SUBJECT FILES, 1930-1985

Primarily documents personal activities and projects of Frances R. Grant which are outside the realm of her organizational ties. Subjects covered include art exhibitions, women's conferences, women's clubs, and conferences and awards ceremonies at Columbia and Rutgers universities. Document types include incoming and outgoing correspondence, manuscripts intended for publication, press releases, newspaper clippings, and unclassified Department of State documents.

Of particular interest is information regarding Miss Grant's book published by the Dial Press, Oriental Philosophy; her proposed book, Women of Latin America; and her attempted venture into magazine publication, Alcance. Alcance was intended to be a literary and cultural magazine reviewing North American life and thought, written in Spanish and directed to a Latin American audience. The extensive effort put into getting this magazine off the ground - solicitation of manuscripts, securing distribution agents, biographies of contributors, a pre-issue and critical opinions thereof--are all part of this series. Includes unpublished manuscripts and correspondence from leading literary and cultural figures such as John dos Passos, Upton Sinclair, Archibald MacLeish, and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as correspondence from Thornton Wilder, Reinhold Niebuhr, H.L. Mencken, Thomas Mann, Lillian Hellman, and Aaron Copeland.

Also worthy of highlight is documentation of the 1982 election in El Salvador, which Grant attended as part of an international delegation of observers.