Series I. Biographical and Subject Files, 1916-2004 (bulk, 1930-1967)

Includes lists of paintings owned by HRL and the paper "The Luce Family and American Art."

Includes a certificate conferring the title and privileges of Socius Emeritus on HRL, awarded by the Louisiana Club of Houston, Texas.

Includes a photograph of the insignia of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Correspondents include L. Fritz Gruber.

Includes a telegram from Igor I. Sikorsky.

Includes a certificate from the United States Naval War College and an official citation from The Architectural League of New York. Also includes a commemorative booklet of The Research Instititute of America's Living History Award Dinner.

Includes photographs of the "Key Man" award from the Avenue of the Americas Association and group shots with HRL at the award presentation event.

Includes a certificate from the San Francisco Area World Trade Association.

Includes a certificate titled "Wisdom Award of Honor" presented to HRL by Wisdom Magazine and The Wisdom Society; a letter from Thomas J. Watson Jr. to Hedley Donovan regarding the endorsement of HRL for the Freedom Medal; certificate from Syracuse University in connection with awarding Luce the School of Journalism's Medal for Distinguished Service to Journalism; and a photograph of the illuminated resolution scroll awarded by the Magazine Publishers Association, Inc.

Includes lists of HRL's awards and honorary degrees.

Includes a souvenir program and an autographed caricature of B.C. Forbes in a kilt. Correspondents include B. C. Forbes and Malcolm Forbes.

Includes a souvenir program. Correspondents include Bruce C. Forbes.

Correspondents include Henry M. Lester.

Includes memoranda regarding early FORTUNE research on the story "Changing American Tastes."

Includes photographs of the award and of individuals posing next to a clay model of the award.

Includes photographs of individuals mingling around a food table in an outside setting and of Ray Sullivan holding a photo camera.

Contains a film reel.

Includes the Overseas Press Club of America Special Award, certificate designating HRL an honorary citizen of Oskaloosa, Iowa, the American Institute of Architects certificate of honorary membership, the Architectural League of New York President's Medal Award, notification from the University of Missouri School of Journalism on being elected as an honorary chairman for its fiftieth anniversary with a large number of "freedom of the press" stamps, the Henry Johnson Fisher Award from the Magazine Publishers Association with a photo of a crystal cup, and an original Senate of the State of Texas resolution expressing the appreciation of the people of Texas for an article in LIFE.

Contains the Drexel Institute of Technology Business Administration Award and a citation for the Franklin Award for Distinguished Service.

Contains a note from Hadden to HRL.

Contains The Old Testament by James Moffatt.

Includes different versions of HRL biographies and timelines, and a passport application. Also includes obituaries for his first wife, Lila Hotz Luce Tyng, and sister Elisabeth Luce Moore.

Includes memoranda dealing with a proposal to publish a book of HRL speeches and a search for an author to write his biography. Correspondents include Gerald Walker and Joe David Brown (copies).

Includes HRL's notes "Communist Manifesto" possibly made at the United States Senatorial Committee on the Judiciary Analysis of the Khrushchev Speech of January 6, 1961. Hearing and book reviews possibly written by HRL.

Includes a summary of HRL's statements made during lunch with Arthur Goodfriend.

Includes a copy of a memo from Emmie Nollen analyzing the draft report of the Commission on Race and Housing.

Includes an original draft of a possible article from Cory to Applegate, original printed materials from the Pacem in Terris Convocation, copies of possible speeches and correspondence from Hedley Donovan, and the softcover book Peace on Earth (Pacem in Terris) edited by Edward Reed.

Includes copies of memoranda dealing with the Race and Housing Commission and copies of correspondence with Robert M. Hutchins.

Includes the speech delivered by HRL at the dedication ceremony of China House on August 27, 1944.

Name of the organization later changed to "United Service to China." Includes a memorandum from Douglas Auchincloss to HRL describing a meeting with Peal S. Buck and copies of correspondence from Pearl S. Buck, Herbert Hoover, Cordell Hull, and Joseph Kennedy.

Includes a memorandum on a meeting with YMCA leaders in Shanghai, the article "Henry Luce - One of the Men Behind the Scenes of American Imperialism," and HRL's comments on a draft of the "Study Paper on China" by the United Presbyterian Church in the USA.

Includes a letter from Stuart Olivier, General Manager of the Baltimore News in 1920-1921 when HRL and Briton Hadden were working there, and clippings as examples of cub reporting.

Condolence letters addressed to Roy E. Larsen and Andrew Heiskell.

Includes a copy of HRL's will.

Includes notes on the burial of HRL written by Jim Alberse, lists of attendees, and a program for a memorial concert by the Time Inc. Choral Society.

Contains 6 reel tapes of the burial service at HRL's former Mepkin estate.

