Papers of Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer

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by  Mowrer, Edgar Ansel,

Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T.
Mowrer
A Register of Their Papers in the Library of
Congress
Prepared by Grover Batts and Thelma Queen
Revised and expanded by Mary A. Lacy with the assistance
of Brian McGuire
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2005
Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress
Manuscript Division, 2006
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006028
Collection Summary
Title: Papers of Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer
Span Dates: 1898-1978
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1933-1975)
ID No.: MSS33803
Creator: Mowrer, Edgar Ansel, 1892-
Creator: Mowrer, Lilian T. (Lilian Thomson)
Extent: 52,500 items; 141 containers plus 13 oversize; 60.4 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Edgar Ansel Mowrer, journalist, and Lilian Thomson, author, married 1916. Correspondence, manuscripts of
speeches and writings, lectures, subject files, and other papers documenting the Mowrers' careers as authors and lecturers on
foreign affairs, particularly on the diplomacy of France, Germany, Italy, and the United States.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped
by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971--Correspondence.
Aron, Raymond, 1905-1983.
Burns, Arthur F. (Arthur Frank), 1904-1987.
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978.
Cousins, Norman--Correspondence.
Cowen, Myron M. (Myron Melvin), 1898-1965--Correspondence.
Dodd, Thomas J., 1907-1971--Correspondence.
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970--Correspondence.
Enelow, Gertrude--Correspondence.
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970--Correspondence.
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998--Correspondence.
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966--Correspondence.
Hoffman, Paul G. (Paul Gray), 1891-1974--Correspondence.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978--Correspondence.
Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963--Correspondence.
Kochanska, Olga--Correspondence.
Loeb, William, 1905-1981--Correspondence.
McClung, Nellie L., 1873-1951--Correspondence.
Morgenthau, Hans J. (Hans Joachim), 1904-1980.
Mowrer, Edgar Ansel, 1892-
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887---Correspondence.
Mowrer, Richard Scott--Correspondence.
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971--Correspondence.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Correspondence.
Radoux, Lucien--Correspondence.
Reston, James, 1909-1995--Correspondence.
Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910---Correspondence.
Salinger, Pierre--Correspondence.
Scott, John, 1632-1704.
Sheean, Vincent, 1899-1975--Correspondence.
Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904-1993--Correspondence.
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995--Correspondence.
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Sokoloff, Boris, 1893---Correspondence.
Spaak, Paul-Henri, 1899-1972.
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965--Correspondence.
Stowe, Leland, 1899---Correspondence.
Strausz-Hupé, Robert, 1903-
Streit, Clarence K. (Clarence Kirshman), 1896-1986.
Sweetser, Arthur, 1888-1968--Correspondence.
Towner, Lawrence W. (Lawrence William), 1921-1992--Correspondence.
Weybright, Victor, b. 1903--Correspondence.
Organizations
United States. Office of Facts and Figures.
United States. Office of War Information.
Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace.
Women's Worldwide Fellowship.
Subjects
American newspapers.
American periodicals.
Detente.
Fascism.
International relations.
National socialism.
Papacy--History--1929-1945.
Union leader (Manchester, N.H.)
Western world.
World politics.
World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Locations
China--Foreign relations--United States.
France--Foreign relations.
Germany--Foreign relations.
Germany--History--1933-1945.
Italy--Foreign relations.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations.
Related Names
Mowrer, Lilian T. (Lilian Thomson). Papers of Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer (1910-1970)
Occupations
Authors.
Lecturers.
Administrative Information
Provenance:
The papers of Edgar Ansel Mowrer and his wife, Lilian T. Mowrer, authors and lecturers in foreign affairs, were given to the
Library of Congress by the Mowrers between 1961 and 1970. An addition includes subsequent gifts received in 1977 and
1980.
Processing History:
The papers of Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer were arranged and described in 1978. Additional material was
incorporated into the collection in 1996. The finding aid was revised in 2005.
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Transfers:
Sound recordings have been transferred to the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, where
they are identified as part of these papers.
Copyright Status:
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer is governed by the Copyright
Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Edgar Ansel and
Lilian T. Mowrer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Notes
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Date Event
1892, Mar. 8 Born, Bloomington, Ill.
