Finding Aid for the Ann Quiggins Tiller papers on Juarez Távora, 1922-1980
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Ann Quiggins Tiller papers on Juarez Távora
Date (inclusive): 1922-1980
Collection number: 1400
Creator:
Tiller, Ann Quiggins
Extent:
5 document boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Abstract: Marechal Juarez Távora (1898-1975) was one of Brazil's most popular military and political figures from 1922-1967. The collection
contains Dr. Ann Tiller's research and collection of documents, letters and related materials that provide particular insight
into Távora's actions, thoughts and opinions on Brazil's Tenente Revolt, the Aliança Liberal and the 1930 Brazilian Revolution,
the early administration of Getúlio Vargas, the 1955 Presidential campaign and the military coup in 1964. Tiller's research
was being used for a political biography on Távora, which was never completed due to her untimely death in 1981. Some specific
items of interest include a twenty-six page autobiography Távora wrote in 1955, a comic book portrayal of his life from 1955,
and a letter written in March 1975 where he outlines his chief actions and attitudes between 1922 and 1967.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of E. Bradford Burns, 1985.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ann Quiggins Tiller papers on Juarez Távora (Collection 1400). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
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Biography
Marechal Juarez Távora (1898-1975) was one of Brazil's most popular military and political figures from 1922-1967. By the
time of his death his storied military and political career included participation in many of modern Brazil's historical developments.
As a young officer, he acted alongside Luis Carlos Prestes as a leader of the Tenente Revolts and marched in the Columna Prestes.
In Brazil's 1930 Revolution he was a military leader of the Aliança Liberal, leading Paraíba against the Old Republic and
helping to institute Getúlio Vargas as provisional President of Brazil. After a brief stint as Minister of Transportation
in 1930, he served as the Delegado Federal do Norte before being appointed Minister of Agriculture in Vargas's Cabinet from
1932 to 1934. Juarez then returned to military service, but once again entered the political realm in 1955 when he ran as
the Christian Democrat's candidate for President against Juscelino Kubistchek. He served as a representative in Brazil's Congress
from 1962 until 1964, when Juarez left his term to become Minister of Transportation and Public Works in Castelo Branco's
new Cabinet after the 1964 military coup. He served in this capacity until 1967.
As early as 1961, he met Ann Quiggins Tiller (1921-1981), a M.A. student at the University of Houston. She completed her degree
in 1963 with her thesis entitled "Anatomy of a Revolution-Brasil 1930," which used Juarez as a primary source. She remained
in contact with Juarez, his wife Nair and his family over a span of twenty years while she expanded her research to write
a political biography of the storied Marechal Juarez Távora. When Tiller died of a sudden illness in 1981, her documents,
articles, files and letters related to her research on Juarez were sent to Bradford Burns, professor of history at UCLA, who
then donated the materials to UCLA's Department of Special Collections in 1985.
Scope and Content
The collection contains Dr. Ann Tiller's research and collection of documents related to one of Brazil's most popular military
and political figures from 1922 to 1967, Marechal Juarez Távora. The collection includes many photocopies of documents and
articles from Juarez Távora's personal archive (now housed at the Fundação Getulio Vargas), personal correspondence between
Marechal Juarez Távora and his wife Nair and Ann Tiller and her husband Frank from 1961 to 1981, and a series of research
questions generated on note cards by Tiller and answered in writing by Juarez. These documents, letters and related materials
provide particular insight into the actions, thoughts and opinions of an important military leader on key events and groups
in twentieth century Brazilian history. Juarez sums up his opinions in a letter he writes in March 1975 where he outlines
his chief actions and attitudes between 1922 and 1967.
