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Series III: United Nations, 1950-1983
Series IV: Other organizations, 1926-1983

Francis T. P. Plimpton papers, 1901-1983

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Series I: Correspondence, 1901-1983, bulk 1965-1975

Correspondence files related to the New York City Bar Association and the United Nations are located in this series. There are also manuscripts by the federal judge Shirley Mount Hufstedler mixed with her correspondence with Plimpton.

Subseries I.1: Cataloged correspondence


Box CC1 Acheson, Dean

Box CC1 Auchincloss, Louis S.

Box CC1 Benton, William

Box CC1 Black, Hugo La Fayette

Box CC1 Bowles, Chester

Box CC1 Buckley, William Frank, Jr.

Box CC1 Burger, Warren Earl

Box CC1 Bush, George

Box CC1 Canfield, Cass

Box CC1 Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan

Box CC1 Dewey, Thomas Edward

Box CC1 Duggan, Stephen Pierce

Box CC1 Ernst, Morris Leopold

Box CC1 Frankfurter, Felix

Box CC1 Goldberg, Arthur Joseph

Box CC1 Hand, Frances Amelia Fincke (Mrs Learned)

Box CC1 Harlan, John Marshall

Box CC1 Humphrey, Hubert Horatio

Box CC1 Jackson of Lodsworth, Barbara Mary Ward, Baroness

Box CC1 Javits, Jacob Koppel

Box CC1 Johnson, Alvin Saunders

Box CC1 Johnson, Lyndon Baines

Box CC1 Kennedy, Edward Moore

Box CC1 Kennedy, Robert F.

Box CC1 Koch, Edward Irving

Box CC1 Lindsay, John Vliet

Box CC1 McDonald, James Grover

Box CC1 MacLeish, Archibald

Box CC1 McGovern, George

Box CC1 Mann, Thomas

Box CC1 Morgenthau, Henry

Box CC1 Moses, Robert

Box CC1 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

Box CC1 Namgyal, Hope Cooke

Box CC1 Pound, Rosco

Box CC1 Reischauer, Edwin Oldfather

Box CC1 Rockefeller, John Davison, 1906-1978

Box CC1 Rockefeller, Nelson

Box CC1 Rosenman, Samuel Irving

Box CC1 Rusk, Dean

Box CC1 Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr.

Box CC1 Stevenson, Adlai Ewing

Box CC1 Straus, Anna Lord

Box CC1 Vance, Cyrus R.

Box CC1 Wagner, Robert Ferdinand

Box CC1 Warren, Earl

Subseries I.2: Arranged correspondence, 1914-1983


Box 1A Correspondence: outgoing carbons, in binders, 1965-1975


Box 2 Correspondence: outgoing carbons, in binders, 1965-1975


Box 3 Correspondence: outgoing carbons, in binders, 1965-1975


Box 4 Correspondence: outgoing carbons, in binders, 1965-1975


Box 5 Correspondence: outgoing carbons, in binders, 1965-1975


Box 6 Correspondence: outgoing carbons, in binders, 1965-1975


Box 7 Correspondence: outgoing carbons, in binders, 1965-1975


Box 7A Correspondence: incoming, 1914-1962


Box 12 Association of the Bar of the City of New York correspondence, 1968-1969


Box 13 Association of the Bar of the City of New York correspondence, 1969-1972


Box 22 Hufstedler, Shirley Mount: Correspondence and manuscripts, 1970-1979


Box 28 Correspondence: United Nations, 1978-1981


Box 35 Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1901-1929


Box 36 Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1930-1933


Box 37 Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1933-1937


Box 38 Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1937-1982


Box 39 Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1982-1983


Box 40 Letters of condolence at the death of Francis T. P. Plimpton, 1983


Box 44 Fan mail, 1965-1975

Series II: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1938-1983

Series II contains records from Francis T. P. Plimpton's membership in the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, including his presidency of the organization from 1968 through 1970. Bar Association correspondence is located in series II.

