Charles W. Poletti papers, 1920-1991, bulk 1923-1970

Charles W. Poletti papers, 1920-1991, bulk 1923-1970

Summary Information

Abstract

This collection documents the personal and political life of Charles Poletti, lawyer, politician, and the 46th governor of the State of New York. Poletti also served as an allied military governor in Italy during and after World War II.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1013
Bib ID:
4078522 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Poletti, Charles, 1903-2002
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
32 linear feet (59 document boxes; 3 file card boxes; 16 oversize boxes)
Language(s):
English , Italian .
Access:
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Description

Scope and Content

The collection contains personal and professional material spanning most of Poletti's life, documenting his education at Harvard, his political career, and his military appointments in Italy. It also contains personal correspondence, family papers, and a small amount of information on his wife, Jean E. Poletti. Materials include correspondence, notes, academic papers, speeches, diaries, articles, ephemera, press releases, articles, clippings, certificates and plaques, photographs, and audio and film reels.

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into fourteen series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles W. Poletti papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Archival Materials

Herbert H. Lehman Papers, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Correspondence, subject files, speeches, clippings, photographs, memorabilia: Source of acquisition--Poletti, Charles. Method of acquisition--gift; Date of acquisition--1972.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Poletti, Charles. Method of acquisition--gift; Date of acquisition--1982.

Gift of Charles Poletti, November 1972.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Correspondence, subject files, speeches, clippings, photographs, memorabilia Surveyed Julie Miller 05/--/87.

Papers Surveyed 05/--/87.

Papers processed Stefanie Patterson, Columbia College, 2012 2009.

Finding aid written Carolyn Smith June 2009.

Revision Description

2009-12-02 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Charles Waldo Poletti was born on July 2, 1903 in Barre, Vermont. His parents, Dino and Carolina Gervasini Poletti, were both Italian immigrants, and his father worked as a stonecutter in a granite quarry. As a student at Barre High School, Poletti distinguished himself academically and socially. Well respected within the community, he was offered the opportunity to manage a store after graduation, but his principal encouraged him to apply to college. He won a scholarship to Harvard and supported himself in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by tending furnaces, waiting tables, and tutoring. In 1924, he graduated suma cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He then attended the University of Rome on the Eleonora Duse Fellowship and took classes in Spain. Poletti returned to study at Harvard Law School, graduating with an L.L.B. in 1928.

Poletti joined the New York law firm Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner& Reed, which was headed by 1924 Presidential Candidate John W. Davis. He worked as an attorney until 1930, when he took a position as legal assistant to the St. Lawrence Power Development Commission. He took an interest in political affairs and worked in the 1928 presidential campaign of Al Smith, and then served as a counsel to the Democratic National Committee in 1932.

Governor Herbert H. Lehman named Poletti as his counsel in 1933, where he soon became the governor's trusted aid. Poletti headed the 1935 Conference on Crime and advised on issues of crime and welfare. In 1937, Lehman appointed Poletti justice of the New York State Supreme Court, and he was elected in the fall for a full fourteen-year term. At 33, he was one of the youngest to hold the position. A year later, however, Poletti resigned, taking a $12,000 loss in salary to run alongside Lehman as lieutenant governor. Poletti held the position from 1939 to 1942.

After Lehman's retirement in 1942, Poletti served as the 46th governor of the State of New York for 29 days until the newly elected Thomas E. Dewey took office. Although his term was very brief--the shortest of any New York governor--he was praised for his work; on his final day of office, he presented a program calling for a "Beveridge Commission" to handle social security planning after World War II.

Several days after Dewey took office, Poletti became an assistant to War Secretary Henry L. Stimpson, and received a commission as a lieutenant colonel. He worked for the Allied Military Government (AMG) for the rest of the war, serving as allied military governor of, successively, Sicily, Naples, Rome, Milan, and Lombardy, from 1943 to 1945. He was selected both for his understanding of politics and law and his Italian ancestry, which the Army hoped would help him relate to the Italian population.

After returning to the U.S., Poletti became a trustee of the Power Authority of the State of New York (1955-1960). The New York Power Authority's plant in Astoria, Queens, was named after him.

In 1960, Poletti became Vice President for International Relations at the 1964 New York World's Fair. He was responsible for overseeing the fair's international exhibits.

Over the course of his career, Poletti was awarded many honors, including the Legion of Merit (U.S.A.); Officer of Order of British Empire; Knight Grand Cross of Order of Crown of Italy; Commander of Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great; First Order of the Star of Jordan; Grand Officer of Order of St. Agatha (San Marino); and the Gold Medal of the City of Rome. He was also made an Honorary Citizen of Naples, Rome, and Milan.

Poletti died in 2002 at the age of 99.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Photographic prints
Name
Allied Military Government
Herbert H. Lehman Collections (Columbia University)
New York (State). Governor
New York (State). Office of the Lieutenant Governor
New York (State). Supreme Court
New York State Defense Council
New York State War Council
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Place
Italy -- History -- Allied occupation, 1943-1947
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Subject
Electric power production
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy

Series I: Correspondence, 1865-1982

This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence in English and Italian and spans much of Poletti's life. While some of the material relates to his work and discusses specific bills or laws, most of the material is more personal in nature, and consists of letters of congratulation, invitations, and short notes and letters from friends, family, and political figures. Some letters are accompanied by photographs of Poletti at public events. Correspondence is filed alphabetically by name of individual or institution. Documents filed under Poletti's name consist of correspondence with Who's Who and many articles that provide basic biographical information.