Six copies of the hardcover memorial book compiled for the staff and friends of Time Inc.

Magazine inside of an album labeled "Henry R. Luce: End Of A Pilgrimage" with the name "Otto Fuerbringer" in gold lettering on the inside cover. Letter from HRL's grandson H. Christopher Luce attached to the back cover.

Includes a tape transcript, lists of attendees at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, and a memorandum discussing a suitable living memorial for HRL.

Contains 6 reel tapes.

Contains 3 reel tapes.

Includes a "Henry R. Luce Memorial Proposal" and invitations received by HRL right before his death, including one for the 175th anniversary celebration of the New York Stock Exchange and Morehouse College. Also contains a transcript of a conversation with Clare Boothe Luce on HRL's health.

Documents chronicle the specifics of how HRL's papers were divided, where they were held and how they were accessed. Includes a long list of HRL personal files possibly given to the Library of Congress.

Includes a speech given by Henry Luce III at the dinner to celebrate the opening of The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the first published report of the Foundation, and the 60th anniversary commemorative book.

Includes remarks made at the groundbreaking ceremony.

Includes a list of HRL's ancestors.

Includes a photograph of HRL's Hotchkiss yearbook page, a copy of The Hotchkiss Literary Monthly with poems by HRL, and notes on early competition between Briton Hadden and HRL.

Includes correspondence from HRL regarding his position on Russian War Relief, accusations by Alfred Kohlberg of the Communist infiltration of the Institute of Pacific Relations, and copies of correspondence from Edward C. Carter.

Correspondents include Howard A. Rusk.

Includes correspondence commenting on HRL's article "Holmes Was Wrong" and a copy of a letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Robert G. Storey responding to a joint memorandum from HRL and Storey on world peace through the rule of law.

Includes the printed copy of the speech "Peace Is the Work of Justice" delivered at Hartford on October 23, 1956 and copies of correspondence from Charles L. Black, Jr., R. G. Menzies, Gamal Abdel Nasser, John Foster Dulles, and R. L. Garner.

Correspondents include Charles S. Rhyne and Lyndon B. Johnson (copy).

Includes portions of HRL's speeches that emphasize the subjects of law, and war and peace.

Includes correspondence dealing with a meeting with John Foster Dulles, a memorandum supporting The Bricker Amendment, the speech "An Idea Whose Time Has Come: World Rule of Law" by Arthur Larson, and copies of correspondence from William Ernest Hocking, Reinhold Niebuhr, Norman Cousins, Charles S. Rhyne, Oscar Hammerstein II, Earl Warren, John Foster Dulles, Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Includes the paper "HRL and the Rule of Law" written after his death and a chronological list from HRL's life dealing with his philosophical development.

Includes lists of HRL's friends and acquaintances.

Contains a 1940 issue of The Picture Post magazine devoted to the United States and a June 3, 1940 issue of LIFE. Both have the Statue of Liberty on the cover. Both were found in HRL's office after his death with the instruction "do not throw away please."

Proposals include a symposium and a fellowship program.

See "Urban League" in the same series.

Includes copies of correspondence from Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Contains an article clipping written by Irving Kristol, Henry Luce Professor of Urban Values at New York University.

Contains thank you notes to HRL for porringers (small bowls) sent to Time Inc. employees.

Includes information on HRL portraits, including one made by Charles Fox, the article "Unforgettable Henry Luce" by William J. Miller, and two negatives and photographs of portraits.

Includes pins encapsulating the HRL stamp, a loose sheet of stamps, first day of issue stamps and photographs from the stamp unveiling event.

Contains the speech "The Faith of Henry Luce" made by Henry Luce III at the dedication.

Contains four color printing plates displaying a scene with trees, possibly of Mepkin. Plates are labeled "blue," "black," "yellow," and "red."

Contains anecdotes and reminiscences about HRL by individuals who knew him and which were collected mostly by Robert Elson for a biography on HRL.

Includes a memorandum of an interview with Dwight D. Eisenhower on his relations with HRL and reminiscences of Iovanna Lloyd Wright.

Contains summaries of anecdotes and facts filed in the individual A-D and E-Z files.

Contains transcripts of interviews and summaries of conversations which took place on 11-13 January, 29 April, 18 August, 21 September and 15 December 1965; and 26-27 April, 18 August, and 14 December 1966. Also includes a small amount of notes regarding the last interview made when the tape ran out.

Includes memoranda from HRL describing his involvement in the nominations of Republican presidential candidates and his political association with Wendell Willkie.

Includes HRL's reminiscences on early history of TIME, various handwritten notes, and notes made by Alex Groner on reminiscences of HRL, Larsen and Paine at the Time Inc. 25th anniversary luncheon.

