COLLECTIONS OF CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS NAME OF COLLECTION: Spruille BRADEN Papers SOURCE: Gift of Spruille Braden, 1958; Gift of the Family of Spruille Braden, 1978 ; Gift of William Braden, 1981 SUBJECT: South American government and diplomacy, Nazi operations in South America DATES COVERED: 1903 - 1977 NUMBER OF ITEMS: ca. 36,160 STATUS: (check appropriate description) Cataloged: x Listed: x Arranged: x Not organized: CONDITION: (give number of vols., boxes, or shelves) Bound:ca. 150 Boxed: 60 Stored: Oversize: 1 folder, 1 scrapbook LOCATION: (Library)H *re Book and Manuscript CALL-NUMBER MsCColl/Braden RESTRICTIONS ON USE None DESCRIPTION: Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, documents, photographs, printed material and audiovisiTLel material of Spruille Braden, I89U-I978, American diplomat and mining engineer. The papers contain primarily material relating to Braden1s career as a diplomat in numerous Latin American countries; Braden is particularly irell knovn for his role TS the American Representative to the Chaco Peace Conference, 1935-1939, and for his opposition to the Peron regime in Argentina in the 19^+Os. Also included are files from his tenure as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, 19^5-19^7. The numerous scrapbooks in the collection contain clippings, photographs and invitations. Among the major correspondents are Adolf A. Berle, Jr., Homer S. Cummings, James A. Farley, Barry Gold-water, Ernest Hemingway, John Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, Frances Kellor, Edward I. Koch, Archibald MacLeish, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Leo S. Rove, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Thomas J. Watson, and gumner Welles. SEE FOLLOWING'PAGE FOR CONTENTOF COLLECTION: mbb Revised, 2 Aug. 1978 D3(178)M oIRUILLE BRADEN PATERS Catalogued correspondents: Acheson, Dean Ospina Ferez, Mariano Aldrich, Winthrop W. Pearson, Drew Ayala, Eusebio Reagan, Ronald Batista y Zaldivar, Ful^encio Reid, Whitelaw Berle, Adolf A., Jr. Rickenbacker, Edv^rd Biddie, Francis Rockefeller, kelson A. Bowers, Claude G. Rodino, leter W., Jr. Bowman, Isaiah Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt (Mrs. Franklin D.) Buckley, James L. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Buckley, William F., Jr. Roosevelt, ?Iicholas Byrnes, Jarr.es F. Rove, Leo 3. Christy, "toward Chandler i::-vouras, Cpyros F. Church, Frank "pellman, Francis Joseph, Cardinal Clayton, Wi Hi an L. Stettinius, Edward R., -Tr. Cl-me-s, Cyril Gulzoer^er, Arthur Hays Cooke, ^r~nce. Cardinal Cul^ber^er, IphiTene Ochs i'juSiTiM r:o;-cr S. I Crawford, Joan o'.ro'D^, Herbert Bayard Davidson, Jo Tcr'ada Gorzano, Jcso Luis l88l-1938 Lavila, Carlo-. Tru.iillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas, 1891- Davis, John W. V-o^qnbor^—itrthur ft. iTruman, Harry S . Fuggan, .'Stephen T . L'nllace, Henry A. Dulles, John Foster Watson, Thomas J. Eisenhower, DT-.H ~ht 7;avid Welch, Robert Farley, James A. Welles, Sumner Gellhorn, Martha Wilder, Thornton Goldwater, Barry Grew, Joseph C. Grueni np, '• m^ ~ t Catalogued manuscripts: Gunther. John Hayes, C arIt 01 J.H. Gunther, John. The Chaco War Hemingway, Ernest Hail Colombia Hoover, John I'd~9r Full, Cnrdell Catalogued photographs: -Tavitz, Jacob K. Johnson, "-yi-lor. 3. V'ni T n-»> ~' r> o ••• •, n .0 o Cuinmings, Homer Grew, Joseph C. Xin~, Will".rd V . 