Philip W. Bonsal papers, 1914-1992 (bulk 1943-1963).
- 1,100 items. 4 1 containers plus classified. 1.6 linear feet.
Open to research. Classified, in part.
Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, speeches, and statesments documenting Bonsal's foreign service career, especially as U.S. ambassador to Cuba during and after the 1959 revolution there. Includes material on the differences between Cordell Hull and Sumner Welles regarding Argentina and ideological battles at international meetings over the independence of colonial Africa. Also includes Bonsal's English translation from the French of Emile Ollivier's book L'Expedition du Mexique (1914) concerning Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico.
Diplomat.
Collection material in English, with French.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009156
International agencies. Colonies--Africa. Diplomatic and consular service, American--Cuba.
Africa--Politics and government--20th century. Argentina--Foreign relations--United States. Cuba--Foreign relations--United States. Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959. Mexico--History--European intervention, 1861-1867. United States--Foreign relations--Argentina. United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.