Charles Franklin Baldwin Papers 1916, and 1940-1984

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Charles Franklin Baldwin Papers, Accession #10700, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Charles Franklin Baldwin Papers, Accession #10700, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of the papers of former United States Ambassador Charles Franklin Baldwin (1902-), 1916, and 1940-1984, consists of ca. 125 items (2 Hollinger boxes). It contains correspondence, speeches and articles by Baldwin, printed material, newsclippings about his career, a copy of his memoir, An Ambassador's Journey, and a separate addendum to the memoir.

Correspondents include: Richard V. Allen, Chester Bowles, Paul E. Bruehl, John Foster Dulles, Mary Gould Elliott, J. W. Fulbright, Francis J. Galbraith, Ralph Graves, Loy W. Henderson, Jim Langley, Louis Mountbatten (of Burma), B. K. Nehru, Richard Nixon, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Walter S. Robertson, Dean Rusk, Edgar Shannon, Jr., Adlai E. Stevenson, Kenneth Thompson, and Francis O. Wilcox. Much of the correspondence directly concerns Baldwin's career as an officer in the United States Foreign Service.

Acquisition information:
The Honorable Charles F. Baldwin of Cockeysville, Maryland, gave his papers to the Library on September 3, 1986.
Arrangement:

This collection is organized in three series: 1) Correspondence, 2) Speeches and Articles, arranged alphabetically by title and 3) Newsclippings and Printed Material.

Physical description:
This collection consists of ca. 125 items (2 Hollinger boxes).