Box 1 Folder 1

A-Ame, 1937-1959


Box 1 Folder 2

Amp-Av, 1942-1964


Box 1 Folder 3

Acheson, Dean, 1945-1958


Box 1 Folder 4

Ahepa, Order of, 1939-1942


Box 1 Folder 5

Aiken, George D., 1941-1960


Box 1 Folder 6

Alfange, Dean, 1940-1955


Box 1 Folder 7

American Civil Liberties Union, 1935-1941


Box 1 Folder 8

American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born, 1939-1942


Box 1 Folder 9

American Labor Party, 1939-1942


Box 1 Folder 10

American Legion, 1939


Box 1 Folder 11

Angell, Montgomery B., 1940-1959


Box 1 Folder 12

Anfuso, Victor L., 1939-1955


Box 1 Folder 13

Antonini, Luigi, 1939-1960


Box 1 Folder 14

Association of Towns, 1941-1983


Box 1 Folder 15

Ba, 1937-1963


Box 1 Folder 16

Babcock, H.E., 1940-1941


Box 1 Folder 17

Backer, George, 1937-1941


Box 1 Folder 18

Baldelli, Ferdinando, 1946


Box 1 Folder 19

Barton, Bruce, 1940


Box 1 Folder 20

Batista, Fulgencio, 1938


Box 1 Folder 21

Battle, George Gordon, 1938-1943


Box 1 Folder 22

Be, 1942-1970


Box 1 Folder 23

Beaverbrook, Lord, 1941


Box 1 Folder 24

Benton, William, 1950-1954


Box 1 Folder 25

Berle, Adolf A., Jr., 1937-1955


Box 1 Folder 26

Bernays, Edward L., 1942-1943


Box 1 Folder 27

Bernstein, Henri, 1942


Box 1 Folder 28

Bertolini, Captain Edoardo G., 1940


Box 2 Folder 1

Bi, 1942


Box 2 Folder 2

Bianchi, Adele and Carlo, 1939-1965


Box 2 Folder 3

Biddle, Francis, 1941-1942


Box 2 Folder 4

Bingham, Jonathan B., 1955-1957


Box 2 Folder 5

Bl, 1942


Box 2 Folder 6

Bo, 1940-1966


Box 2 Folder 7

Boland, John P., 1938-1942


Box 2 Folder 8

Bonbright, James C., 1941


Box 2 Folder 9

Botein, Bernard, 1942-1967


Box 2 Folder 10

Brandeis, Louis D., 1935


Box 2 Folder 11

Brick Presbyterian Church, 1953-1968


Box 2 Folder 12

Broun, Heywood, 1939-1940


Box 2 Folder 13

Brown, Earl L., 1938-1980


Box 2 Folder 14

Brownell, George A., 1937-1959


Box 2 Folder 15

Brownell, Herbert, Jr., 1932-1952


Box 2 Folder 16

Br, 1933-1957


Box 2 Folder 17

Bu, 1937-1959


Box 2 Folder 18

Burlingham, Charles, 1937-1940


Box 2 Folder 19

Ca, 1934-1969


Box 2 Folder 20

Carson, Ralph, 1928-1942


Box 2 Folder 21

Carter, Elmer A., 1940-1973


Box 2 Folder 22

Carusi, Ugo, 1942


Box 2 Folder 23

Ce, 1941-1955


Box 2 Folder 24

Ch, 1936-1971


Box 2 Folder 25

Ci, 1940-1955


Box 3 Folder 1

Cl, 1939-1958


Box 3 Folder 2

Cliff Haven--Catholic Summer School, 1939


Box 3 Folder 3

Co, 1937-1973


Box 3 Folder 4

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 1941-1946


Box 3 Folder 5

Conti, Piero, 1953-1955


Box 3 Folder 6

Corscadden, Arthur, 1933-1954


Box 3 Folder 7

Corsi, Edward, 1940


Box 3 Folder 8

Cr, 1942-1970


Box 3 Folder 9

Cray, E.F., 1942


Box 3 Folder 10

Criscuolo, Luigi, 1941-1942


Box 3 Folder 11

Crugnola, Dino and Family, 1953-1964


Box 3 Folder 12

Cu-Cz, 1937-1978


Box 3 Folder 13

Cummings, Homer, 1936-1942


Box 3 Folder 14

Curran, Edward Lodge, 1938-1939


Box 3 Folder 15

D, 1937-1970


Box 3 Folder 16

Daffinee, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph and Jean, 1922-1959


Box 3 Folder 17

D'Amanda, Francis J., 1937-1940


Box 3 Folder 18

Daru, Robert, 1942-1943


Box 3 Folder 19

Davidson, Maurice P., 1941-1948


Box 3 Folder 20

Davis, John W., 1940-1955


Box 3 Folder 21

De Chambrun, Rene, 1932-1977


Box 4 Folder 1

Democratic County Committee, 1936-1960


Box 4 Folder 2

Democratic National Committee, 1932-1973


Box 4 Folder 3

Democratic State Committee, 1937-1966


Box 4 Folder 4

Desmond, Charles S., 1942-1954


Box 4 Folder 5

Desmond, Thomas C., 1937-1958


Box 4 Folder 6

Dewey, Thomas E., 1936-1947


Box 4 Folder 7

Diamond, Milton, 1941-1955


Box 4 Folder 8

Dodge, Eleanor, 1941-1977


Box 4 Folder 9

Dubinsky, David, 1940-1975


Box 4 Folder 10

E, 1942-1972


Box 4 Folder 11

Eastman, Edward R., 1939-1942


Box 4 Folder 12

Ellis, J. William, 1934-1974


Box 4 Folder 13 to 14

F, 1940-1958, (2 Folders)


Box 4 Folder 15

Farley, James A., 1931-1972


Box 4 Folder 16

Foley, Edward H., Jr., 1937-1942


Box 4 Folder 17

Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1941-1960


Box 5 Folder 1 to 2

Frankfurter, Felix, 1928-1965, (2 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 3