Includes postcards of Our Lady of Mepkin Trappist Abbey in South Carolina and memoranda dealing with the plan to use HRL's house in Ridgefield, CT, to establish a center for the retention and use of historical and archival materials related to Time Inc.

Project to establish a center for the retention and use of historical and archival materials related to Time Inc. in HRL's house in Ridgefield. Includes a memorandum describing the contents of the archive and how the archives are used.

Contains letters from well-wishers regarding HRL's retirement, including William Benton, Bernard F. Gimbel, Samuel Goldwyn, Billy Graham, Henry A. Kissinger, Henry Cabot Lodge, and David Rockefeller. Also includes a clipping in Finnish.

Includes a handwritten memorandum outlining HRL's intentions after retirement, first draft of his retirement announcement, and a commemorative booklet from the Luce-Donovan dinner.

HRL's involvement in panels dealing with economic and social topics that culminated in reports titled "America at Mid-Century." Includes copies of correspondence from Henry A. Kissinger and Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Contains 9x6 cards with schedule information kept by HRL on his desk.

Includes wall calendars, appointment books and schedules typed on 8.5x11 sheets.

Includes chronological lists of days spent inside and outside of New York and residence record lists.

Contains three versions of HRL's signature on a single sheet of paper.

Contains materials pertaining to The Henry R. Luce Hall of News Reporting, including correspondence, promotional materials, photographs, and a slide.

Contains materials pertaining to The Henry R. Luce Hall of News Reporting including preliminary script for the exhibit, correspondence, promotional material, photographs and a slide.

Speech made at the Pontifacio Ateneo Angelicum on the occasion of the opening of the academic year of the Universita Internazionale Degli Studi Sociali.

First reading of the speech recorded on a soundscriber disk.

Includes a letter from Joseph F. Egan to Hedley Donovan.

Includes a memo from Ole G. Morby sending the tape to the archives.

Awarded to Rafer Johnson.

Regarding TIME's 40th anniversary.

Interview conducted by Howard K. Smith and Peter Jennings.

Interview regarding John F. Kennedy.

Contains interview with Miss Ethel Busch about Briton Hadden on 27 February 1965; Interviews with HRL on 18 August 1965, 14 December 1966 and 27 April [1965-1966?]. Includes memo from 2002 indicating that copies were made.

Trip from the West Coast of the United States to China, USSR, and Europe. Includes a copy of the trip account of Leslie R. Severinghaus who accompanied HRL.

Contains a signed and notarized carbon copy of the document giving the power of attorney to Maurice T. Moore and Charles L. Stillman, and a carbon copy draft of HRL's "Notes on England."

Includes copies of correspondence dealing with HRL's honeymoon in Cuba.

Includes index cards and memos with names of individuals, possibly those HRL was planning to see.

Includes a schedule of nights spent in New York City.

Includes a list of individuals HRL was planning to meet and a detailed schedule.

Trip involved visits to England, France, Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia.

Includes HRL's notes on his impressions for London, Paris, Poland and Romania, a first draft of an article "Reflection from the Eastern Front After a Brief Visit to Poland and Rumania," and a memorandum discussing a FORTUNE conducted international round table with the subject "Union Now."

Includes letters of gratitude from a number of congressmen.

Includes a schedule for a trip to Chicago.

Trip involved visits to Italy, France, England, The Netherlands and Belgium. Includes HRL's cables giving his briefings of World War II and Clare Boothe Luce's eyewitness account of the German attack on Brussels. Also includes a letter from HRL to Roy Larsen reflecting on their joint task of how "not to create power but to use it." In addition there is correspondence dealing with Time Inc. personnel decisions, including that of Russell Davenport leaving to work on the Wendell Willkie campaign and an HRL radio speech written abroad but not delivered.

Logistical correspondence dealing with HRL's attendance at the Republican National Convention.

Includes a trip travelog and LIFE circulation statistics in Texas.

Includes copies of HRL's "War Diary" for 27-30 July 1940 with a description of the dinner at the White House.

Includes trip itineraries, HRL's handwritten report "China: To the Mountains," other notes on China and notes made by Don Belding titled "Mr. Luce Comes Back From China." Also includes a telegram from Gabriel Pascal.

Includes a memorandum from Larsen to Grover about HRL's trip to London.

Includes reports dealing with HRL's impressions of England and members of Churchill's cabinet titled "England Revisited" and "Personality Notes." Also contains HRL's TIME article "As England Feels..." and an oversize chart labeled "The Prime Minister's Mechanism for Running the War."

Includes a memorandum listing critics of the national government in Britain, a detailed itinerary, and a report "A Tour With Mr. Luce" by Hamish Hamilton.

