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Title: John Davis Lodge papers
Date (inclusive): 1889-1985
Collection Number: 86005
Creator:
Lodge, John Davis, 1903-1985
Collection Size: 288 manuscript boxes, 26 oversize boxes, 3 cubic foot boxes, 1 card file box, 3 album boxes, 121 envelopes, 2 phonotape cassettes,
1 phonotape reel, 1 phonorecord.(155 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, reports, memoranda, clippings, other
printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Republican Party, national and
Connecticut politics, and American foreign relations, especially with Spain, Argentina
and Switzerland.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Boxes 310-311 closed. The collection is stored off site; a minimum of two days notice is required for use. Boxes may be requested
through Stanford's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], John Davis Lodge papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1986.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989
Connecticut--Politics and government
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989
United States--Foreign relations--Spain
Spain--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--Argentina
Argentina--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--Switzerland
Switzerland--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Politics and government
United States--Foreign relations
Spain
Argentina
Switzerland
United States. Dept. of State
United States. Congress. House
Reagan, Ronald
Diplomats--United States
Phonotapes
Phonorecords
| 1903, October 20 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
| 1921 | Graduated, Middlesex School |
| 1925 | B.A., Harvard University |
| 1929 | J.D., Harvard University |
| Married Francesca Braggiotti | |
| 1929-1931 | Associate, Cravath, deGersdorff, Swaine and Wood, New York |
| 1932-1942 | Actor, Motion Pictures and Theatre |
| 1942-1945 | Captain, U.S. Navy (liaison officer to Free French Naval forces, North Africa) |
| 1946-1950 | Lawyer, American Economic Foundation, New York |
| Member of Congress from Connecticut | |
| 1950-1954 | Governor, Connecticut |
| 1953-1955 | Special Presidential Ambassador, Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico |
| 1955-1961 | Ambassador to Spain |
| 1965 | Delegate, Connecticut Constitutional Convention |
| 1969-1974 | Ambassador to Argentina |
| 1983 | Member of U.S. Delegation to the United Nations |
| 1983-1985 | Ambassador to Switzerland |
| 1985, October 29 | Died, New York City |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, reports, memoranda, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating
to the Republican Party, national and Connecticut politics, and American foreign relations, especially with Spain, Argentina
and Switzerland.