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Collection Overview

Title: Sumner Welles Papers

Primary Creator: Welles, Sumner

Extent: 113.14 Cubic Feet

Arrangement:

The Papers are divided into 14 series.

Prior to accession into the FDR Library, the collection was in the possession of Benjamin Welles, son of Sumner Welles. While in Benjamin Welles’ possession, the collection was arranged through the work of several scholars, as well as Benjamin Welles himself. This work resulted in the creation of several indexes. The scholars included Terry E. Nadeau of the Ford Foundation who did the basic organizing of the collection: removing it from storage containers, placing it in filing cabinets, and creating most of the card file, 1919-1943. The card file was completed by Mrs. Frank W. Graff, whose husband did extensive research in the papers during 1972-74. Mrs. Graff also developed the cross-filing system while assisting in the research of her husband and Mr. Benjamin Welles.

Researchers should note several filing inconsistencies in the Welles Papers. (1) Names beginning with de or d', such as D'Alessandro, were filed both under the letter D and the letter A. (2) Again, correspondence with an individual may be filed under the person's name or the institution. (3) Finally, in cases of Spanish double surnames, e.g. Maximino Avila Camacho, letters were filed under both names. Although efforts were made to regularize (1) and (3), researchers should check under both letters to be certain, and also consult the card file.

Abstract

The Sumner Welles Papers contain historical manuscript materials ranging in date from 1909 to 1959. The bulk relate to Welles' tenure as Assistant Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State, from 1933-1943. Materials include personal and official correspondence, speech and article files, scrapbooks, and documentation from other repositories gathered by family and scholars following Welles' death.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Sumner Welles Papers contain approximately 113 cu. ft. of historical manuscript materials, ranging in date from 1909 to 1959, the bulk related to Welles' tenure as Assistant Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State, from 1933-1943. Materials include personal and official correspondence, speech and article files, scrapbooks, and documentation from Welles' work abroad. There is also a small subject index, and special card indexes for Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Major Correspondents, and a carded chronology of major events in the life of Sumner Welles. There is also information pertaining to his resignation in 1943. Box 91 contains some of these papers, including one folder with the title “Resignation Letters.”

Finally, there are copies of correspondence from various repositories which Mr. Benjamin Welles accumulated during the course of his research on his father's life. These are filed in chronological order at the end of the collection (Series 13).

Additional information may be found in the Barbara L. Gellman Collection. The Gellman collection consists of documents, notes, and other materials assembled by Irwin F. Gellman for his book Secret Affairs, Franklin Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995).

Collection Historical Note

Benjamin Sumner Welles (October 14, 1892 – September 24, 1961) was a US diplomat and government official, who served in the presidential administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 until 1943.

Born in New York City on October 14, 1892, he was the son of Benjamin Sumner Welles Jr. and Frances Wyeth Swan. Welles preferred to go by the name Sumner, as opposed to his given name of Benjamin.

Sumner attended Harvard College, in the study of economics, as well as Iberian literature and culture. After graduation in 1914, Sumner entered the US State Department in the Foreign Service, on the advice of family friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Welles and Roosevelt families were connected through marriage and other acquaintances. Welles’ first assignment overseas was as the third secretary in the US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.

On April 14, 1915, Welles married Esther Slater. They had two children: Benjamin (1916) and Arnold (1918).

Welles became a specialist in Latin American affairs, also becoming fluent in Spanish. In 1919, he served in an appointment in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1921, Welles was appointed head of the Division of Latin American Affairs, by Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes. In March 1922, Welles resigned from the State Department over disagreement with the US Policy of using the military to protect business interests. In 1923, he returned at the request of Secretary Hughes, as special commissioner to the Dominican Republic.

Also in 1923, Welles’ wife, Esther, obtained a divorce from him on grounds of abandonment.

In 1924, President Coolidge appointed Welles mediator of a political dispute in Honduras, which resulted in a treaty. Welles then married Mathilde Scott Townsend on June 27, 1925. He was shortly thereafter dismissed by President Coolidge concerning Mathilde, who was recently divorced from the President’s friend, U.S. Senator Peter Gerry of Rhode Island.

Over the next seven years, Welles turned to writing a history of the Dominican Republic, Naboth’s Vineyard: The Dominican Republic, 1844-1924 (1928). He also served as an unofficial advisor to the Dominican Republic’s President, Horacio Vásquez.

In 1932, Welles assisted the Roosevelt presidential campaign on issues of foreign policy. The following year, President Roosevelt appointed Welles Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs. Within weeks however, he would be appointed special envoy to Cuba, to help resolve political unrest there.

In 1937, Welles was appointed Under Secretary of State by Roosevelt. As Under Secretary, Welles would become a trusted advisor of the President on foreign affairs. He developed a rivalry with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, which led to conflict within the department, as Roosevelt tended to favor both men. Welles led the U.S. delegation to the Pan American Conference in September, 1939. He would visit Europe in early 1940, to assess conditions there and to present U.S. peacemaking proposals to the war’s combatants. During his time as Under Secretary, Welles opposed the adjustment of immigration quotas to allow more Jews to escape from Germany in the late 1930s.

On July 23, 1940, while in the role of Acting Secretary of State, Welles publicly condemned the Soviet Union’s annexation of the Baltic States. Known as the “Welles Declaration,” it refused US recognition of Soviet control there.

