Archibald Roosevelt papers

LC control no.	mm 92077428
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Roosevelt, Archibald, 1918-1990. » More like this
Main title	Archibald Roosevelt papers, 1838-2002 (bulk 1942-1990).
Description	4,500 items. 28 containers plus 1 classified and 9 oversize. 16.8 linear feet.
Access advisory	Restrictions apply. Classified, in part.
Biography/History note	Intelligence officer, diplomat, and consultant. Full name: Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr.
Summary	Correspondence, diaries, intelligence reports, notes, academic notebooks, scrapbooks, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Roosevelt's service as a U.S. Army intelligence officer stationed in Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, and Tunisia during and immediately after World War II. Includes his observations on Arab nationalism and politics, Arab discontent with French colonial administration in North Africa, Soviet influence in the Iranian province of Azerbaijan, the short-lived Kurdish republic in northern Iran, Kurds and other tribes of Iraq, and the partition of Palestine. Also includes miscellaneous personal papers and photographs from his career and of the Roosevelt family. Part II of the collection relates to Roosevelt's work from 1974 to 1990 as director of international relations for Chase Manhattan Bank and includes correspondence and reports relating to political, social, and economic developments in the Middle East and Africa. Also includes correspondence and reviews of his published memoirs, For Lust of Knowing : Memoirs of an Intelligence Officer (1988) as well as personal correspondence, diaries, engagement calendars, financial records, military papers, photographs, and printed matter. Includes material pertaining to the personal and social activities of Roosevelt and his wife Selwa Roosevelt.
Notes	Collection material in English. MSS77428
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007104>
Acquisition source	Gift, Archibald and Selwa Roosevelt, 1988-2005.
Subjects	Roosevelt, Selwa. » More like this Roosevelt family. » More like this Chase Manhattan Bank. » More like this United States. Army--Foreign service--Iran. » More like this United States. Army--Intelligence specialists. » More like this United States. Central Intelligence Agency. » More like this Banks and banking, International. » More like this Intelligence service--United States. » More like this Kurds--Iran. » More like this Kurds--Iraq. » More like this Nationalism--Arab countries. » More like this Tribes--Iraq. » More like this World War, 1939-1945--Algeria. » More like this World War, 1939-1945--Iraq. » More like this World War, 1939-1945--Morocco. » More like this World War, 1939-1945--Tunisia. » More like this World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States. » More like this Africa--Economic conditions. » More like this Africa--Politics and government. » More like this Africa--Social conditions. » More like this Africa, North--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Africa, North--History--1882- » More like this Algeria--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Arab countries--Economic conditions. » More like this Arab countries--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Arab countries--Politics and government. » More like this Arab countries--Social conditions. » More like this Azerbaijan--Relations--Soviet Union. » More like this France--Colonies--Africa. » More like this Iran--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Iraq--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Middle East--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Morocco--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Palestine--History--Partition, 1947. » More like this Soviet Union--Relations--Azerbaijan. » More like this Tunisia--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Africa, North. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Algeria. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Iran. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Iraq. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Middle East. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Morocco. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Tunisia. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--20th century. » More like this Army officers. Bankers. Intelligence officers.
Local shelving no.	0333H Oversize 0114Q Oversize 7:8 Vault 0202A 0438N (Unprocessed ac. 24,111)
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.ms007104> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007104.3>