1-83, 1919-1920
War Surplus Property Lists, #84-135, 1919-1920
War Surplus Property Lists, #136-221, 1919-1920

Box 15

War Trade Board
Washington Naval Yard
Women in Industry
General Correspondence: A-L
General Correspondence: M-R
General Correspondence: S-Z
General Correspondence: Miscellaneous

Box 16

Hearing on Wages at Navy Yard, June 11, 1913
Logistics by Paymaster General T.J. Cowie, March 5, 1915
Contract Form, 1917
Diagrams and Blueprints on Naval Housing Projects
Reports on Status of Emergency Plant Extension Work, March 31, 1918
Resolution: War Labor Policies Board to Chairman Felix Frankfurter

Series 2: Personal Papers, 1912-1928

The personal papers series contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence arranged chronologically, materials on FDR’s 1912 campaign, speech drafts, financial statements and correspondence with FDR.

Box 16

Correspondence Relating to FDR's [date] Campaign, 1912
Correspondence, April 1913-December 1913
Correspondence, January 1914-June 1914

Box 17

Correspondence, July 1914-December 1914
Correspondence, January 1915-June 1915
Correspondence, July 1915-December 1915
Correspondence, January 1916-March 1916
Correspondence, April 1916-December 1916
Correspondence, January 1917-August 1917
Correspondence, September 1917-December 1917

Box 18

Correspondence, January 1918-December 1918
Correspondence, January 1919-December 1919
Correspondence, January 1920-August 1920
Correspondence, September 1920-April 1921
Correspondence, 1924
Correspondence, Undated
Drafts of FDR's Speeches
Drama League, Washington, D.C.

Box 19

Bank Books, Statements & Check Stubs, 1916-1920
Correspondence with FDR - Folder 1, 1921-1924
Correspondence with FDR - Folder 2, 1925-1926
Correspondence with FDR - Folder 3, 1927-1928
Correspondence with FDR, Undated

Series 3: Secretary to FDR, 1928-1932

This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence arranged chronologically. Included at the end of this series are subject files on prisons, the campaigns, and a small amount of personal correspondence arranged alphabetically by subject or surname of correspondent and chronologically thereunder.

Box 19

Personal Correspondence, A-Z, 1928-1932
Correspondence, June 1928-March 1929
Correspondence, April 1929-September 1929

Box 20

Correspondence, October 1929-December 1929
Correspondence, Undated
Correspondence, January 1930-March 1930
Correspondence, April 1930-June 1930
Correspondence, July 1930-August 1930
Correspondence, September 1930

Box 21

Correspondence (three folders), October 1930
Correspondence, November 1930-December 1930 and undated
Report from the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor
Program of the National Prison Emergency Committee
State Campaign, Miscellaneous Material Dated and Undated; Poems, 1930

Box 22

New York State Campaign of [date]: Campaign Strate, 1930
New York State Campaign of [date]: County Committee Lis, 1930
Democratic State Convention, Proceedings, September 29, 1930-September 30, 1930
New York State Campaign of [date]: Form Lette, 1930
New York State Campaign of [date]: Publicity & Campaign issu, 1930
New York State Campaign of [date]: Speeches & Speech Materi, 1930
New York State Campaign of [date]: Statisti, 1930

Box 23

FDR Speeches: Hotel Biltmore, October 27, 1930
FDR Speeches: Hunts Point Palace, October 27, 1930
FDR Speeches: Advertising Club, October 28, 1930
FDR Speeches: Yonkers, October 28, 1930
FDR Speeches: Jamaica High School, October 29, 1930
FDR Speeches: Democratic Mass Meeting, Liberty Theater, Staten Island, October 30, 1930
FDR Speeches: Academy of Music, Brooklyn, October 31, 1930
FDR Speeches: Democratic Rally, Carnegie Hall, November 1, 1930
Democratic County Committee Lists, Folder 1, 1930
Democratic County Committee Lists, Folder 2, 1930

