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This collection was gathered by George T. McJimsey, professor of History at Iowa State University, in the process of writing his book Harry Hopkins: Ally of the Poor and Defender of Democracy. Included are articles written by Hopkins, his personal and professional correspondence, WPA files, minutes from the meetings of the American Association of Social Workers, War Munitions Board minutes, Lend- Lease files, diary entries of top government officials, American Red Cross files among others.

The collection contains information relevant not only to researchers studying Hopkins but also Roosevelt, World War II, Lend- Lease, the New Deal, social work, the American Red Cross, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the FERA, WPA, CWA, American Association of Social Workers, New York BCW, and NYTBA.

The research is drawn from several collections including the Hopkins Papers at the FDR Library in Hyde Park, the National Archives, the George C. Marshall Papers, the Social Work History Archives in Minneapolis, the Harry S. Truman Library, Parks Library of Iowa State University, New York State Library at Albany, the Library of Congress, University of Virginia Library, the Houghton Library of Harvard University among many others.

Additional information on Harry Hopkins can be found in Georgetown University’s special collection.

Folder 1 Ideas: McJimsey’s early conceptions of Hopkins’ role and legacy. Folder 2 Citations: Various citations used by McJimsey throughout his book. Folder 3 Newspapers I: Photocopies of newspaper clippings on Hopkins. Folder 4 Newspapers II: Photocopies of newspaper clippings on Hopkins. Folder 5 Newspapers III: Photocopies of newspaper clippings on Hopkins. Folder 6 Oral Histories: Various interviews from Sherwood, McJimsey and Columbia University’s collection among others. Folder 7 Chapter II: Materials focused on Hopkins’ early life and social work. Folder 8 Chapter III: Materials focused on Hopkins’ early life and social work Folder 9 Chapters II and III: Materials focused on Hopkins’ early life and social work.

Folder 1 Board of Child Welfare: “Report for June 1916”; “Office Report for Nevember 1916”; “Office Report for March 1917”; “Office Report for April 1917”; “Minutes of September 18, 1917”; “Office Report for November 1917” Folder 2 New York Tuberculosis and Health Association: “Twenty Years of Work: Outline of the History of the Harlem Tubeculosis and Health Committee of the New York Tuberculosis and Health Association, 1922-1942” Folder 3 Emergency Relief 1933-1942: Various relief correspondence. Folder 4 Committee on Economic Security 1934: “Executive Order: Establishing the Committee on Economic Security and the Advisory Council on Economic Security,” Franklin D. Roosevelt, June 29, 1934; Minutes on the Meetings of the Committee on Economic Security, August- December 1934 Folder 5 WPA Official Orders: WPA Administrative Bulletins July 21, 1935- May 1936 Folder 6 WPA Labor Assignment: Analyses of WPA Labor Assignment Folder 7 WPA Biographies: Biographical Sketches of Key WPA personnel including Corrington Gill, Robert Hinckley, Lawrence Westbrook, Jacob Baker, Ellen S. Woodward, Pierce Williams, Florence Kerr, Aubrey Williams, Emerson Ross, David K. Niles, Howard O. Hunter Folder 8 WPA Mail: Analysis of Letters Regarding Labor Relations Acknowledged by Correspondence Division, November 1-15, 1936 by Region; “Committee on Mail Confernce,” July 10, 1936; “Analysis of Mail Handled in Correspondence Division of WPA 1937”; “Summary of Public Opinion Relating to the WPA and Relief,” February 20, 1939. Folder 9 1935-1936 Local Politics: “Partisanship at the Local Level” Folder 10 FSRC: Minutes January 1934- January 1935 Folder 11 State Department: Material regarding the organization of the State Department Folder 12 HLH Press War: Various materials regarding press covering Hopkins Folder 13 National Security: Correspondence regarding Nazi- German Americans, Japanese Americans on West Coast, paranoia, information leaks, Civil liberties, seditious activities, post monitoring U.S. v. Carl Wilhelm Baumgartner, etc. Folder 14 Election of 1944: “What Victory Will Bring Us” Harry L. Hopkins, American Magazine No. 137 January 1944. “Your Job After the War” Harry L. Hopkins American Magazine No. 138 November 1944. “Suggested Procedure to Make Administration’s Post- War Policy Acceptable to American Public” Hadley Cantril and Gerard B. Lambert November 15, 1943. “Wartime Economic Stablization and the Efficiency of Government Procurement” Thomas Blanchord Worsley June 1948. “Tomorrow’s Army and Your Boy” Harry L. Hopkins American Magazine No. 139 March 1935. Folder 15 New Deal 1941-1945 “Comment on Dean Hoover’s Study of International Trade and Domestic Employment” W.L. Clayton November 18, 1945. Folder 16 National Executive Council Hopkins’ Reports to National Executive Council 1933-1934

