Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve papers, 1898-1962
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0484
- Bib ID:
- 4078806 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron, 1877-1965
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 40 linear feet (82 manuscript boxes)
- Language(s):
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English
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- 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.
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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.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, notes, articles, reports, and speeches of Gildersleeve, including materials relating to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, 1945, the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the International Federation of University Women, the American Association of University Women, the American Council on Education, and the Near East College Association. The most note-worthy item in the collection is a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, appointing Dean Gildersleeve to serve as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Charter Conference of the United Nations. The collection also contains some material relating to Barnard College affairs.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in four 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
Reproductions 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); Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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
Source of acquisition--Gildersleeve, Virginia C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1964. Accession number--M-64.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2014-03-26 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2020-10-13 Series I. box list created with enhanced description. cml
Biographical / Historical
Dean of Barnard College, 1911-1947.
Subject Headings
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Name |
American Association of University Women |
American Council on Education |
Barnard College -- Administration |
Barnard College. Office of the Dean |
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 |
Catledge, Turner, 1901-1983 |
Conversations on International Organization (1944 : Washington, D.C.) |
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 |
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969 |
Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight |
Finley, John H (John Huston), 1863-1940 |
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959 |
Highet, Gilbert, 1906-1978 |
International Federation of University Women |
Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 |
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985 |
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 |
Marshall, George C (George Catlett), 1880-1959 |
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976 |
Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957 |
Near East College Association (New York, N.Y.) |
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971 |
Park, Rosemary |
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 |
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 |
Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 |
Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of, 1893-1972 |
Shotwell, James T., 1874-1965 |
Stassen, Harold E (Harold Edward), 1907-2001 |
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949 |
Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961 |
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 |
United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.) |
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 |
Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972 |
Subject |
Education -- Societies, etc |
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York |
Women college administrators |
Women college graduates -- Societies and clubs |
Women's colleges -- New York (State) -- New York |
World politics |
Buck, Pearl S. (1882-1973) (American writer known for her novel The Good Earth (Pulitzer Prize, 1932). She was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1938).))
Box 1A
New York, NY--TLS--1 p., 1946 May 2
Catledge, Turner (1901-1983) (American journalist, who served as the Managing Editor, The New York Times (1952-1964))
Box 1A
New York--Telegram, 1957 October 4
Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959) (American diplomat, who served as U.S. Secretary of State (1953-1959))
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1955 April 28
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1955 May 18
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1956 June 18
Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969) (U.S. Army General and 34th U.S. President (1953-1961))
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1956 November 5
Elmhirst, Dorothy Whitney Straight (1887-1968) (Philanthropist and social activist, who founded the weekly magazine The New New Republic and the New School for Social Research in New York City.)
Box 1A
[New York, NY]--ALS--3 p., March 2
Finley, John Huston (1863-1940) (New York Times Associate Editor (1921-1937) and Editor (1937-1938))
Box 1A
New York--ALS--2 p., 1926 October 16
Gildersleeve, Henry (1724-1790)
Box 1A
Poughkeepsie, NY--MS.D.--4 p., 1970 September 20
(copy of his will in the hand of Gilbert Livingston, Surrogate of the County (1790 October 4) and signed (3) times by Livingston)
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of (1881-1959) (British Ambassador to the United States (1940-1946))
Box 1A
TNS--1 p., 1954 October 29
Highet, Gilbert (1906-1978) (Scottish American classicist, academic writer, intellectual critic, and literary historian.)
Box 1A
TLS--1 p., 1954 October 4
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) (35th U.S. President (1961-1963))
Box 1A
TLS--1 p., 1961 February 3
Laidlaw, Isabel (1896-1978)
Box 1A
State College, PA--ALS--2 p., 1964 November 2
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. (1902-1985) (U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1953-1960))
Box 1A
New York--TLS--1 p., 1955 June 16
MacLeish, Archibald (1892-1982) (American poet, playwright, essayist, Librarian of Congress, and lawyer)
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--2 p., 1945 April 16
(with enclosure: "Memorandum to the U.S. Delegation")
Marshall, George Catlett (1880-1959) (U.S. Secretary of State (1947-1949))
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1947 January 23
(with copy of related letter)
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--2 p., 1947 July 29
(with carbon and enclosure)
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--2 p., 1947 August 12
(with enclosure and carbon of reply)
Box 1A
New York, NY--Telegram, 1947 September 18
Morison, Samuel Eliot (1887-1976) (American historian noted for his works about maritime history.)