In September, 1940, Welles accompanied FDR to Alabama for the funeral of House Speaker William B. Bankhead. On the return journey by train, while intoxicated, Welles solicited sex from two male African American porters. Reports of the incident were leaked to former US Ambassador to France, William Bullitt. Bullitt, who disliked Welles, and who sided with Hull in his rivalry with Welles, met with President Roosevelt to persuade Welles’ removal. Roosevelt felt the story was a libel campaign, and refused. Bullitt then reached out to Vice President Henry A. Wallace and Secretary Hull. Hull moved to dismiss Welles, and Bullitt next leaked the information to U.S. Senator Owen Brewster, a Roosevelt opponent. Brewster threatened a Senate inquiry. Now on the edge of a scandal, Roosevelt accepted Welles’ resignation on September 30, 1943.

After his resignation, Welles returned to speak for international causes, such as the formation of what would become the United Nations, an end to colonialism, and the establishment of Israel.

In 1944, he authored the book A Time for Decision (Harper & Brothers, 1944), in which he advocated the realignment of Germany’s borders, and the relocation of ethnic Germans, as well as the political division of Germany into 3 separate states. He also advocated for a European customs union, and the transfer of populations in Europe to align closer to international boundaries.

Welles also served as a commentator of international affairs, working with ABC Radio to provide radio commentary of the San Francisco Conference of the United Nations, in April, 1945.

He authored We Need Not Fail (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1948) which advocated a two state solution for Palestine and the establishment of the State of Israel, within an economic union. He received praise for his support of the establishment of Israel.

On December 7, 1948, Welles appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was questioned on concerns of Soviet espionage in the State Department over the Alger Hiss Case. Later that month he suffered a heart attack. He continued to be both directly and indirectly effected by the investigations into Communist activity in the Federal Government by US Senator Joseph McCarthy, for several years. His wife, Mathilde, died of peritonitis in 1949 while on vacation in Switzerland with Welles.

Welles married a third time, this time to Harriette Appleton Post, a childhood friend, on January 8, 1952.

Welles died on September 24, 1961, at age 68, in Bernardsville, New Jersey. He is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, in Washington, D.C.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: None

Use Restrictions: The writings of Franklin D. Roosevelt within this collection are in the public domain. The official writings of United States government officials within this collection are in the public domain. The writings of Eleanor Roosevelt within this collection are subject to Mrs. Roosevelt's literary estate. All other materials are subject to the United States Copyright law, 17 U.S.C. 101, et seq. Copyright in the unpublished writings of Sumner Welles was donated to the United States Government

Acquisition Source: Benjamin Welles

Acquisition Method:

The Sumner Welles Papers arrived at the Roosevelt Library in July 1995 and were processed by the archives staff and opened in the spring of 1996.

The collection was donated by Mr. Benjamin Welles.

Related Materials: The Papers of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; Franklin D. Roosevelt: Papers pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs; Franklin D. Roosevelt: Papers as Assistant Secretary of the Navy; and Franklin D. Roosevelt: Papers as President of the United States, 1933 -1945; also the papers of Adolf A. Berle, Francis P. Corrigan, Herbert C. Pell, Isador Lubin, Rexford G. Tugwell, Lowell Mellet, Samuel I. Rosenman, David Gray and Henry Wallace; Louis Fischer Papers, 1938-1948; Barbara F. Gellman Papers, 1940-1991; Sumner Welles: FDR’s Global Strategist (Benjamin Welles, St. Martin’s Press, 1997); Secret Affairs: Franklin Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles (Irwin F. Gellman, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995).

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal Business, 1909-1950],
[Series 2: Office Correspondence, 1920-1943],
[Series 3: Personal Correspondence, 1943-1950],
[Series 4: Major Correspondents, 1925-1950],
[Series 5: Welles Mission, January-April 1940],
[Series 6: State Department Posts, 1920-1932],
[Series 7: Europe Files, 1933-1943],
[Series 8: Latin America Files, 1933-1943],
[Series 9: Postwar Foreign Policy Files, 1940-1943],
[Series 10: Speeches and Articles Files, 1928-1951],
[Series 11: Appointment Diaries, 1934-1943],
[Series 12: Scrapbooks],
[Series 13: Copies of Sumner Welles Documents, 1915-1943],
[Series 14: Additional Subject Indexes],
[All]

Series 2: Office Correspondence, 1920-1943

Arranged in alphabetical order by year under surname or subject. Contains Welles' general correspondence at the State Department. Correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Drew Pearson, Ives Gammell, and Charles Curtis is under Major Correspondents series. For correspondence with Eleanor Roosevelt, also consult correspondence with Malvina Thompson, her secretary.

Welles was Assistant Chief and then Chief, Latin American Affairs Division, 1920-22, Assistant Secretary of State, 1933-37 and Under Secretary of State, 1937-43.

