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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 Grinnell 1904-1912:  Notes from the Scarlet and Black and Grinnell Herald Register, notes on early family life and move to Grinnell. Folder 2 1908-1910:  Various Scarlet Black articles including “What Grinnell Is; Its Spirit and Life” President Main, December 2, 1908. Various notes on Hopkins taken from SB. Folder 3 1911:  SB articles on Hopkins’ basketball career Folder 4 1912:  “Outline of the Possible Organization and Scope of Work of a Poverty Commission” by John A. Kingsbury. Folder 5 1913:  Notes from Grinnell Herald Register, “Women’s Work Shops” Bailey B. Burritt, Folder 6 1914:  Unemployment Relief Correspondance, “Study of the Methods Employed by the AICP to secure work for unemployed applicants”, notes from the Grinnell Herald Register Folder 7 1915:  “Should the work be continued?”  Confidentional memorandum on the work of the Department of Social Welfare by John A. Kingsbury Folder 8 1917:  United States Civil Service Commission correspondence a propos Hopkins, Board of Child Welfare notes, recommendations for Hopkins’ appointment to proposed Army and Navy War Life Insurance Bureau, Red Cross Gulf Division Annual Report, “Report of the Bureau of Civilian Relief Gulf Division” American Red Cross October- December 1917 Folder 9 1918:  Letter to United States Civil Service Commission from John A. Kingsbury recommending Harry Hopkins. Folder 10 1919:  Red Cross Gulf Division Bulletin, Minutes from the Central Council of the National Assocation of Social Workers, Gulf Division; Red Cross Reports January- September 1919, multiple articles from the Gulf Division Bulletin concerning the future of Home Service, excerpts from Hopkins’ monthly reports Folder 11 1920:  February 1920 American Relief Council correspondence, AMC Gulf Division Bulletin April 1920, Hopkins’ report on trip to Mexico after Vera Cruz Earthquake and Flood, Folder 12 1922: Correspondence regarding Hopkins’ Red Cross and Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor Folder 13 1923:  Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 14 1924:  Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 15 1925:  Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 16 1926:  Letter to Lawson Purdy from Hopkins as the Director of the New York Tuberculosis Association Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 17 1927:  Extracts from: Hopkins’ “Consolidating Private Health Work Under One Banner,” Nation’s Health, January 1927, Vol. 9, No. 1. Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 18 1931:  Continued correspondence with Lawson Purdy Confidential Memo “Comments on selective rehabilitation of unemployed on the land”, unsigned Red Cross documents concerning the State Unemployment Relief Plan Folder 19 1932:  “A Social Work Study of Federal Aid for Unemployment Relief: Report of the Steering Committee” January 1932. Folder 20 1933:  Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers; list of Hopkins’ engagements from May 1933 to December 1934; FERA Grant Reports “Outline of Remarks on Occasion of Testimonial Dinner to Mr. Harry Hopkins” June 22, 1933; record of June 1933 FERA Conference Beginning of correspondence with FDR as Federal Relief Administrator

Folders in Box 10 contain drafts of several chapters from Harry Hopkins: Ally of the Poor, Defender of Democracy. Folder titles are those of the chapter within. Folder 1 Chapter Outline: Overview of all Chapters Folder 2 London Folder 3 Delivering the Goods Folder 4 Supplies and Strategy Folder 5 Russia Folder 6 Making the Goods Folder 7 Laying the Groundwork Folder 8 No Front Stairs in Washington Folder 9 Casablanca Folder 10 Arcadia Folder 12 Reference: Timelines, Collection References, McJimsey’s research correspondence

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 Mobilization: Correspondence regarding mobilization and manpower. Folder 2 War Cabinet: Correspondence and notes regarding the War Cabinet. Folder 3 Morgenthau Plan: “American Policy for Treatment of Germany After Surrender,” September 1, 1944; “American Draft of Directive for Germany in the Period Immediately Following the Cessation of Organized Resistance”; “Treatment of Germany,” September 15, 1944. Folder 4 War Economy: “My Recent Trip: Statement by General Marshall,” December 28, 1943; “Public Opinion- The NRPB Report and Social Security,” April 28, 1943; “Jobs After the War” Folder 5 War Manpower: “Austin Manpower Bill- S. 2805,” Oscar Cox, October 5, 1942; “The Job Facing Us Today Is One of Action and Policy Rather Than One of Arithmetic”; “Principles and Assumption to Be Applied by the Army and Navy in Connection With a Program of Universal Military Training,” September 7, 1944. Folder 6 Munitions Assignment Board: Minutes of Meetings 1942-1945 Folder 7 Lend- Lease Transfers 1941: “The Consolidated Statement of Production: British, Canadian, American” Folder 8 Phase II: “Chronology of Discussions Concerning Lend- Lease to U.K. and Related Matters January 1943 to date,” September 16, 1944; “Policy Concerning Assignments of Lend- Lease Munitions Following the Defeat of Germany,” May 5, 1944; “Lend Lease and Civilian Production- U.S. and U.K.,” August 21, 1944; “Lend Lease Policy After Defeat of Germany,” September 7, 1944. Folder 9 Free French: “The French Committee of National Liberation,” Robert D. Murphy, June 6, 1943; Correspondence with Giraud Folder 10 Great Britain Morale 1942: “The British Rejections of Operation Sledgehammer, An Alternative Motive,” Joseph L. Strange, June 24, 1980. Folder 11 Lesser Allies: Correspondence with and regarding NewZealand, Poland, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands. Folder 12 Eastern Europe: Correspondence regarding bomber supply for Poland. Folder 13 USSR 1943: “Hopkins on Russian Problems,” Davies Diary Entry, April 19, 1943; “Minutes of Meeting of President’s Soviet Protocol Committee,” February 23, 1943; “Memorandum Prepared for President of Chronological Development of Stalin’s Attitude as I Analyzed It,” Davies Diary Entry, March 1943; “Roosevelt on Churchill and Stalin,” Davies Diary Entry, April 12, 1943. Folder 14 Kottman U.S. - Soviet Relations: Notes from various works on U.S. Soviet Relations. Folder 15 Yalta: “How Haste Could Lose the Peace,” Davies Diary Entry, October 11, 1944.

Folder 1 HLH Personal Relationships Folder 2 John A. Kingsbury (Assistant to Hopkins at WPA) Folder 3 Harry S. Truman (33rd President of the United States) Folder 4 Richard Law (British Minister of State during WWII) Folder 5 Hap Arnold (General Henry H. Arnold, “Architect of American Air Power”) Folder 6 Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner 1941 (Respected Washington Columnists) Folder 7 Harry C. Butcher Diary (Friend and member of Eisenhower’s Staff) Folder 8 James Byrnes: Supreme Court Justice involved in Lend- Lease. Folder 9 Sidney Hyman Notes (Hired by HLH to sort through his papers after leaving politics) Folder 10 Louise Macy (Married to Hopkins from 1942 until his death). Folder 11 Lorena Hicock (Press Correspondent to and confidant of Eleanor Roosevelt) Folder 12 Henry Wallace (Vice President under Roosevelt from 1940-1944) Folder 13 Jesse Macy (Professor of Political Science during Hopkins’ years at Grinnell). Folder 14 Burns, Cox and Young (worked with Hopkins on developing Lend- Lease). Folder 15 Eleanor Roosevelt (Wife of FDR, worked with HLH on New Deal policy) Folder 16 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd President of the United States) Folder 17 Diana Hopkins (Daughter) Folder 18 John N. Hazard (Worked with Hopkins on Lend- Lease for USSR)

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