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J. Theodore Marriner papers, 1918-1937

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0846
Bib ID 4079083 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Marriner, J. Theodore, 1892-1937
Title J. Theodore Marriner papers, 1918-1937
Physical Description 5 boxes (5 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.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 3-5. 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.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged remainder arranged. Boxes 1-2 Cataloged materials; Boxes 3-5 Arranged materials.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, diaries, and speeches of Marriner. The correspondence contains letters from Charles Francis Adams, Brendan Bracken, Charles G. Dawes, Walter E. Edge, James A. Farley, Myron T. Herrick, Frank B. Kellogg, Dwight W. Morrow, Henry L. Stimson, Jesse Isidor Straus, and various members of the Roosevelt family. Marriner's diaries, covering the years 1918-1936, in twenty volumes, cover the periods he spent in Stockholm, Bucharest, Budapest, Washington, London, Paris, and Beirut. Also, a file of Marriner's speeches, his autograph guest book, a typescript copy of his Harvard University doctoral dissertation, and a photograph; and a microfilm containing letters of condolence and obituary notices at the time of Marriner's death in 1937.

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.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 3-5. 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); J. Theodore Marriner 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.

Reproduction Note

Letters of condolence and obituaries are: Type of reproduction--microfilm

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Hammett, Mrs. Louis P. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/18/60. Accession number--M-60-11-18.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Revision Description

2021-04-12 Container listed added to finding aid by CCR.

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"
Autographs (manuscripts) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diaries Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Adams, Charles F (Charles Francis), 1866-1954 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Assassination -- Lebanon -- Beirut Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Beirut (Lebanon) -- Description and travel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bracken, Brendan, 1901-1958 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bucharest (Romania) -- Description and travel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Budapest (Hungary) -- Description and travel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- England -- London Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- France -- Paris Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Hungary -- Budapest Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Lebanon -- Beirut Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Romania -- Bucharest Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Sweden -- Stockholm Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Washington (D.C.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomats Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Edge, Walter E (Walter Evans), 1873-1956 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Herrick, Myron T (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kellogg, Frank B (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
London (England) -- Description and travel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Morrow, Dwight W (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Paris (France) -- Description and travel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stimson, Henry L (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stockholm (Sweden) -- Description and travel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Straus, Jesse Isidor, 1872-1936 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Foreign relations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Politics and government Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States. Department of State. Division of Western European Affairs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

American diplomat, Chief of the Division of Western European Affairs of the State Dept. Marriner was assassinated by a deranged Armenian in Beirut.