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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Archibald Roosevelt Jr., intelligence officer, diplomat, and consultant were given to the Library of Congress by Roosevelt in 1988 and 1989. Additional material was received from Selwa Roosevelt, his wife, between 1990 and 2005.
The papers of Archibald Roosevelt Jr. were arranged and described in 1991. The collection was expanded and revised in 1996 and 2008.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Archibald Roosevelt Jr. in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning these restrictions.
Government regulations control the use of security classified material in this collection. Manuscript Division staff can furnish information concerning access to and use of classified material.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number and roman numeral designating the Part, Archibald Roosevelt Jr. Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Part I of the papers of Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr. (1918-1990), grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, spans the years 1838-1988 with the bulk of the material concentrated in the years 1942-1947. The material reflects primarily his service in intelligence for the United States Army in North Africa, Iraq, and Iran during World War II and immediately thereafter. The papers include diaries, reports, notes, notebooks, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks arranged in the following series: Diaries, Subject File, Academic Notebooks, Miscellany, and Oversize.
The Diaries and Subject File document Roosevelt's military service as an army intelligence officer assigned successively to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, and Iran during and briefly after World War II. Roosevelt began his intelligence career as an interpreter during interrogations of French and Moroccan prisoners captured when American military forces invaded Morocco in November 1942. He was subsequently stationed in Algeria and Tunisia. Intelligence reports, printed materials, notes, and letters located in the Subject File record Roosevelt's activities in these countries and his observations on Arab nationalism and discontent with the French administration of North Africa.
The Diaries along with reports, notes, correspondence, maps, and printed material in the Subject File also record Roosevelt's activities in the Middle East where he served extended tours of duty in Baghdad, Iraq, and Tehran, Iran, from 1944 to 1947. From these posts he reported on Arab politics, the tribes of Iraq, the Soviet Union's influence in the Iranian province of Azerbaijan, and his travels in the region. Of particular interest are a report and accompanying photographs describing his visit in 1946 to the short-lived, independent Kurdish republic in northern Iran and an account of his visit to Palestine in 1947 shortly after the United Nations approved the partition of the area between Arabs and Jews. Also included in the Diaries is an account of Roosevelt's summer trip to Alaska in 1935.
The Academic Notebooks series contains Roosevelt's student notes and essays from Groton School and Harvard University. The Miscellany series includes photographs and scrapbooks relating to Roosevelt's military service and the Roosevelt family, appointment calendars, and a reference work on Iraqi tribes.
Part II of the Archibald Roosevelt Jr. Papers spans the years 1919-2002, with the greatest part concentrated in the period 1974-1990. The Chase Manhattan Bank series recounts Roosevelt's post-government activities as director of international relations for that institution. Prominent are his reports on political, social, and economic developments regarding nations and regions in the Middle East and Africa and how they relate to the interests of the bank, the United States, and the international community. Also contained in this series is correspondence with bank officials, professional colleagues, and friends.
The Miscellany series contains a disparate group of material, the largest part of which pertains to Roosevelt's writings. Included are correspondence and reviews relating to his published memoir
An Addition series to Part II includes more international reports, writings, and drafts of Roosevelt's memoir with related book production material. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings and photographs relate primarily to the personal and social activities of Roosevelt and his wife, Selwa.
This collection is composed of ten series arranged in two parts.
Part I:
Part II:
Arranged chronologically. Loose fragments of correspondence have been dated according to their original locations within the diaries, arranged chronologically, and placed in folders immediately following the diaries from which they were removed.
Reports, notes, correspondence, maps, printed material, calling cards, and miscellaneous items. Also includes handwritten and typed summaries and explanatory notes by Roosevelt.
Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically therein.
Notebooks and several manuscript essays.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Appointment calendars, clippings, typescript of an English translation of an Arab document, memorabilia, notes, passports, photographs and photograph albums pertaining to Roosevelt's career and the Roosevelt family, reference book on the tribes of Iraq, and scrapbooks.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Oversize photograph album and scrapbooks.
Organized and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Correspondence and reports grouped separately.
Correspondence includes letters sent and received and is filed alphabetically. Reports are arranged alphabetically by name of country, region, or organization and chronologically therein.
Correspondence, engagement calendars, financial papers, photographs, printed matter, reports, and writings.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic and chronologically therein.
Correspondence, writings, drafts of memoir, international reports, biographical material, clippings, drawings, photographs, and scrapbooks.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic and chronologically therein.
Classified government document.
Arranged and described according to the series, container, and folder from which it was removed.
Broadsides, scrapbooks, photographs, and a map.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.