Adams, Mildred, 1894-1980. Additional papers, 1934-1980: A Finding Aid

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America

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Radcliffe College
March 1981

Descriptive Summary

Call No.: 81-M49--81-M160
Repository: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Creator: Mildred Adams Kenyon
Title: Additional papers, 1934-1980
Quantity: 9.42 linear ft. (9 cartons, 1 file box)
Abstract: Addenda to the papers (MC 283) of Mildred Adams, writer, editor, and translator.

Processing Information:

Preliminary inventory: March 1981

By: Eva Moseley

Acquisition Information:

Accession numbers: 81-M49, 81-M80 81-M143, 81-M160

These papers of Mildred Adams Kenyon were given to the Schlesinger Library in Feb. and June 1981 by W. Houston Kenyon. They are to be added to MC 283.

Preferred citation for publication:

Mildred Adams Additional papers, 1934-1980; item description, dates. 81-M49--81-M160, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

These papers are arranged in series as they were kept by MAK and as they were packed in her New York apartment, more or less in reverse chronological order. One item was given to the Schlesinger Library by the Foreign Policy Association in June 1981.

See also Mildred Adams Papers, 1936-1963 (MC 283)

CONTAINER LIST

Carton l: l-26a

Carton 2: 27-47

Carton 3: 48-84

Carton 4: 85-110

Carton 5: 111-150

Carton 6: 151-169

Carton 7: 170-199

Carton 8: 200-222

Carton 9: 223-289

Box 10: Correspondence and writings

INVENTORY

Series I. Correspondence, writings, ca.1969-1978 (some earlier)
- 1. Acy
- 2. Bank Holding Co.
- 3. Buckley, Henry
- 4. Carey, Andrew and Jane
- 5. Catholics
- 6. "Commentary -- Poetic and Otherwise"
- 7. Communism
- 8. Corporations
- 9-15: Connecticut
  - 9. "Connecticut at Crossroads"
  - 10. 1967
  - 11. Constitution, 1965, and Redistricting, 1964
  - 12. Elections, 1962
  - 13. 1960
  - 14. 1959
  - 15. 1950-1951
- 16-45: Correspondence
  - 16. A, 1970-1980
  - 17. B, 1969-
  - 18. Balfour, Nancy
  - 19. C, 1969-
  - 20. D, 1969-
  - 21. E, 1969-
  - 22. F, 1969-
  - 23. G, 1969-
  - 23a. Gifts, 1976
  - 24. H, 1969-
  - 25. I, 1969-
  - 26. J, 1969-
  - 26a. Jackson, Barbara Ward Carton 2.
  - 27. K, 1969-
  - 28. L, 1969-
  - 29. M, 1969-
  - 30. Maria -- Immigration
  - 31. N, 1969-
  - 32. Neame, Mrs. Elizabeth
  - 33. O, 1969-
  - 34. P
  - 35. Q
  - 36. R
  - 37. Reynolds - Reiss
  - 38. Rubottom, Mr. and Mrs. Richard, Jr.
  - 39. S, 1969-
  - 40. Travell, Janet
  - 41. T, 1969-
  - 42. U-V
  - 43. W, 1969-1970
  - 44. W, 1971-
  - 45. X, Y, Z
- 46. Dallas Symposium, March 1967, re: women
- 47. Draper, Elisabeth
- 48-56: Economist (American)
  - 48. Dean & Bird
  - 49. 1973-1974. PHOTOGRAPHS
  - 50. 1970
  - 51. 1969
  - 52. 1968
  - 53. 1965
  - 54. 1964
  - 55. 1963
  - 56. 1962
- 57. Economist and Editors
- 58. Edward's Ladies
- 59. English Villages
- 60. England -- British economy
- 61. England -- London, 1948
- 62. Florida, 1957-1958
- 63. Foreign Affairs
- 64. Foreign aid (private economists)
- 65. Four Who Lost
- 66. Frankfurter, Felix
- 67. Ghana
- 68. Hayes, Alfred
- 69. Hiss trial
- 70. Italy, 1934
- 71-72: Barbara Ward Jackson
  - 71. White dress, 1964
  - 72. Correspondence, 1965
- 73. Knopf
- 74. League of Women Voters Overseas Education Fund
- 75. Lectures, 1962-1963
- 76. Miller, Helen Hill
- 77. National Planning Association
- 78. Neame, E. Monroe
- 79. New Haven
- 80-83: New York
  - 80. Waterfront, 1953
  - 81. Island City, 1939
  - 82. Public Library
  - 83. Rebuilding
- 84. Obituaries
- 85-92: Pieces
  - 85. Up to 1941
  - 86. 1947-1950
  - 87. 1950-1960
  - 88. 1965-1970
  - 89. Newport
  - 90. St. Lawrence Seaway
  - 91. THINK, 1960-1971
  - 92. Reprints
- 93-102: Organizations
  - 93. American Assembly, 1959-1971
  - 94. American Universities Field Staff, 1973-
  - 95. Authors League
  - 96. Barn House
  - 97. Cosmopolitan Club, 1973-
  - 98. Council on Foreign Relations
  - 99. Foreign Policy Association (includes PHOTOGRAPHS)
  - 100. Foundations
  - 101. Organizations, L-Z
  - 102. Women Geographers
- 103. Oil
- 104-105: Publicity
  - 104. Reviews, etc.
  - 105. 1959-1971 (includes PHOTOGRAPHS)
- 106-120: Personal
  - 106. Ideas
  - 107. Personal
  - 107a. Books by MAK's uncle inscribed to MAK; also reviews of Uncle Bill's Letters to His Niece , 1917.
  - 108. Speeches, 1973
  - 109. Wills -- MAK et al. -- including Living Wills
  - 110. Career data and PHOTOGRAPHS
  - 111. Passports
  - 112. Adams family
  - 113. Foster Adams
  - 114. PHOTOGRAPHS: family, et al., with some letters
  - 115. May LeBlanc (former maid): correspondence, 1965-1977
  - 116. Household taxes
  - 117. Parties
  - 118. Patents
  - 119. Wedding: Adams - Espil, 1974
  - 120. Westport, 1947-1962
- 121. Right to be People
- 122. Secretaries: resumes, etc.
- 123. State Department
- 124. Staten Island
- 125. Steel I
- 126. Stevens, Georgianna
- 127. Stevenson, Adlai, including AS Memorial Fund
- 128. Stewart, Walter W.
- 129. Think Tanks
- 130. Tobacco
- 131. Lippincott
- 132. Railroads
- 133. Resources
- 134-136: Rice
  - 134. Includes PHOTOGRAPHS
  - 135. THINK, 1963
  - 136. 1968
- 137. U.S. Mission to the UN
- 138. UN -- Subversives
- 139. UN -- The Day It Stopped
- 140. University Seminars
- 141. Wallace, Henry
- 142. Waste materials
- 143. Women, 1950-1960
- 144. Women's Wealth, 1950

Series II. Correspondence, writings, 1978-1980
- 145. "Diary of an illness"
- 146. Miscellaneous from card table
- 147. Late correspondence from paper file
- 148. Miscellaneous from large table in study
- 149. no #149

Series III. Correspondence, subject files, 1960's
- 150-163: Correspondence, 1960's
  - 150. A
  - 151. B
  - 152. C
  - 153. D-F
  - 154. G
  - 155. H
  - 156. I-L
  - 157. M
  - 158. N-O
  - 159. P-R
  - 160. S
  - 161. T
  - 162. U-V
  - 163. W

