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                      Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman

            A Register of Her Papers in the Library of Congress

                   Prepared by Manuscript Division Staff
                 Revised and expanded by Karen Linn Femia

                                    2002

                 Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

                              Washington, D.C.

       Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html

                Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress
                         Manuscript Division, 2003

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Collection Summary

Title:    Papers of Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman , 1857 - 1982 (bulk
1910 - 1960 )
ID No.:    MSS24976
Creator: Harriman, Florence Jaffray Hurst
Extent:    10,000 items ; 32 containers ; 13 linear feet ; 1 microfilm reel

Repository:    Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract:    Diplomat, political activist, and author. Correspondence,
writings, news clippings, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous
papers relating primarily to Harriman's activities as U.S. minister to
Norway and her political activities on behalf of the Democratic party,
world peace organizations, and District of Columbia voting rights.

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of
person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and
listed alphabetically therein.

Names:

Harriman, Florence Jaffray Hurst, b. 1870
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965--Correspondence
Berlin, Irving, 1888- --Correspondence
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 --Correspondence
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 --Correspondence
Hayes, Helen, 1900- --Correspondence
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 --Correspondence
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952--Correspondence
Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963 --Correspondence
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892- --Correspondence
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959--Correspondence
McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941--Correspondence
Pepper, Claude, 1900- --Correspondence
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948--Correspondence
Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 --Correspondence
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 --Correspondence
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944--Correspondence
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961 --Correspondence
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
United States. Commission on Industrial Relations
United States. National Defense Advisory Commission. Committee on Women in
Industry
American Red Cross. Women's Motor Corps
League of Nations
Woman's National Democratic Club (U.S.)

Subjects:

Diplomatic and consular service, American--Norway
Home rule--Washington (D.C.)
Industrial relations--United States
Peace--Societies, etc.
Presidents--United States--Election--1912
Social problems
Women--Societies and clubs
Women in the labor movement
World War, 1914-1918--Manpower
World War, 1914-1918--War work--France
World War, 1914-1918--Women
Norway--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--Norway

Occupations:

Authors
Diplomats
Labor leaders

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The papers of Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman, diplomat, political
activist, and author, were given to the Library of Congress by Harriman in
1957. Additions to the papers were made by Harriman between 1958 and 1968
and by Phyllis Darling in 1998.

Processing History:

The papers of Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman were arranged and described
in 1957. Additions I and II were processed and the register revised in
2002.

Transfers:

Some photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and
Photographs Division where they are identified as a part of these papers.

Copyright Status:

Copyright in the unpublished writings of Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman in
these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the
Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.

Microfilm:

A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on one reel.
Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning
availability for purchase or interlibrary loan.

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following
information: Container or reel number, Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman
Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

 Date          Event

 1870 , July
 21            Born, New York, N.Y.

 1880 - 1888   Educated in Mrs. Lockwood's private classes, New York, N.Y.

 1889          Married J. Borden Harriman (died, 1914)

 1903 - 1916   President, Colony Club, New York, N.Y.

 1906 - 1918   Member, Board of Managers of New York State Reformatory for
               Women at Bedford, New York, N.Y.

 1912          Active in the presidential campaign for Woodrow Wilson

 1913 - 1916   Member, U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations

 1917 - 1918   Organized the American Red Cross Women's Motor Corps of the
               District of Columbia and directed the Women's Motor Corps
               in France.

 1922          Founder and first president, Woman's National Democratic
               Club, Washington, D.C.

 1923          Published From Pinafores to Politics. New York: Henry Holt
               and Co.

 1937 - 1941   Minister to Norway

 1940          With the German invasion of Norway; fled to Sweden and
               arranged for the safety of other Americans and the
               Norwegian royal family.

 1941          Published Mission to the North. Philadelphia: J. B.
               Lippincott

 1967 , Aug.
 31            Died, Washington, D. C.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman (1870-1967) span the years
1857-1982 with the bulk of the material dating from 1910 to 1960. The
papers are organized in the following series: Personal Correspondence, Oslo
Correspondence, Subject Files (in two chronological sections), Speech and
Article File, Miscellany, and Additions.

The Personal Correspondence primarily contains family correspondence. The
Oslo Correspondence series, 1937-1940, pertains to Harriman's service as
the United States minister to Norway, a post she had to abandon following
the Nazi invasion of Norway in 1940.

The rest of the papers contain a wide variety of material reflecting
Harriman's broad interests and activities throughout her long and vigorous
life. She was a member of the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations,
1913-1916, and chairman of the U.S. National Defense Advisory Commission's
Committee on Women in Industry, 1917-1919. She worked on behalf of world
peace organizations and for the League of Nations. She helped organize and
then served as director of the American Red Cross Women's Motor Corps in
France during World War I. She cofounded the Colony Club in New York City
and the Woman's National Democratic Club in Washington, D.C. Harriman
became one of Washington's great hostesses, regularly having Sunday evening
dinner parties for the politically well-connected at her home. Late in
life, Harriman worked on behalf of home rule for the District of Columbia.
Material is lacking on her service, 1906-1918, as a member of the board of
managers of the Bedford Reformatory for Women in New York.

Notable correspondents include Bernard M. Baruch, Irving Berlin, Albert
Einstein, Duke Ellington, Helen Hayes, Cordell Hull, Harold L. Ickes, Estes
Kefauver, Archibald Macleish, George C. Marshall, Claude Pepper, John J.
Pershing, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Oswald
Garrison Villard, and Wendell L. Wilkie.

Addition I contains correspondence and an autograph album. The
correspondence is primarily professional and pertains to Harriman's
political activities and involvement in social reform movements as well as
her service as minister to Norway. The autograph album contains notes
signed by many notable people, including William Gibbs McAdoo, John J.
Pershing, and Woodrow Wilson. Also in the album is a pencil drawing with
watercolor by the Dutch cartoonist Louis Raemaekers.

Addition II includes a scrapbook, correspondence, speeches and writings,
transcripts of radio broadcasts, news clippings, and photographs. The
scrapbook, which documents Harriman's work in Woodrow Wilson's 1912
presidential campaign, is available on microfilm only. Correspondence from
William Gibbs McAdoo and John J. Pershing document the close personal
relationship Harriman had with both of these men. Other notable
correspondents in Addition II include Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edith Bolling
Galt Wilson, and Woodrow Wilson.

Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in six series:

   * Personal Correspondence, 1937-1949
   * Oslo Correspondence, 1937-1940
   * Subject File, 1912-1950
   * Speech and Article File, 1912-1950, n.d.
   * Miscellany, 1926-1950, n.d.
   * Additions, 1857-1982, n.d.

  November 4, 2003