American Foreign Service Association records

LC control no.	mm 81021071
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Corporate name	American Foreign Service Association. » More like this
Main title	American Foreign Service Association records, 1940-1964.
Description	4,000 items. 13 containers. 5.2 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	Arranged in 2 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1950-1964; and Series 2: Essay Contests, 1940-1944.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Professional association of the U.S. Foreign Service dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of the Foreign Service, promoting understanding of the role of the Foreign Service in America's national security and economic prosperity, and ensuring the maintenance of high professional standards for both career diplomats and political appointees. Founded in 1924.
Summary	Correspondence, memoranda, articles, editorials, essays, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other records pertaining to the publication of the American Foreign Service Journal, issued in Washington, D.C., by the American Foreign Service Association, also known as Foreign Service Association. Chiefly editorial correspondence and comment primarily to and from Foreign Service officers of all ranks, State Dept. officials, publishing houses, advertisers, and contributors. Correspondents include Ellis Briggs, Gordon Alexander Craig, Francis Colt De Wolf, Robert H. Estabrook, George F. Kennan, Lewis Rubenstein, Robert Peet Skinner, Henry Serrano Villard, James Russell Wiggins, and Henry M. Wriston.
Notes	Collection material in English. MSS21071
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009331>
Acquisition source	Gift, American Foreign Service Association, 1964.
Subjects	Briggs, Ellis, 1899-1976--Correspondence. » More like this Craig, Gordon Alexander, 1913---Correspondence. » More like this De Wolf, Francis Colt, 1894---Correspondence. » More like this Estabrook, Robert H.--Correspondence. » More like this Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005. » More like this Rubenstein, Lewis W. (Lewis William), 1908---Correspondence. » More like this Skinner, Robert Peet, 1866-1960--Correspondence. » More like this Villard, Henry Serrano, 1900---Correspondence. » More like this Wiggins, James Russell, 1903-2000--Correspondence. » More like this Wriston, Henry M. (Henry Merritt), 1889-1978--Correspondence. » More like this American foreign service journal. » More like this Diplomatic and consular service, American. » More like this Diplomatic and consular service, American--Periodicals. » More like this
Local shelving no.	0628B
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009331> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009331.3>