Includes issues 1-9 of The Hook: A Broadsheet for Dockers at the Ports of the North Western Area.

Includes an issue of the newsletter 701 AA Overs 'N' Shorts highlighting HRL's inspection of an army unit drill, and a memorandum on the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

Includes HRL's war correspondent credentials, a packing list, and a passport sized photograph. Also includes copies of correspondence from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library dealing with HRL's attempts to obtain permission to travel to the Pacific, and copies of correspondence from President Roosevelt and General George C. Marshall.

Contains mostly Georgia related materials including a report on the Georgia trip.

Includes the pamphlet "The Post-War Future of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest."

Includes a summary of HRL's trip through the West Coast of the United States.

Includes a cable dealing with staffing of TIME London office and a "Permit for Journalistic Matter" issued in England.

Includes invitations, in Chinese, from Dr. T.V. Soong and Chiang Kai-shek, among others; a photograph of HRL with the Mayor of Tsingtao, Li Sienn Lao and with Colonel of the U.S. Marines, John Blomhard; copies of HRL's cables and diary giving his impressions and actions that need to be taken; a memorandum discussing a conversation with William Henry Donald; and an outline of Nationalist and Communist strength in Shantung (Shandong), China. Also includes motion picture ideas involving China and notes "Luce in Nanking" by Ta Kung Pao.

Contains mostly handwritten notes.

Materials related to HRL's trip to the Pacific Theater following an invitation by the United States Secretary of the Navy and includes an invitation (copy) from Kenneth S. Wherry inviting HRL to speak before a group of U.S. Senators on his observations, photographs of an aircraft landing strip and a group of sailors on the U.S.S. Yorktown. Also includes a "Philippine Campaign" map autographed by Robert Eichelberger and a map of Okinawa.

Refer to series IX, "Pacific War Trip - Aircraft Carrier 'Yorktown'" for additional photographs of U.S.S. Yorktown.

Trip around Illinois and Indiana. Includes a memorandum summarizing a conversation with Archbishop Samuel Stritch.

Includes a brief account of HRL's meeting with Chou En-lai and HRL's handwritten notes

Includes HRL's notes on a trip to Germany and Austria, a rough diary of the journey, a handwritten menu from Munich, and a brochure on the Nuremberg Trials.

Trips to Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, and Chicago, IL. Includes informal notes on a day in Pittsburgh and a day in Cleveland.

Includes materials related to HRL's trip to Denver, CO.

Includes observations on the trip to California and Oregon.

Contains materials for HRL's trip to Brazil. Includes HRL's statement for the Rio press, his impressions, and a photograph of Christ the Redeemer statue.

Includes a copy of notes on a conversation with Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

Includes a copy of notes on a trip to Portland, Seattle, Butte, Anaconda, and Chicago.

Includes a copy of notes on a journey to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Dallas, Fort Worth and Snyder, Texas.

Trip encompassed visits to France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, and England. Includes a souvenir passenger list of the Cunard White Star ship "Queen Elizabeth" and various notes giving HRL's impressions titled "Miscellaneous Points," "Western Civilization," "Italy: A Note on Liberty and Morality," "Faith in France? ... in Europe?" and a private conversation with Charles de Gaulle. Also includes a set of notes by Allen Grover describing the trip.

Contains a memorandum describing HRL's attendance at the awards dinner of the National Press Photographers Association.

Includes drafts of HRL's "Some Brief Points About Europe" about Germany and France and a memorandum to HRL from Andre Laguerre regarding a discussion with General de Lattre.

Includes an application for a permit to enter or transit Western Germany or the western sectors of Berlin and a souvenir program for the World Organization for Brotherhood Conference.

Includes HRL's impressions of Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and Turkey. Also includes a long set of notes labeled "Five Day Voyage of Max Thornburg and Henry Luce Through the Northern Provinces of Persia."

Includes a letter in Arabic in an envelope labeled "His Majesty Abdullah King of Jordan" and a small photograph of HRL. Correspondents include Lucretia del Valle Grady.

Includes a map and postcards of Istanbul, Turkey, and a travel guide for Damascus, Syria.

Includes a report on HRL's visit to the College of Idaho by Ed Ogle.

Mostly materials regarding the Republic National Convention in Chicago, IL. Includes a photograph of John Lodge with James F. Byrnes, and a TIME political convention supplement with a filled in "Democratic Score Card."

Includes HRL's impressions labeled "Outline of Points About England," "The Military Situation," "Manchester," "A Note on Britain's Economic Crisis," "A Note on the House of Commons," as well as others.

Includes memoranda on TIME-LIFE operations in Europe.

Includes reports on Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Indo-China (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam), the Korean War, and one labeled "America and Asia" which became an article in LIFE. Also includes an account of HRL's first ride in a jet plane.