(Boxes 23-93)

Box 23

Correspondence, 1906
Correspondence, 1920-1921
Correspondence, 1922
Correspondence, 1923-1924
Correspondence, 1925
A-M, 1926
N-W, 1926
Rowe,L. S., 1926
A-L, 1927
M-W, 1927
A-F, 1928
G-M, 1928
N-P, 1928
R-Z, 1928

Box 24

A-L, 1929
M-W, 1929
A-L, 1930
M-V, 1930
Correspondence, 1931
Correspondence, 1932
Democratic Campaign, 1932
Democratic Campaign: Clippings, 1932

Box 25

Adams, Frederick B., 1933-1936
Al, 1933-1936
Am-An, 1933-1936
Angulo, Rafael Maria, 1933-1936
April, 1933
Ar-Ay, 1933-1936
Armour, Norman, 1933-1936
Armsby, Walter H., 1933-1936
Ba-Be, 1933-1936

Box 26

Berle, Adolf A., 1933-1936
Bi-Bo, 1933-1936
Br-By, 1933-1936
Braden, Spruille, 1933-1935
Braden, Spruille, January-March 1936
Braden, Spruille, April-July 1936
Braden, Spruille, August-October 1936
Buell, Raymond L., 1933-1934
Buell, Raymond L., 1935-1936

Box 27

Burke, John J., 1933-1936
Burke, John J., 1936
Ca, 1933-1936
Ce-Cl, 1933-1936
Co-Cu, 1933-1936
Chaco Peace, December 1936
Condolences: Welles' Illness, 1935
Council on Foreign Relations, 1933-1936

Box 28

Crooks, Esther, 1933-1936
Cuban Moratorium, 1934
Cuban Political Situation, 1934-1935
Cuban Trade Agreement, 1933-1934
Da-del, 1933-1936
Daniels, Josephus, January-June 1936
Daniels, Josephus, July-October 1936
Davis, 1933-1936
Dem-Du, 1933-1935
Dearing, Fred Morris, 1933-1934
Dearing, Fred Morris, 1935
Dearing, Fred Morris, 1936

Box 29

de la Rue, Sidney, 1933-1936
Democratic Convention, 1936
Democratice Party in Maryland, 1936
Democratic National Committee, 1936
Dominian, Leon, 1934-1935
Duggan, Lawrence, 1933-1935
Duggan, Lawrence, 1936
E, 1933-1936

Box 30

Fa-Fo, 1933-1936
Fr-Fu, 1933-1936
Ga-Ge, 1933-1936
Gi-Go, 1933-1936
Gibson, Hugh, 1934
Gibson, Hugh, 1935
Gibson, Hugh, 1936
Godoy, Raul, 1933-1936
Gomez, Miguel, 1933-1936
Gonzales, Antonio, 1933-1936

Box 31

Gordon, George, 1933-1936
Gr, 1933-1936
Gu, 1933-1936
Ha, 1933-1936
Hamecker, H. O., 1933-1936
He, 1933-1936
Herrera, Alberto, 1933-1936
Hi, 1933-1936
Ho-Hu, 1933-1936
I, 1933-1936

Box 32

Instituto Cubano De Estab. Del Azucar, 1934
Invitations, 1934
Invitations, 1935-1936
J, 1933-1936
K, 1933-1936
La, 1933-1936
Landa, Manuel, 1934
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1934-1936
Lazo, Mario, 1935-1936

Box 33

Le, 1933-1936
Leticia (Columbia-Peru)
Li-Ll, 1933-1936
Lo, 1933-1936
Long, Boaz, 1935-1936
Lufriu, Rene, 1934-1936
Ma, 1933-1936
Magruder, L. Hampton, 1934-1936
Mc, 1933-1936
McIntyre, Marvin, 1933-1936
Me-Mi, 1933-1936
Mo-Mu, 1933-1936

Box 34

Monsees, Carl, 1935-1936
Montoulieu, Edwardo, 1933-1936
Morales, Angel, 1933
Morales, Angel, 1934
Morales, Angel, 1935
Morales, Angel, 1936
N, 1933-1936
Norweb, R. Henry, 1936
O, 1933-1936
Pa, 1933-1936
Patchin, Robert H., 1933-1936

Box 35

Pe, 1933-1936
Ph-Py, 1933-1936
Philip Hoffman, 1935-1936
Puerto Rico, 1935-1936
Q, 1933-1936
Ra-Ri, 1933-1936
Ramirez, Sala A., 1933-1936
Replogle, J. F., 1933
Ro, 1933-1936
Roberts, Clarence, 1933-1935
Rodriguez, 1933-1936
Rodriguez, Juan Luis, 1935-1936
Rounsevell, Nelson, 1934-1935
Rowe, L. S., 1933

Box 36

Rowe, L. S., 1934
Rowe, L. S., 1935-1936
Ru, 1933-1936
Sa, 1933-1936
Sack, Leo R., 1935-1936
Sc, 1933-1936
Schoenfeld, H. F. Arthur, 1934
Schoenfeld, H. F. Arthur, January-July 1935
Schoenfeld, H. F. Arthur, August-December 1935
Schoenfeld, H. F. Arthur, 1936
Scholarships, 1935-1936
Se-Si, 1933-1936
Secretary of State, 1934-1935
Sm, 1933-1936

Box 37

So-Sta, 1933-1936
State Department Personnel, 1933-1936
Ste-Sw, 1933-1936
Steinhart, Frank, 1933-1936
Strode, Hudson, 1933-1936
Strong, Richard U., 1933-1936
Sugar
Summerlin, George T., 1935-1936
Ta-Th, 1933-1936
Tennant, Henry F., 1933-1936
Ti-Ty, 1933-1936
Tobacco, 1935-1936
Torriente, Cosme de la, 1933-1934
Torriente, Cosme de la, 1935-1936
U, 1933-1936