Box 1A
Boston--ALS--2 p., 1955 March 22
Murray, Gilbert (1866-1957) (British classical scholar and public intellectual)
Box 1A
Oxford, England--TLS--1 p., 1954 November 9
Nevins, Allan (1890-1971) (American historian and journalist known for his extensive work on the history of the American Civil War)
Box 1A
New York, NY--TLS--1 p., 1954 November 7
Box 1A
New York,, NY--TLS--1 p., 1956 May 27
(with copies of (2) related letters)
Park, Rosemary (1907-2004) (Scholar, academic leader, and advocate for women's education, who served as the 5th President, Connecticut College (1947-1962), 6th President, Barnard College (1962-1967), and chancellor in the U. of California system (1967-1970).)
Box 1A
New York, NY--TLS--1 p., 1965 April 20
Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich (1908-1979) (Governor of New York (1959-1973))
Box 1A
New York, NY--TLS--2 p., 1958 January 13
Box 1A
New York, NY--TLS--1 p., 1958 January 22
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945) (32nd U.S. President (1933-1945))
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1945 February 28
(letter appointing Dean Gildersleeve as a delegate to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco; with a hand-written draft of Dean Gildersleeve's reply and a carbon of the typescript of the reply.)
Rusk, Dean (1909-1994) (In 1947, Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State)
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--2 p., 1947 August 9
(with enclosure and carbon reply)
Salisbury, Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of (1893-1972) (Leader of the House of Lords, 1951-1957)
Box 1A
London, England--TLS--1 p., 1954 November 12
Shotwell, James Thomson (1874-1965) (American History professor, who played an instrumental role in the creation of the International Labor Organization (ILO) (1918))
Box 1A
New York, NY--TLS--1 p., 1954 April 4
Stassen, Harold Edward (1907-2001) (Governor of Minnesota (1939-1943))
Box 1A
Philadelphia, PA--TLS--1 p., 1965 June 22
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (1900-1949) (U.S. Secretary of State (1943-1945))
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1945 March 13
(with carbon of Gildersleeve's reply)
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1945 March 15
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1945 March 31
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1945 April 14
(with carbon copies of (2) letters from Gildersleeve)
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1945 April 23
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1945 July 26
Stevenson, Adlai Ewing (1900-1965) (Governor of Illinois (1949-1953))
Box 1A
Chicago, IL--TLS--1 p., 1954 October 20
Thompson, Dorothy (1893-1961) (American journalist and radio broadcaster)
Box 1A
New York, NY--TLS--1 p., 1954 November 4
Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972) (33rd U.S. President (1945-1953))
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1945 October 15
Box 1A
Washington, DC--TLS--1 p., 1947 April 23
(with copies of (2) related letters)
Box 1A
Kansas City, MO--TLS--1 p., 1956 February 20
(with carbon of letter by Dean Gildersleeve (1956 February 13)
Box 1A
Independence, MO--TLS--1 p., 1958 March 26
Warren, Earl (1891-1974) (Governor of California (1943-1953) and 14th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1953-1969))
Box 1A
Sacramento, CA--TLS--1 p., 1948 June 12
Winchell, Walter (1897-1972) (Syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator)
Box 1A
New York, NY--TLS--1 p., 1945 April 19
Series II: Biographical Material and Photographs
Box 1
Family history and genealogy
Box 2
Early diary, student days and early career, citations and awards, newspaper clippings re: VCG
