05665cpcaa2200889 i 4500 mm 78020818 DLC 20260227111623.0 cr ||||||||||| 790419|||||||||||| eng mm 78020818 ms 62004594 DLC DLC eng dacs DLC R lcmd Fletcher, Henry Prather, 1873-1959. 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. Open to research. 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. Diplomat. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012198 Fletcher, Beatrice Bend, -1941 Correspondence. Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 Correspondence. Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 Correspondence. Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965 Correspondence. Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Correspondence. House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 Correspondence. Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 Correspondence. Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 Correspondence. Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 Correspondence. Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 Correspondence. Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 Correspondence. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 Correspondence. Moore, John Bassett, 1860-1947 Correspondence. Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Correspondence. Straight, Willard Dickerman, 1880-1918 Correspondence. Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953 Correspondence. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 Correspondence. United States. Army History Spanish-American War, 1898. United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st. United States. Department of State. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) International American Conference (5th : 1923 : Santiago, Chile) International American Conference (6th : 1928 : Havana, Cuba) Diplomatic and consular service, American. Pan-Americanism. Reconstruction (1939-1951) Spanish-American War, 1898. World War, 1939-1945. Belgium Foreign relations United States. Chile Foreign relations United States. China Foreign relations United States. Cuba Foreign relations United States. Italy Foreign relations United States. Mexico Foreign relations United States. Portugal Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations 20th century. United States Foreign relations Belgium. United States Foreign relations Chile. United States Foreign relations China. United States Foreign relations Cuba. United States Foreign relations Italy. United States Foreign relations Mexico. United States Foreign relations Portugal. United States Politics and government 1945- Diplomats. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012198 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012198.3 39860 39860