Box 38

V, 1933-1936
Velazquez, Federico, 1933
Visiting List
Wa-We, 1933-1936
Weddell, Alexander, 1934-1936
Welles, Sumner: Mail Forwarded, 1935
Wh, 1933-1936
Wi, 1933-1936
Wilson, Edwin C., 1933-1936
Wilson, Hugh R., 1934
Wo-Wr, 1933-1936
XYZ, 1933-1936
Young Democratic Clubs of Maryland, 1933-1934
Young Democratic Clubs of Maryland, 1934-1938

Box 39

A, 1937
Armour, Norman, 1937
Ba-Bi, 1937
Berenson, Lawrence, 1937
Berle, Adolf A., 1937
Bo-By, 1937
Boal, Pierre de L., 1937
Braden, Spruille, January-March 1937
Braden, Spruille, April-June 1937
Braden, Spruille, July-December 1937
Buell, Raymond L., 1937
Bullitt, William C., 1937
Burke, Thomas (CCC Proposal), 1937
Butler, Nicholas M., 1937
C, 1937
Caffery, Jefferson, May-October 1937

Box 40

Caffery, Jefferson, November-December 1937
Conboy, Martin, 1937
Da-De, 1937
Daniels, Josephus, 1937
Davies, Joseph, 1937
Davis, Norman, 1937
Dearing, Fred M., January-May 1937
Dearing, Fred M., October-December 1937
DeBayle, Luis Manuel, 1937
DeLaRue, Sydney, 1937
Denman, Mrs. William, 1937
Di-Dy, 1937
Duggan, Lawrence, 1937
Duggan, Stephen, 1937
E, 1937
F, 1937
Fenneman, Lawrence B., 1937
Foreign Affairs, 1937

Box 41

Ga-Go, 1937
Gibson, Hugh R., 1937
Godoy, Raul, 1937
Gonzales, Antonio, 1937
Gordon, George, 1937
Gr-Gu, 1937
Gunther, Franklin M., 1937
Ha, 1937
Harnecker, L. O., 1937
Harrison, Leland, 1937
He-Hu, 1937
Hill, John Philip, 1937
Hull, Cordell, 1937
I-J, 1937
Johnson, Herschel, 1937
K, 1937

Box 42

Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1937
La, 1937
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1937
Le-Lu, 1937
LeHand, Marguerite, 1937
Long, Boaz, 1937
Lozada, Enrique, 1937
Ma, 1937
McIntyre, Marvin, 1937
Matthews, H. Freeman, 1937
Mayer, Ferdinand, 1937
Me-Mu, 1937
Menefee, Elizabeth, 1937
Monsees, Carl H., 1937
Morales, Angel, 1937
Muliken, Kent, 1937

Box 43

N-O, 1937
Norweb, R. Henry, 1937
Pa-Pe, 1937
Pell, Herbert C.
Ph-Pu, 1937
Philip Hoffman, 1937
Q, 1937
Ra-Rob, 1937
Reorganization of State Dept., 1937
Rod-Ru, 1937
Rowe, L. S., 1937
Sa-Sc, 1937
Schoenfeld, H. E. Arthur, 1937
Sh-Ste, 1937
Steinhart, Frank, 1937
Sto-Sw, 1937

Box 44

Sugar, 1937
T, 1937
Tomlinson, Edward, 1937
U-V, 1937
W, 1937
Weddell, Alexander, 1937
Wilson, Edwin C., 1937
Wilson, Orme
Wilson, Hugh R., 1937
Wright, J. Butler, 1937
XYZ, 1937
A, 1938
Armour, Norman, 1938
Ba-Bl, 1938
Berenson, Lawrence, 1938
Bo-Bu, 1938
Boal, Pierre de la, 1938
Bowers, Claude
Braden, Spruille, 1938
Bullitt, William C., 1938

Box 45

C, 1938
Da-De, 1938
Daniels, Josephus, 1938
Davies, Joseph, 1938
De La Rue, Sidney, 1938
Di-Du, 1938
Duggan, Stephen, 1938
E, 1938
F, 1938
Fenneman, Lawrence, 1938
Fizhugh, O. M., 1938
G, 1938
Gonzales, Antonio, 1938
Green, Theodore F., 1938
Gunther, Franklin Mott, 1938
H, 1938

Box 46

Harrison, Leland, 1938
I-J, 1938
Johnson, Herschel, 1938
July 4 Greetings, 1938
K, 1938
L, 1938
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1938
LeHand, Marguerite, 1938
Little Cabinet Dinner, 1938
Long, Boaz, 1938
Ma, 1938
MacLeish, Archibald, 1938
Mayer, Ferdinand, 1938
McIntyre, Marvin, 1938
Me-Mu, 1938
Morales, Angel, 1938

Box 47

N, 1938
Nobel Prize, 1938
Norweb, R. Henry, 1938
O, 1938
Pa-Peo, 1938
Patchin, Robert
Pell, Herbert C.
Per-Pu, 1938
Perales, Alonso S., 1938
Phillips, William, 1938
Pulliam, William E., 1938
Q, 1938
Ra-Rol, 1938
Ready Michael J., 1938
Reed, Edward L., 1938
Refugees, 1938
Rom-Ru, 1938
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1938
Rowe, L. S., 1938
Rublee, George, 1938