The collection contains materials on Brazil's Tenente Revolt, the Aliança Liberal, the 1930 Revolution, the early administration
of President Getulio Vargas, the 1955 Presidential campaign and the 1964 military coup. Documents throughout the period from
Juarez often advocate reform, but also employ anti-Communisty rhetoric. Items related to the Tenente Revolt in 1922 and 1924
include photocopied letters and journal articles detailing Juarez's escapes from imprisonment and revolutionary activities
as a leader of the Aliança Liberal in Brazil's northeast in the late 1920's. Several question and answer note cards also address
these activities. Materials from the 1930s address Liberal Revolutionary Organizations like the Legião de Outubro, underdevelopment
in the northeast, ideological differences between Juarez and Luis Carlos Prestes and criticism of Getúlio Vargas. Notable
items include a series of letters between Juarez and Vargas and question and answer notecards specifically addressing Juarez's
opinions of Vargas, roles in Vargas's Cabinet, and disapproval of the authoritarian Estado Novo Vargas implemented in 1937.
A substantial part of the collection is related to the 1955 Presidential race, where Juarez, the Christian Democrat's nominee,
ran against future President Juscelino Kubitschek. Campaign materials include a comic book depiction of Távora's life and
several photographs. The collection also contains a twenty-six page unpublished autobiography Távora wrote in 1955. Materials
addressing the immediate period after the official election are mostly photocopies and reveal Távora's criticism of General
Lott's actions and Kubitschek's inauguration. The period between 1960 and 1967 includes newspapers, journals and photocopied
letters and documents depicting the political atmosphere in both Brazil and the United States after the resignation of Jânio
Quadros and the economic and political uncertainty that ensued. Notable items include records of Juarez's Congressional speeches
and votes from 1962-1964 as a representative for the Christian Democrats, and more importantly, personal letters and answers
to Tiller's questions regarding the 1964 military coup and the subsequent regimes of Castelo Branco, Costa e Silva and Médici.
Unrelated to Juarez's career, Tiller's letters also reveal obstacles facing women in academia in the 1960s and 1970s. In her
correspondence she laments on her struggle to become a respected academic while maintaining her role as a wife and mother.
Organization and Arrangement
The papers are arranged in 2 series, with the second series being further arranged into five subseries based on Tiller's original
organization.
- 1. Correspondence, 1961-1980
- 2. Research Materials, 1922-1980
- 2.1. Questions and Answers with General Juarez Távora, 1967-1973
- 2.2. Research notes from Ann Tiller, 1963 and 1967-1968
- 2.3. Chronological Research Files, 1922-1971
- 2.4. Subject Files, 1930-1933, 1955, and 1960-1980
- 2.5. Published books, 1930, 1955, and ca. 1970
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Tiller, Ann Quiggins --Archives.
Távora, Juarez, 1898-1975 --Archival resources.
Brazil. President (1930-1945 : Vargas) --Archival resources.
Historians --United States --Archival resources.
Politicians --Brazil --Archival resources.
Brazil --Armed Forces --Political activity --Archival resources.
Brazil --Politics and government --1889-1930 --Archival resources.
Brazil --Politics and government --20th century --Archival resources.
1. Correspondence
1961-1980
Scope and Content Note
Personal and professional letters Tiller received from Juarez and Nair Távora. Also includes drafts of letters Ann
Tiller sent to the Távora's, photographs, and a file of correspondence between A. Tiller and John W.F. Dulles.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence between Ann and Frank Tiller and Nair and Marechal Juarez Távora
Scope and Content Note
Most letters are personal in nature, referring to family (often of the three Távora children who were living in the Unite
States: Octavio, Carlos and Flavio), vacations and
visits. Some letters do reference Ann Tiller's research process, particularly one from August 15, 1968. Letters between Nair
and Ann are more intimate in nature. Correspondence
spans the 1964 coup occurring in March 31, 1964, with a letter from Nair on April 14, 1964 speaking of "the new President
who deserves all our confidence and respect." Letter from
December 15, 1964 from Nair indicates to Ann that her "source of information will always be open to [Ann]."