Freeman, Fulton and Family, 1942-1978


Box 5 Folder 4

Freidin, Jesse, 1938-1971


Box 5 Folder 5

Friendly, Henry J., 1927-1959


Box 5 Folder 6

G-Goe, 1940-1943


Box 5 Folder 7

Gol-Gu, 1937-1942


Box 5 Folder 8

Galeazzi, Enrico Pietro, 1945-1946


Box 5 Folder 9

Glueck, Sheldon, 1942


Box 5 Folder 10

Griswold, Erwin, 1954-1965


Box 5 Folder 11

Gutman, Daniel, 1942-1959


Box 5 Folder 12

Ha, 1937-1975


Box 5 Folder 13

Hanley, Joe R., 1939-1942


Box 6 Folder 1

Harriman, W. Averell, 1941-1973


Harvard University


Box 6 Folder 2

Harvard College and Law School, 1920-1955


Box 6 Folder 3

Graduation Clippings, 1924


Box 6 Folder 4

Class of 1924, 1924-1977, 1924, 1924-1977


Box 6 Folder 5

Harvard Fund Contributions, 1940-1980


Box 6 Folder 6

Board of Overseers, 1937-1942


Box 6 Folder 7

Hayes, Patrick, Cardinal, 1937


Box 6 Folder 8

He, 1938-1955


Box 6 Folder 9

Heck, Oswald D., 1941-1959


Box 6 Folder 10

Heming, Lucile W. (Later, Koshland, L.W.), 1931-1978


Box 6 Folder 11

Henricks, Mrs. Walter A. and Tonawanda Indians, 1939-1941


Box 6 Folder 12

Herrick, Elinore M., 1941-1942


Box 6 Folder 13

Herzog, Paul M., 1937-1957


Box 6 Folder 14

Herzstein, Harold L., 1935-1958


Box 6 Folder 15

Hi, 1940-1959


Box 6 Folder 16

Hillman, Sidney, 1940-1942


Box 7 Folder 1

Ho, 1942


Box 7 Folder 2

Hopkins, Harry, 1939-1942


Box 7 Folder 3

Hu-Hz, 1937-1968


Box 7 Folder 4

Hudson, Manley O.,1928-1966


Box 7 Folder 5

I, 1937-1959


Box 7 Folder 6

Ingegnieros, Jack, 1935-1942


Box 7 Folder 7

Inglis, Ellen, 1921-1922


Box 7 Folder 8

Italy America Society, 1924-1928


Box 7 Folder 9

J, 1937-1955


Box 7 Folder 10

Jackson, Robert H., 1935-1940


Box 7 Folder 11

Johnson, Harold B., 1938-1944


Box 7 Folder 12

Johnson, Lyndon B., 1965-1968


Box 7 Folder 13

Jones, Eugene Kinckle, 1937-1946


Box 7 Folder 14

K, 1937-1955


Box 7 Folder 15

Kiendl, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore and Frances Vaughan, 1942-1976


Box 7 Folder 16

Klaus, Erwin H., 1940-1942


Box 7 Folder 17

Kopple, Robert, 1956-1979


Box 7 Folder 18

Kuhn, Delia W. and Ferdinand, Jr., 1934-1979


Box 7 Folder 19

La, 1937-1951


Box 7 Folder 20

Ladd, Carl E. (New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell), 1937-1942


Box 63 Folder 1

LaGuardia, Fiorello--Campaign Fliers, circa, 1942


Box 8 Folder 1

LaGuardia, Fiorello, 1934-1942


Box 8 Folder 2 to 4

Lamont, Corliss, 1930-1983, (3 Folders)


Box 8 Folder 5

Lamont, Eleanor, 1924-1948


Box 8 Folder 6

Lamont, Thomas S., 1928-1972


Box 8 Folder 7

Lamont, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. and Florence Corliss, 1924-1948


Box 8 Folder 8

Le, 1939-1975


Box 8 Folder 9

Legion for American Unity, 1941-1942


Box 8 Folder 10

Lehman, Edith A., 1932-1976


Box 8 Folder 11 to 12

Lehman, Herbert H., 1933-1942, (2 Folders)


Box 63 Folder 6

Lehman, Herbert H.--New York Executive Chamber Documents Signed to Poletti,, 1936


Box 9 Folder 1 to 2

Lehman, Herbert H., 1943-1963, (2 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 3

Lehman, Irving, 1938-1939


Box 9 Folder 4

Levitt, Arthur, 1954-1959


Box 9 Folder 5

Lexington Democratic Club, 1953-1959


Box 9 Folder 6

Li, 1941-1967


Box 9 Folder 7

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1933


Box 9 Folder 8

Lo, 1929-1953


Box 9 Folder 9

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1950-1953


Box 9 Folder 10

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1931-1933


Box 9 Folder 11

Lu-Lz, 1939-1974


Box 9 Folder 12

Luce, Clare Booth, 1933-1944


Box 9 Folder 13

Lyons, Gerald,1940-1941


Box 9 Folder 14

Ma, 1934-1968


Box 9 Folder 15

Marshall, Thurgood, 1940


Box 9 Folder 16

Mc, 1934-1942


Box 9 Folder 17

McCloy, John J.,1942-1966


Box 9 Folder 18

Me, 1937-1959


Box 9 Folder 19

Mead, James M., 1938-1942


Box 9 Folder 20

Meany, George, 1935-1974


Box 9 Folder 21

Mi, 1939-1956


Box 10 Folder 1

Miller, Frieda S., 1938-1940


Box 10 Folder 2

Millonzi, Robert I., 1942-1967


Box 10 Folder 3

Mills, Saul, 1942


Box 10 Folder 4

Mo, 1933-1960


Box 10 Folder 5

Monod, Philippe, 1967-1970


Box 10 Folder 6

Morrow, Dwight W. and Elizabeth C., 1927-1930


Box 10 Folder 7

Morrow, Elizabeth R., 1929-1934


Box 10 Folder 8

Morse, David A., 1944-1967


Box 10 Folder 9

Moses, Robert, 1952-1982


Box 10 Folder 10

Moynihan, Daniel P.,1955-1982


Box 10 Folder 11

Mu-My, 1942-1955


Box 10 Folder 12

N, 1942-1964


Box 10 Folder 13

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.),, 1939-1966


Box 10 Folder 14

National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1938-1941


Box 10 Folder 15

National Council of Young Israel, 1939-1941


Box 10 Folder 16

National Lawyers Guild, 1939


Box 11 Folder 1

Neufeld, Maurice F., 1941-1982


Box 11 Folder 2

The New Republic, 1940-1941


Box 11 Folder 3

New York State Council of Churches, 1940-1942


Box 11 Folder 4

New York Stock Exchange, 1940-1941


Box 11 Folder 5

Niles, David K., 1942-1953


Box 11 Folder 6

O, 1937-1983


Box 11 Folder 7

O'Dwyer, William, 1942-1949


Box 11 Folder 8

Orlando, Vittorio, 1944


Box 11 Folder 9

Ottman, William, 1942


Box 11 Folder 10

Pa, 1936-1960


Box 11 Folder 11

Palladino, Giuseppe, 1949-1965


Box 11 Folder 12

Parri, Feruccio, 1945


Box 11 Folder 13

Pe, 1937-1953


Box 11 Folder 14

Perkins, Frances, 1936-1965


Box 11 Folder 15

Ph-Pm, 1942-1957


Box 11 Folder 16

Po, 1937-1957


Box 11 Folder 17

Poletti, Carla Knox (Mrs. Kyril R. Tidmarsh), 1942-1960


Box 11 Folder 18

Poletti Family Correspondence, 1865-1875


Box 11 Folder 19

Poletti, Carolina G. (Mother), 1922-1978


Box 12 Folder 1 to 7

Poletti, Charles


Box 12 Folder 1

Biographical Information, 1924-1964


Box 12 Folder 2 to 4

Clippings, 1929-1969, (3 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 5

Correspondence with Cousins, 1929-1956


Box 12 Folder 6

Correspondence with Friends from Barre, Vermont, 1920-1924


Box 12 Folder 7

Personal and Financial Affairs, 1928-1966


Box 63 Folder 2

Personal and Financial Affairs, 1930-1939


Box 63 Folder 3

Vermont Background, 1922-1973


Box 13 Folder 1

Personal and Financial (Elizabethtown, NJ), 1941-1942


Box 13 Folder 2

"Self Analysis of Personal Traits,", 1924


Box 13 Folder 3

Vermont Background, 1922-1973


Box 13 Folder 4

Poletti, Charles Ellis, 1938-1979


Box 63 Folder 4

Poletti, Charles Ellis--Clippings, 1954


Box 13 Folder 5

Poletti, Dino (Grandfather) and Poletti, Maria Cavigioli (Grandmother), 1890-1895