Box 48

Sa, 1938
Sc-Si, 1938
Scotten, R. M., 1938
Sk-Sti, 1938
State Department (A-M) Memoranda, 1938
State Department: Consolidation of Foreign Services, 1938
State Department: Secretary of State, 1938
State Department: European Affairs, 1938
State Department Memoranda (by Division), 1938
State Department Memoranda (by Division), 1938
Stearns, Mrs. Clark, 1938
Steinhardt, Lawrence, 1938
Steinhart, Frank, 1938

Box 49

Sto-Su, 1938
Stoddard, Lothrop, 1938
Strode, Hudson, 1938
Summerlin, George T., 1938
Ta-Ti, 1938
Taylor, Myron, 1938
To-Tu, 1938
Tomlinson, Edward, 1938
Torriente, Cosmo, 1938
Treasury Department, 1938
U-V, 1938
Wa-Wel, 1938
War Department, 1938
Weddell, Alexander, 1938
Wes-Wi, 1938

Box 50

Wilson, Hugh R., 1938
Wilson, Orme, 1938
Winship, Blanton, 1938
Wo-Wr, 1938
Wright, J. Butler, 1938
XYZ, 1938
Ad-Am, 1939
Agriculture Department, 1939
An-At, 1939
Armour, Norman, 1939
Ba-Ben, 1939
Ber-Bi, 1939
Bloom, Sol, 1939
Bo-Br, 1939
Boal, Pierre de la, 1939
Braden, Spruille, 1939

Box 51

Bu-By, 1939
Bullitt, William C., 1939
Ca, 1939
Carter, John Franklin, 1939
Ce-Cl, 1939
Co, 1939
Cr-Cu, 1939
Da-De, 1939
Davies, Joseph, 1939
De, 1939
Do-Du, 1939
Doyle, Michael Francis
Duggan, Lawrence, 1939
Duggan, Stephen, 1939

Box 52

E, 1939
Early, Stephen T., 1939
F, 1939
Fenneman, Lawrence, 1939
Form Letters, 1939
Ga-Gi, 1939
Go, 1939
Gonzales, Antonio, 1939
Gr-Gu, 1939
Grady, Henry F., 1939
Green, Theodore Francis, 1939
Griswold, B. Howell, 1939
Grisowld, Mrs. Frank T., 1939
Gunther, Franklin Mott, 1939
Hac-Har, 1939
Harnecker, H. O., 1939
Harriman, Florence J., 1939
Harrison, Leland, 1939

Box 53

Has-He
Hi-Hu, 1939
Hill, John Philip, 1939
I, 1939
Invitations, 1939
Ja-Je, 1939
Ji-Ju, 1939
Johnson, Herschel, 1939
Johnson, Thomas, 1939
K, 1939
Kennedy, Joseph P., 1939
Kent, A. W., 1939
La, 1939
Lancaster, W. W., 1939
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1939
Lazaron, Morris S., 1939

Box 54

Le, 1939
LeHand, Marguerite, 1939
Li-Lu, 1939
Long, Boaz, 1939
Ma, 1939
Mayer, Ferdinand, 1939
Mc, 1939
McIntyre, Marvin, 1939
Me, 1939
Mi, 1939
Mo-My, 1939
Morales, Angel, January-April 1939
Morales, Angel, June-December 1939
N, 1939
Navy Department, 1939
Norweb, R. Henry, 1939

Box 55

O, 1939
Pa, 1939
Patchin, R. H., 1939
Pe, 1939
Pell, Herbert C.
Pi-Pui, 1939
Phillips, William, 1939
Pittman, Key, 1939
Pulliam, William E., 1939
Ra-Ri, 1939
Ready Michael J., 1939
Richberg, Donald, 1939
Ro, 1939
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1939
Rowe, L. S., 1939
Ru-Ry, 1939
Sa, 1939
Sc-Se, 1939

Box 56

Sh-Sp, 1939
Stabler, Mrs. J. Herbert, 1939
Ste, 1939
Sti-Stu, 1939
Su-Sw, 1939
Ta-Thomas, 1939
Taylor, Myron C., 1939
Thompson-Tu, 1939
Torriente, Cosme de la, 1939
Treasury Department, 1939
U-V, 1939
Wa-Wh, 1939
War Department, 1939
War Department, 1939

Box 57

Weddell, Alexander, 1939
Wi-Wr, 1939
Wilcox, Westmore, 1939
Wilson, Edwin C., 1939
Wilson, M. L., 1939
Wright, J. Butler, January-March 1939
Wright, J. Butler, April-June 1939
Wright, J. Butler, July-August 1939
Wright, J. Butler, September-November 1939
XYZ, 1939
Ab-An, 1940
Ar-Av, 1940
Aranha, Oswald, 1940
Armour, Norman, 1940
Arnsby, Walter, 1940
Ba, 1940

Box 58

Be-Bel, 1940
Beaulac, William, 1940
Ben-Ber, 1940
Berenson, Lawrence, 1940
Bi, 1940
Bl, 1940
Bo, 1940
Bowers, Claude, January-July 1940
Bowers, Claude, August-December 1940
Br-By, 1940
Braden, Spruille, 1940
Ca-Cap, 1940
Calderon Guardia, Rafael, 1940
Car, 1940
Cas, 1940
Ce-Ci, 1940
Cl-Co, 1940