Subseries II.1: Subject Files, 1938-1983


Box 8 Administration of Justice, 1969-1970

Box 8 Admissions Committee, 1938-1940

Box 8 American Bar Association, 1969

Box 8 Amicus Curiae-U.S. ex rel. Frizer v. McMann, 1970

Box 8 Appellate Division (See also: Subcommittees), 1968-1970

Box 8 Appellate Division: Complaining Witness, 1972

Box 8 Appellate Division: Court Administration, 1969-1970

Box 8 Appellate Division: Ex-Offenders, 1972-1973

Box 8 Appellate Division: Paraprofessionals, 1972

Box 8 Appellate Division: Press clippings, 1973


Box 9 Botein, Bernard: Botein Committee, 1968

Box 9 Botein Suit, 1968


Box 10 Carswell, G. Harrold: Carswell materials, 1970

Box 10 Centennial: Ball, 1969-1970

Box 10 Centennial: Book, 1968-1970

Box 10 Centennial: February 17 Convocation, 1969-1970

Box 10 Centennial: Foundations, 1969-1971

Box 10 Centennial: Fund, 1969-1971

Box 10 Centennial: Governance (of New York City) - Decentralization, 1969-1970


Box 11 Centennial: "Is law dead?", 1969-1970

Box 11 Centennial: Keynote - Correspondence, 1969

Box 11 Centennial: Keynote - Drafts, 1968-1969

Box 11 Centennial: Keynote - Notes, 1969

Box 11 Centennial: Minutes, 1968-1969

Box 11 Centennial: Miscellaneous, 1967-1970

Box 11 Civil Rights Under Law, Special Committee on, 1968-1969

Box 11 Clippings, 1969-1970

Box 11 Code of Professional Responsibility, 1969-1970

Box 11 Committee Reports, 1968-1969


Box 12 Committee Reports, 1969-1970

Box 12 Coordinating Committee, 1968-1969


Box 14 The Council of New York Law Associates, 1970

Box 14 Court Disorder, 1970-1971

Box 14 Endowment Funds, 1968

Box 14 Executive Committee Minutes, 1969-1970


Box 15 Financial Correspondence, 1968-1970

Box 15 Judicial Screening Committee, 1968-1969

Box 15 Judiciary Committee, 1976-1983

Box 15 Klein, William R. Disbarment, 1969-1970

Box 15 Morss, Judith, 1968

Box 15 Paris Trip, 1968-1969

Box 15 Presidency, 1964-1971

Box 15 Presidents, 1969

Box 15 Professional and Judicial Ethics, Committee on, 1969-1970

Box 15 Real Estate: Correspondence, 1968-1969

Box 15 Real Estate: Memos, 1969

Box 15 Real Estate: Notes, 1968-1970

Box 15 Removal of Judges, 1969


Box 16 Sales Tax, 1969

Box 16 School Decentralization, 1969

Box 16 School Strike Settlement, 1968

Box 16 Science & Law, Committee on, undated

Box 16 Second Century, Committee on the, 1974-1982

Box 16 Second Century, Special Committee on the: Working Papers, 1971-1972

Box 16 Selection Board for the Board of Education, 1968-1969

Box 16 Southeast Asia, 1970

Box 16 Special Meeting on Southeast Asia, 1970

Box 16 Speeches, 1964-1972


Box 20 Supreme Court (clippings), 1968

Box 20 United Nations Symposium, 1973

Box 20 Urban Coalition, 1969

Box 20 War Powers, 1973

Box 20 Washington March, 1970

Box 20 Miscellaneous, 1965-1983

Subseries II.2: Subcommittees, 1970-1975


Box 17 A Departmental Committees for Court Administration of the Appellate Divisions - Minutes, 1970-1975

Box 17 A Subcommittee on Scope, Procedure and Program, 1972-1974

Box 17 9 Liaison with Public and Private Agencies, 1971-1973

Box 17 9 Liaison with Public and Private Agencies - Minutes, 1970-1974

Box 17 9(a) Distribution and Processing of the Questionnaire, 1971-1974

Box 17 9(b) Detention and Placement Facilities for Children, Subcommittee on: Staff report, 1972

Box 17 9(b) Detention and Placement of Children, Problems Related to, 1973

Box 17 9(b) Designation of Facilities for the Questioning, Detention and "Holding" of Children, Under the Family Court Act: Report, 1972


Box 18 9(b} Detention and Placement Facilities for Children, 1972-1974

Box 18 9(b} Detention and Placement for Children, Subcommittee on: Minutes, 1971-1973


Box 19 9(c) Production and Handling of Prisoners (Corrections), Subcommittee on, 1971-1974

Box 19 9(d) Minutes of Subcommittee on Functioning of Probation Staffs, 1971-1973

Box 19 9(d) The Role and Quality of Probation Services in New York City; a Report, 1972

Box 19 9(d) The Role and Quality of Probation Services in New York City; a Report, 1973

