Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve papers, 1898-1962

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):
English .
Access:
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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

Series I: Catalogued Correspondence


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

(with carbon reply)


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

(with envelope)


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

(enclosure, 1 p.)


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

(with (5) related items)


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