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence between Ann and Frank Tiller and Nair and Marechal Juarez Távora
Scope and Content Note
Photo copy of letter from April 23, 1975 from Ann to Juarez about her conference paper also mentions how she desired to get
her PhD before, but was restricted
because no Houston schools offered PhD programs. Includes a draft of Ann's letter to Nair dated August 23, 1975 regarding
Juarez's death. Includes a distributed copy of the speech
given by Senator Luiz Viana in the Brazilian Senate on August 27, 1975 in honor of Marechal Távora.
Box 1, Folder 3
Photographs of Marechal Juarez Távora with Ann Tiller
Scope and Content Note
Includes: negative of Távora 1955 Presidential campaign photo; negative poster of Távora; color photo of Távora and wife Nair
ca. 1973; negative and 8×10 photo of
Nair, Távora and Ann Tiller ca. 1973; 2 negatives and 3 photos of Távora portrait in full dress; negative and 8×10 photo of
Nair, Távora, Ann and two children and one woman ca. 1973; 8×10 photo of Ann with Távora photo and newspaper copy 1972 March
23; negative and two photos of Távora, Ann and unknown individual ca. 1973
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence to Ann Tiller from Dr. John W.F. "Jack" Dulles
Scope and Content Note
Much of the content of the letters is academic recommendations from Dulles to Till regarding her research. Letter from November
18, 1964 includes a copy of a
piece Dulles published November 3, 1964 in support of the Castelo Branco regime.
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence to Ann Tiller from Marechal Juarez Távora
Scope and Content Note
A response to Tiller from Távora that includes a schedule of Távora's chief actions and attitudes between 1922 and 1967 that
could be characterized as influencing
contemporary Brazil (1975).
2. Research Materials
1922-1980
Scope and Content Note
Documents, articles and related materials compiled by Ann Tiller on the political and military life of Marechal
Juarez Távora for a political biography of the Marechal.
2.1 Questions and Answers with General Juarez Tavora
1967-1973
Scope and Content Note
Ann Tiller's questions answered by Juarez Távora relative to his military and political career.
Box 1, Folder 6
Unanswered questions from short biography
1967-1973
Box 1, Folder 7
Tiller questions and Marechal Juarez Távora answers
1967-1973
Scope and Content Note
Contains four distinct sets of questions. 1) Questions from the "short biography" regarding Távora's revolutionary activities
in northern Brazil and Paraíba state during
the 1930 Revolution, including descriptions of Távora's escapes from Ilha das Cobras in January 1927 and from Fortaleza de
Santa Cruz on February 23, 1930. 2) Questions from July
20, 1967 regarding Távora's roles and opinions from Vargas's installation as President in 1930 through Vargas's Estado Novo
of 1937. Answers highlight when and why Távora began to
oppose Vargas's Estado Novo and elucidates why Távora left his posts as Minister of Transportation and public works and as
Minister of Agriculture. 3) Questions from August 15, 1968
cover a range of Távora's life from participation in the Columna Prestes though 1937. Answers 13 and 15 again highlight the
dissension between Távora and Vargas. 4) Questions from
July 22, 1968 regarding Távora's thoughts on Hygino Cunha's 'Os Revolucionarios do sul atraves dos sertões nordestinos do
brasil." For the most part, answers to these questions refer
to taped answers, which are not included in the collection.
Box 1, Folder 8
Tiller questions and Marechal Távora answers
1967-1973
Scope and Content Note
Three sets of questions and as well as copies of documents related to answers sent by Marechal Juarez Távora, including his
voting records as a deputado from
1962-1964 coup. 1) Questions pertaining to 'How Brazil Stopped Communism' by Araken Távora. 2) Questions pertaining to the
Tenente Orientation. 3) Twenty-five questions and twenty-
eight answers covering from Brazil's 1945 Presidential campaign up to the military coup. Answers discuss Távora's 1955 Presidential
candidacy for the Partido Democrata Cristão; voter
fraud; Távora's return to active military service after 1955 and subsequent movement to the reserves; Távora's opposition
to General Lott's actions in ensuring Kubitschek's Presidency
and as Minister of War under Kubitschek; Távora's election and service as a deputado of Guanabara in 1962 for the Partido
Democrata Cristão.