Box 24

Miscellaneous Material, Folder 1 - Press Releas, 1926-1932
Miscellaneous Material, Folder 1 - Democratic National Committee: Receipts and Expenditures, 1926
Miscellaneous Material, Folder 1 - Report: "What They Did and What They Didn't Do" Recommendations by Gov. FDR to Legislatures of [date] and action take, 1929-1930
Miscellaneous Material, Folder 1 - Democratic National Committee Erie County Committeem, 1930
Miscellaneous Material, Folder 2 - Report: "Contributions to Independent Citizens Committee for Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert H. Lehman" file, November 26, 1928
Miscellaneous Material, Folder 2 - Press Releas, 1926-1932
Miscellaneous Material, Folder 3 - Speeches and Press Releas, 1926-1932
Radio, Campaign, 1930
Theater Information Blanks, Campai, 1930

Box 25

Correspondence, January 1931-March 1931
Correspondence, April 1931-July 1931
Correspondence, August 1931-December 1931
Correspondence, Undated, 1931
Report: "The Prison Industries of New York State" Volume I
Correspondence related to James A. Farley's Western Trip - Folder 1, July 1931
Correspondence related to James A. Farley's Western Trip - Folder 2, July 1931
Correspondence related to James A. Farley's Western Trip - Folder 3, July 1931

Box 26

Correspondence, January 1932-March 1932
Correspondence, April 1932-June 1932
Correspondence, July 1932-September 1932
Correspondence, October 1932-December 1932
Correspondence, Undated
Financial Papers - Miscellaneous

Box 27

Democratic National Convention, 1932
Reed, Frank W., Case of, 1923-1932
report of Women's Division Activities in Campaign, 1932
Sample Form Letters, Folder 1, 1932
Sample Form Letters, Folder 2, 1932

Box 28

Check Stubs, 1931-1932

Box 29

Check Stubs, 1932-1934

Box 30

Democratic National Committee - Pre-Convention Vouchers, Cancelled Checks, Petty Cash, March 1931-December 1931

Box 31

Democratic National Committee - Pre-Convention Vouchers, Cancelled Checks, Petty Cash, January 1932-March 1932

Box 32

Democratic National Committee - Pre-Convention Vouchers, Cancelled Checks, Petty Cash, April 1932-May 1932

Box 33

Democratic National Committee - Pre-Convention Vouchers, Cancelled Checks, Petty Cash, June 1932-July 1932

Box 34

Democratic National Committee - Pre-Convention Vouchers, Cancelled Checks, Petty Cash, July 1932-February 1933
Women's Division Vouchers, June 1931-April 1932

Box 35

Bank Statements, 1931-1936

Box 36

Financial Papers, 1931-1936
Petty Cash Fund - Miscellaneous

Series 4: Secretary to the President, 1933-1936

Subject files arranged alphabetically. This series also contains some oversize materials, printed matter, scrapbooks, and ledger which are listed at the end of the series.

Box 37

Agriculture Department
Alaska, June 1935-September 1935
Alaska, October 1935-April 1936
Anti-Lynching Bills
Attorney General
Budget
Byrd, Richard E., 1935-1936
C (General)
Cassell, W. Barry, 1933-1935
Census, Agriculture, 1934-1935

Box 38

Civil Service Positions Lists, Tables 1-4, 1933
Civil Service Positions Lists, Tables 5-10; Indiana to Maryland, 1933
Civil Service Positions Lists, Tables Massachusetts to New Yo, 1933
Civilian Conservation Corps - Folder 1, 1933
Civilian Conservation Corps - Folder 2, 1933

Box 39

Civilian Conservation Corps, January 1934-March 1934
Civilian Conservation Corps, April 1934-February 1935
Civilian Conservation Corps - Undated Correspondence Re: Appointments, 1934

Box 40

Civilian Conservation Corps - Hearings before the Committee on Military Affairs, U.S. Senate - CCC Toilet Kits, 1933

Box 41

Commerce Department
Comptroller General
Contracts, 1933
Crime
D (General)
Democratic National Committee, 1933-1934
Democratic National Committee, 1935-1936
Detroit - Natural Gas Situation

Box 42

Democratic State Campaign Finance Committee - New York State
Dewson, Molly, 1933-1934
E-F (General)
Economic Recovery Committee
Emergency Conservation Work
Emergency Conservation Work - Report of Assistant Director, July 27, 1933
Executive Council
Executive Office, White House - Report, 1933

