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Hamilton Fish Armstrong Papers 1893-1973 (mostly 1916-1973)
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6 boxes
This collection is stored at Mudd Manuscript Library.
Requests will be delivered to Public Policy Papers, MUDD Reading Room .
Collection Creator: Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 1893-1973..
Dates: 1928-1972.
Extent: 6 boxes
Languages: English.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use.
Description
The Notebooks and Memoranda series is arranged chronologically dating from 1928 to 1972. Armstrong's notebooks are essentially a journal or diary of typed observations on politics, world events and economics, as well as his notes from dinners, meetings and interviews, including his candid impressions of people. The series contains memoranda of conversations Armstrong had with Hitler, Mussolini, Tito, the Dalai Lama, John Foster Dulles, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, among others. Journal entries will also be found in the State Department subseries of the Organizations and Committee series, in the United Nations Conference on International Organization series, and in the Subject Files series.
Armstrong's memoranda from his trips abroad is also significant to this series. They detail meetings which heads of state, ambassadors, royalty, military personnel, and other influential people as well as Armstrong's notes on the country. Also included are copies and drafts of some of the articles and speeches he wrote over the years. Materials similar to those found in this series are often found in other series in the papers, for instance in the Daily Journal subseries of the UNCIO, and the Correspondence, Writings, Travels and Subjects series.
Arrangement
(arranged chronologically)
Preferred Citation
Series 4: Notebooks and Memoranda; 1928-1972; Hamilton Fish Armstrong Papers, Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.