Adolf A. Berle Diary, 1937-1971
- Location: McKeldin Library
Call number: Microfilm E748.B47A37 - Berle, Adolf Augustus, 1895-1971. The Adolf A. Berle Diary,
1937-1971.
8 Reels
Description
Adolf A. Berle was an influential member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" during the New Deal. The diary chronicles his New Deal, World War II and Post-War activities as Chairman of the Planning Commission of the City of New York, Assistant Secretary of State (1938-1944), U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, and as an advisor for the Twentieth-Century Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation and the State Department on South American Affairs. His war-time duties at the State Department included post-war planning, coordinating intelligence activities, monitoring international financial trends and speechwriting for the President and other administration officials.The diary was microfilmed chronologically as follows:
- Reel 1: 1937-Oct. 1939
- Reel 2: Nov. 1939-Apr. 1941
- Reel 3: May 1941-Mar. 1942
- Reel 4: Apr. 1942-July 1943
- Reel 5: Aug. 1943-Mar. 1945
- Reel 6: Apr. 1945-1953
- Reel 7: 1954-1960
- Reel 8: 1961-1971
The original diary is held by the Franklin C. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York.
The papers are most important as a primary source in diplomatic history.