Box 19 9(d) Subcommittee on the Functioning of Probation Staffs: The Probation Function ..., 1972

Box 19 9(d) To Prepare a Paper on the Functioning of Probation Staffs and Pre-Sentence Investigation, 1972-1974

Box 19 9(e) Mental Health Services for the Courts, 1971-1974

Box 19 9(e) Minutes of Subcommittee on Mental Health Services for the Courts, 1972-1973

Box 19 9(f) Police Department, 1972-1974

Series III: United Nations, 1950-1983


Box 27 Administrative Tribunal, 1977-1980

Box 27 Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1967-1973

Box 27 Articles printed, 1963-1971

Box 27 U.N. Association, 1966-1983


Box 28 Committees, 1962-1965

Box 28 Committees: Outer Space Commission, 1960-1966

Box 28 Congo, 1963


Box 42 Congratulations re. U.N. service, 1965-1966


Box 28 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962-1980

Box 28 Current Clippings, 1966-1975

Box 28 Cyprus, 1964-1967

Box 28 U.N. Day, 1975

Box 28 Facts, 1961-1967

Box 28 Financing, 1962-1972


Box 29 Human Rights, 1967-1968

Box 29 Jordan Waters and Palestine, 1966-1967

Box 29 Kashmir, 1950-1967

Box 29 Memorandum of Law, 1964

Box 29 Miscellaneous, 1961-1976


Box 30 Newspaper Reporters, 1963-1964

Box 30 Outer Space, 1966-1974

Box 30 Plimsoll, J., of Australia, 1966

Box 30 Press Releases, 1961-1965

Box 30 Propaganda, 1961-1962

Box 30 Shrady, Frederic Charles - Sculptor, 1972

Box 30 South Africa, 1966-1972

Box 30 Speeches, 1969-1977


Box 31 Speeches: Root Lectures, 1962-1967


Box 32 Stanleyville Rescue, 1964

Box 32 Stevenson, Adlai E,: Article; Campaign; Clippings; Miscellaneous, 1952-1966

Box 32 The Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs (Chicago), 1965-1973

Box 32 The Adlai E. Stevenson Memorial Fund, 1965-1967

Box 32 20th General Assembly, 1965

Box 32 25th Anniversary, 1970


Box 42 Congratulations re: U.N. service, 1965-1966


Box 46 The New York Times - U.N. articles, 1966-1971


Box 48 United Nations, 1954-1983

Series IV: Other organizations, 1926-1983

Series IV contains files related to organizations, in addition to the New York City Bar Association and the United Nations, in which Francis T. P. Plimpton took a personal or professional interest.


Box 41 Adelphi University, 1972-1974

Box 41 Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1978-1980

Box 41 Athens College, 1959-1980

Box 41 Bar Associations, 1932-1982


Box 20 Buckley, William F. - William M. Kunstler, 1970-1973

Box 20 Card , Glenn F., undated

Box 20 Central America, New York Lawyers Against Intervention in, 1982


Box 42 The Century Association (New York), 1964-1968

Box 42 Colby College (Waterville, ME), 1959-1960


Box 20 Columbia University, 1966-1983

Box 20 Columbia University: Adlai E. Stevenson Project (Oral History), 1973-1976

Box 20 Columbia University: Conferences on Private Rights and the Public Good, 1973-1974


Box 21 Commission for the Advancement of Christian Higher Education in Asia: General, 1970-1974

Box 21 Commission for the Advancement of Christian Higher Education in Asia: Djakarta meeting, 1971

Box 21 Commission for the Advancement of Christian Higher Education in Asia: Hong Kong meeting, 1972-1973

Box 21 Commission for the Advancement of Christian Higher Education in Asia: Singapore meeting, 1970-1971

Box 21 Commission for the Advancement of Christian Higher Education in Asia: Seoul meeting, 1972

Box 21 Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., 1965-1983

Box 21 Council on Foreign Relations: Soviet-American Relations, 1974-1975

Box 21 Court Administration (Long Island University), 1971


Box 22 The Ditchley Foundation, 1974-1983

Box 22 Foundation for Youth and Student Affairs, 1965-1968


Box 23 Judson Health Center, 1934-1941

Box 23 Lawyers Committee for Effective Action to End the War, 1970-1971

General, Correspondence, Memoranda, Minutes - Candidates, Newsletters - Letters, Solicitation, Washington.


Box 24 New York City Board of Ethics, 1973-1982

General, Chapter 68, Charter Revision, Clippings, Miscellaneous, New Code, Opinions - Professional Ethics.


