Frederic René Coudert Jr., 1918 - 1952
Scope and Contents
29 letters addressed to US congressman Frederic René Coudert Jr. from a number of political personalities including British diplomat Harry Armstrong, UN US Ambassador Warren R. Austin, French politician Pierre de Chambrun, New York Governor Thomas Dewey, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, British Ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes, French Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand, British politician Hilda Runciman, and Sumner Welles, foreign policy advisor to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Under Secretary of State. According to notes by Scheetz, many of the letters were purchased at Argosy Books, NYC between 2013 and 2015.
Dates
- 1918 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Frederic René Coudert Jr. (May 7, 1898 – May 21, 1972) was a member of the US US House of Representatives from NY from 1947 to 1959. Born in New York City, Coudert enlisted as a first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Fifth US Infantry while an undergraduate at Columbia, from which he later graduated as a BA in 1918 and JD in 1922. He was admitted to the bar in 1923 and was assistant United States attorney for the southern district of New York in 1924 and 1925 and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for district attorney of New York County in 1929. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1939 to 1946 and was then elected as a Republican to the 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th and 85th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1959. He is perhaps best known for lending his name to the so-called Rapp-Coudert Committee – formally the New York State Legislature’s Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate the Educational System of the State of New York, convened between 1940 and 1942 to determine the extent of communist influence in public education. He died aged 74 on May 21, 1972.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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