Series IV. Correspondence, subject files, 1940s-1950s
- 164. Crowther, Geoffrey, 1946-1959
- 165. Economist-General
- 166-175: Economist (American)
  - 166. 1962
  - 167. 1958-1961
  - 168. 1955
  - 169. 1956
  - 170. 1956-1957
  - 171. Economist editors, 1954-1959
  - 172. 1959
  - 173. 1960
  - 174. 1962
  - 175. 1966, 1967
- 176. no #176
- 177. Economist
- 178v-180v: Foreign Policy Association: Off-the-Record Luncheon Series.
  - 178v. 1957-1962
  - 179v. Membership lists, 1961-1962
  - 180v. Speakers Committee, 1958-1959
- 181. Europe, 1948
- 182. Federal Reserve History Project
- 183. Foreign Policy Association: Board of Directors
- 184. Indonesia
- 185-193: Barbara Ward Jackson
  - 185. 1964
  - 186. 1963
  - 187. 1962
  - 188. 1961
  - 189. 1959-1960
  - 190. 1959
  - 191. 1957
  - 192. 1956
  - 193. 1948-1955
- 194. Lamont, Thomas
- 195-196: Lectures
  - 195. 1961-1962
  - 196. 1960-1968
- 197. League of Nations, 1934
- 198-199: Lippincott
  - 198. 1963-1967
  - 199. Right to be People: notes
- 200-201: Barbara Cascio Adams
  - 200. 1961-1962
  - 201. 1961-1967
- 202. Africa, 1959
- 203. American Assembly: Malaya, 1963
- 204. Brookings Institution
- 205. Brookings Institution: 1958-1960, Guinea
- 206. Business Week articles
- 207-209: Canada
  - 207. "Canada article," re: Lester Pearson, 1964
  - 208. Canadian-American Assembly on Nuclear Weapons, 1967
  - 209. Center for Migration Studies, 1967
- 210. Lester Markel
- 211. Marshall Plan
- 212. Macmillan (economics book)
- 213. Ministers of Mistrust
- 214. Money book
- 215. Notes for Lavinia's money book
- 216-219: Philippines
  - 216. Asian-American Assembly
  - 217. Macapagal, for THINK
  - 218. 1963
  - 219. New York Times
- 220. Postwar problems: CBS
- 221. Productivity, 1950
- 222. Redding house and N.Y. apartment, 1967: Elisabeth Draper
- 223. Rockefeller, 1959
- 224. Seattle, 1969
- 225. Sproul, Allan: re: Federal Reserve
- 226. Texas Gulf Sulphur
- 227. Westport house
- 228. Woman in America (Daedalus, 1964)
- 229. International Assembly of Women, 1946
- 230. Should Wives Work?
- 231. Women -- for Ocampo and THINK
- 232. Women: notes
- 233. Wyoming, 1957
- 234. West Side: Economic Opportunity Act, 1964
- 235. Re: Supreme Court, etc.
- 236. "Pending": notes, etc.
- 237. "Translation (as such)"
- 238. Notebooks, address books
- 239. Notes for memoirs, etc.
- 240. "Mad Mountain's Mystery": drafts, comments
- 241v-289: Diaries, 1934-1980
  - 241v. 1934
  - 242v. 1936
  - 243v. 1938
  - 244v. 1939
  - 245v. 1941
  - 246v. 1942
  - 247v. 1945
  - 248v. 1946
  - 249v. 1947
  - 250v. 1948
  - 251v. 1949
  - 252v. 1950
  - 253v. 1951
  - 254v. 1952
  - 255v. 1953
  - 256v. 1954
  - 257v. 1955
  - 258v. 1956
  - 259v. 1957
  - 260v. 1958
  - 261v. 1959
  - 262v. 1960
  - 263v. 1961
  - 264v. 1962
  - 265v. 1963
  - 266v. 1964
  - 267v. 1965
  - 268v. 1966
  - 269v. 1967
  - 270v. 1968
  - 271v. 1969
  - 272v. 1970
  - 273v. 1971
  - 274v. 1972
  - 275v. 1973
  - 276v. 1974
  - 277v. 1975
  - 278v. 1976
  - 279v. 1977
  - 280v. 1979
  - 281. 1963-1965
  - 282. 1966-1967
  - 283. 1968-1969
  - 284. 1970-1971
  - 285. 1972
  - 286. 1973
  - 287. 1974-1975
  - 288. 1976-1977
  - 289. 1978-1980

Additional catalog entries

Jackson, Barbara Ward (see Ward, Barbara Mary, 1914-)

Miller, Helen Hill, 1899-

Stevenson, Adlai Ewing, 1900-1965

Ward, Barbara Mary, 1914-

Women geographers

Adams family

Authors

Diaries

Economist, The

Domestics

International relations

Interior decoration

League of Women Voters of the U.S., Overseas Education Fund

New York (City)--Social life and customs

Women--History and condition of women

Weddings

SEPARATION RECORD

The following items have been removed from the collection, 7 May 1981:

Decorator's plans

Catalogues

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