1913 A.B., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1914 War correspondent in France and Belgium for the Chicago Daily News
1916 Married Lilian Thomson
1933 Published Germany Puts the Clock Back. New York: W. Morrow
Awarded Pulitzer Prize in journalism
Elected president, Foreign Press Association
1933-1940 Head, Chicago Daily News bureau, Paris, France
1942 Deputy director, U.S. Office of Facts and Figures
1942-1943 Deputy director, U.S. Office of War Information
1943 Started newspaper column, "Edgar Mowrer on World Affairs"
1947 Helped organize Americans for Democratic Action
1948 Published The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf
1952 Began second newspaper column, "What's Your Question on World Affairs?"
1956-1960 American editor, Western World magazine
1968 Published Triumph and Turmoil: A Personal History of Our Time. New York: Weybright and Talley
1969-1976 Moved to Wonalancet, N.H.
Columnist, Manchester Union Leader, Manchester, N.H.
1972-1973 Wrote "Freedom Diary (A Crucial Year)"
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1973 Published, with Lilian T. Mowrer, Umano and the Price of Lasting Peace. New York: Philosophical
Library
1977, Mar. 2 Died, Madeira, Madeira Islands
Lilian T. Mowrer
Date Event
1889, Sept. 2 Born, London, England
1907 Student, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
1911-1913 Student, Liverpool University, Liverpool, England
1916 Married Edgar Ansel Mowrer
1937 Published Journalist's Wife. New York: W. Morrow
1941 Published Arrest and Exile. New York: W. Morrow
1942 Published Rip Tide of Aggression. New York: W. Morrow
1943-1949 District of Columbia chairman, Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace
1952 Published The United States and World Relations. New York: Harper
1960 Published The Indomitable John Scott. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
1973 Published, with Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Umano and the Price of Lasting Peace. New York:
Philosophical Library
1990, Sept. 30 Died, Chicago, Ill.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Edgar Ansel Mowrer (1892-1977) and Lilian Thomson Mowrer (1889-1990) date from 1910 to 1970, with the
bulk of the material dated between 1940 and 1960. The papers consist of three series: Family Correspondence , Edgar Ansel
Mowrer Papers , and Lilian T. Mowrer Papers . The latter two series are arranged in the following subseries: General
Correspondence, Subject File, Speech, Article, and Book File, and Miscellany. An addition to the Mowrer Papers covers the
period from 1898 to 1977, with the bulk of the material dated between 1933 and 1975. The addition is arranged in two
series, Edgar Ansel Mowrer Papers and Lilian T. Mowrer Papers , and in subseries similar to those in the original gift.
Edgar Mowrer's papers reflect a lifetime devoted to the observation and study of foreign affairs, with particular emphasis on
the diplomatic policies of France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. A small series of Family Correspondence includes
letters from Edgar Mowrer's brother, Paul Scott Mowrer, and his brother's son, Richard Scott Mowrer, both of whom were
also journalists. Among the notables represented in Mowrer's correspondence are diplomats such as Dean Acheson, Myron
M. Cowen, Christian Archibald Herter, Paul G. Hoffman, Paul-Henri Spaak, and Adlai E. Stevenson. There are also letters
from Norman Cousins, John Dos Passos, Hubert H. Humphrey, Estes Kefauver, Clarence K. Streit, and Arthur Sweetser.
An extensive Subject File relates to Mowrer's role in the inception, development, and publication of the magazine Western
World, published in Europe under the title Occident. In addition to financial and administrative records, there is a file of articles
which appeared in the magazine written by authors such as Raymond Aron, Arthur F. Burns, Jean Cocteau, James Conant,
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Hans Joachim Morgenthau, and Robert Strausz-Hupé. The General Correspondence series contains letters exchanged between
Mowrer and Lucien Radoux of Belgium, formerly private secretary to Paul-Henri Spaak, who directed the European version
of Western World.
In addition to speeches and book manuscripts, the Speech, Article and Book File contains an extensive collection of articles
prepared by Mowrer for his syndicated columns, "Edgar Mowrer on World Affairs" and "What's Your Question on World
Affairs?"
