Thomas W. Lamont papers

The papers of Thomas W. Lamont date mostly from 1915 to 1948, and mainly reflect his non-business activities. Prominent in the collection are materials relating to international affairs, including his role in the Paris Peace Conference, postwar financing by J.P. Morgan & Co., the reparations conference which formulated the Dawes and Young plans, the International Committee of Bankers on Mexico, and the Chinese Consortium. Also included are materials relating to J.P. Morgan & Co., of which Lamont became a partner in 1911, Lamont's connections to Harvard University, various directorships held by Lamont, his testimonies at several congressional hearings, and his charitable interests.

Much of the collection consists of correspondence, including letters of recommendation for and financial advice to many women, letters in support of women's suffrage, as well as many private letters, most notably extended exchanges with Sibyl Colefax and with Nancy Astor on personal matters, literature, and world affairs from 1924 to 1948. The collection also contains correspondence between Lamont and painter Enit Kaufman about her "American Portraits" with text by noted American journalist Dorothy Fisher Canfield, a project which Lamont ended up supporting. In 1936, Lamont initiated what was to become a spirited exchange of opinions with Thompson on her New York Herald Tribune column "On the Record," which lasted until 1944.