Box 13 Folder 6

Poletti, Dino (Father), 1922


Box 13 Folder 7

Poletti, Jean Knox, 1939-1974, (2 Folders)


Box 13 Folder 8

Poletti, Jean Knox--Clippings, 1940-1944


Box 63 Folder 5

Poletti, Jean Knox--Clippings,1974


Box 14 Folder 1

Poletti, Joanna Shattuck, 1941-1965


Box 14 Folder 2

Polier, Justine Wise, 1926-1973


Box 14 Folder 3

Polk, Frank L., 1937-1942


Box 14 Folder 4

Pope, Generoso, 1940-1946


Box 14 Folder 5

Pope, Paul VI, 1944-1958


Box 14 Folder 6

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1942


Box 14 Folder 7

Pr-Pu, 1937-1973


Box 14 Folder 8

Prendergast, Michael H., 1956-1960


Box 14 Folder 9

Q, 1939-1968


Box 14 Folder 10

R, 1937-1978


Box 14 Folder 11

Rabin, Benjamin J., 1937-1968


Box 14 Folder 12

Rockefeller, John D. III, 1941-1966


Box 14 Folder 13

Rockefeller, Nelson A., 1953-1967


Box 14 Folder 14

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1940-1964


Box 14 Folder 15

Roosevelt, Franklin, D., 1930-1955


Box 14 Folder 16

Rose, Alex, 1938-1966


Box 14 Folder 17

Rosenberg, Anna M., 1940-1950


Box 14 Folder 18

Rosenman, Samuel I., 1937-1966


Box 14 Folder 19

Rossini, Vincenzo, 1937-1942


Box 15 Folder 1

Sa, 1939-1958


Box 15 Folder 2

Sc, 1939-1960


Box 15 Folder 3

Schlesinger, Emil, 1938-1967


Box 15 Folder 4

Schwarz, Frederick A.O., 1938-1981


Box 15 Folder 5

Se-Sf, 1939-1958


Box 15 Folder 6

Sforza, Count Carlo, 1941-1943


Box 15 Folder 7

Sh, 1937-1958


Box 15 Folder 8

Shattuck, Mr. and Mrs. John and Grace Costello and Family, 1941-1963


Box 15 Folder 9

Shientag, Florence Perlow, 1954


Box 15 Folder 10

Si, 1942-1954


Box 15 Folder 11

Sk-Sn, 1936-1955


Box 15 Folder 12

Smith, Alfred E., 1938-1944


Box 15 Folder 13

So-Sp, 1935-1959


Box 15 Folder 14

Sobel, Nathan R., 1939-1960


Box 15 Folder 15

Spano, Olga Albasini--Poletti Bust, 1953-1963


Box 15 Folder 16

Spellman, Francis Cardinal, 1939-1964


Box 15 Folder 17

Spofford, Charles M., 1928-1967


Box 15 Folder 18

St, 1937-1966


Box 15 Folder 19

Stevenson, Adlai E., 1952-1961


Box 15 Folder 20

Stimson, Henry L., 1943-1946


Box 15 Folder 21

Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1941


Box 15 Folder 22

Strebel, Gustave A., 1940-1942


Box 15 Folder 23

Su-Sy, 1942-1978


Box 16 Folder 1

Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1936-1948


Box 16 Folder 2

T, 1936-1967


Box 16 Folder 3

Taussig, F.W., 1924-1935


Box 16 Folder 4

Taylor, Myron C., 1944-1947


Box 16 Folder 5

Truman, Harry S., 1958-1964


Box 16 Folder 6

U.S. Presidents, 1958-1967


Box 16 Folder 7

U, 1938-1958


Box 16 Folder 8

V, 1939-1967


Box 16 Folder 9

Van Schaick, George S., 1937-1942


Box 16 Folder 10 to 11

Veiller, Lawrence, 1937-1939, (2 Folders)


Box 16 Folder 12

Wa, 1937-1942


Box 16 Folder 13

Wagner, Robert F., Jr., 1942-1968


Box 16 Folder 14

Wagner, Robert F., Sr.,1937-1942


Box 16 Folder 15

Ward, Ivy (Estate), 1939-1942


Box 16 Folder 16

Wardwell, Allen, 1931-1953


Box 16 Folder 17

Watt, Murray L., 1941-1957


Box 16 Folder 18

We, 1937-1966


Box 16 Folder 19

Weinberger, Howard, 1939-1955


Box 16 Folder 20

Weinfeld, Edward, 1948-1982


Box 16 Folder 21

Wh, 1930-1958


Box 16 Folder 22

White, Walter, 1937-1942


Box 16 Folder 23

White, William Allen, 1940-1973


Box 16 Folder 24

Wi, 1929-1960


Box 16 Folder 25

Wickersham, Cornelius W., 1939-1942


Box 16 Folder 26

Willkie, Wendell L., 1940-1944


Box 16 Folder 27

Wilson, Charles E. ("Electric"), 1941-1948


Box 61 Folder 10

Wo--Cartoon signed by Denys Wortman, undated


Box 17 Folder 1

Wo, 1937-1977


Box 17 Folder 2

Wu-Wy, 1937-1939


Box 17 Folder 3

X, 1937-1942


Box 17 Folder 4

Y, 1939-1957


Box 17 Folder 5

Young, Owen D.,1941


Box 17 Folder 6

Young Men's Board of Trade, 1940


Box 17 Folder 7

Z, 1942-1974

Series II: Subject Files, 1910-1991

This extensive series holds information on a wide range of subjects relating to Poletti's military, political, and professional careers. Allied Military Government (AMG) files document his work as an allied military governor in Italy and include official orders, reports, correspondence, and descriptions of the state of the country. "Discrimination" Files contain a variety of material relating to Poletti's stance against discrimination, including press releases and campaign fliers focusing on his support of minority groups; discussions of the appointment of black employees to government positions; and correspondence and reports relating to the State War Council Committee on Discrimination in Employment, which investigated cases of discrimination in the workforce. They also contain a travel diary kept by philosopher Corliss Lamont, detailing his observations of racism on a 1926 trip through the South with Poletti, and his report based on the experience. Files on the New York World's Fair hold correspondence and reports outlining plans for the fair; photographs of Poletti and others at work on the project; and information on each of the country pavilions. They also hold public documents such as promotional fliers, postcards, maps, and articles. The series also contains material on Poletti's political campaigns and his work with the power authority, as well as notes and correspondence on a variety of issues such as low-cost housing and birth control. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject


Allied Military Government (AMG)


Box 17 Folder 8

Poletti Military Service, 1939-1942


Box 17 Folder 9

Poletti 201 File, 1944-1945


General


Box 17 Folder 10 to 13

1943 January-1944 April, (4 Folders)


Box 18 Folder 1 to 11

1944 May-1948, 1944, (11 Folders)


Box 60 Folder 1 to 4

1944 January-1945 June, (4 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 1 to 8

Administrative Instructions, 1943-1944, (8 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 9 to 18

Monthly Reports, 1943-1945, (10 Folders)


Box 83 Folder 2

Monthly Reports, 1943September, 1943


Box 20 Folder 1 to 4

Official Orders, 1943-1944, (4 Folders)


Box 60 Folder 5

Proclamations, 1944


Box 20 Folder 5 to 8

Regional Orders, 1943-1945, (4 Folders)


Box 60 Folder 6

Lombardy Region, 1945 June 1-27


Box 20 Folder 9

Special Orders, 1943 October 25-1944 February 15


Clippings


Box 20 Folder 10 to 12

1943-1944, (3 Folders)


Box 21 Folder 1

General, undated


Box 21 Folder 2 to 4

1945-1962, (4 Folders)


Box 60 Folder 7

1944 January-May


Box 60 Folder 8

1944 June-December


Box 63

Oversize Broadsides and Maps, 1943-1945


Box 21 Folder 5

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), 1941


Box 21 Folder 6

Birth Control, 1941


Box 21 Folder 7

Campaign, 1960


Box 21 Folder 8

Campaign--General I, 1942


Campaign, 1942


Box 22 Folder 1

General II, 1942


Box 22 Folder 2 to 3

Clippings, 1941 August-1942 November, (2 Folders)


Box 22 Folder 4

Dewey, Thomas E., 1942


Box 22 Folder 5

Jaeckle, Edwin F., 1942


Box 22 Folder 6

Contributions, 1942


Box 22 Folder 7

Statements and Handbills, 1942


Box 61 Folder 11

Statement of Operating Costs and Revenue from Power Plants, 1926-1940


Campaign, 1941


Box 23 Folder 1

Clippings, 1941


Box 23 Folder 2

Speeches and Statements, 1941


Campaign, 1940


Box 23 Folder 3

Memos and Speeches, 1940


Box 23 Folder 4

Clippings, 1940


Box 24 Folder 1

Campaign, 1938


Box 24 Folder 2

Correspondence, 1938


Box 24 Folder 3

Circulars, 1938, (2 Folders)


Box 24 Folder 4 to 5

Clippings, 20 October-, November 1938, (2 Folders)


Box 24 Folder 6

Clippings--Catholic Question, 1938


Box 24 Folder 7

Endorsements, 1938


Box 24 Folder 8

Press Releases, 1938


Box 24 Folder 9

Democratic Campaign Committee--Kings County Speakers Bureau, 1938


Box 60 Folder 9

Posters and Clippings, 1938


Box 25 Folder 1

Campaign--General, 1937


Box 25 Folder 2

Campaign--General, 1936


Box 25 Folder 3

Campaign--Circulars, 1936, (2 Folders)


Box 25 Folder 4

Campaign, 1932


Box 25 Folder 5

Catholic Charities, 1946-1947


Box 25 Folder 6

Charitable Contributions, 1946-1947


Box 25 Folder 7 to 8

Charles Poletti Power Project, 1991, (2 Folders)


Box 25 Folder 9

Child Labor, 1937


Box 25 Folder 10

Christmas and Other Greeting Cards, 1948-1963


Box 25 Folder 12

Citizens Union Reports and Pamphlets, 1928-1937


Box 25 Folder 13

Cloak and Suit Industry--Congratulations Upon Appointment as Impartial Chairman,, 1946


Cloak and Suit Industry


Box 26 Folder 1

Correspondence, 1946-1947


Box 26 Folder 2

Decisions and Contracts, 1946-1947


Box 26 Folder 3

Clippings, 1946-1947


Box 26 Folder 4

Commutations, 1943


Box 26 Folder 5

Gilmore Case, 1942-1943


Box 26 Folder 6

Hoffman, 1942-1943


Box 26 Folder 7 to 8

Statements and Speeches, 1942-1943, (2 Folders)


Box 26 Folder 9

Crank Files, 1942-1943


Box 26 Folder 10

Clippings, 1942-1943


Box 26 Folder 11

Clippings, 1946-1961


Box 26 Folder 12

Constitutional Convention, 1938


Box 26 Folder 13

Constitutional Convention--Clippings, 1938


Box 27 Folder 1

Constitutional Convention--General, 1938


Box 27 Folder 2

Council on Foreign Relations, 1950s


Folder 3

Decorations


Box 27 Folder 4

Gold Medal of the City of Rome, 1945


Box 27 Folder 5

Legion of Merit, undated


Box 27 Folder 6

Order of British Empire, 1910s-1940s


Box 27

Order of St. Gregory the Great, undated


Box 27 Folder 9

Reserve Officers Association of U.S., undated


Box 27 Folder 10

Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1943


Box 61 Folder 12

Order of the Crown of Italy, undated, 1940s


Box 27 Folder 11

Democratic National Convention, 1932


Discrimination


Box 27 Folder 12

General, 1938-1942, (5 Folders)


Box 27 Folder 13

Appointment of Negroes, 1939-1940


Box 27 Folder 14

Baseball Clippings, 1940


Box 27 Folder 15

N.Y. State Guard, 1942


Box 27 Folder 16

U.S. Military, 1940-1943


Box 28 Folder 1

C. Poletti and Corliss Lamont Diary Trip through the South, 1926


Box 28 Folder 2

"The Negro Problem"--Paper Result of Poletti Lamont Trip, by Corliss Lamont,, 1926


