Barbara F. Gellman Papers, 1940-1991

Collection Overview

Title: Barbara F. Gellman Papers, 1940-1991

ID: 30/32/

Creator: Gellman, Irwin F.

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement: This collection in arranged into six series: 1. Correspondence and Photocopies 2. Manuscript Material 3. Rockefeller Interviews 4. Drew Pearson Papers 5. Subject Files 6. Research Notes

Date Acquired: 03/09/1992

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collections consists of correspondence, interviews, clippings, and other materials related to the research and writing of Irwin F. Gellman's book Secret Affairs: FDR, Cordell Hull and Sumner Welles (2003).

Administrative Information

Accruals: After the initial accession in March 1992 (manuscript of Secret Affairs: FDR, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles and research files), the following materials were added: copies of documents from Drew Pearson Papers, 1933-1950 (June 7, 1993), correspondence, photocopies, and research notes (February 6, 2008).

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

Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

Acquisition Source: Irwin F. Gellman

Acquisition Method: Gift

Related Materials: Personal Papers of Drew Pearson (Lyndon Baines Johnson Library). For more information please see http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/holdings/Findingaids/Personal/Pearson/DPFNO.asp.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence and Photocopies

test Includes both Irwin Gellman's own correspondence relating to his research and copies of correpondence among members of FDR's administration.

Box 1

Correspondence and Photocopies (1)
Correspondence and Photocopies (2)
Correspondence and Photocopies (3)
Correspondence and Photocopies (4)

Series 2: Manuscript Materials

test Draft mansucript of Secret Affairs: FDR. Cordell Hull and Sumner Welles; Draft of Unpublished Article "Cordell Hull's Role in Good Neighbor Diplomacy".

Box 1

Secret Affairs Manuscript (1)
Secret Affairs Manuscript (2)
Secret Affairs Manuscript (3)
Draft of unpublished article "Cordell Hulls Role in Good Neighbor Policy"

Series 3: Nelson A. Rockefeller Interviews

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Box 2: Reminiscences of Nelson A Rockefeller, 1951-1952 .

Box 3: Reminiscences of Nelson A Rockefeller, 1951-1952; Interview of Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller by Professor Gellman, 1976.

Box 2

Reminiscences of Nelson A. Rockefeller (1)
Reminiscences of Nelson A. Rockefeller (2)
Reminiscences of Nelson A. Rockefeller (3)
Reminiscences of Nelson A. Rockefeller (4)
Reminiscences of Nelson A. Rockefeller (5)
Reminiscences of Nelson A. Rockefeller (6)
Reminiscences of Nelson A. Rockefeller (7)

Box 3

Reminiscences of Nelson A. Rockefeller (8)
Nelson Rockefeller Interview (1), 1976
Nelson Rockefeller Interview (2), 1976

Series 4: Drew Pearson Papers, 1933-1968

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Consists mainly of materials copied from the Personal Papers of Drew Pearson at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.

Box 3: Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library

Box 4: Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library; Drew Pearson's File from Washington Merry-Go-Round

Box 3

Drew pearson Papers From LBJ Library (1)
Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library (2)
Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library (3)
Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library (4)
Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library (5)

Box 4

Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library (6)
Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library (7)
Drew Pearson Papers from LBJ Library (8)

Series 5: Subject Files

test Principal subjects include Cordell Hull, Sumner Welles and homosexuality charge, and Irwin Gellman and the F.B.I. re. Gellman's requests under the Freedom of Information Act. Boxes 4-6, arranged alphabetically.

Box 4

Drew Pearson's File from Washington Merry-Go-Round on Hull, Wells, Moore, and Bullitt
William Bullitt and the State Department
James Byrnes Manuscript re Presidential Election, 1940 Clemson University
William Carr Manuscript, Library of Congress
Laurence Duggan
James Farley Manuscript, Library of Congress
Irwin Gellman and the FBI
Cordell Hull/FDR Meeting, July 3, 1940, Library of Congress
Cordell Hull, Medical
Cooper Milner, "The Public Life of Cordell Hull: 1907-1942" - part of PhD Thesis
Cordell Hull in Retirement - Various Newspapers
Cordell Hull Foundation (part of Warren Austin manuscript, University of Vermont)
Frances Hull
RA Humphreys, Latin America and World War II

Box 5

Richard Harrison Published and Unpublished articles
Krock Message
Little White House
George Milton Manuscript, Library of Congress
Miscellaneous Published and Unpublished Material
R. Walton Moore File
R. Walton Moore Home in Fairfax, Virginia
R. Walton Moore Maps
James Roosevelt, Death of, August 1991
Franklin D. Roosevelts Train to and from Jasper, Alabama, September 1940
A Philip Randolf on Train to and from Jasper, Alabama, September 1940
US Policy toward Jews in World War II
Frank C. Walker, Diary - Hull's Health, October 1944
Moving of Warm Springs Foundation to University of California, Irvine, April 1988
Michael Wible, "A Strange Odyssey: The Sumner Welles Mission to Europe, 1940"

Box 6

Bar Harbor - Welles
Benjamin Welles to Irwin Gellman
FBI and Sumner Welles File
Memo to FBI File re Sumner Welles FIle and Hull, James B. Reston
Welles and Homosexuality in the 1940's
Welles and Hull and their Jewish Connective
Oxon Hill Manor - Sumner Welles estate in Prince George's County, MD
Sumner Welles in Retirement, New York TImes

Series 6: Research Notes

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Box 6: Research Notes (1 folder)

Boxes 7-19: Research Note Cards