Box 1, Folder 9
Tiller questions and Marechal Juarez Távora answers
1967-1973
Scope and Content Note
Questions relating to the 1964 military coup in Brazil and concerning Juarez Távora's unpublished work, "Missão Cumprida,"
presumably written in 1967, now
available at the Fundação Getulio Vargas in the Juarez Távora collection. Folder includes a copy of Missão Cumprida which
has some of Ann Tiller's handwritten
notes.
Box 1, Folder 10
Tiller questions and Marechal Juarez Távora answers
1967-1973
Scope and Content Note
Answers from July 20, 1970 contain no questions and cover a wide range of topics. Answer two justifies the 1964 Revolution
as democratic in the face of financial
insolvency and the threat of a union dictatorship. Answer three addresses the Aliança Liberal in 1929. Answers four and five
discuss expulsion and forced retirement under the military
regime. A second set of questions from July 5, 1971, pertains to the Legion of October and Peter Flynn's 'The Revolutionary
Legion and the Brazilian Revolution of
1930.'
Box 1, Folder 11
Tiller questions and Marechal Juaréz Távora answers
1967-1973
Scope and Content Note
Távora's answer written in 1972, but sent on August 9, 1973. Questions stem from Tiller's reading of Alfred Stepan III's paper
"The Military in Politics." Answers
include information on the succession to Costa e Silva's Presidency, Távora's opinion of who represents the most liberal approach
to maintaining some democratic form during the
dictatorship, and his opinion on who would make a good next president.
2.2 Research notes from Ann Tiller
1963, 1967-1968
Scope and Content Note
Ann Tiller's outlines and research logs of archival work completed.
Box 2, Folder 1
Undated research notes
1963, 1967-1968
Scope and Content Note
Contains preliminary questions Ann Tiller wanted to ask Távora, some notes from Távora indicating specific newspaper clippings
to Ann as well as some Portuguese
vocabulary
Box 2, Folder 2
National Archive research notes on Diplomatic Records 1930-1942
1963, 1967-1968
Scope and Content Note
Notes from the US National Archives contains I, includes notecards that Tiller divided into five sets. The first contains
notes from boxes 5802 and 59. The second,
notes from boxes 5807/2 and 5809. The third has no listed box, but listed folders. The fourth contains a checklist of boxes
requested. The fifth, notes from boxes 58, 5809 and
unlabeled boxes as well as a letter from the archive approving her notes.
Box 2, Folder 3
Távora archives research notes
1963, 1967-1968
Scope and Content Note
In general, lists newspaper clippings of interest to Tiller and photocopies she made in Távora's personal archive (now available
at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas).
Provides minimal insight into how she interpreted key events.
Box 2, Folder 4
Research notes
1963, 1967-1968
Scope and Content Note
Short research log from work done in Rio da Janeiro in July 1970 and notes of the Clube 3 de Outubro.
Box 2, Folder 5
Anatomy of a Revolution outline
1963, 1967-1968
Scope and Content Note
A preliminary outline of Ann Tiller's Master's thesis entitled "Anatomy of a Revolution--Brazil 1930." Also includes overheads
of several documents that Ann originally
included in the folder.
2.3 Chronological Research Files
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Articles and documents related to Marechal Juarez Távora's military and political career. Many items come from
Juarez Távora's personal archive and are labeled "Távora papers."
Box 2, Folder 6
Távora papers general index
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Photo copy of Távora's indexing system through drawer, "gaveta," 12 and hand-written index of drawers 13-17. Tiller's research
organization is chronological;
however, she often notes the original drawer and folder "pasta" that articles come from. An important photo copy because Távora
papers are now housed at the Fundação Getulio Vargas
and folder
Box 2, Folder 7
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Photo copies of two unsigned descriptions of involvement in the July 5th, 1922 Revolution from the Távora papers folder entitled
"Documents about
enemies"
Box 2, Folder 8
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Copy of the points of Távora's defense argued in 1924.
