Letts de Espil, Courtney. creator mixed material monographic eng spa 525 12 1 4.8 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. Open to research. 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 Jr Berle, Adolf A 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 Duke of Windsor, Edward 1894-1972 Correspondence Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Warfield 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 mm 82056200 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007055 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007055.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007055 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007055.3 Open to research. DLC 821130 20260227111715.0 mm 82056200