Box 25 New York City Mayor's Commission for Distinguished Guests, 1976-1983

Clippings, Congratulatory letters, Correspondence, Done (events attended), Miscellaneous, Personnel, Reports.


Box 33 University in Exile (New School for Social Research), 1935-1941

Correspondence, Minutes, Miscellaneous.

Box 33 World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, 1926

Correspondence re: Incorporation, Certificates of Incorporation, Memoranda, Minutes, Miscellaneous.


Box 45 French Institute/Alliance Francaise, 1976-1983

Box 45 The Institute on Man and Science (Rensselaerville, NY), 1974-1976


Box 46 Legion of Honor, 1974-1975

Box 46 Lingnan University (Hong Kong) - Trustees, 1976-1980

Box 46 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965-1975

Box 46 Municipal Art Society, 1973

Box 46 National Conference on Enhancing the Competence of Lawyers, 1976-1981

Box 46 New York City Board of Ethics, 1972-1980

Box 46 The News (New York), 1976


Box 47 North River Savings Bank - Trustee, 1948

Box 47 The Order of St. John (London), 1968-1975

Box 47 Phi Beta Kappa, 1974-1976


Box 48 Planned Parenthood, 1966

Box 48 Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Washington), 1933-1936

Box 48 The Roosevelt Hospital/St.Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1960-1983

Box 48 The Royal Society of Arts (London), 1969-1978

Box 48 State Department, 1966

Box 48 State Department - Advisory Committee on International Organization Affairs, 1965-1969

Box 48 Travel Program for Foreign Diplomats, 1965-1982

Box 48 Union Club (New York) - Marc J. Walsh, 1981

Box 48 United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1972-1983


Box 49 United States Trust Company of New York, 1936-1983

Box 49 U.S. Trust Co.: Ledyard-Knight matter, 1938-1944

Series V: Speeches, writings, and personal materials, 1900-1983, undated

Subseries V.1 contains written material and speeches by Francis T. P. Plimpton, as well as several boxes of manuscript material from a biography of Plimpton written by his wife, Pauline Ames Plimpton, and son, George Plimpton. Subseries V.2 includes a range of material from Francis T. P. Plimpton's education, travels, and family life, including photographs, clippings, and awards. Finally, Subseries V.3 contains extensive records related to the purchase, maintenance, and disposal of Plimpton and Ames family homes in Washington, D.C.; Huntington, Long Island; and Lake Como, Italy. The latter, Villa Balbionello, dates from the late eighteenth century and was purchased by Pauline Ames Plimpton's grandfather in 1919.

Subseries V.1: Writings and speeches, 1920, 1966, undated


Box 25A Far East diary, 1920, Photocopy and original.


Box 46 New York Times: Letters to the editor, 1966


Box 50 Speeches


Box 51 Speeches


Box 52 Writings


Box 53 Writings


Box 54 Plimpton Papers; the Life of a Lawyer-Diplomat Francis T.P. Plimpton. Collected and edited by Pauline Ames Plimpton and George Plimpton.


Box 55 Plimpton Papers; the Life of a Lawyer-Diplomat Francis T.P. Plimpton. Collected and edited by Pauline Ames Plimpton and George Plimpton.


Box 56 Plimpton Papers; the Life of a Lawyer-Diplomat Francis T.P. Plimpton. Collected and edited by Pauline Ames Plimpton and George Plimpton.


Box 57 Plimpton Papers; the Life of a Lawyer-Diplomat Francis T.P. Plimpton. Collected and edited by Pauline Ames Plimpton and George Plimpton.


Box 58 Plimpton Papers; the Life of a Lawyer-Diplomat Francis T.P. Plimpton. Collected and edited by Pauline Ames Plimpton and George Plimpton.


Box 59 Plimpton Papers; the Life of a Lawyer-Diplomat Francis T.P. Plimpton. Collected and edited by Pauline Ames Plimpton and George Plimpton.

