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Title: John Davis Lodge papers
Date (inclusive): 1886-1987
Collection Number: 86005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
288 manuscript boxes, 27 oversize boxes, 3 cubic foot boxes, 1 card file box, 3 album boxes, 121 envelopes, 2 sound cassettes,
1 sound tape reel, 1 sound disc
(156.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, reports, memoranda, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, sound
recordings, and motion picture film relating to the Republican Party, national and Connecticut politics, and American foreign
relations, especially with Spain, Argentina and Switzerland. Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Lodge, John Davis, 1903-1985
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 310-311 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.
[Identification of item], John Davis Lodge papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
| 1903 October 20 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
| 1921 | Graduated, Middlesex School |
| 1925 | B.A., Harvard University |
| 1929 | Married Francesca Braggiotti |
| J.D., Harvard University | |
| 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 | Member of Congress from Connecticut |
| Lawyer, American Economic Foundation, New York | |
| 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, photographs, sound
recordings, and motion picture film relating to the Republican Party, national and Connecticut politics, and American foreign
relations, especially with Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Sound recordings
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Diplomats -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Spain
Spain -- Foreign relations -- United States
Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Switzerland
Argentina -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Argentina
Connecticut -- Politics and government
United States. Department of State
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. Congress. House