Box 2, Folder 9
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Photo copies of two articles from Távora's personal files related to tenete revolutionary activities.
Box 2, Folder 10
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Contains photo copies of letters to Deputado João Luiz Ferreira and Dr. Baptista Luzardo.
Box 2, Folder 11
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Personal notes attached to O Jornal article "Definindo Responsabilidades."
Box 2, Folder 12
Távora papers pre-Revolution planning
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes packet of "Documentos para a história da revolução de 1930." Copy of letter from Juarez Távora to Luis Carlos Prestes
asking Prestes not to publish his
manifesto. Távora repeatedly refers to "OUR" revolution, pointing out the individual nature of Prestes' actions. This letter
reveals that although Távora believes the small farm a positive
feature and latifundias a negative one, he does not think that Brazil can change by leaps, but gradually.
Box 2, Folder 13
Távora papers 1930 October revolution
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Contains a photo copy of sheet music for a "Hymn to Juarez Távora."
Box 2, Folder 14
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with Vargas under the provisional government when Juarez Távora was in northern Brazil as the "Delegado Federal
do Norte" includes Távora's policy
recommendations and observations about northern Brazil.
Box 2, Folder 15
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes propaganda booklet in support of Távora. Correspondence to Vargas. Copy of Távora's, as the Delegado Federal do Norte,
report to Vargas on the
situation/status in Brazil's northern states. He reports on financial, economic and administrative areas stating that the
Old Republic left Brazil's northern states in disarray and that the
first year and a half under Vargas have not improved the northern states much. An index to the report appears on the last
page.
Box 2, Folder 16
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
A selection of letters from January to February 1933 regarding the liberal party and factions within the Clube 3 de Outubro.
Also contains letters about the Clube 3
de Outubro after the São Paulo Constitutionalist revolt in 1932.
Box 2, Folder 17
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes documents related to Távora's post as the Minister of Agriculture between 1932 and 1934.
Box 2, Folder 18
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Copy of Távora's letter to the reader criticizing the article "Vozes do passado" appearing in the diario Carioca on September
13, 1935.
Box 2, Folder 19
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Copy of article from Távora's personal archive about the Social Democrat political party.
Box 2, Folder 20
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Official and photo copy of Juarez Távora's keynote address for the Escola de Estado Maior do Exercito given on December 24,
1938. Speech elucidates main
policies goals in the twentieth century and gives the role of the military in reaching those goals.
Box 2, Folder 21
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Photo copy of a report from Juarez Távora's personal archive.
Box 2, Folder 22
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Article in honor of Távora from the Clube Cearense's official publication (single sheet).
Box 2, Folder 23
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper publications of two Távora speeches and an article in honor of the General.
Box 3, Folder 1
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Folder contains photo copy of speech to the Assembléia do Clube Militar; correspondence between Juarez Távora and the Minister
of War where Távora is critical of
raising the minimum wage for just one group and of the "Memorial dos Coronéis;" correspondence with Carlos Lacerda about the
Clube da Lanterna; copy of a letter sent to Vargas
asking for his resignation two days before his suicide. Other items cover Vargas' suicide, Luis Carlos Prestes in Brazil.
Box 3, Folder 2
Távora papers election materials
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes a comic book depicting Távora's life and other materials related to his election: accepting candidacy, regarding
controversy over his candidacy,
etc.
Box 3, Folder 3
Távora papers post-election and novembres movement
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes an unpublished draft of a letter from Juarez Távora charging election fraud and copies of official documents related
to the November 11, 1955 "coup" led by
General Lott that resulted in guaranteeing Kubitschek's Presidency.
Box 3, Folder 4
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Contains various documents and reports relating to Juarez Távora's actions during the November "coups."