Box 28 Folder 3

Eastchester (St. Paul's Church), 1938


Box 28 Folder 4

Extradition--D. Blythe, 1942


Box 28 Folder 5

Foreign Policy Association, 1920s


Box 28 Folder 6

Governor's Committee on Fiscal Organization in New York State, 1960s


Box 28 Folder 7

Governorship Clippings, 1942 December


Housing


Box 28 Folder 8

Correspondence, 1938


Box 28 Folder 9

General and Clippings, 1938


Box 28 Folder 10

Speeches, 1937-1938


Box 28 Folder 11

Labor Relations Act, 1930s


Box 28 Folder 12

Legal Action--Vito Genovese in AMG, 1940s-1950s


Box 28 Folder 13

Legal and Business, 1940s-1950s


Box 29 Folder 1

Letterheads and Envelopes, undated


Box 29 Folder 2

Loyalty Oaths, 1930s


Box 29 Folder 3

Martin, George W.--Charges for Removal of, 1939


Box 29 Folder 4

Massena Power Line--Water Power, 1940s


Box 29 Folder 5

Membership Cards and Certificates, 1950s


Box 29 Folder 6

Masena Power Line, 1941-1942


Box 29 Folder 7

Mussolini, Benito, 1960s


Box 30 Folder 1

National Youth Administration, 1930s-1950s


Box 30 Folder 2

Newspaper List--Circulation and Political Slant, undated


Box 30 Folder 3

New York City--Employment Situation, 1942


Box 30 Folder 4

New York City Politics--Clippings, 1939-1940


NY State


Defense and War Council


Box 30 Folder 5

Applicants for Positions,1942


Box 30 Folder 6

General, 1940s undated


Box 30 Folder 7

War Council Official Bulletin, 1942 July-December


Box 30 Folder 8

Defense Bulletins, 1941-1942


Box 30 Folder 9

Printed Brochures, 1941


Box 30 Folder 10

Printed Brochures, 1942


Box 31 Folder 1

Clippings, 1940-1942


Folder 2

Trips


Box 31 Folder 3

Binghamton, Endicott, Hillcrest, Port Dickinson, 1941


Box 31 Folder 4

Buffalo, 1941-1942


Box 31 Folder 5

Elmira, Corning, Painted Post, 1941


Box 31 Folder 6

Long Island, 1941


Box 31 Folder 7

Massena, Canton, Ogdensburg, 1942


Box 31 Folder 8

Rochester, 1941


Box 31 Folder 9

Rome, Ilion, Utica, Oneida County, 1941


Box 31 Folder 10

Schenectady, 1941


Box 31 Folder 11

Syracuse, Onondaga County, 1941


Box 31 Folder 12

Utica, 1941-1942


Box 31 Folder 13

Westchester County, 1941


Democratic Platform


Box 31 Folder 14

Committee, 1958 August 1-17


Box 31 Folder 15

Committee, 1958 August 18-19


Box 31 Folder 16

General, 1958 July


Box 31 Folder 17

Charles Poletti Memoranda, 1958


Box 31 Folder 18

3rd Draft, 1958


Box 32 Folder 1

1st and 2nd Drafts, 1942


Box 32 Folder 2

General, 1942


Box 32 Folder 3

Correspondence, 1942 August 7-16


Box 32 Folder 4

Correspondence, 1942 August 17-27


Box 32 Folder 5

Draft Suggestions, 1942


Box 32 Folder 6

Drafts, 1942


Box 32 Folder 7

Reference Material and Clippings, 1942


Box 32 Folder 8

Democratic Platforms and Republican Platforms, 1932-1936


Box 32 Folder 9

Legislature, 1930s-1940s


Box 32 Folder 10

Politics--Clippings, 1943-1945


Box 33 Folder 1

Politics--Clippings, 1938-1940


Box 33 Folder 2

Niagara Falls Power Company, 1930s


Folder 3 to 7

Power Authority, 1957-1970, (5 Folders)


Box 60 Folder 10

Maps, 1948, 1957, 1948, 1957


Box 34 Folder 1

General, 1951-1954, (6 Folders)


Box 34 Folder 2

Clippings, 1955-1958


Box 34 Folder 3

Of the State of New York--Dedication of the Poletti Power Projects, Astoria, Gift of C.P.,, 1982


Folder 4

St. Lawrence Seaway Power Project


Box 34 Folder 5

General, 1941-1942


Box 35 Folder 1 to 4

General, 1938-1941, (4 Folders)


Box 35 Folder 5

San Remo Strike, 1930s


Box 35 Folder 6

Savings Bank Life Insurance, 1930s


Box 35 Folder 7

School Bus Transportation Bill, 1935-1937


Box 35 Folder 8 to 9

School Bus Transportation Bill Clippings, 1935-1936, (2 Folders)


Box 35 Folder 10

Supreme Court Appointment, 1937


Box 36 Folder 1 to 2

School Bus Transportation Bill Clippings, 1935, (2 Folders)


Box 36 Folder 3

Searches and Seizures, 1930s


Box 36 Folder 4

Special Secretary Applications, 1930s


Box 36 Folder 5

Supreme Court Clippings, 1937


Box 36 Folder 6

Supreme Court--"Proceedings on the Confirmation and Induction of Poletti as Justice of the Supreme Court, 1937


Box 36 Folder 7

Trip to Italy--Clippings, 1947


Box 36 Folder 8

Trip to the Soviet Union--Report, 1927


Box 36 Folder 9

Trips to Europe, 1924-1947


Box 36 Folder 10

Vatican Statuette of St. Peter, 1949-1954


Box 36 Folder 11

Visiting Cards and Social Announcements, undated


Box 37 Folder 1

WMCA Radio Broadcast--"Success Story,", 1941


Worlds Fair


Box 37 Folder 2 to 6

General, 1959-1962, (5 Folders)


Box 37 Folder 7

Christmas Greetings, 1962


Box 38 Folder 1

Christmas Greetings, 1962


Box 38 Folder 2

General, 1963


Box 38 Folder 3

Directors Meeting, 1963 April


Box 38 Folder 4 to 7

General, 1964, (4 Folders)


Box 39 Folder 1 to 3

General, 1964, (3 Folders)


Box 39 Folder 4 to 6

Christmas Greetings, 1964, (3 Folders)


Box 40 Folder 1 to 5

Clippings, 1965 April, (5 Folders)


Box 40 Folder 6

Directors Meeting, 1965 January


Box 40 Folder 7

1965 Reopening Press Kit, 1965 April, 1965, 1965 April


Box 40 Folder 8

General, 1966


Box 40 Folder 6

Directors Meeting, 1965 January


Box 41 Folder 1

Bureau of International Expositions, 1960s


Box 41 Folder 2

Ground-breaking Ceremonies, 1960s


Box 41 Folder 3 to 5

General, 1960s, (3 Folders)