Includes HRL's brief notes on visiting the front in Korea.

Includes a log of HRL's Taiwan trip and materials in Chinese.

Includes a hand drawn map of Na San and an unlabeled printed map.

Includes materials regarding the banning of LIFE and TIME in Indonesia in 1961.

Includes a day-to-day account of the trip and a cable with notes on HRL's visit to Japan and Korea.

Includes HRL's notes titled "Reminder on Germany."

Includes a schedule for the inauguration ceremony of President Eisenhower.

Includes HRL's passport application form and a memorandum describing his visit to Naples, Italy.

Includes HRL's observations titled "The River in the Desert" and reminiscences from Jim Bell who accompanied HRL to Cairo.

Includes a summary of an off-the-record conversation between Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and HRL.

Includes HRL's report and comments on the Paris visit.

Includes a summary of HRL's trip to Genoa, Italy and a note on a trip to Washington, D.C. where he spoke with, among others, President Eisenhower and Vice-President Nixon.

Materials related to HRL's attendance at the Photographic Society of America awards in relation to the LIFE best picture essay.

Trip to Iowa, Colorado, and Illinois.

Includes a report from HRL on the Middle East where he visited Beirut, Amman, and Jerusalem, and correspondence dealing with arrangements for a meeting with Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt.

Includes a memo from C.D. Jackson to Andrew Heiskell regarding office space for LIFE.

Trip included France, The Netherlands, Belgium, West Germany, Switzerland, and England.

Includes a memorandum discussing an invitation for HRL to visit Iraq.

Includes a memo giving HRL's impressions of Los Angeles.

Includes a letter from Robert Manning to HRL describing his trip to the USSR.

Trip involved travel to France, West Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Lebanon, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. Includes a transcript of HRL's talk at a staff luncheon about his 37 day trip around the world and notes on his impressions of Japan, Taiwan and India. Also includes a number of booklets with one inscribed and autographed by Kotaro Tanaka, and a cable discussing potential covers for the German issue of TIME.

HRL's trip as a result of an invitation to attend the Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches. Contains HRL's notes on India.

Correspondents include John H. Loudon and Leon Bagrit.

Includes a printed set of booklet pages titled "Special Trip to Visit J.P. Stevens & Co., Inc. for Henry R. Luce, Roy Alexander, James R. Shepley" and notes on the trip from Roy Alexander to HRL.

Includes a football scouting report from Andre Laguerre.

Materials dealing with Time Inc. Board of Directors trip to Europe which included visits to London, Paris, and Amsterdam. Includes a set of notes from an unidentified author on Central Europe.

Includes a souvenir booklet of Luce's visit to KOGO Radio and Television with photographs of Luce arriving, being shown around, eating, and presenting.

Trip to Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Greece. Includes copies of correspondence dealing with Luce's appointment to see the Emperor of Japan and attendance to the wedding of King Constantine of Greece.

Includes HRL's notes titled "The Rim of Asia, 1964" and daily notes of his activities in Bangkok, Saigon, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Also includes a memo from Jerry Schechter to HRL regarding his interviews with various Japanese officials, businessmen and other individuals.

Includes an informational flip pad from the commander of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC) and a Swissair flight map. Also includes memos and correspondence dealing with plans to see the Tokyo Olympics and scheduling a meeting with the Emperor of Japan.

Includes an account of the wedding of Constantine of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark sent to HRL by Hugh Moffett.

Trip to Italy, England, and West Germany. Includes a program for Rome discussing the planned meeting with the Pope and a pass to the Second Vatican Council.

HRL's trip with a group of businessmen involving visits to Budapest, Hungary, Bucharest, Romania, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Warsaw, Poland, and Belgrade, Yugoslavia where the group met Josip Broz Tito. Includes a long memo from HRL on his impressions, transcript of an interview with Istvan Szamoskoevi, the pamphlet "The Political Phase of NATO," and an issue of the Yugoslav newspaper Borba. Correspondents include Francis Joseph Spellman, Jacob D. Beam, Henry Ford II, and Robert S. Ingersoll.

Includes reports of HRL's trips to China in 1932, 1941 and 1945; USSR in 1932; England in 1934 and 1942; and Europe in 1938 and 1939.

Includes reports of HRL's trips to the Western United States in 1946 and 1948; Pittsburgh and Cleveland in 1946; Europe in 1946, 1949, and 1950; South America in 1947; Persia (Iran) in 1950; and the Middle East in 1950. Also includes notes on conversations with Clement Attlee in 1948 and Charles de Gaulle in 1949.

Includes reports of HRL's trips to England and France in 1952; Far East in 1952; Egypt in 1954; Middle East in 1956; and India, Japan and Formosa (Taiwan) in 1960. Also includes a transcript of HRL's speech at a staff dinner about his round the world trip in 1960.

