Organizations Correspondence Series
Scope and contents note
This is the second acquisition of the Harry L. Hopkins Papers at Georgetown University's Special Collections Department. The papers in this second collection, comprising 7 boxes and 3.5 linear feet, are arranged in the following series: a Family Correspondence Series, Organizations Correspondence Series, White House Correspondence Series, Personal/Manuscripts Series, Photographic Series, Clippings Series, and Oversize Items Series. Harry Lloyd Hopkins' personal papers illuminate the family and character of a man in the public eye whose ideas and hard work helped to share world affairs. They show the joking, loving, sometimes troubled man whom Winston Churchill described in the following words:
"...Among all those in the grand alliance, warriors or statesmen, who struck deadly blows at the enemy and brought peace nearer, you will ever hold an honoured place." (May 10, 1945, TLS from Michael Wright)
Dates
- From the Collection: 1913 - 1948
Extent
From the Collection: 4.3 Linear Feet (5 Hollinger Document Cases, 1 Record Storage box, 1 drop front flat 11x14")
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
The Organizations Correspondence Series refers to Harry Hopkins' 5th college reunion in Grinnell, Iowa, and the Board of Child Welfare. A few letters also refer to the Red Cross and W. Frank Persons' resignation. The most interesting correspondence refers to the Board of Child Welfare and how Hopkins thought it should be run.
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu