Spruille Braden papers, 1903-1977
Spruille Braden papers, 1903-1977
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0143
- Bib ID:
- 4079451 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Braden, Spruille, 1894-1978
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 34 linear feet (67 boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- 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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The following boxes are located off-site: Box 4-72. 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, speeches, manuscripts, documents, photographs, printed material, and audio visual material, primarily relating to Braden's career as a diplomat. Also included are files from his tenure as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, 1945-1947. The numerous scrapbooks in the collection contain clippings, photographs, and invitations. Major correspondents include Adolf A. Berle, Jr., Homer S. Cummings, James A. Farley, Barry Goldwater, Ernest Hemingway, John Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, Frances Kellor, Edward I. Koch, Archibald MacLeish, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Leo S. Rowe, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Thomas J. Watson, and Sumner Welles.
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. This collection is arranged in three series: Series I: Correspondence and Catalogued Items; Series II: Appearances; Series III: Manuscripts, Documents and Miscellaneous
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.
The following boxes are located off-site: Box 4-72. 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); Spruille Braden 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.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Spruille Braden, 1958; gift of the Braden family, 1978; gift of William Braden, 1981.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Braden, Spruille. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1958. Accession number--M-58.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/12/89.
Revision Description
2012-03-06 Xml document instance created by Alison Rhonemus.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
American diplomat, mining engineer. Braden (1894-1978) was a diplomat in numerous Latin American countries and was particularly well known for his role as the American Representative to the Chaco Peace Conference, 1935-1939, and for his opposition to the Peron regime in Argentina in the 1940s.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Series I: Correspondence and Catalogued Items
This series contains catalouged correspondence, manuscripts and photographs. This series also contains general and diplomatic corrospondence arranged chronologically and alphabetically.
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1935
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1936
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1937
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1938
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1939
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1940
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1942
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1943
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1944
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1945
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1946-1947
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1938
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1945
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January-December 1934
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January-June 1935
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1960-1977
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Series II: Appearances
This series contains documents relating to speeches and conference attendence by Braden. This series is arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
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1933-1938
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1938-1942
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1942-1943, (2 Folders)
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1943, (2 Folders)
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1944
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1945
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1946-1947
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1945-1950
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1950s
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Series III: Manuscripts, Documents and Miscellaneous
This series contains financial and legal documents, manuscripts, scrapbooks, pamphlets, phonograph records, movie film and books from the library of Spruille Braden. Braden library items in this series include 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.
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1930s
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1945-1947
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1948-1952
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1939
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