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Dana Gardner Munro Papers, 1906-1981: Finding Aid
MC170
Dana Gardner Munro, 1932. Historical Photograph Collection, Box FAC71
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Munro, Dana Gardner, 1892-1990.
- Title and dates:
- Dana Gardner Munro Papers, 1906-1981
- Abstract:
- Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) was an American diplomat to Latin America and a professor of history and director of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. His papers document segments of his scholarly and diplomatic work, and include Department of State press releases, subject files, lectures, correspondence, and articles relating to United States-Latin American relations and Latin American history.
- Size:
- 3.1 linear feet (7 Boxes)
- Call number:
- MC170
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Public Policy Papers.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA - Language(s) of material:
- English and Spanish.
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.
Biography of Dana Gardner Munro
Dana Gardner Munro was a leading authority on Latin America relations in the mid-twentieth century. He was actively involved with the United States Department of State as a diplomat and was also a professor at Princeton University for more than thirty years.
Munro was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 18, 1892. He earned bachelor's degrees from both Brown University and the University of Wisconsin, and went on to receive a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Munro then spent two years studying economic and political conditions in Central America for the Carnegie Peace Foundation. After serving in the U.S. Army's Air Service during World War I, the State Department hired him as an economist in 1919; during the 1920s, he was the acting chief, and later chief, of its Latin American Division. Among his diplomatic positions, he was a secretary of legation in Panama and Nicaragua, charge d'affairs in Managua, a special envoy to Haiti, a consul to Chile, and minister to Haiti (1930-1932).
Munro's career as an educator began in 1930 when he was hired as a professor of Latin American History at Princeton University. Nine years later, he became director of the University's School of Public and International Affairs. After his retirement from academia in 1961, Munro returned to an earlier role as president of the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, a component of the State Department intended to advise in the protection of American investors.
Munro contributed to journals such as the Hispanic American Historical Review and The American Political Science Review, and authored several monographs including The Latin American Republics: a History; A Student in Central America, 1914-1916; Intervention and Dollar Diplomacy in the Caribbean, 1900-1921; and The United States and the Caribbean Republics, 1921-1933.
He died in June 1990 at the age of 97.
Description
The Dana Gardner Munro Papers document segments of the scholarly and diplomatic work of Munro. Included in the collection are drafts of articles, book chapters, book reviews, and lectures. Munro's time as a diplomat is reflected in subject files and State Department Press Releases chronicling United States relations with individual Latin American countries as well as larger regional themes. The papers also include correspondence written by Munro's wife Margaret Munro, documenting their time in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, as well as letters from Munro's children regarding his publications.
Please see the series descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual series.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series 1: Department of State Press Releases, 1916-1961
- Series 2: Subject Files, 1906-1967
- Series 3: Articles and Book Reviews, 1915-1967, undated
- Series 4: Lectures, 1924-1971, undated
- Series 5: Correspondence, 1913-1981
Access and Use
Access
The collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Public Policy Papers. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
Acquisition and Appraisal
Provenance and Acquisition
Gift of Professor Dana Gardner Munro to the Manuscript Division of the Princeton University Library on March 3, 1986.
Custodial History
The collection was transferred to the Mudd Manuscript Library, Public Policy Papers in 1991.
Appraisal
Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with Mudd Library guidelines. Loose published articles not written by Munro have been removed from the collection.
Related Materials
Related Archival Material
Other material at the Mudd Manuscript Library relating to Dana Gardner Munro includes his faculty file in the Office of Dean of the Faculty Records (AC118), the Department of History Records (AC049), his writings in the Alumni and Faculty Offprint Collection (AC121), and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Records (AC129)
Processing and Other Information
Works Cited
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical note:
Obituary, The New York Times, 19 June 1990.
Obituary, The Trenton Times, 19 June 1990.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Diann Benti in July 2007. Finding aid written by Diann Benti in July 2007.
Descriptive Rules Used
Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Diann Benti on July 16, 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dana Gardner Munro Papers, Box and Folder Number; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.
- Organization of American States.
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Latin America -- 20th century.
- Diplomats -- United States -- 20th century.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America.
- Correspondence.
- Lectures.
- Press Releases.
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Contents List
Series 1: Department of State Press Releases, 1916-1961
Series Description
The Department of State Press Releases series is composed of press releases published by the Department of State regarding Latin America. The press releases relate economic, social, political, and military events, as well as United States relations with individual Latin American countries. Some folders are supplemented with reports.
Arrangement
Folders arranged alphabetically by country.