Box 43

Mail - Abstracts, May 2, 1933-June 14, 1933
Mail - Abstracts, June 15, 1933-July 18, 1933
Mail - Abstracts, July 19, 1933-September 14, 1933
Mail - Abstracts, September 15, 1933-November 15, 1933
Editorials - Abstracts, June 10, 1933-October 25, 1933

Box 44

Federal Jobs - Applications: Agriculture - State Department, 1932-1933

Box 45

Federal Jobs - Applications: Federal Home Loan Bank through War Department, 1932-1933
Federal Jobs - Applications: All Departments, 1934
Schedule of Positions

Box 46

Federal Jobs - Applications: White House, 1932-1934

Box 47

Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Federal Power Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Flax
G (General)
H (General)
Hawaii
Herald Tribune Forum, October 1933
Hopkins, Harry L., 1933-1935
Howe, Louis M., and Family, 1933-1936
I-J (General)
Indiana
Industrial Emergency Committee
Inland Gas Corporation - Kentucky Fuel Gas Corporation
Labor Department
Latin America

Box 48

M (General)
MacDonald, Ishbel, 1933-1936
Magazine Articles, Folder 1
Magazine Articles, Folder 2
McIntyre, Marvin, 1933
Maine, Folder 1, 1934
Maine, Folder 2, 1934
Maine, Folder 3, 1934

Box 49

Maine, 1935
Massachusetts
N (General)
National Emergency Council - Folder 1, March 1933-February 1935
National Emergency Council - Folder 2, March 1933-February 1935
National Emergency Council - Folder 1, March 1935-April 1936
National Emergency Council - Folder 2, March 1935-April 1936
National Industrial Recovery Act
National Labor Relations Board
National Recovery Administration
Navy Department
Negroes
Newspaper Code

Box 50

Newspaper Editorial Clippings, Folder 1, 1933
Newspaper Editorial Clippings, Folder 2, 1933
O-P (General)
Peabody, George Fost, 1933
Philippines
Post Office Department
Press Clippings Bureau
Press Intelligence, 1933
Press Intelligence, 1934-1935
Public Works Administration

Box 51

Radio Materials - Folder 1, February 1933-September 1933
Radio Materials - Folder 2, February 1933-September 1933
Radio Materials - Folder 3, February 1933-September 1933
Radio Materials - Folder 1, October 1933-August 1934
Radio Materials - Folder 2, October 1933-August 1934
Radio Materials - Folder 3, October 1933-August 1934

Box 52

Radio Materials, 1934-1935
Radio Materials, Undated
Radio Resource Materials
Rhode Island
Roosevelt, F. D. - Miscellaneous
State Department
Subsistence Housing, Folder 1, 1933
Subsistence Housing, Folder 2, 1933

Box 53

Subsistence Housing, Folder 1, January 1934-May 1934
Subsistence Housing, Folder 2, January 1934-May 1934
Subsistence Housing, Folder 3, January 1934-May 1934
Subsistence Housing, Folder 1, June 1934-January 1935
Subsistence Housing, Folder 2, June 1934-January 1935
Subsistence Housing, Folder 3, June 1934-January 1935

Box 54

Subsistence Housing: Reedsville Experiment Reports, Folder 1, January 1934-August 31, 1935
Subsistence Housing: Reedsville Experiment Reports, Folder 2, January 1934-August 31, 1935
Subsistence Housing: Reedsville Experiment Reports, Folder 3, January 1934-August 31, 1935
Transportation
Treasury Department
Veterans
Walker, Frank C. (See also Executive Council), 1933
Wolf, Charles
Zook, George F., 1933

Box 55

Democratic National Committee Lists, 1936
Employment Opportunities in Educational Programs in Emergency Conservation Work Camps
Excerpts from Treaties of Alliance, March 25, 1933
Memorandum of Enumerated Powers Given to the President by Pending and Existing Legislation Sinc, March 4, 1933

Box 56

Printed Matter

Box 57

Bound Volume - "Trial Balance - State of Montana" *Oversi, 1935 and prior

Box 58

Scrapbook: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" (Volume 5) Newspaper Clippings, October 1, 1930-June 2, 1937

Box 59

Ledger - Women's Division, June 1931-April 1932

Box 60

Ledger - Democratic National Committee, March 19331-February 1933

Box 61

Address File

Series 5: Personal Papers, 1933-1936

Incoming and outgoing correspondence arranged alphabetically by subject or surname of correspondent. Materials found in this series include articles and radio scripts written by Mr. Howe, letters on Mr. Howe’s illness, and invitations, as well as general correspondence.