Box 3, Folder 5
Unlabeled source
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Most newspaper and letter copies relate to Juarez Távora's discontent with the what he considers the "political-military crisis"
that began in November 1955 with
Kubitschek's election. Other materials document revolutionary activities, including a manifest of the Frente Militar Revolucionário
accompanied by a denouncement of the Clube da
Lanterna.
Box 3, Folder 6
Unlabeled source
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Copy of article addresses Távora's opinion on Petrobras. Copy of a letter advocates forming a governor alliance to prevent
the spread of
communism.
Box 3, Folder 7
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten copy of part of speeches by Juarez Távora and Juracy Magalhães, given at the banquet for Juarez Távora.
Box 3, Folder 8
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Nineteen page synthesis and duplicate of ideas presented by Juarez Távora during the Semana Franco-Brasileiro in Paris (June
25-27, 1962). Speech notes
highlight the theoretical structure of Brazil's political institutions and the shortcomings. Notes conclude by offering suggestions
for correcting institutional faults.
Box 3, Folder 9
Câmara dos Deputados
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Covers Juarez Távora's term as representative for the PDC (Christian Democrats). Contains Távora's note from meetings as well
as copy of legislation number 1.091-
1963 where President João Goulart asks for a temporary "estado do sítio" (state of emergency) to be declared in Brazil.
Box 3, Folder 10
Câmara dos Deputados
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Typed copies of speeches given by Távora in the Câmara including his first speech, one commemorating assassinated JFK, and
one reiterating the PDC (Christian
Democrats) party line. Multiple published copies of Távora's speeches appearing the daily Diario do Congresso Nacional related
to agrarian reform, family salary, against the October
"estado do sítio," equal opportunity and backing new President Castelo Branco. Also includes an announcement of his leaving
the Câmara.
Box 3, Folder 11
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Contains an official statement from Juarez Távora of his level of participation in the 1964 coup. He was not a part of the
meetings that took place on April 4, he was
present at a meeting the night of April 5 where he suggested General Castelo Branco be the next President and advocated for
military rule longer than ninety days.
Box 3, Folder 12
Various newspapers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper articles pertaining to the Castelo Branco regime and the imminent transition to the Costa e Silva regime. Articles
from The Houston Post also discuss
Kubistchek's speaking tour in the United States and Carlos Lacerda's outspoken influence in Brazil in the Americas column.
Also contains a copy of Ten-cel Luciano Salgado Campos'
March 31, 1966 speech regarding the 1964 coup and its political, economic and military consequences.
Box 3, Folder 13
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper clippings including an interview by Maruício Caminha de Lacerda with questions related to the 1964 Revolution, Távora's
stance on Petrobras, the Tenente
revolt, and the 1930 Revolution.
Box 3, Folder 14
Unlabeled source
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Contains mainly newspaper clippings. One article, "A Crise do Tenetismo" by Hélio Silva where Juarez Távora is portrayed as
embodying 'tenetismo.' Also contains
Távora's typescript reflection on Luis Carlos Prestes. He refers to Prestes's tremendous intellectual capacity as well as
Távora's disapproval of Prestes's communist
ideology.
Box 3, Folder 15
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Photo copies of articles written by Távora from his personal archive.
Box 3, Folder 16
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Article about Juarez Távora and about the revolutionary activities in Rio Grande do Sul in 1932.
Box 3, Folder 17
Távora papers
1922-1971
Scope and Content Note
Undated photo copies of items originally in Távora's personal archive.
2.4 Subject Files
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Articles and documents related to key subjects or individuals in Marechal Juarez Távora's military and political
career.
Box 3, Folder 18
Artur da Costa e Silva administration
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Two sets of newspaper sheets with several government policy related articles.
Box 3, Folder 19
Brazilian Crisis 1964
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Contains a speech by Ann Tiller, handwritten on notecards describing the political atmosphere leading up to the 1964 coup
and detailing the coup's events. Also has
labeled newspaper clippings from Texas newspaper sources regarding the coup in Brazil.
