Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron, 1877-1965
- Extent:
- 40 linear feet and 82 manuscript boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, notes, articles, reports, and speeches of Gildersleeve, including materials relating to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, 1945, the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the International Federation of University Women, the American Association of University Women, the American Council on Education, and the Near East College Association. The most note-worthy item in the collection is a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, appointing Dean Gildersleeve to serve as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Charter Conference of the United Nations. The collection also contains some material relating to Barnard College affairs.
- Biographical / Historical:
Dean of Barnard College, 1911-1947.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Gildersleeve, Virginia C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1964. Accession number--M-64.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in four series.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Women's colleges -- New York (State) -- New York
World politics
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York
Education -- Societies, etc
Women college graduates -- Societies and clubs
Women college administrators - Names:
- Barnard College. Office of the Dean
Barnard College -- Administration
International Federation of University Women
American Association of University Women
American Council on Education
Near East College Association (New York, N.Y.)
United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Conversations on International Organization (1944 : Washington, D.C.)
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
Catledge, Turner, 1901-1983
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight
Finley, John H (John Huston), 1863-1940
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959
Highet, Gilbert, 1906-1978
Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
Marshall, George C (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976
Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971
Park, Rosemary
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of, 1893-1972
Shotwell, James T., 1874-1965
Stassen, Harold E (Harold Edward), 1907-2001
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949
Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu