Fletcher, Henry Prather,  1873-1959. <br/><br/>
Henry Prather Fletcher papers, 1898-1958. 

 - 6,600  items. 29  containers. 10.2  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 8 series.  Series 1: Diary, 1915, 1925-1926; Series 2: Special Correspondence and Letterbook, 1898-1939; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1898-1958; Series 4: Speeches and Articles, 1902-1949; Series 5: Miscellany, 1898-circa 1950; Series 6: Printed Matter; Series 7: Additional Scrapbooks, 1917-1940; and Series 8: Declassified Documents, 1944. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, letterbook, diary, speeches, articles, scrapbook, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Fletcher's career from his enlistment in the Rough Riders (the 1st Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army) during the Spanish-American War through his service as a special adviser to the U.S. secretary of state following World War II.  Documents his diplomatic service in Havana, Cuba; Peking, China; Lisbon, Portugal; Santiago, Chile; Mexico City, Mexico; Brussels, Belgium; and Rome, Italy.  Also documents Fletcher's term as U.S. under secretary of state, 1921-1922, and his participation in the fifth International American Conference in 1923, Santiago, Chile, and the sixth International American Conference in 1928, Havana, Cuba.  Postwar correspondence pertains primarily to the Republican Party.  Correspondents include William Jennings Bryan, Calvin Coolidge, Joseph C. Grew, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, Charles Evans Hughes, Frank B. Kellogg, Frank Knox, Alfred M. Landon, Robert Lansing, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Bassett Moore, Benito Mussolini, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Willard Dickerson Straight, Robert A. Taft, William H. Taft, and Fletcher's wife, Beatrice Bend Fletcher. 
<br/><br/><br/>Diplomat. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012198 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78020818  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Fletcher, Beatrice Bend, -1941 --Correspondence.<br/>Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 --Correspondence.<br/>Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 --Correspondence.<br/>Grew, Joseph C. 1880-1965 --Correspondence.<br/>Harding, Warren G. 1865-1923 --Correspondence.<br/>Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 --Correspondence.<br/>House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 --Correspondence.<br/>Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 --Correspondence.<br/>Kellogg, Frank B. 1856-1937 --Correspondence.<br/>Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 --Correspondence.<br/>Landon, Alfred M. 1887-1987 --Correspondence.<br/>Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 --Correspondence.<br/>Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 --Correspondence.<br/>Moore, John Bassett, 1860-1947 --Correspondence.<br/>Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 --Correspondence.<br/>Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Correspondence.<br/>Straight, Willard Dickerman, 1880-1918 --Correspondence.<br/>Taft, Robert A. 1889-1953 --Correspondence.<br/>Taft, William H. 1857-1930 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army --History--Spanish-American War, 1898.<br/>United States. Army.  Volunteer Cavalry, 1st. <br/>United States. Department of State. <br/>Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>International American Conference Santiago, Chile)  1923 :  (5th : <br/>International American Conference Havana, Cuba)  1928 :  (6th : 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Diplomatic and consular service, American.<br/>Pan-Americanism.<br/>Reconstruction (1939-1951)<br/>Spanish-American War, 1898.<br/>World War, 1939-1945.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Belgium--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Chile--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>China--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Italy--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Portugal--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--20th century.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Belgium.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Chile.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--China.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Italy.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Portugal.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1945-
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Diplomats.