Box 62

A (General)
Articles, Correspondence regarding
Ba (General)
Be (General)
Bi-Bo (General)
Books
Br (General)

Box 63

Broadcasts, Folder 1, 1933
Broadcasts, Folder 2, 1933
Broadcasts, Folder 3, 1933
Broadcasts -, 1933-1934
Bu-By (General)
Ca-Cl (General)
Clippings
Co (General)

Box 64

Cu-Cz (General)
D (General)
E (General)
Fa-Fi (General)
Fo-Fr (General)
Ga-Ge (General)
Gifts

Box 65

Go-Gu (General)
Ha (General)
He-Hi (General)
Ho-Hu (General)
I (General)
Illness: A
Illness: B
Illness: C

Box 66

Illness: D
Illness: E
Illness: F
Illness: G
Illness: H
Illness: I
Illness: J
Illness: K
Illness: L
Illness: M

Box 67

Illness: N
Illness: O
Illness: P
Illness: R
Illness: S
Illness: T
Illness: V
Illness: W
Illness: X-Z

Box 68

Invitations - Folder 1 - Unarranged, 1933
Invitations - Folder 2 - Unarranged, 1933
Invitations - Folder 3 - Unarranged, 1933
Invitations - Folder 4 - Unarranged, 1933
Invitations - Folder 1 - Unarranged, 1934

Box 69

Invitations - Folder 2 - Unarranged, 1934
Invitations - Folder 3 - Unarranged, 1934
Invitations - Folder 4 - Unarranged, 1934
Invitations - Folder 1 - Unarranged, 1935
Invitations - Folder 2 - Unarranged, 1935

Box 70

Invitations - Folder 1 - Unarranged, 1933-1936
J (General)
K (General)
L (General)
Ma (General)

Box 71

Mc (General)
Me-Mi (General)
Mo-Mu (General)
N (General)
Nonnemacher, F.T. - Maunscript: My Country by FREDTNOR (pseudo)
O (General)

Box 72

Pa (General)
Pe-Pu (General)
Q (General)
Ra-Ri (General)
Ro-Ry (General)
Sa-Sc (General)
Se-So (General)
Smith, Samuel B. - Manuscript: American Samoa and the Samoans

Box 73

Sp-Sy (General)
T (General)
U (General)
V (General)
Wa-We (General)
Wh-Wy (General)
X-Z (General)

Series 6: Papers of Grace H. Howe, 1931-1936

This series contains the correspondence of Mrs. Howe and is arranged chronologically.. Much of the material concerns Mr. Howe’s last illness and his death.

Box 74

General Correspondence, 1931-1933
General Correspondence, 1934
General Correspondence, January 1935-July 1935
General Correspondence, August 1935-December 1935
General Correspondence, January 1936-May 1936
General Correspondence - A-C, April 1936
General Correspondence - D-G, April 1936
General Correspondence - H-K, April 1936
General Correspondence - L-O, April 1936
General Correspondence - P-S, April 1936
General Correspondence - T-Z, April 1936

Series 7: Papers Donated by Lela Stiles

This series consists of newspaper clippings, mainly on Mr. Howe’s death, some articles by Mr. Howe and a small amount of correspondence. Arranged by material type.

Box 75

Material presented by Lela Stiles (Secretary to Howe): Handwritten Poem: "Success" by Louis McHenry Howe; "One of a Series of Scratch Board Illustrations of the Allied Leaders," (Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill) (reverse side of each board is a "The Neil House" menu)
Material presented by Lela Stiles (Secretary to Howe): Folder 2-4: Newspaper clippings, mainly on Howe's death, articles by Howe, and a small amount of correspondence