Spruille Braden papers, 1903-1977

Creator:: Braden, Spruille, 1894-1978
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, documents, photographs, printed material and audiovisual material of Spruille Braden, 1894-1978, American diplomat and mining engineer.
Extent:: 34 linear feet 67 boxes
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: 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.
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.

Acquisition information:: Source of acquisition--Braden, Spruille. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1958. Accession number--M-58.
Custodial history:: Gift of Spruille Braden, 1958; gift of the Braden family, 1978; gift of William Braden, 1981.
Processing information:: Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/12/89.
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
Accruals:: Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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 of access:

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); Spruille Braden papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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