Lilian Mowrer's papers are also oriented toward foreign affairs. In addition to a General Correspondence series, a Subject
File relates to two organizations with which she was associated, the Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace and the
Women's World Fellowship. Manuscripts by Lilian Mowrer include The Indomitable John Scott (1960), with research
materials that she accumulated while preparing the biography of this seventeenth-century adventurer and landowner on Long
Island, New York.
The addition to the Mowrer Papers consists largely of writings on foreign affairs in the 1960s and 1970s. Family and
general correspondence of Edgar Ansel Mowrer in the addition includes letters from Charles de Gaulle, Thomas Dodd, Barry
Goldwater, William Loeb, J. Allan Nevins, Richard M. Nixon, James Reston, Margaret Chase Smith, Boris Sokoloff, Leland
Stowe, and Victor Weybright. His Speeches and Writings file includes drafts and clippings of his articles and columns for
the Manchester Union Leader, some accompanied by William Loeb's editorials. The file also includes Mowrer's
correspondence with readers responding to his columns criticizing the Vatican's position on fascism and to New York Post
editor Ted O. Thackeray's public rebuke of Mowrer's views, 1944-1945. Research material and correspondence relates to
Mowrer's autobiography, Triumph and Turmoil (1968); Umano and the Price of Lasting Peace (1973), written with Lilian
Mowrer; and drafts of his unpublished Freedom Diary, consisting of daily entries of commentary on Richard Nixon's policy
of detente with the Soviet Union and China.
The Subject File includes material concerning Mowrer's expulsion from Nazi Germany in 1933, his service in the Office of
Facts and Figures, and resignation from the Office of War Information in 1944. It also documents Mowrer's participation in
several conservative organizations during the 1970s. The Miscellany includes address books, notebooks, an autographed
portrait of Mowrer with President Lyndon B. Johnson and other photographs, and clippings on Mowrer and his brother, Paul
Scott Mowrer.
The addition to the papers of Lilian T. Mowrer contains general correspondence and condolence letters on the death of Edgar
Mowrer. Correspondents include Gertrude Enelow, Nellie L. McClung, Abraham Ribicoff, Pierre Salinger, Vincent Sheean,
William L. Shirer, and Lawrence W. Towner. Among her speeches and writings are articles and a pamphlet, Concerning
France (1944); speeches Lilian Mowrer wrote for Abraham Ribicoff in the 1950s; and drafts, research material, and
correspondence for Arrest and Exile (1941), including correspondence with its subject, Olga Kochanska; Riptide of
Aggression (1944); a textbook, The United States and World Relations (1952); and Body Dynamics (1960), which Mowrer
assisted Gertrude Enelow in writing.
Organization of the Papers
The collection is arranged in six series:
• Family Correspondence, 1910-1962
• Edgar Ansel Mowrer Papers, 1910-1970, n.d.
• Lilian T. Mowrer Papers, 1936-1969, n.d.
• Addition: Edgar Ansel Mowrer Papers, 1898-1978, n.d.
• Addition: Lilian T. Mowrer Papers, 1928-1977, n.d.
• Oversize, 1922-1967
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Description of Series
Container Series
BOX 1 Family Correspondence, 1910-1962
Letters received by various family members.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
BOX 2-109 Edgar Ansel Mowrer Papers, 1910-1970, n.d.
BOX 2-30 General Correspondence, 1910-1966
Letters sent and received by Edgar Ansel Mowrer.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
BOX 31-56 Subject File, 1956-1960
Papers relating to the magazine Western World.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 57-96 Speech, Article, and Book File, 1914-1970, n.d.
Speeches, articles, and books.
Grouped according to type of writing and therein arranged alphabetically except for the speech
file and printed articles, which are arranged chronologically.
BOX 97 Miscellany
Biographical papers, photographs, printed matter, and other material.
Grouped by type of material.
BOX 98-130 Lilian T. Mowrer Papers, 1936-1969, n.d.
BOX 98-101 General Correspondence, 1936-1965
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
BOX 102 Subject File.
Papers relating to organizations with which Lilian T. Mowrer was associated.
