04330cpcaa2200781 a 4500 mm 82056200 DLC 20260227111715.0 cr ||||||||||| 821130|||||||||||| eng mm 82056200 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng spa G lcmd Letts de Espil, Courtney. Courtney Letts de Espil papers, 1925-1994 (bulk 1930-1949). 525 items. 12 containers plus 1 oversize. 4.8 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, writings, clippings, photographs, and other papers chiefly concerning Letts de Espil's years (1933-1943) in Washington, D.C., as wife of Felipe A. Espil, Argentine ambassador to the U.S. Diary entries concern social affairs in Washington and include references to many prominent individuals of the New Deal era such as Adolf Augustus and Beatrice Bishop Berle, Antoinette and Charles Evans Hughes, Cordell and Frances Hull, Harold L. Ickes, Arthur and Martha Krock, Elinor and Henry Morgenthau, Drew Pearson, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Arthur H. and Hazel Vandenberg, Henry Agard and Ilo Wallace, and Mathilde and Sumner Welles. The papers also document a cruise to the Arctic in 1927, the Espils's return to Argentina in 1943, other diplomatic assignments, life in Argentina under Juan Perón, and relations between the U.S. and Argentina. Correspondents include George Bush, Frances Hull, Adlai E. Stevenson II, Mathilde and Sumner Welles, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. In part, positive photocopies. [S.l.]. Author. Married first Wellesley H. Stillwell; second John Borden; third Felipe A. Espil; and fourth Foster Adams. Born 1899; died 1995. Collection material in English and Spanish. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007055 Berle, Adolf A., Jr., 1895-1971. Berle, Beatrice Bishop, 1902-1993. Bush, George, 1924- Correspondence. Espil, Felipe A., 1887- Hughes, Antoinette. Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948. Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955. Hull, Frances, -1954. Hull, Frances, -1954 Correspondence. Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952. Krock, Arthur, 1886- Krock, Martha. Morgenthau, Elinor, -1949. Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967. Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969. Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974. Saavedra Lamas, Carlos, 1878-1959. Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 Correspondence. Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951. Vandenberg, Hazel, -1950. Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965. Wallace, Ilo. Welles, Mathilde, -1949. Welles, Mathilde, -1949 Correspondence. Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961. Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 Correspondence. Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 Correspondence. Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986 Correspondence. Diplomatic and consular service, Argentine. Diplomatic and consular service, Argentine United States. New Deal, 1933-1939. Arctic regions Description and travel. Argentina Foreign relations United States. Argentina History 1943-1955. United States Foreign relations Argentina. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs. Authors. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007055 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007055.3 43659 43659