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Collection material in English and German with French
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 William Edward Dodd, historian and diplomat, were received by the Library as a deposit in 1945 and 1953 from Dodd's son, William E. Dodd, Jr., and daughter, Martha Dodd Stern. Stern added further papers as gifts in 1964, 1969, and 1972, and as a deposit in 1981. In 1965 the 1945 deposit was converted to a gift. Additional material came through gift and purchase, 1952-1979. In 1989, the remainder of the collection was converted to a gift.
The papers of William Edward Dodd were arranged and described in 1963-1964. The collection was expanded and revised in 1979 and 1982. The finding aid was revised again in 2011.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William Edward Dodd is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of William Edward Dodd are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Edward Dodd Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of William Edward Dodd (1869-1940) span the years 1895 to 1955, with the bulk of the material dating from 1900 to 1940. The papers are in English and German with French and are organized in six series: General Correspondence , Speeches and Writings , Miscellany , Family Correspondence , Addition , and Oversize . Included are two pocket diaries from 1928 and 1931, articles, speeches, book material, autobiographical notes relating to Dodd's life before 1930, a correspondence file, much of it within the family, from 1895 until 1953 long after his death, and letters written by Dodd during a trip to Europe, 1928-1929. The earlier papers relate to Dodd's work as an historian, author, and citizen-scholar interested in local, state, national, and international politics. The greater part of the papers concern Dodd's career as professor of history at the University of Chicago and as ambassador to Germany.
Prominent correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, Carl L. Becker, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Claude Gernade Bowers, George P. Brett, Nicholas Murray Butler, Josephus Daniels, Edward Mandell House, Cordell Hull, R. Walton Moore, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Daniel C. Roper, Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, and Frederick Jackson Turner, as well as many other scholars and diplomatic colleagues. Family correspondents include Dodd's wife, Martha Johns Dodd, and their daughter, Martha Dodd (Stern).
This collection is arranged in six series:
Correspondence.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein.
Writings by Dodd, including autobiographical notes, academic articles and reviews, speeches, editorials, and book material.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically by title therein, with untitled items at the end.
Diaries, photographs, printed matter, and other material.
Arranged by type of material.
Correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Correspondence, photographs, news clippings, and miscellany.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material with miscellany at the end.
Diploma.
Described according to the series, container, and folder from which the item was removed.