Papers of Lucile Atcherson Curtis, 1863-1986 (inclusive), 1917-1927 (bulk)

The papers of Lucile Atcherson Curtis include correspondence, diaries, printed materials, photographs, etc., documenting Curtis' work with the American Committee for Devastated France and with the United States Foreign Service. Materials arrived at the library unfoldered and lacking any organizational order. Folder titles and the file arrangement were created by the archivist.

Series I, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL, 1894-1986 (#1.1-5.2, OD.1, T-204.1, Mem.1), includes resumes, diaries, address books, clippings, award certificates, notes, printed material, etc., documenting Curtis' personal and professional lives. Materials relating to the American Committee for Devastated France do not document Curtis' contributions to the organization, but generally document the organization's activities through reports, newsletters, and other printed materials. Curtis' work for the Foreign Service is documented in printed materials listing employees in the Foreign Service and where they were assigned. Retrospective accounts of her contributions can be found in tributes from the 1978 U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Day honoring Curtis, and in Women in American Foreign Affairs (#4.2), which contains a section on Curtis. Folders are arranged with resumes and clippings about Curtis first, followed by an alphabetical arrangement of the remaining files.

Series II, CORRESPONDENCE, 1901-1985 (#5.3-9.9), includes courtship correspondence between Lucile Atcherson and George Morris Curtis; letters to the Curtises from their daughters, Charlotte and Mary; letters supporting Lucile Atcherson Curtis' campaign to be appointed to the Foreign Service; etc. Folders are arranged with letters exchanged by Lucile Atcherson and George Morris Curtis first, followed by letters from their daughters, and the remaining correspondence arranged chronologically.

Series III, FAMILY PAPERS, 1863-1974 (#9.10-11.11, F+D.1), contains correspondence, clippings, writings, passports, etc., documenting the lives of members of Lucile Atcherson and George Morris Curtis' families. Included are letters Lucile Atcherson Curtis wrote to her parents, Charlotte and Frederick W. Atcherson, while working in France for the American Committee for Devastated France and while serving in the Foreign Service in Washington, D.C., Switzerland, and Panama. Files are arranged alphabetically.

Series IV, PHOTOGRAPHS, ca.1896-1981 (#PD.1-PD.17), contains portraits and candid photographs of Lucile Atcherson Curtis as well as her family and friends. Also included are photographs documenting post-World War I France and the work done by the American Committee for Devastated France. Folders are arranged with photographs of Lucile Atcherson Curtis first, followed by those of members of her family, and one folder of miscellaneous photographs.

Most of the photographs in this collection are or will be cataloged in VIA, Harvard University's Visual Information Access database. Others, referred to as "uncataloged" photographs, are not of sufficient research interest to warrant cataloging and are simply treated as part of the documents they accompany; they are marked on the back with an asterisk in square brackets [*].