File deals with HRL's involvement with fundraising for the Urban League Service Fund and the National Urban League. Includes the brochure "One Tenth of the Nations..." and a copy of a cable to HRL from the League regarding the enforcement of Brown v. Board of Education in Little Rock, Arkansas.

See aditional "Urban League" folder below.

Copies of title pages of books on World War II.

Includes copies of poems and other pieces written by HRL while at Yale, original 1917-1920 clippings from the Yale Daily News, and copies of HRL's article drafts on World War I.

Includes a window curtain fabric sample.

Includes transcription of HRL's letter to St. Nicholas Magazine for July 1908, a poster-sized HRL quotation "Advice to the Undergraduate Wishing to Become a Professional Newspaperman," and research materials on the German ship "Vaterland."

Includes a broadside for the America's Young Men News Bulletin naming HRL one of the outstanding young men of 1934.

Includes office memoranda on LIFE issues selling out on newsstands and on its subscription numbers.

Includes a copy of a certificate making HRL a member in good standing of the Kauai Chamber of Commerce, and a memorandum discussing the start of dramatic criticism for TIME by John W. Gassner

Includes research for quotes on "commercial, money-grubbing spirit of democracies" and notes by Allen Grover on the Luce Christmas Party.

Materials (mostly copies) on the activity of HRL and the Century Group to convince the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration to provide Great Britain with old U.S. destroyers.

Includes a memo analyzing the Red Cross by Douglas Auchincloss. Correspondents include Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (copy).

Correspondents include Justice William O. Douglas (copy).

Includes a letter from Henry D. Spalding offering to organize a "Luce for President" movement and a copy of a memorandum discussing HRL's enrollment in the Republican Party.

Includes a report from Wes Bailey on tasks performed for HRL and a copy of a letter from Lloyd C. Douglas encouraging HRL to run for President of the United States.

Includes notes on a conversation with Senator Josiah Bailey, a report listing opinions expressed by HRL in various interviews and publications, and a letter from Francis Trevelyan Miller advocating that HRL run for the presidency in 1948.

Includes a Christmas card in English and Chinese.

HRL's support for the National Committee to Aid Families of General Motors Strikers.

Includes a copy of a letter from President Truman to HRL regarding famine relief.

Documents dealing with the potential run of HRL and Clare Boothe Luce for a Connecticut Senatorship .

Includes an outline for an article on U.S. psychiatry.

Includes a poem about HRL titled "At Home, Rome."

Includes a report on HRL's luncheon with Milan publishers.

Includes a short draft of a play staring an editor-in-chief and other journalistic characters, and a receipt for the purchase of carved wood figurines of "Nubian Girls."

Includes a copy of a complaint letter regarding an article in LIFE on testing the effects of prolonged and extreme isolation upon human beings.

Includes HRL's notes on TIME and a suggested itinerary for a visit to Rome.

Includes the original full text of a prayer meant to be said at the TIME 40th anniversary dinner.

Includes a "pleasance gift list."

Includes excerpts from speech by HRL to Time Inc. executives on May 4, 1950.

Includes a copy of a memo on the interview of HRL by Robert Shaehan regarding fundraising.

Includes a transcript of "A Profile of Henry R. Luce" from The Open Mind program on WNBC Television, and copies of materials found on HRL's desk following his death, including a letter from Marshall Berges with recollections of John F. Kennedy, letter from Hugh Sidey about his meeting with LBJ, and a memo regarding research on world poverty.

Includes a memo regarding HRL's thoughts on Time Inc. stockholders

Includes copies of financial contribution lists and thank you letters from Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater.

Includes copies of lists of charitable and other contributions made by HRL.

Contains copies of ledger pages that have been taped together. Bottom page portions have been numbered in case they become detached.

Includes a balance sheet of Clare Boothe Luce's Rome expenses.

Contains copies of handwritten notes (some transcribed) from HRL's desk in Ridgefield, CT and Phoenix, AZ on a variety of topics including philosophy, religion, and politics.

Includes preparatory notes made by HRL for his memoir and a 126 page manuscript.

Includes copies of HRL's diary for 1940 and 1947, correspondence dealing with HRL's possible run for Senate, and a note "The Significance of the Goldwater Nomination."

Includes a photograph of a house taken from about 500 feet in the air.

Includes HRL's recollections of his personal involvement with eight Republican nominations for the Presidency and copy of notes from his 1964 trip to Asia titled "The Rim of Asia."

Includes a copy of the report of the 21st meeting of the board.

Includes copies of correspondence from Dorothy Thompson and John H. Shope.

Includes copies of correspondence from Angier Biddle Duke and John W. O'Daniel.

