GENERAL FILES, , 1929-1986

General IADF office files primarily documenting campaigns and programs, relations with other organizations, and the daily workings of the office. The records in this series primarily document Frances R. Grant's interaction with other organizations as relates to her role in the IADF. Subjects covered include efforts to combat human rights violations in Latin America, progress made, and recognition given to outstanding efforts by various groups and individuals. The organizations with which the IADF worked include the Alliance for Progress, Amnesty International, the International League for Human Rights, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Press Association, and various governmental agencies such as the Department of State and the CIA. Countries documented are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Document types include incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, press releases, newsletters, memoranda, speeches, clippings of newspaper and magazine articles, an audio tape and a phonograph disc.

Among the correspondents are Representative Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., presidential hopefuls Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace, senators Edmund Muskie, Clifford Case, Robert McConnell, and William Fulbright and John Hopkins University President Milton Eisenhower.

Of particular interest in the Nicaragua files is information sent to Miss Grant by exiled contra leader Pedro Ortega who was dubbed "Juan Carlos" by his followers. Also of interest is a six-page undated history of the IADF.

Also documented are the many honors bestowed upon Frances R. Grant, such as a citation at the Maria Moors Cabot Awards, presented by her alma mater, Columbia University, in 1982. Also includes documentation of the IADF's recognition of human rights and Latin American leaders, such as the United Nations Secretary General U Thant, Puerto Rican Governor Luis Muñoz Marín, and Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt.

Oversize items stored separately include 14 citations (1951-1971).

See also: newspaper box 86.