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Thomas Day Thacher Papers, 1917-1950

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BAR Ms Coll/Thacher
Bib ID 4078148 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Thacher, Thomas D (Thomas Day), 1881-1950
Title Thomas Day Thacher Papers, 1917-1950
Physical Description 2000 items (7 boxes; 1 box of photographic negatives on glass)
Language(s) English .
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Arrangement

Description

Summary

The papers include correspondence, subject files, photographs, and printed materials. The majority of the collection concerns the mission of the American Red Cross to Russia in 1917-1918; Thacher served as a secretary of the mission. There are letters and telegrams by W.B. Thompson and Raymond Robins, records of supplies, shipments, and distribution reports and over 600 photographs from Russia, China, and Romania. There is substantial correspondence from 1918-1919 concerning Russia, including letters by Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and Lillian Wald. A substantial part of the collection concerns Russian war relief in 1941-1942, an area in which Thacher was active. Printed materials include a pamphlet and an article on Russia prepared by Thacher after his return from that country in early 1918.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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 has no restrictions.

This collection is located on-site.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Thomas Day Thacher Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, 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

Papers: Source of acquisition--Mrs. Eleanor M. Thacher via Thomas Thacher. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Mrs. Eleanor M. Thacher via Thomas Thacher. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1978.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Mrs. Eleanor M. Thacher via Thomas Thacher. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1979.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Mrs. Eleanor M. Thacher via Thomas Thacher. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1979.

Publications About Described Materials

Salzman, Neil V. Reform arid Revolution: The Life and Times of Raymond Robins. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1991.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1975.

Papers Accessioned 1978.

Papers Accessioned 1979.

Papers Processed 05/--/79.

Papers Processed 03/--/81.

Revision Description

2021-11-30 Expired restriction removed. kws

2022-03 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Articles Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Correspondence Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Glass plate negatives Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Ledgers (account books) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Maps (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pamphlets Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Telegrams Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
negatives (photographs) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
American Red Cross Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Americans -- Soviet Union Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Breshko-Breshkovskai︠a︡, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Carter, Edward C (Edward Clark), 1878-1954 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Child welfare Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877-1954 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Coolidge, Archibald Cary, 1866-1928 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Francis, David R. (David Rowland), 1850-1927 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Haskell, Henry S. Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Huebsch, B. W (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kollontaĭ, A. (Aleksandra), 1872-1952 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lamont, Thomas W (Thomas William), 1870-1948 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce, 1887-1970 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Reynolds, James Bronson, 1861-1924 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Robins, Margaret Dreier Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Robins, Raymond, 1873-1954 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Robins, Raymond, 1873-1954 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- 1917- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Thompson, William Boyce, 1869-1930 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wardwell, Allen, 1873-1953 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Willkie, Wendell L (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Red Cross Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Lawyer, judge, and in 1930-33 Solicitor General of the United States.