Includes copies of correspondence and memoranda dealing with the Commission on Minority Housing, the Race and Housing Commission, housing discrimination, and the Luce Commission on a Free and Responsible Press. Also includes copies of correspondence with Robert M. Hutchins and a copy of what appears to be an article "Problems of Sovereignty and Nationalism."

Includes copies of the minutes of the Provisional National Committee of the China Emergency Civilian Relief and minutes of organization meeting of the Coordinating Committee for China Relief and Rehabilitation. Also includes copies of correspondence and memoranda dealing with the merging of various groups interested in helping China into the United China Relief, copies of fundraising letters, United China Relief reports, and copies of correspondence from James M. Speers, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Edward H. Hume, Pearl S. Buck, J. W. Decker, Joseph E. Davies, Herbert Hoover, Cordell Hull, John H. Reisner, Nicholas M. Schenck, Ronald H. Hall, and Walter Winchell.

Includes a copy of the English translation of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's "Greetings to the Ardent Supporters of China Through United China Relief on the Occasion of the Thirty-Third National Day of the Republic of China," the reports "Five Years of United China Relief," copies of minutes of meetings of the Committee on American Activities of the United Service to China, a copy of a draft of the statement "An Appeal to Americans: Stand By Our Chinese Friends Now!," and "Private Philanthropy at Work in China: The United Service to China Program for 1948," original brochures "An Airlift of the Spirit" and "Plant Men!"; and copies of correspondence from Dr. Co Tui, B. A. Garside, and Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.

Includes a copy of the minutes of the fourth meeting of the organization and reports of the Executive Director to the ARCI Executive Committee.

Includes an original program and invitation, and copies of speeches made by John Foster Dulles, Paul H. Douglas, and Dean Rusk.

Includes original pamphlets for the China Institute in America, and copies of memoranda regarding Chinese exchange students.

Includes original brochures from the China Institute in America, annual reports of the director, a copy of a memo dealing with a merger with The China Society, a memo from Charles L. Stillman on his impressions of Taiwan, a copy of a transcript of an NBC interview with Chiang Kai-shek, and a copy of the report "The Future of the China Institute in America" by William Henderson.

Includes original pamphlets "Report of the Planning Committee, 1946" and "West of Okinawa...," and a copy of the report of the executive secretary. Also includes copies of correspondence from J. W. Decker, Robert J. McMullen, Carlton M. Sherwood, R. E. Diffendorfer, B. A. Garside, and Lloyd S. Ruland.

Includes a copy of a draft of "The Luce Scholarship Foundation for Yenching University," text of a public statement by HRL commemorating the fourth anniversary of China's successful defense against Japanese aggression, a carbon copy of the "Formosa Report" from Kip Finch, correspondence from The Committee of One Million Against the Admission of Communist China to the United Nations, and original broadsides "Chapel for China." Also includes copies of correspondence from T. K. Chang, C. C. Hung, James S. Carson, William P. Gray, Helen Reid, H. C. Coleman, Jr., and William Henderson.

Includes an original pamphlet "An Invitation to... The International Management Congress, September 16-20, 1963, New York City."

Includes a copy of the "First Annual Report of the Council for Democracy."

Includes a copy of the discussion meeting report of the Ad Hoc Group on Report to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and copies of correspondence from Walter H. Mallory, Percy W. Bidwell, Henry M. Wriston, Eli Whitney Debevoise, James W. Barco, and Hamilton Fish Armstrong.

Contains copies of correspondence from A. Philip Randolph, the memo "Report on FEPC Lunch," and a draft of a form from Luce in support of FERC.

Includes a copy of a letter from Ralph W. Sockman making Luce a member of the Electoral College of the Hall of Fame.

Includes a carbon copy of the message from Luce celebrating India's independence.

Includes the brochure "IPR Facts and Figures," the newsletter Far Eastern Survey press release from the Preparatory Committee of of the American National Committee for Medical Aid to the Soviet Union and a memo from HRL stating his opposition, minutes of meeting attended by HRL, Edward C. Carter, James L. McConaughy, and Raymond Dennett, a typed note titled "Communist charges against IPR mostly in regard to American Council," and correspondence and memoranda dealing with the Communist influence in IPR. Also includes originals and copies of correspondence from Edward C. Carter, Philip C. Jessup, Lewis H. Brown, Douglas Auchincloss, DeWitt Wallace, Alfred Kohlberg, Brooks Emeny, Clayton Lane, and William L. Holland.