Box 59

Corrigan, Frank P., 1940
Cr, 1940
Crain, Bennett, 1940
Cu, 1940
Da, 1940
Daniels, Josephus, 1940
De-Di, 1940
Democratic National Committee, 1940
Do-Du, 1940
E, 1940
Early, Stephen T., 1940
Fa-Fr, 1940
Ga-Go, 1940
Gr-Gu, 1940

Box 60

Griswold, B. Howell, 1940
Gunther, Franklin Mott, 1940
Ha, 1940
Harrison, Leland, 1940
Havana Metting of Foreign Ministers, July 1940
He-Hu, 1940
Hill, John Philip, 1940
Hoover, J. Edgar, 1940
Hopkins, Harry L., 1940
I, 1940
Invitations, 1940
Ja-Je, 1940
Jo, 1940
Johnson, Louis, 1940
Jones, Jesse, 1940

Box 61

Ka-Ke, 1940
Ki-Ku, 1940
Kirk, Alexander, 1940
La, 1940
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1940
Lavarre, William, 1940
Lazaron, Morris, 1940
Le-Lu, 1940
Long, Boaz, 1940
Ma, 1940
Marvin, George, 1940
Mayer, Ferdinand, 1940
Mc, 1940
Me, 1940

Box 62

Messersmith, George, March-April 1940
Messersmith, George, May 1940
Messersmith, George, June 1, 1940-June 15, 1940
Messersmith, George, June 17, 1940-June 29, 1940
Messersmith, George, July 1940
Messersmith, George, August 1940
Messersmith, George, September-October 1940
Messersmith, George, November 1940
Messersmith, George, December 1940
Mi, 1940

Box 63

Mo, 1940
Moffat, J. Pierpont, 1940
Montalvo, Raphael, 1940
Morales, Angel, 1940
Mu, 1940
Na-Ni, 1940
Navy Department, 1940
Neutrality, 1940
No-Nu, 1940
O, 1940
Pa, 1940
Pe, 1940
Pearson, Drew
Ph-Pod, 1940
Phillips, William, 1940

Box 64

Pol-Pu, 1940
Pulliam, William E., 1940
Q, 1940
Ra-Ri, 1940
Rob-Rog, 1940
Robles-Villegas, F., 1940
Rok-Row, 1940
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Rowe, James, 1940
Rowe, L. S., 1940
Ru-Ry, 1940
Sa-Sar, 1940
Sc-Sh, 1940
Scotten, Robert, 1940
Sheehy, Maurice, 1940
Si-Sp, 1940
Sta-Ste, 1940

Box 65

State Memoranda-European, April-May 1940
State Memoranda-European, June-August 1940
State Memoranda-European, September-December 1940
State Memoranda-Far East, 1940
State Memoranda: Berle, A. A., 1940
State Memoranda: Counsellor-Division, 1940
State Memoranda: Dunn-Economic Advisor, 1940
State Memoranda: FA, 1940
State Memoranda: FA, 1940
State Memoranda: Fiscal-Grady, 1940
State Memoranda: Hornbeck-Hartwell Johnson, 1940
State Memoranda: Legal Advisor-Liaison Office, 1940
State Department: Long, Breckinridge, 1940
State Memoranda: Near Eastern-Protocal, 1940
State Memoranda: Secretary-Special Division, 1940
State Memoranda: Trade Agreements- Hugh Wilson, 1940
Sti-Su, 1940

Box 66

Ta-Ty, 1940
To-Ty, 1940
Treasury Department, 1940
U-V, 1940
Wa, 1940
War Department, 1940
We, 1940
Weddell, Alexander, 1940
White House, 1940
Wi-Wr, 1940
Wilson, Edwin C.- Warden, 1940
XYZ, 1940

Box 67

Ac-Al, 1941
Am-An, 1941
Ar-Ay, 1941
Armour, Norman, 1941
Ba, 1941
Be, 1941
Berenson, Lawrence, 1941
Bi, 1941
Bo, 1941
Bowers, Claude, 1941
Br, 1941
Braden, Spruille, 1941
Bu-By, 1941

Box 68

Ca, 1941
Ce-Ci, 1941
Civil Aeronautics Board, 1941
Cl-Co, 1941
Da, 1941
Davies, Joseph E., 1941
Davis, Norman, 1941
De, 1941
Di-Du, 1941
Donovan, William J., 1941
E, 1941
Fa, 1941
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1941

Box 69

Fe-Fi, 1941
Fl-Fu, 1941
Ga-Go, 1941
Gra-Gre, 1941
Gri-Gu, 1941
Gunther, Franklin Mott, 1941
Ha, 1941
Harrison, Leland, 1941
He, 1941
Hi-Hy, 1941
Hopkins, Harry L., 1941
I, 1941
Inter-American Develop Commission, 1941
J, 1941
Johnson, Herschel, 1941