01av V, King of Horway Knox, Frank Rowe, Leo S. ICoch, Ed-ard I Lane, Arthur Bliss Levisohn, Sam A. I ipprnann, Walter '••-•odge, John Df.vis , Archibald Paul V. Me Ilut iMeany, George Merrill, John L. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick SPRUILLE BRADETT PAPERS Box 1-3 Catnlorded Correspondence and I'anuscripts - see list U Correspondence, Diplomatic 1935 A-I J-Z 19:6-1938 - TT.S. Dept. of ntate Despatches 19"6 A-D 1936 E-G 0-Z 1937 A-K L-Z 1938 A-H J-Z 1939 19U0 A-M N-Z 19^2 A-Braden Braden-3z C D-H 19U2 I-L K-R S-We Wr-Z 10 19k ^ A-3e Briggs B misc. - C D-E 11 lQli"3 7-1 J-L 0-R 12 19^3 S-T U-Z A-Bo Br-Bz 19hk B misc. C misc. C-E F-J ) Ik 19UU K-M M R Braden- Box 15 Correspondence, Diplomatic 1944 S T-Z 1945 (Cuba) A B 16 1945 (Cuba) C-F G-K L-Na Ne-P 17 1945 (Cuba) R-S S-Z 18 1945 Argentine Transfer (Argentina) A-B C-F G-L M-P 19 1945 (Argentina) Q-S T-Z Washington Transfer - 2 folders 20 1946-1947 A-D E-I Q-V W-Z 21 Condolences, 1943 Congratualtions, 1945 A-L M-Z Invitations, 1938 1945 22 Correspondence, General Argentina, 1945-1947 Braden, Spruille - Rsignation, 1947 - Statements and Articles, 1945-1947 Cabot, John M., 1945-1947 Fan Mail, 1945-1947 Messersmith, G.S., 1945-1946 New York City Anti-Crime Committee, 1955-1957 Thompson, Scott, 1945-1947 Miscellaneous 23 Braden, Spruille - Childhood letters, 1903-1904 - Family letters, Ca. 1925-1953 (1929-1933) - Letters to and from his father Braden, William - Personal Files Jan.-Dec. 1934 Jan.-June 1935 Briggs, Ellis 0.-2 folders 24 Miscellaneous, 1909-1959 and n.d. 1960-1977 U.S. Dept. of State Memoranda Box 25 Speeches Albright College, 2 June I9M-6 American Geographical Society, 19 Dec. American Tastitute of Mining Engineers, New York, 19 March 19^7 (2 fold.) American Club, 26 May I9U2 Argentina Boston Conference on Distribution, 1^ Oct. 19^6 Boston Trip, Oct. I9U6 - Off the record Bromley Lectureship at Yale University, 18 Dec. I9U5 (2 folders) Celestials, 13 Feb. 19^6 Clark University, 26 May I9U6 Cleveland Commission on Foreign Relations; Chicago - Off the record Columbia University Club, 2 March 19^-6 Departmental Group - Mr. Braden and Mr. Spaeth, 2k Sept. I9U6 Executives' Club of Chicago, 13 Sept. I9I+6 (3 folders) 26 Foreign Policy Association, and Fan American Association at Philadelphia, 13 April 19^6 Hemispheric Insurance, 15 May 19^6 Historians Luncheon, ik Dec. 19*+5 House Foreign Affairs Committee, 26 July 19*+6 Johns Hopkins University 1939 Litoral University, Buenos Aires, 21 July Mass Media Representatives - Off the record Meet the Press (American Mercury) Montana School of Mines, 7 June 19^-7 NBC Broadcast, 21 Dec. I9U6 5 Jan. 19U6 (2 folders) National Democratic Club, 23 March National Trade Council, Ik Nov. Navy Day, 27 Oct. 19^5 New York Herald Tribune High School Forum, 8 March 19^7 New York Times - To General Federation of Women's Clubs, 27 March 27 Pan American Union - Dr. Leo S. Rowe's Memorial Pan American Day - Radio Greetings to Latin America, 19^7 P^n American Union - Tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nov., Peron University, La Plata, 10 June 19kk Roosevelt Memorial Exhibit, Pan American Union Rutgers University, 26 Oct. 19*+5 Santander and Jefferson University