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W. Averell Harriman Papers a Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress W. Averell Harriman Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2016 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm85061911 Additional search options available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003012 Prepared by Allan Teichroew with the assistance of Haley Barnett, Connie L. Cartledge, Paul Colton, Marie Friendly, Patrick Holyfield, Allyson H. Jackson, Patrick Kerwin, Mary A. Lacy, Sherralyn McCoy, John R. Monagle, Susie H. Moody, Sheri Shepherd, and Thelma Queen Revised by Connie L. Cartledge with the assistance of Karen Stuart, 1999 Revised by Michael Folkerts, 2016 Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2003 Revised 2016 October Collection Summary Title: W. Averell Harriman Papers Span Dates: 1869-2008 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1895-1986) ID No.: MSS61911 Creator: Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 Extent: 346,760 items Extent: 1,041 containers plus 11 classified and 75 oversize Extent: 529.9 linear feet Extent: 54 microfilm reels Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm85061911 Summary: Diplomat, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician. Correspondence, memoranda, family papers, business records, diplomatic accounts, speeches, statements and writings, photographs, and other papers documenting Harriman's career in business, finance, politics, and public service, particularly during the Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter presidential administrations. Online Content: A digital copy of the Alaska expedition album is available is available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.amrvm03. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically. People Abel, Elie. Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971. Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967. Astor, Vincent, 1891-1959. Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967. Ayub Khan, Mohammad, 1907-1974. Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964. Bidault, Georges. Bourguiba, Habib, 1903-2000. Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich, 1906-1982. Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972. Carter, Jimmy, 1924- Chadwin, Mark Lincoln. Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Clark Kerr, Archibald John Kerr, Baron Interchapel, 1882-1951. Cripps, Richard Stafford, Sir, 1889-1952. Cuno, Wilhelm. Deane, John R. (John Russell), 1896- Dobrynin, Anatoly, 1919-2010. Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969. Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987. Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972. Fisk, Mary Averell Harriman, 1917- Forrestal, James, 1892-1949. Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970. W. Averell Harriman Papers 2 Harriman, E. Roland (Edward Roland), 1895-1978. Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909. Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney, 1903-1970. Harriman, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward, 1920-1997. Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986. Heath, Edward. Helms, Richard. Hoffman, Paul G. (Paul Gray), 1891-1974. Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955. Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergevich, 1894-1970. Kosygin, Aleksey Nikolayevich, 1904-1980. Lovett, R. S. (Robert Scott), 1860-1932. Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986. MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964. Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986. Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959. McCloy, John J. (John Jay), 1895-1989. McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009. Meiklejohn, Robert P. Menzies, Robert, 1894-1978. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980. Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-1986. Monnet, Jean, 1888-1979. Mortimer, Kathleen Lanier Harriman, 1917-2011. Mosaddeq, Mohammad, 1880-1967. Muir, John, 1838-1914. Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964. Pushkin, Georgi M. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934. Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994. Schuman, Robert, 1886-1963. Souvanna Phouma, Prince of Laos, 1901-1984. Spaak, Paul-Henri, 1899-1972. Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953. Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949. Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958. Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980. Touré, Ahmed Sékou, 1922-1984. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Vance, Cyrus R. (Cyrus Roberts), 1917-2002. Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961. Wilson, Harold, 1916-1995. Organizations Business Advisory Council for the Dept. of Commerce (U.S.) Casablanca Conference (1943) Georgian Manganese Company (Chiatura, Georgian S.S.R.) Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) Marshall Plan. Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. W. Averell Harriman Papers 3 Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Russian Finance and Construction Corporation. Union Pacific Railroad Company. United States. Mutual Security Agency. W.A. Harriman ‣ Company. Subjects Antinuclear movement. Arms control. Diplomatic and consular service, American. Disarmament. Finance--United States. International finance. Korean War, 1950-1953. Manganese industry--Soviet Union. Presidents--United States--Election. Railroad companies--United States. Scientific expeditions--Alaska. Shipbuilding industry--United States. Ski resorts--Idaho--Sun Valley. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union. Places Africa--History--Autonomy and independence movements. Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States. Latin America--Foreign relations--United States. Moscow (Russia)--Description and travel. New York (State)--Politics and government--1951- Soviet Union--Description and travel. Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States. United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945. United States--Foreign relations--1945- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain. United States--Foreign relations--Latin America. United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union. United States--Politics and government--1933-1945. United States--Politics and government--1945- Occupations Diplomats. Entrepreneurs. Philanthropists. Politicians. Provenance The papers of W. Averell Harriman, diplomat, entrepreneur, politician, and philanthropist, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1985. Small additions were received in 1990, 1991, and 1992. In 1991 Harriman's widow, Pamela Harriman, converted to a gift all material formerly on deposit. The Alaska expedition journal of Edward Henry Harriman was given by W. Averell Harriman's daughters, Kathleen Lanier Harriman Mortimer and Mary Averell Harriman Fisk, in 1992. In 1998 a further addition was given to the Library by the estate of Pamela Harriman. The third addition of the W. Averell Harriman papers contains material from several separate donations. The book A Study of Transportation by Airway as W. Averell Harriman Papers 4 Related to Competition with Rail Carriers in Continental United States was donated by Peter Sindell in 2004, and the audio interview of Averell Harriman concerning Florence Harriman was given to the Library by Patricia Romero in 2014. The Mark Lincoln Chadwin files were donated by Mark's wife, Adrienne Chadwin, in 2009, and the reprint of the article concerning Paratyphoid and accompanying letter signed by President Bill Clinton were given to the Library by the article’s author, John Hedley-White. The remaining material in the third addition was removed during processing from the Pamela Harriman papers, which were donated by the estate of Pamela Harriman between 1998-2001. Processing History The papers of W. Averell Harriman were arranged and described in 1988 and a printed guide was published in 1991. Subsequent material received from 1990 through 1992 was processed as Addition I in 1993. Additional revisions were made to the register in 1997 and 1998. Classified material in the collection was systematically reviewed in 1998 and a large portion of it declassified and subsequently filed in the series, containers, and folders from which it had been removed. Addition II, consisting of items received in 1998, was processed in 1999. Addition III consists of items received from 1998 through 2014, and was processed in 2016. Many of the items in this addition are from the Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman Papers, and were removed during the processing of that collection in 2016 due to their pertinence to W. Averell Harriman. Additional Guides A description of the Harriman Papers appears in Library of Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript Division, 1985, pp. 13-15. Transfers Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Motion picture films and sound and video recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Artistic prints have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Harriman Papers. Related Material Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the papers of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of W. Averell Harriman in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Access and Restrictions The papers of W. Averell Harriman
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