Box 70

Johnson, Louis, 1941
Johnson, Thomas F., 1941
Ka-Ke, 1941
Kloze, Ida, 1941
Ki-Ko, 1941
La, 1941
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1941
Lavarre, William, 1941
Lazaron, Morris, 1941
Le, 1941
Leahy, William D., 1941
Li-Ly, 1941
Mac-Man, 1941
MacLeish, Archibald, 1941
Mar-Max, 1941
Marvin, George, 1941

Box 71

Mc, 1941
McAllister, J. Wesley, 1941
McDonald, James G., 1941
Me, 1941
Messersmith, George, January-February 1941
Messersmith, George, May 1941
Messersmith, George, April-May 1941
Messersmith, George, June-August 1941
Messersmith, George, October-December 1941
Mi-Mu, 1941
Moffat, J. Pierpont, 1941
Montalvo, General, 1941
Na-Ne, 1941
Ni-Nu, 1941
Norris, J. Frank, 1941
Norweb, R. Henry

Box 72

O, 1941
Pa, 1941
Pe, 1941
Pell, Herbert C., 1941
Pf-Ph, 1941
Pi-Pu, 1941
Q, 1941
Ra-Re, 1941
Ready Michael J., 1941
Ri-Ro, 1941
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1941
Rop-Ry, 1941
Rowe, James, 1941
Rowe, L. S., 1941

Box 73

Sa, 1941
Sc-Se, 1941
Sforza, Count, 1941
Sh, 1941
Sheehy, Maurice, 1941
Si-Sm, 1941
So-Sta, 1941
State Department: Acheson (A-P) Thornburg, 1941
State Department: (A-S) Mr. Shaw, 1941
State Department: Caribbean Office-Div. of Personnel, 1941
State Department: Economic Advisor-Econ. Operations, 1941
State Department: Foreign Activity-Near Eastern, 1941
State Department: (PA) Hornbeck, Duggan, 1941

Box 74

State Department: Pasvolsky, Leo, 1941
State Department: Passport-Cultural Relations, 1941
State Department: The Secretary-Visa Division, 1941
State Department: Unsent Letters, 1941
Ta-Ti, 1941
Taylor, Myron, 1941
Thornberg, Joseph, 1941
To-Ty, 1941
Torriente, Cosme de la, 1941
U-V, 1941
Wa, 1941
Wallace, Henry, 1941
War Department, January-July 1941
War Department, August-December 1941

Box 75

We, 1941
Weddell, Alexander, 1941
Weinberg, Leonard, 1941
Wh, 1941
White House, 1941
Wi, 1941
Wilson, Edwin C., 1941
Wise, Stephen, 1941
Wo-Wy, 1941
XYZ, 1941
Aa-Ak, 1942
Al, 1942
Allen, Jay, 1942
Am, 1942
An, 1942
Anglo-American Caribbean Mission, 1942
Andrea, Miguel de, 1942
Apostolic Delegate, 1942
Ar-At, 1942

Box 76

Armour, Norman, 1942
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 1942
Ba, 1942
Bach, Henry de, 1942
Barlow, S. L. M., 1942
Be, 1942
Berenson, Lawrence, 1942
Bi-Bl, 1942
Biddle, Anthony J. Drexel, 1942
Bo, 1942
Bowers, Claude, January-July 1942
Bowers, Claude, August-December 1942
Br, 1942
Braden, Spruille, January-August 1942
Braden, Spruille, September-December 1942

Box 77

Bu, 1942
Cab-Cap, 1942
Car-Cav, 1942
Caffery, Jefferson, January-July 1942
Caffery, Jefferson, August-December 1942
Carter, John Franklin, 1942
Ce, 1942
Ch, 1942
Cl, 1942
Co, 1942
Commerce Department, 1942
Coordinator of Information, 1942
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1942
Cr, 1942
Cu, 1942

Box 78

Da, 1942
Dawson, William, 1942
De, 1942
Di-Do, 1942
Du, 1942
Ea-El, 1942
Em-Ex, 1942
Fa-Fe, 1942
Fi-Fl, 1942
Fo, 1942
Fr, 1942
France, 1942
Ga-Gi, 1942
Gl, 1942

Box 79

Gr, 1942
Gu, 1942
Ha, 1942
Harrison, Leland, 1942
Hayes, Carleton J. H., 1942
He, 1942
Ho-Hr, 1942
Hopkins, Harry L., 1942
Hu, 1942
I, 1942
Ja-Je, 1942
Jo-Ju, 1942
Johnson, Louis, 1942
Justice Department, 1942
Ka-Kl, 1942

Box 80

Kn-Kr, 1942
Knopf, Mrs. Alfred A., 1942
Knopf, Mrs. Alfred A., 1942
La, 1942
Labor Department, 1942
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1942
Lavarre, William, 1942
Lazaron, Morris, January-May 1942
Lazaron, Morris, June-December 1942
Le-Li, 1942
Leahy, William D., 1942
Lo-Ly, 1942
Ma, 1942
MacDonald, James G., 1942

Box 81

MacLeish, Archibald, 1942
Mc, 1942
Me, 1942
Meloney, Mrs. William B., 1942
Messersmith, George, January-April 1942
Messersmith, George, May-June 1942
Messersmith, George, July-October 1942
Messersmith, George, November-December 1942
Mi, 1942
Mo, 1942
Mu, 1942
Na, 1942