Subseries V.2: Personal, 1900-1983


Box 33 Printed material, 1900-1915, undated


Box 25A The Phillips Exeter Academy, 1914-1917


Box 8 Amherst College, 1916-1923


Box 26 Travel, 1962-1980


Box 33 Photographs, undated


Box 41 Biographical materials, 1940-1983


Box 44 Expense lists, 1982-1983

Box 44 File lists, 1976-1980


Box 45 Guest lists, 1961-1972

Box 45 Health: doctors, 1928-1983

Box 45 Health: insurance, 1961


Box 47 Photographs, 1902-1983


Box 45 The La Guardia Medal Presentation, 1983


Box 46 The Legal Aid Society Award, 1981-1982

Box 46 Magazines, 1978-1983

Box 46 Miscellaneous, 1904-1983

Box 46 New Yorker: Profile of Plimpton, 1970-1971


Box 47 Newspaper clippings, 1935-1981

Box 47 Oral history interviews, 1969-1981

Box 47 Party invitation lists, 1976-1984


Box 48 Plimpton, Calvin H.: clippings, 1960-1971

Box 48 Plimpton, George Ames: clippings, 1958-1970

Box 48 Taxes, 1983


Box 49 Vacation memos, 1951-1973

Box 49 Vermont Law School (South Royalton, VT), 1978-1979

Box 49 Yale honorary degree, 1972


Box 59 Memorials

Box 59 Plimpton, Pauline Ames (Mrs. Francis T. P.): personal and miscellaneous

Subseries V.3: Properties, 1932-1982, undated


Box 33 Washington, D.C. house (2446 Kalorama Road, NW), 1932-1934


Box 42 Country house (Huntington, Long Island, NY), 1936-1981

Assessments and tax receipts, 1936-1975; Burglaries, 1965; Capital improvements, 1936-1978; Electric, 1966-1976; Entertaining, 1957-1967; Gwynne, Mildred - land sale, 1957-1959; Heating, 1936-1979; Insurance, 1945-1981.


Box 43 Country house (Huntington, Long Island, NY), 1936-1982

Maps; Microwave tower, 1980; Porch, 1960-1961; Repairs, 1943-1975; Restrictive covenants, 1937-1938; Swimming pool, 1937-1961; Taxes, 1936-1982; Tennis court, 1940-1968; Theft, 1959; Trees, 1937-1952; Utilities, 1936-1971; Village, 1948-1950; Water matter, 1965; Well and pump, 1936-1977.


Box 44 Country house (Huntington, Long Island, NY), 1936-1982

Woodshed, 1951; Zoning, 1953-1976; Miscellaneous, 1936-1982.


Box 60 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family

Abitazione; Accounting; Addresses, notes, etc.; Affidavits; Ames, Amyas; Ames, Butler - Estate, will; Appraisals; Banco Lariano; Boston Safe Deposit & Trust


Box 61 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family, 1917, 1975, undated

Boston Safe Deposit & Trust; Bowling Green Storage & Van Co.; Breughel; Capital gain calculations, December 1975; Capital expenditures; Catalogue of the library; Cost - April 1917; Delia Robbia; Estoppel; Exchange rate


Box 62 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family

Fumagalli, Mario; Gardner, Richard; Geri, Gallerie d'arte - Villa auction; INVIM tax; Kirch, Giulio L.; Lucini, Carlo; Maintenance; Management; Maps


Box 63 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family

Memoranda re. Charges; Memoranda re. Use; Miscellaneous; Moore, Geoffrey H.


Box 64 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family: Monthly accounts


Box 65 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family, 1920, undated

Notes; Occupancy; O'Leary, James J.; Powers of Attorney; Registration, Milan-Paris, 1920; Renting; Sabbia, Guido; Sale - Accounting; Sale - American Appraisal Italia; Sale - Auctioneers


Box 66 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family: Sale - Boitani, Eugenio


Box 67 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family: Sale

Bonadeo, Riccardo; Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.; Campbell-Harris, David; Catalogues; Coudert Freres; Extra copies; Gandola, Alessandro - appraisal


Box 68 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family: Sale - Chronological file


Box 69 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family: Sale

Management;  Memoranda out;  Miscellaneous;  Monzino, (Count) Guido


Box 70 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family: Sale, 1979, undated

Morgan Guarant Trust Company; Protest dated August 27, 1979 against IRS; Rezia, Eugenio; Statement; Tyler & Reynolds


Box 71 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family, 1962-1963, 1979

Statement as to the sale - IRS; Step-Up Base; Survey; Tax audit - 1975; Translations; Union Dime Savings Bank; Upland meadow; Valli, Domenico, 1962-1963


Box 72 Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy); - Records of the inheritance, maintenance, and sale of the Italian villa of the Ames family, 1963-1983

Valli, Domenico, 1963-1983; Vendita - Notarial deed - Sale contract; Villa Serbelloni