Club, 19 Jan. 19I+6 Wendell L. Willkie Awards for Negro Journalism, 1 March I9U6 Chronological - 1933-1938 28 Chronological - I9U2-I9U3 (2 folders) (2 folders) 29 Chronological - 19U6-19H7 30 Chronological - 19^5-1950 U6U Miscellaneous - 1950's Pre-State Department Material for Speeches General Box 31 Conferences - Pan American Commercial Conference, Buenos Aires, 1935 (2 folders) " - Instructions to delegates 32 Conferences - 7th International Conference of American States, 1932-1933 " - Instructions to delegates Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, 1936 33 Appointment Books and Wedding Guest Lists, 1937, 3U Financial and Legal Documents, Accounting 1-iemos Accounts Barranauilla Electric Project, 1926 Contracts Insurance Mexican Gas Negotiations "unoz, Sar? Receipts (2 folders) Romero 35 Oub/ject File - Ambassadorship, 1933 American Arbitration Association Argentina - General (2 folders) Argentina - General - AFL Report, 10 March 19^7 Magazine Articles Memorandum to President Truman, July 19^-6 Peron, Juan - "Blue and White Book" 36 Argentina - Press, 19*+5 Wells, Robert C, Reports, I9U5-I9U6 (3 folders) Argentina's Compliance with. .Agreements - Memorandum, Braden Family Genealogy Chaco, 19'+2-19U3 Cienfuegos - 19^-2 Trip - Correspondence and related items Clark University Honorary Degree, 19^-6 Dictatorships "nd Disreputable Governments Inter-American Commerical Arbitration Commission 37 Military and Naval Information Montana - I9U7 Trip New York City Anti-Crime Committee Paraguay Passports, Cancelled Diplomatic - Braden Family Personnel Investigations, Inter-Office Committee on Reference File Schuyler, Chadwich and Burnham Stonehurst Apartments Tetens, T.H. Tomlinson, Edward UNESCO Box 38 Manuscripts and Documents, Miscellaneous - n.d. 1930's 19^5-191+7 19^8-1952 Government Reports, 39 Manuscripts and Documents, Miscellaneous - General Braden, Spruille. [Diplomats and Demagogues.] 1966 draft ms. Certificates, Diplomas-rf^ operations, Colombia and Panama Passports rforks by others kO Scrapbooks 1935-1938 hi 1939 h2 1939-19^2; (numbered) 1, 2 - I9U2 k3 2a-U - 19U2 hk 5, 6 - 19U2 k5 7, 8 - k6 9, 10 - hj 11-13 - kQ lU, 15 - U9 16, 17 and unnumbered 50 19, 20 51 Scrapbooks end clippings, miscellaneous 52 Scr^pbook and photographs, miscellaneous 53 Clippings, 1937-19^7 5^ Clippings, ca. 1938, and miscellaneous printed 55 Miscellaneous printed material 56 Photographs, tapes, awards, movie film and related items 57 Pamphlets: Peronist,. ultraconservative, and others^Jdp**1 VAfo^/g H//# 58 Clippings and Periodicals 59 Printed miscellany . r$>r-' >' Catalogued photographs, O\^RSIZE; Photographs and Documents, OVERSIZE ^f°'J^ 1 .? OVERSIZE: Phonograph records of speeches and miscellaneous events - 1 folder w n Scrapbook - 1 volume -~"fA ( v ; ( |>fV A O BOOKS from the library of Spruille Braden: Approximately 150 volumes inscribed to or by Braden; annotated by, citing, or by Braden; and miscellaneous works. Most concern South America, diplomacy, or ultraconservative politics. O 2 SpruilleBRADEN7 Books from the library of Spruille Braden. Approximately 150 volumes inscribed to or by Braden; annotated by, citing, or by Braden; and miscellaneous works. Most concern South America, diplomacy, or ultraconservative politics Boxes 60 - 66 Inscribed books Boxes 67 - 70 Annotated books.