Box 3
Biographical and miscellaneous material re Barnard College
Box 4
Miscellaneous Biographical material
Box 5
Photographs
Series III: United Nations Charter Conference, San Francisco, 1945
Box 6
Dumbarton Oaks and U.N. Charter proposals
Box 7
Dumbarton Oaks and U.N. Charter proposals
Box 8
Comments and amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals
Box 9
Plenary, General, and Steering Committee Documents
Box 10
Plenary, General, and Steering Committee Documents
Box 11
Committee I Documents (General Provisions)
Box 12
Committee I Documents (General Provisions)
Box 13
Committee II Documents (General Assembly)
Box 14
Committee II Documents (General Assembly)
Box 15
Committee II Documents (General Assembly)
Box 16
Committee III Documents (Security Council)
Box 17
Committee III Documents (Security Council)
Box 18
Committee IV Documents (Judicial Organization)
Box 19
Committee IV Documents (Judicial Organization)
Box 20
Miscellaneous Documents
Box 21
Miscellaneous Documents
Box 22
Dossiers on Delegations
Box 23
Dossiers on Delegations
Box 24
Dossiers on Delegations
Box 25
Correspondence
Box 26
Correspondence
Box 27
Correspondence
Box 28
Correspondence
Box 29
Correspondence
Box 30
Correspondence
Box 31
Miscellaneous Subjects
Box 32
Miscellaneous Files
Box 33
Miscellaneous Files
Box 33B
Miscellaneous Files
Box 33A
News digests, Opinion summaries, etc.
Box 34
Miscellaneous material; 1947 U.N. session, 1947
Series IV: Other Files
Box 35
Near East, 1945-1949
Box 36
Near East, 1950-1959
Box 37
Near East, 1950-1959
Box 38
American Middle East Relief and American Friends of the Middle East
Box 39
Miscellaneous files relating to the Near East
Box 40
Miscellaneous files relating to the Near East
Box 41
Miscellaneous files relating to the Near East
Box 42
American Association of University Women
International Federation of University Women
Box 43
Documents
Box 45
Correspondence, 1939-1943
Box 46
Correspondence, 1942-1948
Box 47
Miscellaneous Material
Box 44
International Federation of University Women and Association of Collegiate Alumnae, 1919-1928
Box 48
American College for Girls, Istanbul, Turkey, 1917-1953
Box 49
American College for Girls, Istanbul, Turkey, 1953-1958
Box 50
Near East College Association, 1942-1950
Box 51
Near East College Association, 1950-1959
Box 52
Near East Colleges--Miscellaneous
Box 53
Barnard College--Columbia University
Box 54
Reid Hall, Paris
Box 55
Reid Hall, Paris
Box 56
Institute of International Education--Correspondence, 1942-1947
Box 57
Education--Miscellaneous Files
Box 58
Speeches and Notes, 1911-1919
Box 59
Speeches at Barnard and Columbia, 1920-1939
Box 60
Speeches at Barnard and Columbia, 1940-1949 and undated, 1940-1949, undated
Box 61
Speeches to various organizations and on miscellaneous subjects
Box 62
Speeches regarding U.N., A.A.U.W., I.F.U.W., education and international subjects
Box 63
Miscellaneous and duplicate speeches
Box 64
Published speeches and articles--listed
Box 65
Manuscript material--"Many a good crusade"; miscellaneous correspondence
Box 66
Miscellaneous Material--"Many a good crusade"
Box 67
Dies for "Many a good crusade"
Box 68
Correspondence re: "Many a good crusade"
Box 69
"Many a good crusade" -- clippings, reviews, gift lists, etc.
Box 70
Correspondence re "A hoard in winter"
Box 71
Manuscript material for "Merchants of light"
Box 72
Miscellaneous writings--texts and correspondence
Box 73
Miscellaneous writings--Correspondence Establishment of Elizabeth Reyard Book Fund
Box 74
Literary material, clippings, essays, etc.
Box 75
Trip to England, 1943
Box 76
Trip to Japan, 1946
(Also available on microfilm)
Box 77
Trip to Japan, 1946
Box 78
Organizations
Box 79
Organizations
Box 80
Miscellaneous Files
Box 81
Miscellaneous Files