Grouped by name of organization.
BOX 103-129 Speech, Article, and Book File, 1937-1969, n.d.
Speeches, radio broadcasts, articles, book reviews, books, and pamphlets.
Grouped by type of material; books are further arranged by title.
BOX 130 Miscellany
Biographical and miscellaneous papers.
BOX 131-137 Addition: Edgar Ansel Mowrer Papers, 1898-1978, n.d.
BOX 131 Correspondence, 1917-1977, n.d.
General and family correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically.
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BOX 131-135 Speeches and Writings, 1914-1977, n.d.
Articles, book reviews, books, lectures, and miscellaneous research material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material. Books are further arranged by title; other types
by date.
BOX 135-136 Subject File, 1933-1978, n.d.
Correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter concerning Mowrer's associations and
activities.
Arranged alphabetically by topic and therein chronologically.
BOX 137 Miscellany, 1898-1976, n.d.
Address books, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically.
BOX 138-141 Addition: Lilian T. Mowrer Papers, 1928-1977, n.d.
BOX 138 Correspondence, 1928-1977, n.d.
General correspondence and condolence letters.
Arranged alphabetically and therein chronologically.
BOX 138-141 Speeches and Writings, 1940-1967, n.d.
Articles, book reviews, books, speeches, and miscellany.
Arranged alphabetically by format and therein chronologically.
BOX 141 Miscellany, 1940-1973, n.d.
Printed matter and a photograph.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX OV 1-OV 13 Oversize, 1922-1967
Oversize photograph, poster, printed writings, and scrapbooks.
Organized and described according to the series, folders, and boxes from which the items were
removed.
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Container List
Container Contents
BOX 1 Family Correspondence, 1910-1962
Letters received by various family members.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
BOX 1 Beliard, Diana Jane Mowrer
Beliard, Jean
Mowrer, Hadley Hemingway
Mowrer, Lilian T.
Mowrer, Nell
Mowrer, Paul Scott
Mowrer, Richard
Mowrer, Rufus
BOX 2-109 Edgar Ansel Mowrer Papers, 1910-1970, n.d.
BOX 2-30 General Correspondence, 1910-1966
Letters sent and received by Edgar Ansel Mowrer.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
BOX 2 Acheson, Dean
Adams, J. Donald
Adenauer, Conrad
Albert, Eddie
Aldrich, Nelson
Aldrich, Winthrop W.
Allen, Frederick L.
Alphand, Hervé
Altschul, Frank
Amram, Philip
Anderson, Clinton P.
Anderson, Eugenie
Anderson, Maxwell
Andrews, Bert
Annenberg, Walter H.
Anslinger, Harry J.
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish
Avery, William H.
"Aa-Am" miscellaneous
BOX 3 "An-Ay" miscellaneous
Bacon, Robert Low
Bakewell, Claude I.
Baldwin, Hanson W.
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Edgar Ansel Mowrer Papers, 1910-1970, n.d.
Container Contents
Baldwin, Roger N.
Ball, George
Ball, Joseph H.
Ballantine, Ian
Baruch, Bernard M.
Barzun, Jacques
Beall, C. Glenn
Beatty, Jerome
Benét, Steven Vincent
Benton, William
Berding, Andrew
Berle, Adolph Augustus
Bernays, Edward L.
Bidault, Georges
Bland, Schuyler
Blaudstein, Jacob
Bliven, Bruce
Block, Herbert
Bohlin, Charles E.
Bolte, Charles L.
Bonham-Carter, Violet
Bonnet, Henri
Boucher, Anthony
Bourke-White, Margaret
Bowie, Robert
Bowles, Chester
Braden, Spruille
Bray, William G.
Bridges, Styles
Brinser, Ayers
Brinton, Crane
BOX 4 Bromfield, Louis
Brosio, Manlio
Browder, Earl
Brown, Cecil
Bruce, James
Brucker, Wilbur
Bryson, Lyman
Buck, Pearl S.
Buckley, William F.
Buffett, Howard H.
Bullitt, William C.
Bullock, Marie
Burke, Arleigh
Burlingame, Roger
Burns, Arthur F.
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