Includes annual and biennial reports of the American Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations, report of the secretary to the board of trustees, press releases, a statement titled "The American Council and the War" issued following the attack on Pearl Harbor, agenda and attendee lists from an IPR conference, correspondence and memoranda dealing with fundraising and planning, a summary of discussions of the Joint Chinese-American Group, agenda and minutes of the annual meeting of the board of trustees, issues of the newsletters Far Eastern Survey and News of the I.P.R., form letters and announcements to the board of trustees and members of IPR, volumes from the Government Printing Office Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary; United States Senate, Eighty-Second Congress, First Session on The Institute of Pacific Relations, statement presented to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Internal Security titled "Fact and Fiction About the Institute of Pacific Relations," and drafts of the "Comments on the McCarran Subcommittee's Attack on the IPR."

Includes a volume from the Government Printing Office Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-Second Congress, Second Session on The Institute of Pacific Relations, statements made at the hearings by Senator McCarran and William L. Holland, comments and replies to allegations, printed materials for distribution including "A Personal View of The Institute of Pacific Relations, 1925-1952" by Edward C. Carter and "Recent Letters Commenting on the Value of IPR," pamphlet "Some Issues in Japanese American Relations" and "New Books on Asia and the Pacific," and the newsletter Far Eastern Survey.

Includes a copy of a National Information Bureau, Inc. report on the American-Korean Foundation, and a copy of a letter from President Eisenhower.

Includes a carbon copy report on the history of the museum, and copies of correspondence from Dudley T. Easby Jr., James J. Rorimer, and Roland Redmond.

Includes copies of correspondence from Rene d'Harnoncourt, and Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Contains copies of correspondence, memoranda, and reports dealing with acquiring land, fundraising and construction of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C. Includes copies of correspondence from Edward L. R. Elson, William S. Culbertson, Douglas McKay, Eero Saarinen, William V. Keenan, Joseph Newton Pew, Jr., George K. C. Yeh, Edward D. Stone, and President Eisenhower. Also includes an original program from the dedication of the Henry Robinson Luce Memorial Tower of Faith and a copy of the speech "The Faith of Henry Luce" delivered at the dedication ceremony.

Includes copies of meeting minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.

Includes copies of correspondence from Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Includes an original certificate appointing Luce an honorary trustee signed by George C. Bright and F. M. Hinkhouse.

Includes copies of correspondence from Barry Goldwater and Philip K. Wrigley.

Includes a memo regarding a conversation between HRL and Henry Kissinger regarding the Special Studies Project, and a copy of a summary of minutes of the fourth meeting of the subpanel VI on "U.S. Democratic Process -- Its Challenge and Opportunity." Also includes copies of correspondence from Henry A. Kissinger, Townsend Hoopes, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and James McCormack, Jr.

Includes a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Policy Committee of the Cultural Relations Division.

Includes a list of individuals with whom HRL corresponded regarding the rule of law, carbon copies of a memorandum regarding a meeting with John Foster Dulles and a proposal for A Presidential Commission on the Rule of Law. Also includes copies of correspondence from Robert C. Storey, Charles S. Rhyne, C. D. Jackson, Frank K. Kelly, Elmo Roper, President Eisenhower, Arthur Larson, and Harold Shepherd.

Includes a carbon copy of the report "Teaching Law in the Liberal Arts Curriculum" by Moffatt Hancock.

Includes a copy of the "Report of the Special Committee on National Purpose."

Includes copies of the minutes of the meeting of the "Representatives of the Negro Press," transcript of the talk given by HRL on an NBC program, a letter from Lester B. Granger, and an original brochure "One Tenth of the Nation..."

Includes a copy of a letter from Churchill to Robert L. D. Davidson and from Anthony Montague Browne to HRL, and a copy of a report to Churchill on a dinner held in his honor.

Includes minutes of the meeting of the board of trustees.

Includes correspondence regarding class reunions, Henry R. Luce Professorship in Jurisprudence at Yale, and the Yale Daily News newspaper. Also includes a statement from HRL on the 60th anniversary of Yale Daily News, drafts of untitled articles possibly by HRL and HRL's article "Careers in Journalism" for the Yale Daily News supplement. In addition there is a carbon copy of a "Proposal for the American Political Magazine," editorial prospectus for the Political Magazine with original correspondence from HRL, William D. Waddell, and Cletus P. Lyman.

Includes a Chinese newspaper, a "Rebuild Yale-in-China" brochure, a signed letter from W. Averell Harriman to Allen Grover, Yale-in-China trustees meeting agenda, report, timeline and charts (all originals).

Includes correspondence regarding the Academy of Political Science, American Committee to Assist Hungarian Freedom Federation, the Atlantic Council of the United States, Christ Church Blue Boar Fund, International Rescue Committee, National Conference of Christians and Jews, the United Negro College Fund, and World Council of Churches. Also includes an original newsletter of the Lotos Club Lotos Leaf with photographs of Henry and Clare Luce.