W. Averell Harriman A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress 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 Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2001 Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2003 Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003012 Latest revision: 2008 July Collection Summary Title: Papers of W. Averell Harriman Span Dates: 1869-1988 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1895-1986) ID No.: MSS61911 Creator: Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 Extent: 344,250 items; 1,108 containers plus 11 classified; 526.3 linear feet; 54 microfilm reels Language: Collection material in English Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: 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. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Personal Names 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, Sir, 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, Anatoliy Fedorovich, 1919- Dulles, Allen Welsh, 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. Harriman, E. Roland (Edward Roland), 1895-1978. Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909. Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney, 1903-1970. Harriman, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward, 1920- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986. Heath, Edward. Papers of W. Averell Harriman 2 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 Jay, 1895- McNamara, Robert S., 1916- Meiklejohn, Robert P. Menzies, Robert Gordon, Sir, 1894-1978. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980. Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-1986. Monnet, Jean, 1888- Mortimer, Kathleen Lanier Harriman, 1917- 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, 1879-1953. Stettinius, Edward R. (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. Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Russian Finance and Construction Corporation. Union Pacific Railroad Company. United States. Mutual Security Agency. W.A. Harriman & Company. Papers of W. Averell Harriman 3 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. Locations 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. Administrative Information 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. 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 Papers of W. Averell Harriman 4 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. 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. 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. Security Classified Documents: Government regulations control the use of security classified material in this collection. Manuscript Division staff can furnish information concerning access to and use of classified items. Microfilm: A microfilm copy of the Alaska expedition album is available on one reel of microfilm from the Library's Photoduplication Service for purchase subject to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). This microfilm edition may also be requested on interlibrary loan through the Library's Loan Division for a period of one month. Fifty-three reels of microfilm of the World War II Files may be used in the Manuscript Reading Room but are not available through interlibrary loan. Preferred Citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, W. Averell Harriman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1891, Nov. 15 Born, New York, N.Y. 1913 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1915 Married Kathleen Lanier Lawrence (divorced 1929) 1915-1917 Vice president, Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1915-1946 Director, Illinois Central Railroad Co. 1915-1954 Member, Palisades Interstate Park Commission 1917-1925 Chairman of the board, Merchant Shipbuilding Corp. 1920-1931 Chairman of the board, W. A. Harriman & Co. 1925-1928 Investment in Soviet Georgian manganese concessions 1926 Trip to USSR to investigate concessions Papers of W. Averell Harriman 5 1930 Married Marie Norton Whitney (died 1970) 1931-1942 Chairman, executive committee, Illinois Central Railroad Co. 1931-1946 Partner,