DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE, 1954-1983

Primarily letters received by Frances Grant and copies of letters she or her secretaries sent to colleagues, friends, and family on a wide variety of subjects both professional and personal in nature. Additional document types include press releases, pamphlets and booklets, newsletters, and postcards.

Consists of two sub-series: Domestic and Foreign Correspondence Alphabetical File, 1954-1983 and Domestic and Foreign Correspondence Chronological File, 1967-1977.

Domestic and Foreign Correspondence Alphabetical File, 1954-1983 (3.5 cubic feet) consists primarily of letters arranged alphabetically by subject and name of correspondent. These letters, as well as pamphlets, booklets, and newsletters, pertain to IADF interests as well as some of Frances Grant's other interests and associations, including the Pan American Women's Association, Wilton Park, the Roerich Museum, and the Organization of American States. Of particular interest is a February, 1970, letter to Russell Fitzgibbon regarding the Galíndez case, in which Frances Grant states that one month before Galíndez's disappearance, she, along with Galíndez and another IADF member, Germán Arciniegas, received a threat. In February of 1971, she wrote to Roger Baldwin of monetary and other troublesome issues facing the IADF. Also of interest are letters written by IADF U.S. Committee member Laurence Birns to Frances Grant and other members, in which he lashes out at Frances Grant in her capacity as secretary general and calls for her to resign. Birns' letters stand in stark contrast to the multitude of letters in this series written by the citizens of the United States, Latin America, and numerous countries around the world, as well by major figures like Thornton Wilder (Quintero, José folder), that praise Frances Grant and her work.

Domestic and Foreign Correspondence Chronological File, 1967-1977 (1 cubic foot) consists of copies of letters arranged chronologically by year. Most of this sub-series contains copies of letters sent to IADF members regarding membership and contributions. Other correspondence concerns the IADF's proposed third conference and the organization's 1968 in-service course for teachers entitled Latin America in Crisis. This sub-series also includes a number of personal and professional letters written by Frances Grant to such figures of the day as Rómulo Betancourt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Archibald MacLeish. Of particular interest is a letter written to Patricia Bildner in 1970, in which Frances Grant expressed her concern for the future of the IADF, when she was trying to decide to whom she should pass on the responsibility of running the organization.