Box 82

National Foreign Trade Council, 1942
Navy Department, 1942
Ni-Ny, 1942
Norweb, R. Henry, 1942
O, 1942
Pa, 1942
Pe, 1942
Pf-Pi, 1942
Phillips, William, 1942
Po-Pu, 1942
Political Warfare Notes, 1942
Q, 1942
Ra-Ri, 1942
Ready Michael J., 1942
Red Cross, 1942
Reed, Edward L., 1942
Refugees, 1942

Box 83

Rios, Fernando de los, 1942
Ro, 1942
Roosevelt, Eleanor, January-June 1942
Roosevelt, Eleanor, July-August 1942
Roosevelt, Eleanor, September-December 1942
Rowe, L. S., 1942
Sa, 1942
St. Paul's Church Speech, 1942
Sc-Se, 1942
Sforza, Count, 1942
Sh, 1942
Si-Sn, 1942
So-Sp, 1942
Spaeth, Carl B., 1942
Sta-Ste, 1942
State Department Memoranda: Acheson, Berle, 1942
State Department Memoranda: Bonsal, Philip W., 1942

Box 84

State Department Memoranda: Long, Pasvolsky, 1942
State Department Memoranda: Caribbean Office, 1942
State Department Memoranda: Duggan, Dunn, 1942
State Department Memoranda: Circular, Personnel, 1942
State Department Memoranda: Chief Clerk, Coord. & Review, 1942
State Department Memoranda: RC, CI/L, EO, EU, 1942
State Department Memoranda: FBO, FE, FE, etc., 1942
State Department Memoranda: PD, PR, SD, TA, Thornburg, 1942
State Department Memoranda: Secretary of State, 1942
Steinhart, Frank, 1942
Sti-Stu, 1942
Su-Sz, 1942
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1942
Sweetser, Arthur, 1942
Ta, 1942
Taylor, Myron C., January-June 1942
Taylor, Myron C., June-August 1942
Taylor, Myron C., September-October 1942

Box 85

Taylor, Myron C., November 1942
Taylor, Myron C., Decmeber 1942
Te-Th, 1942
Ti, 1942
Tixier, Adrian, 1942
To, 1942
Tomlinson, Edward, 1942
Tr-Tu, 1942
U, 1942
V, 1942
Wa, 1942
Wallace, Henry, 1942
War Department, 1942
War Department, 1942
We, 1942
Wh, 1942
White House, 1942

Box 86

White, Walter, 1942
Whitehurst, Mrs. John L., 1942
Wi-Wr, 1942
Wilson, Edwin C., 1942
Wise, Stephen, 1942
XYZ, 1942
Ac-Ad, 1943
Ag-An, 1943
Apostolic Delegate, 1943
Ar-Av, 1943
Armour, Norman, 1943
Ba, 1943
Barlow, S. L. M., 1943
Be, 1943
Bi-Bo, 1943

Box 87

Bowers, Claude, 1943
Bowman, Isaiah, 1943
Bra-Bri, 1943
Braden, Spruille, 1943
Bro-By, 1943
Brazil, 1943
Ca, 1943
Carey, James B., 1943
Ce-Cl, 1943
Co, 1943
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1943
Cr-Cu, 1943
Da, 1943

Box 88

De, 1943
Do-Du, 1943
E, 1943
Ernst, Morris, 1943
Fa-Fo, 1943
Fr, 1943
Ga-Gl, 1943
Go, 1943
Gr, 1943
Gu, 1943
Ha-He, 1943
Hi-Hy, 1943

Box 89

I, 1943
J, 1943
K, 1943
Kirk, Alexander, 1943
Knopf, Mrs. Alfred A., 1943
La, 1943
Lazaron, Morris, 1943
Le, 1943
Leger, Alexis, 1943
Li-Ly, 1943
Mag-Man, 1943
Mar-May, 1943
Marvin, George, 1943

Box 90

Mc, 1943
Me-Mi, 1943
Meloney, Mrs. William Brown, 1943
Messersmith, George, January-March 1943
Messersmith, George, April-June 1943
Messersmith, George, July-August 1943
Mo-Mu, 1943
Montague, Gilbert, 1943
N, 1943
Norweb, R. Henry, 1943
O, 1943
Pa, 1943

Box 91

Pe-Ph, 1943
Pi-Pu, 1943
Proskauer, Joseph M.
Q, 1943
Ra-Rh, 1943
Red Cross, 1943
Resignation Letters, 1943
Ri-Ry, 1943
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1943
Rowe, L. S., 1943
Sa-Sc, 1943
Se-Sm, 1943

Box 92

Sforza, Count, 1943
So-Su, 1943
State Department Memoranda, 1943
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1943
Sweetser, Arthur, 1943
Ta, 1943
Taussig, Charles, 1943
Taylor, Myron C., January-February 1943
Taylor, Myron C., March-April 1943
Taylor, Myron C., May-August 1943
Th, 1943
This Week: "Ten Tragic Years", 1943
Ti-To, 1943
Tittman, Harold, 1943

Box 93

Toledo Speech, 1943
Tomlinson, Edward, 1943
U, 1943
V, 1943
Wa, 1943
War Department, 1943
War Information, Office of, 1943
We-Wh, 1943
Weizmann, Chaim, 1943
White House, 1943
Wi, 1943
Wise, Stephen, 1943
Wo-Wr, 1943
XYZ, 1943