Cuba, 1920-1921
Box 1, Folder 1 Cuba, United States Mission to the United Nations, 1961
Box 1, Folder 2 Dominican Republic, 1922
Box 1, Folder 3 Dominican Republic, 1960
Box 1, Folder 4 Haiti, 1923-1927
Box 1, Folder 5 Haiti, 1939-1933
Box 1, Folder 6 Haiti, 1947
Box 1, Folder 7 Honduras, 1919-1931
Box 1, Folder 8 Nicaragua
1916-1923
Box 1, Folder 9 1924-1926
Box 1, Folder 10 1927
Box 1, Folder 11 1928-1933
Box 1, Folder 12 Panama, 1920-1924
Box 2, Folder 1 Panama, 1927-1933
Box 2, Folder 2 Series 2: Subject Files, 1906-1967
Series Description
The Subject Files series is comprised of clippings, working papers, reports, and research materials relating to the Latin American countries British Honduras, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, and Nicaragua, as well as general issues affecting the region. The topics are not covered exhaustively and copies of academic studies and reports comprise much of the series.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
British Honduras, 1960
Box 2, Folder 3 Central America, 1922-1965
Box 2, Folder 4 Communism, 1954-1959
Box 2, Folder 5 Cooperation in Education, 1960
Box 2, Folder 6 Council on Foreign Relations Study Group on the Role of Military in Latin America Working Papers, 1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 7 Cuba Press Clippings, 1933
Box 3, Folder 1 to 2 Dominican Bonds, 1940
Box 3, Folder 3 Dominican Republic, 1922-1967
Box 3, Folder 4 Economic Development, World Banks, 1944, 1960
Box 3, Folder 5 Foreign Aid, 1956-1962
Box 3, Folder 6 Guatemala, 1949-1959
Box 3, Folder 7 Haiti, 1919-1964
Box 3, Folder 8 Haiti, 1915-1932
Box 3, Folder 9 Investments, 1919-1960
Box 4, Folder 1 Labor, 1952
Box 4, Folder 2 Nicaragua, 1906, 1927, 1953-1954
Box 4, Folder 3 Organization of American States, 1950-1960
Box 4, Folder 4 Panama, 1940-1966
Box 4, Folder 5 United States Policy, 1928-1961
Box 4, Folder 6 United States Relations, 1943-1961
Box 4, Folder 7 Series 3: Articles and Book Reviews, 1915-1967, undated
Series Description
The Articles and Book Reviews series contains drafts and copies of articles written by Munro. Most items deal with United States relations with Latin America. Some lectures appear to have been incorporated into this series, however most can be found in Series 4: Lectures. Some publication-related correspondence is included.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Articles
"The American Financial Intervention in Santo Domingo," 1915
Box 5, Folder 1 "Our Economic Policy in the Caribbean Region," 1919
Box 5, Folder 1 "Origin of the American Intervention," 1923
Box 5, Folder 1 "Conditions in Central America Up to January, 1923" compiled by Edward S. Crocker, 2d., 1923
Box 5, Folder 2 Untitled, Haiti, 1932
Box 5, Folder 3 "A New Regime in Nicaragua," 1933
Box 5, Folder 3 "Manuel Estrada Cabrera," 1938
Box 5, Folder 3 "Some Thoughts on Freedom of the Press in Spanish America," 1954
Box 5, Folder 3 "Democracy and Dictatorship in Latin America," 1955
Box 5, Folder 3 Untitled, Diplomatic Representation in Latin America, 1956
Box 5, Folder 3 Untitled, Latin American Relations, 1956
Box 5, Folder 3 "Dollar Diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1909-1913," 1957
Box 5, Folder 4 "Recent Events in the Caribbean," 1959
Box 5, Folder 4 "The Basis of American Intervention in the Caribbean," undated
Box 5, Folder 5 Untitled, Caribbean, undated
Box 5, Folder 5 Untitled, Caribbean intervention, undated
Box 5, Folder 5 "Chapter II: The Liberation of Cuba," undated
Box 5, Folder 6 "The American Withdrawal From Haiti, 1929-1934," undated
Box 5, Folder 6 "The Foreign Bondholders Protective Council," undated
Box 5, Folder 7 "Economic Nationalism in Latin America," undated
Box 5, Folder 7 "What is the Future of the Good Neighbor Policy," undated
Box 5, Folder 7 "Our Relations with Latin America," undated
Box 5, Folder 7 "Insular Possessions of the United States," undated
Box 5, Folder 7 "Latin American Relations with the United States," undated