Box 41 Folder 6

International Exhibits, 1960s


Box 41 Folder 7

Sukarno Visit, undated


Box 41 Folder 8

Travel and Pavilions, 1960s


Box 41 Folder 9

Itineraries, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 1

General, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 2

Bali, undated


Box 42 Folder 3

China (Taiwan), 1960s


Box 42 Folder 4

Colombia, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 5

India, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 6

Indonesia, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 7

Iran, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 8

Israel, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 9

Italy (Turin Center), 1960s


Box 42 Folder 10

Japan, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 11

Pakistan, 1960s


World Fair-Travel and Pavilions


Box 43 Folder 1

Sierra Leone, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 2

Sudan, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 3

Spain, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 4

Sweden, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 5

Switzerland, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 6

Syria, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 7

Thailand, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 8

Togo, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 9

Trinidad, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 10

Tunis, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 11

Turkey, 1960s


Box 43 Folder 12

United Arab Republic (Egypt), 1960s


Box 44 Folder 1

Uruguay, 1960s


Box 44 Folder 2

Vatican City, 1960s


Box 44 Folder 3

Venezuela, 1960s


Box 44 Folder 4

West African Trips, 1961

Series III: Harvard, 1920-1928

This series documents Poletti's experiences as an undergraduate at Harvard and later as a law student. It includes his notes, examinations, and papers from classes in economics, English, government, philosophy, and psychology, among others. It also holds three diaries covering Poletti's time in college and graduate school. Materials are filed by subject and document type.


Harvard College


Box 44 Folder 5 to 11

Economics--Notes and Exams, 1920s, (7 Folders)


Box 45 Folder 1

English A, Papers, undated


Box 45 Folder 2

English A, Exams, undated


Box 45 Folder 3

English A, Themes, 1920s


Box 45 Folder 4

Government 1, Notes and Exams, 1920s


Box 45 Folder 5

Philosophy A, Exams and Papers, undated


Box 45 Folder 6

Philosophy A, Notes, 1920s


Box 45 Folder 7

Psychology B, Notes, 1920s


Box 45 Folder 8

Psychology 16, Exams and Papers, 1920s


Box 45 Folder 9

Exams, Notes, Paper and a Diary, undated


Box 46 Folder 1

"The Attitude of the American Government…", undated


Box 46 Folder 2

"History of Albania 1914-1922,", 1923


Box 46 Folder 3

Harvard Law School--Paper: "The Judicial Review of Immigration…", 1920s


Box 56 Folder 7

Harvard College and Harvard Law--Diaries, 1925-1928 (3 diaries), 1925-1928

Series IV: Legal Briefs, 1940-1964

This small series contains legal briefs for cases on which Poletti served as an attorney. Some include Poletti's annotations. They are filed chronologically.


Folder 4 to 7

Legal Briefs, 1940s-1948, (4 Folders)


Box 47 Folder 1 to 5

1955-1964, (5 Folders)

Series V: Speeches and Press Releases, 1937-1947

This series is comprised primarily of campaign speeches given by Poletti at conventions and meetings, or over the radio. They cover topics such as public housing, discrimination, labor legislation, and civil and religious liberty. Several speeches present Poletti's experiences working with Herbert. H. Lehman. Files contain both drafts and completed speeches, arranged chronologically. An index can be found within each folder. The series also holds press releases announcing Poletti's actions as Lieutenant Governor and as acting Governor of New York, filed chronologically.


Box 47

Press Releases, 1939-1942, (4 Folders)


Folder 10 to 11

Speeches, 1937-1938, (2 Folders)


Box 48 Folder 1

1939-1941, (8 Folders)


Box 49 Folder 1 to 6

1941-1942, (6 Folders)


Box 50 Folder 1 to 3

1945-1947, (3 Folders)


Box 50 Folder 4

General, undated

Series VI: General, undated

The files in this series hold family manuscripts in Italian, notes, and other personal documents


Box 50 Folder 5

Correspondence, undated


Box 50 Folder 6

Family Manuscripts in Italian, undated


Box 50 Folder 7

Notes and Memos, undated


Box 50 Folder 8

Notes in Italian, undated


Box 50 Folder 9

Distinguished Service Certificate, 1945

Series VII: Jean E. Poletti, 1931-1964

This series is comprised of letters written by Poletti's wife, Jean Knox Ellis Poletti, written during the early years of their marriage. It also contains seven travel diaries chronicling her visits to many countries during the 1960s.


Correspondence


Box 50 Folder 9 to 10

1931-1934 ( Folders 1-2), 1931-1934


Box 51 Folder 1 to 6

1931-1935, (6 Folders)


Travel Diaries


Box 51 Folder 7 to 9

1960-1964, (3 Folders)


Box 52 Folder 1

Passport, 1960s

Series VIII: Articles by and About Charles Poletti, circa, 1930-1970

Articles written by Charles Poletti typically touch on political topics. Those written about him generally regard his post in Italy immediately following World War II. Articles on Poletti's career can also be found in Series XIII: Clipping Books.


Box 52 Folder 2 to 5

General, circa, 1930-1970, (4 Folders)


Box 61 Folder 13

1945-1960

Series IX: Photographs, 1920-1983

Some of these photographs are records of Charles Poletti's time in Italy during and following the Second World War, when he served in the Allied Military Government as a civil affairs officer. It also contains portraits of other politicians from the time, and images of Poletti with various members of his family, including his wife Jean. Several folders contain images that pertain to the 1964 World's Fair in New York City in 1964. Photographs can also be found throughout Series I: Correspondence.


Box 52 Folder 6 to 8

Allied Military Government, circa, 1945


Box 53

Allied Military Government, circa, 1945


Box 53

Davis, John W., undated


Box 53

Harriman, Averell, undated


Box 53

Johnson, Lyndon B., undated


Box 53

Lehman, Herbert H., undated


Box 53

Poletti, Charles--Portraits, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 53

Poletti, Charles and Jean E., undated


Box 53

Poletti, Charles and Jean with Children, undated


Box 53

Poletti Family, 1920-1983


Box 53

Roosevelt, Franklin D., undated


Box 53

Stimson, Henry L., undated


World's Fair


Box 53

Album I, circa, 1964, (2 Folders)


Box 54 Folder 1 to 6

Album I-IV, circa, 1964, (6 Folders)


Box 55 Folder 1 to 3

Album IV-V, 1963-1965, (3 Folders)


Box 55 Folder 6

Memorabilia Album


Box 55 Folder 7

World's Fair Miscellaneous, 1964-1965


Box 55 Folder 8 to 9

Miscellaneous, 1924-1965, (2 Folders)