Box 4, Folder 1
Jânio Quadros
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Copy of a Realidade publication from November 1967 with an extensive article related to Jânio Quadros and the reasons behind
his leaving the Presidency in 1967.
Attached is a letter from Frank Tiller to his wife Ann Tiller regarding the article. Contains two personal sent to Quadros
regarding visits and potential teaching positions in Houston.
Newspaper clippings mainly from US sources regarding Jânio Quadros' Presidency compose the majority of the folder.
Box 4, Folder 2
Jânio Quadros
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Brazilian newspaper clippings discussing Jânio Quadros's outspoken criticism of the government, his confinement in Corumbá,
Carlos Lacerda's reaction to his
confinement and Quadros' imminent exile.
Box 4, Folder 3
Raimundo Moniz de Aragão
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Typescript letter to Frank Tiller from Raimundo Moniz de Aragão (Minister of Education from June to October 1966 Castelo Branco)
regarding his and General
Augusto Cezar Moniz de Aragão's participation in the 1964 Revolution and 'election' of Castelo Branco.
Box 4, Folder 4
Death of Castelo Branco
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper articles covering the plane crash that killed General Castelo Branco and subsequent articles on the General. Also
contains three notecards from Ann
Tiller relating to the 1964 coup.
Box 4, Folder 5
Critique of Helio Silva's "A Crise do Tenentismo"
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Typed and handwritten copy of Juarez Távora's critique of Helio Silva's book "A Crise do Tenentismo" (published in 1968).
Tiller's notes refer back to an article by
Helio Silva printed in 1968.
Box 4, Folder 6
Távora papers, Correspondence with Vargas
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Copies of letters to Getúlio Vargas from Juarez Távora from the Arquivo Getúlio Vargas. Letters address Távora's renouncing
the post of Minister of Transportation in
1930 and the post of Delegado Federal do Norte in 1932, the political situation in the northeast, and the advantage of military
politicians in the northeast.
Box 4, Folder 7
National Archive documents
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Three documents from US government officials: 1) Report on the political situation in Pernambuco after the October Revolution;
2) Letter from the US Ambassador to
Brazil; and 3) Report on Juarez Távora from military Attaché Lester Baker.
Box 4, Folder 8
Távora papers, 1930 Revolutionary plans in the north
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Contains copy of an interview related to Mirócem Navarro's role in the 1930 Revolution. Also has copies of letters sent to
officers in northern Brazil regarding the
organization of a revolution in 1930. Other letters address the role of Carlos Prestes in the Revolution.
Box 4, Folder 9
1930 Revolution
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Includes a magazine titled "A Revolução Nacional: Documentos para História," which details the 1930 Revolution by major states
involved as well as the subsequent
government of Getúlio Vargas. Printed record of the ideological break between Luis Carlos Prestes and Juarez Távora. Two official
memento military photos of Juarez Távora. Also
contains a map of the Columna Prestes.
Box 4, Folder 10
Távora papers, Revolutionary organizations
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Contains documents related the Legião de Outubro (also known as the Legião Revolucionária), a Liberal revolutionary organization
founded in 1931 to eradicate
holdovers from the Old Republic and institute the revolutionary ideals of the 1930 Revolution. Documents include the following:
a manifesto; list of state representatives; structure of
national organization and several related documents; and a critique by Castro Afilhado of the national structure implemented
by the Legião de Outubro and of the New
Republic;
Box 4, Folder 11
Távora papers, Revolutionary organizations
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
An index of most documents begins the folder, which contains documents on, but not limited to, the following organizations
and movements: the Clube 3 de Outubro,
the Congresso Revolucionario, the Integralists, and the União Cívica Nacional. Documents on the Clube 3 de Outubro, a military
organization dedicated to sustaining the provisional
Vargas government and its principles founded in 1931, include a letter to Távora regarding his placement as delegado in the
north, a letter sent to the Congresso Revolucionário, a copy
of a speech given to the Bahia club by Juarez Távora, and articles relating to José América's break with the organization.
