Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Florence Jaffray Harriman papers, 1857-1982
Personal name
Main title
- Florence Jaffray Harriman papers, 1857-1982 (bulk 1910-1960).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003034
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003034.3
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Description
- 10,000 items.
- 32 containers.
- 1 microfilm reel.
- 13 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003034
Local shelving no.
- 0531A
- Microfilm 21,870-1N-1P
Biography/History note
- Diplomat, political activist, and author. Born Florence Jaffray Hurst.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in six series. Series 1: Personal Correspondence, 1937-1949; Series 2: Oslo Correspondence, 1937-1940; Series 3: Subject File, 1912-1950; Series 4: Speech and Article File, 1912-1950; Series 5: Miscellany, 1926-1950; and Series 6: Additions, 1857-1982.
Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, writings, biographical material, autograph album, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, scrapbook, printed material, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating to Harriman's service as a member of the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations (1913-1916), chairman of the U.S. National Defense Advisory Commission's Committee on Women in Industry (1917-1919), and U.S. minister to Norway (1937-1940). Documents her participation in Woodrow Wilson's 1912 presidential campaign, the American Red Cross Women's Motor Corps in France during World War I, peace organizations including the League of Nations, social reform movements, the Colony Club, New York, N.Y., and the Woman's National Democratic Club, Washington, D.C. Also includes material pertaining to her work on behalf of home rule for the District of Columbia. Autograph album includes a drawing by Louis Raemaekers.
- Correspondents include Bernard M. Baruch, Irving Berlin, Albert Einstein, Duke Ellington, Helen Hayes, Cordell Hull, Harold L. Ickes, Estes Kefauver, Archibald MacLeish, George C. Marshall, William Gibbs McAdoo, Claude Pepper, John J. Pershing, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Oswald Garrison Villard, Wendell L. Willkie, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, and Woodrow Wilson.
LC Subjects
- Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965--Correspondence.
- Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989--Correspondence.
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955--Correspondence.
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974--Correspondence.
- Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993--Correspondence.
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955--Correspondence.
- Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952--Correspondence.
- Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963--Correspondence.
- MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982--Correspondence.
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959--Correspondence.
- McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941--Correspondence.
- Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989--Correspondence.
- Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948--Correspondence.
- Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Correspondence.
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949--Correspondence.
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944--Correspondence.
- Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961--Correspondence.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence.
- United States. Commission on Industrial Relations.
- United States. National Defense Advisory Commission. Committee on Women in Industry.
- American Red Cross. Women's Motor Corps.
- League of Nations.
- Woman's National Democratic Club (U.S.)
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--Norway.
- Home rule--Washington (D.C.)
- Industrial relations--United States.
- Peace--Societies, etc.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1912.
- Social problems.
- Women--Societies and clubs.
- Women in the labor movement.
- World War, 1914-1918--Manpower.
- World War, 1914-1918--War work--France.
- World War, 1914-1918--Women.
- Norway--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Norway.
- Authors.
- Diplomats.
- Labor leaders.
Notes
- Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Florence Harriman, 1957-1968.
- Gift, Phyllis Darling, 1998.
Cite as
- Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats
- Microfilm edition only available of scrapbook, 1912-1913, 1936, no. 21,870.
- Microfilm produced from original in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1998.
LCCN
- mm 78024976
Other standard no.
- MSS24976
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
Request in
- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 21,870-1P
- Scrapbook
- Copy 1
Request in
- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