Box 55 Folder 10

Newspaper Clippings, 1937-1940


Box 58

Negatives, undated


Box 60 Folder 11

Harvard College Class of 1924 Reunion, 1939, 1924, 1939


Box 60 Folder 12

Group Photos and Statue, 1933-1936


Box 61 Folder 1

Allied Military Government, 1944-1945


Box 61 Folder 2

Coat and Suit Industry, 1946


Box 61 Folder 3

Turkey Cabinet Luncheon, 1932


Box 61 Folder 4

Poletti, Charles--Portraits, 1939


Box 61 Folder 5

World's Fair Album II--Aerial View of Grounds, 1964


Box 61 Folder 6

World's Fair Album III--General, circa, 1964


Box 61 Folder 7

World's Fair Album IV--Aerial Views of Grounds, circa, 1964


Box 63

Cave Ardeatine Massacre--Photo Album, 1944


Box 64 Folder 1 to 3

"For Those Who Produced the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965"--Photo Album,, 1965, (3 Folders)


Box 64 Folder 4

Poletti's Visit to Asuncion, Paraguay--Photo Album, 1961


Box 65

Korea Trip--Photo Album, undated


Box 84

Poletti at Desk--Nitrate Negatives, undated

Series X: Memorabilia, circa, 1915-1965

This collection of materials including address books, diaries, passports, campaign buttons, and other personal effects belonging to Charles Poletti, as well as certificates and plaques awarded to him.


Box 56 Folder 1

Address and Date Books, 1929-1943


Box 56 Folder 2 to 3

Certificates, 1938-1965, (2 Folders)


Box 56 Folder 4

Passports, circa, 1915


Box 56 Folder 5

Regalia, undated


Box 58

Medals and Buttons, circa, 1920-1960


Box 60 Folder 13

Cartoons by Rollin Kirby, 1938


Box 60 Folder 14

Certificates, 1930-1969


Box 61 Folder 8

Diplomas, 1926


Box 61 Folder 9

Certificates, 1933-1953


Box 62

Leather Desk Set taken by Charles Poletti from Mussolini's Desk at Villa Feltrinella, Lake Garda, Italy--Includes Unidentified Photographs and Correspondence in Italian,, 1945


Box 62

Bound Volume of Newspaper Sicilia Liberata with Inscription to Poletti, 1944


Box 64 Folder 6

New York World's Fair Guestbook, 1964-1965


Box 64 Folder 7

World's Fair Nametag, 1964


Box 59

N.Y. World's Fair--Banner, 1964


Box 73

Wartime Postcards, 1942-1945


Box 74

Postcards, circa, 1945


Plaques


Box 78

Coordinating Council of 213 Cooperatives, 1957


Box 78

Clothing Manufacturers Association, 1963


Box 83 Folder 1

Certificate on Vellum, 1945


Box Lehman Suite

Marble Bust of Poletti

Series XI: Audiotapes and Films, 1939-1964

The audio tapes and films in this series pertain to the 1939 and 1964 New York World's Fairs. They include a speech Poletti gave about the 1939 Fair and interview with Poletti about his involvement in the 1964 Fair, among others.


Audiotapes


Box 56 Folder 6

Barry Gray Show, 1964, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Box 57 Folder 1

Foreign Press Conference, 1963, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Box 57 Folder 2

Korean Industrial Exposition, 1962, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Box 57 Folder 3

Overseas Press Club, 1963, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Box 57 Folder 4

C. Poletti Interview, 1964 June 23, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Enclosed a note from "B", Vice President International Affairs and Exhibits, New York World's Fair 1964-1965, to Governor Poletti, dated 1964 July 03.


Box 57 Folder 5

C. Poletti Speech--1939 World's Fair, 1984 April 03, 1 film reels (16mm)

5 min. film (John Campbell) CP in 1939 Fair (1st Progress Film) CP Making speed (2nd Progress Film). Rec'd from John Campbell April 3, 1964


Film


Box 57 Folder 6

"To Build a Fair", 1 film reels (16mm)

Series XII: Records, 1937-1964

This series holds speeches and interviews with Poletti recorded on record albums, including talks on low-cost housing, anti-corruption, and a report on the 1964 World's Fair. It also contains a number of popular music records owned by Poletti.


Box 75

Testimonial Dinner for Charles Poletti with Speech by Herbert H. Lehman, 1937 February 25 (8 records), 1937 February 25


Poletti Speeches


Box 75

"Partnership in Nationwide Low-Cost Housing," 1938 February 2 (2 records), 1938 February 2


Box 75

"Pythianism and Americanism," 1939 February 19 (2 records), 1939 February 19


Box 75

Memorial Service for Colonel Vigo, 1939 February 24 (2 records), 1939 February 24


Box 75

"Anti-Corruption Program,", 1939 February 25


Box 75

"Legislation and Government," 1939 February 25 (3 records, 2 copies), 1939 February 25


Box 75

"New York State Czechoslovak Day,", 1940 March 7


Box 76

State Police Conference, 1940 August 13 (5 records), 1940 August 13


Box 76

Poletti Gubernatorial Inauguration, 1942 December 2 (2 records), 1942 December 2


Box 76

Unknown Poletti Speech, 1947 September 10


Box 76

"World's Fair Report"--Interview Featuring Bill Berns, Charles Poletti, Douglas Beaton, and Gates Davison,, 1963 July 26


Box 76

Robert Moses at Massena, N.Y., 1963 September 18


Box 76

"The Tex McCrary Program"--Interview, 1964 February 28


Box 77

Popular Music, circa 1940-1960 (15 records), 1940-1960

Series XIII: Clipping Books, 1933-1948

Series XIII is comprised of clipping books containing newspaper articles about Poletti. Most were collected systematically by press clipping agencies, and the 1940-1942 books contain a near complete record of Poletti's appearances in New York newspapers. Books are arranged chronologically.


Box 66

Scrapbook I, 1933-1936


Box 67

Scrapbook II-III, 1934-1937 (2 scrapbooks), 1934-1937


Box 72

Campaign, 1938


Box 66

1938 Campaign Clippings and Photographs, 1938, 1938, 1938


Box 68

Clippings Scrapbook, 1939


Box 69

Clippings Scrapbook, 1940


Box 70

Clippings Scrapbook, 1941


Box 71

Clippings Scrapbook, 1941-1942


Box 72

Scrapbook, 1947-1948

Series XIV: Oral History, 1978

This series contains transcripts and tapes of Poletti's oral history, which was recorded in 1978.


Transcripts


Box 79

Copy 1, 1978, (5 folders)


Box 80

Copy 2, 1978, (6 folders)


Box 81

Final Copy, 1978, (4 folders)


Audio Recordings


Box 82

Audiocassettes 1-9, 1978, (9 tapes)


Box 82

Reels 1-2, R1-R3, 1978, (5 reels)