Documents on Integralists, a fascist and nationalist movement
that received Vargas' support an eventually targeted Communism, include a 1933 manifesto. Documents on the Congresso Revolucionário,
resulting from the unification of several
revolutionary groups, include items that discuss unification, the articles of the November 1932 constitution, an overview
of a session related to union organization and corporatism. Other
documents include notes by Távora on representing classes and nationalizing fleets and waterfalls.
Box 4, Folder 12
Emilio Garrastazu Médici
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper selections that contain articles related to the Presidency of General Médici in Brazil. Articles are published at
the beginning of his Presidency and focus
his Constitutional changes, ARENA and cabinet members. Some related articles address the death of Carlos Marighela, leader
of an opposition to the military dictatorship, Nixon's
speech announcing a new plan for the Americas going beyond the Alliance for Progress, the constitution for Guanabara state,
and Salazar's successor, Marcelo Caetano, in the
Portuguese dictatorship.
Box 4, Folder 13
Articles profiling General Juarez Távora and Eduardo Gomes.
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Folder includes a magazine publication from The Moral Re-armament (MRA), an international religious movement, from 1961. Távora
asks for individual level
revolutions to achieve a final, socially and economically revolution. Folder also contains newspaper articles in honor of
or that give significant recognition to the contributions of Juarez
Távora and Eduardo Gomes. Gomes was the last surviving tenente of the 1922 revolt.
Box 4, Folder 14
Diary of a Revolution
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
For the fifty year anniversary of the 1930 Revolution, O Globo, a newspaper in Brazil, published a series called "Diário de
uma Revolução" that recounted the daily
events of the revolution in October, 1930.
Box 4, Folder 15
General Juarez Távora autobiography and biography
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Typescript 1955 autobiography by Juarez Távora with some of his handwritten edits. Three page biographical sketch of Juarez
Távora, signed by Távora on April 30,
1965.
Box 4, Folder 16
Unfiled
1930-1933, 1955, 1960-1980
Scope and Content Note
Several unfiled newspaper articles. Of note is a special edition of the Jornal do Brasil for the 25 year anniversary of the
Estado Novo. Other articles cover João
Pessoa and Juarez Távora's opinion on the Transamazónica highway.
2.5 Published books
1930, 1955, ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Books or drafts related to Juarez Távora collected or photocopied by Ann Tiller.
Box 5, Folder 1
Duas Vozes
1930, 1955, ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Original booklet that compares Sampaio Correia and Juarez Távora as a way to see the transition from Brazil's Old Republic
to the Vargas era. Correia is depicted
as a moral engineer-professor while Távora's actions in the 1930 Revolution are seen as "immoral."
Box 5, Folder 2
A Revolução de 30 em Serra Negra
1930, 1955, ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of a published book by R. Nonato regarding 1930 Revolutionary activity in Rio Grande do Norte.
Box 5, Folder 3
8 do Outubro
1930, 1955, ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of a book on 1930 Revolutionary activity in Maranhão as well as the political environment leading up to the revolution.
Box 5, Folder 4
Uma Vida e Muitas Lutas general index
1930, 1955, ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Photo copy of a hand-written general index for Marechal Juarez Távora's memoirs. The memoirs were eventually published in
three volumes.
Box 5, Folder 5
Uma Vida e Muitas Lutas volume 1 part 1
1930, 1955, ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Photo copy of draft of Juarez Távora's memoirs, entitled Uma Vida e Muitas Lutas.
Box 5, Folder 6
Uma Vida e Muitas Lutas volume 1 part 2
1930, 1955, ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Photo copy of draft of Juarez Távora's memoirs, entitled Uma Vida e Muitas Lutas.
Box 5, Folder 7
Uma Vida e Muitas Lutas volume 1 part 3
1930, 1955, ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Photo copy of draft of Juarez Távora's memoirs, entitled Uma Vida e Muitas Lutas. Includes two pages of handwritten corrections
dated July 12, 1971, to the
manuscript.