Folder 1 Hopkins’ Family: Familial correspondence. Folder 2 Health: Reports, Corresondance and notes regarding Hopkins’ various bouts of illness and other medical conditions. Folder 3 Job Requests: Hopkins’ requests of employment for various associates. Folder 4 HLH Trips 1941-1945: “Official Trips Made By the Honorable Harry Hopkins During the Period March 27, 1941 to May 3, 1945” Folder 5 Office Boy: Correspondence pertaining to Hopkins’ role as ‘office boy' for FDR. Folder 6 Press Conferences: Record of Hopkins’ Press Conferences from January 1934 to December 1939 Folder 7 Newspapers, Hearings, etc.: Notes of various hearings, articles in the New York Times, etc. Folder 8 HLH Appointments 1941-1944: List of appointments from August 1941 to December 1944. Folder 9 Presidential: Hopkins’ notes regarding 1944 Presidential election Folder 10 Death: Hopkins’ reactions to various deaths, letters of condolence, etc. Folder 11 Financial: Checking records, check stubs, salary information, etc. Folder 12 Reading: Books checked out by Hopkins 1936-1940 Folder 13 Biographical: Biographical information on Harry and the Hopkins family. Folder 14 FBI File: FBI files mentioning HLH. Folder 15 Personality Notes: Various psychology notes taken by McJimsey in order to evaluate Hopkins. Folder 16 Humor: Jokes from Hopkins to Churchill, FDR, etc. Folder 17 Personal: Medical, Racing, Summer Homes: Various correspondence, dietary regulations, prescription schedules, etc. Folder 18 Personal 1942-1945: Personal, non-political/professional correspondence between 1942 and 1945. Folder 19 Telephone Topics 1930’s: Telephone logs from 1934-1936. Folder 20 HLH Intro: Materials compiled by McJimsey for his introduction to Harry Hopkins Folder 21 Sherwood Interviews: Interviews done by Robert E. Sherwood in finishing Hopkins’ memoirs. Folder 22 Sherwood: Notes from Sherwood’s work on Hopkins. Folder 23 Letters to Sherwood: Letters to Sherwood regarding various aspects of Harry Hopkins’ life and career. Folder 24 Henry Stimson Diary 1941-1942: Summary of the diary entries of Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War Folder 25 Henry Stimson Papers: Selections from Stimson’s papers between 1942 and 1945. Summary given in front of folder. Folder 26 Photos: Various photos of Hopkins and family including: 1912 Grinnell Class Photo; Hopkins and Churchill; Hopkins and Stalin, August 1941; Hopkins and Chester Davis at Grinnell College, 1935; Hopkins w/ FDR and Churchill at Atlantic Conference 1941; Harry, Louise and Diana in Georgetown home, 1941; Hopkins inspecting troops in North Africa; Barbara Hopkins, 1944

Personal Papers of Harry L. Hopkins: Roll 2 HLH Press Conferences, 2/14/35-3/26/36; Roll 6 Notes on 1934 trip to Europe, 1941 trip to Great Britain etc.; Roll 11- Personal letters, 1941-1945; Roll 12 Personal letters, 1941-1945; Roll 16 Finances, 1930-1939, Letters to various heads of state from late 30s and early 40s; Roll 17 1935-1936 spending, 1942-1943 “mobilized”, prewar and postwar mobilization, diary 1935; Roll 21- Personal letters, 1945; “The History of the National Red Cross Volume IX: The History of the Home Service” Ruth Walrad Washington D.C., 1950; “History of Treasury Participation in Formulation of German Occupation Program”; “The Formulation of American Aid Policy Toward the Soviet Union, 1940-1943: The Hopkins Shop and the Department of State,” John Daniel Langer, Yale University, 1975.

Folder 1 January – May 1934 Testimony of Hopkins as Federal Relief Administrator before Bureau of the Budget, January 22, 1934; “Memorandum Concerning Funds Required by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration,” to the President; The Red Cross Courier May 1934 including multiple articles on Hopkins; “Report of the Committee on Current Relief Program” Folder 2 June- October 1934 Estimates of Costs of Direct and Work Relief Aug- Sept. 1934; “A Public Employment Program as a means of Economic Security,” Emerson Ross, Committee on Economic Security; “Employment and Employability in the Relief Population,” Emerson Ross; “A National Work Program,” Jacob Baker to FDR; “Relief Needs this Winter,” Corrington Gill to Hopkins Folder 3 November – December 1934 “The Plan to Give Work to the Able-Bodied Needy Unemployed,” Nov. 30, 1934; “A Program of Economic Security,” Nov. 13, 1934; “Informal Report of a Special Committee Advisory to the President’s Committee on Economic Security,” Nov. 24, 1934; “Federal Surplus Relief Corporation: Report on Operations,” October 1933- November 1934 Folder 4 January – April 1935 “Activities of State Legislatures”; “Work Relief Commentary” by locale; “Work Projects for Municipalities”; Executive Order “Establishing agencies… for carrying out the purposes of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935” April 8, 1935 Folder 5 May- August 1935 WPA Bulletin “Labor Relations,” July, 1935; WPA Bulletin #13 “Distinction Between Public Works Administration Projects and Works Progrss Administration Projects,” July 1935; “The Works Program,” 1935; “Conferences with the Directors of Labor Management in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia” August 10, 1935

Folder 1 July 1941: “Report on Progress in Recruitment of Civilian Technicians for the Civilian Technical Corps”; Speech by Hopkins to British upon arrival in London; “Coference held at the Kremlin, Moscow, between M. Stalin, Mr. Hopkins, M. Litvinov, the interpreter,” July 31, 1941; Original Notes taken by Hopkins at the Kremlin July 31, 1941; “Flight to Archangel with Mr. Harry Hopkins July- August 1941” Folder 2 August 1941: “Office of Facts and Figures,” August 22, 1941; “Draft of Eight Point Memorandum,” August 1941; “The General Shipping Position” Arthur Salter August 8, 1941. Folder 3 September 1-15 1941: “Joint Board Estimate of United States Over-All Producation Requirements,” September 11, 1941; “Hopkins’ First Mission to Moscow,” Joseph E. Davies Diary Entry September 8, 1941; “Lend-Lease Activities- US Maritime Commission,” September 6, 1941. Folder 4 September 16-30 1941: “Military Information given by Mr. Stalin at Meeting with Lord Beaverbrook and Mr. Harriman,” September 28, 1941; “Bombers for Russia,” Oscar Cox September 19, 1941; “Note on the Slessor Agreement in Relation to Releases to Britain of U.S. Army Air Corps Contracts,” September 29, 1941; “Comparison of U.S. and U.K.- Canadian Production Schedules in Absolute Terms,” Henry L. Stimson. Folder 5 October 1941: “Further Determination of Diversions to Russian Aid,” October 21, 1941; “Report of Special Mission to U.S.S.R. on allocation of Aircraft from U.K. and U.S. Production,” October 10, 1941. Folder 6 November 1941: “Quarterly Earnings before and after Federal Income Taxes, and Reserves for such Taxes, 122 Companies”; “Corporate Profits and Wage Policy,” A. F. Hinrichs November 25, 1941; “100 Octane Aviation Spirit,” William Piercey November 8, 1941; “The Practical Victory Program” T.H. Burns November 28, 1941. Folder 7 December 1941: “Future Lend- Lease Appropriations,” E.R. Stettinius, Jr. December 27, 1941; “Status of the Soviet Aid Program,” E.R. Stettinius, Jr. December 26, 1941; “Shipping Under British Control”; “The American- British Production Programme 1942”; “Lend- Lease Shipments by Country- November 1941” December 13, 1941.