Box 5, Folder 7 "Treaties with Foreign Nations," undated
Box 5, Folder 7 Book Reviews
1920-1939
Box 6, Folder 1 1940-1944
Box 6, Folder 2 1945-1947
Box 6, Folder 3 1948-1950
Box 6, Folder 4 1951-1967
Box 6, Folder 5 Series 4: Lectures, 1924-1971, undated
Series Description
The Lectures series contains typewritten speeches given by Munro on topics relating to Latin America, often including handwritten corrections and notes. In rare instances press clippings accompany the lectures. Some lectures also appear to be in Series 3: Articles and Book Reviews. The materials found in this series are not lectures presented to Princeton students, but rather are lectures given around the country and in Latin America.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
"Some Problems of the Smaller Caribbean Republics," 1924
Box 6, Folder 6 "Central America," 1929
Box 6, Folder 6 Untitled, Caribbean Relations, 1929
Box 6, Folder 6 "Our Relations with Central America," 1933
Box 6, Folder 7 "El 'New Deal' :La Reforma Politica De Roosevelt," 1933
Box 6, Folder 7 Untitled, Cuba, 1933
Box 6, Folder 7 "American Investments and American Policy in the Caribbean," 1933
Box 6, Folder 7 "The Monroe Doctrine," 1934
Box 6, Folder 7 "International Economic Rivalries in Latin America," 1939
Box 6, Folder 7 Untitled, Latin American Policy of United States, 1940
Box 6, Folder 8 "Economic Nationalism in Latin America," 1940
Box 6, Folder 8 Untitled, Manpower Conference, Princeton, 1942
Box 6, Folder 8 "Latin America in the War and Afterward," 1943
Box 6, Folder 8 "Post-War Economic Cooperation with Latin America," 1944
Box 6, Folder 8 "The Proposed Petroleum Monopoly," 1953
Box 6, Folder 9 "Dollar Diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1909-1913," 1957
Box 6, Folder 9 Untitled, Latin American Relations, 1959
Box 6, Folder 9 Untitled, Latin American Relations, 1960
Box 6, Folder 9 Untitled, Latin American Relations, 1961
Box 6, Folder 9 Untitled, Panama Relations, 1961
Box 6, Folder 9 Untitled, Central America, 1965
Box 6, Folder 9 Untitled, U.S. Policy Towards Latin America, 1971
Box 6, Folder 9 "[Los Aspectos Politicos Y Sociales del 'New Deal']," undated
Box 6, Folder 10 "La Agricultura Bajo El 'New Deal,'" undated
Box 6, Folder 10 "El 'New Deal' Y El Comercio Internacional," undated
Box 6, Folder 10 "Solidaridad Interamericana Y El Restablecimiento Del Comercio Mundial," undated
Box 6, Folder 10 "La Nueva Politica Economica Y Social En Los Estados Unidos," undated
Box 6, Folder 10 "La Nueva Politica NorteAmericana En Relacion Con El Comercio Internacional," undated
Box 6, Folder 10 "La Vida Universitaria En Los Estados Unidos," undated
Box 6, Folder 10 "La Ley Nacional De Rehabilitacion Industrial," undated
Box 6, Folder 10 "Strategic Problems in the Caribbean Area," undated
Box 7, Folder 1 "Revolutions and Elections in the Caribbean," undated
Box 7, Folder 1 "Recent Events in Nicaragua," undated
Box 7, Folder 1 Untitled, Panama Canal, undated
Box 7, Folder 1 Untitled, Cuba and Castro, undated
Box 7, Folder 1 "Imperialism and the Spanish American War," undated
Box 7, Folder 1 "The National Industrial Recovery Act," undated
Box 7, Folder 2 "Agriculture Under the New Deal," undated
Box 7, Folder 2 "Foreign Trade," undated
Box 7, Folder 2 Untitled, Creation for Post-War World Organization, undated
Box 7, Folder 2 "Some Problems of Central American Republics," undated
Box 7, Folder 2 Report, Mexican Oil, undated
Box 7, Folder 2 "Our Relations with Central America," undated
Box 7, Folder 3 "Free Government Institution," undated
Box 7, Folder 3 Untitled, International Development in Central America and in the West Indian Republics, undated
Box 7, Folder 3 Untitled, Latin American Relations, undated
Box 7, Folder 3 Series 5, Correspondence, 1913-1981
Series Description
The Correspondence series begins with letters written by Munro to his mother during his travels to Europe in 1913 and Latin America in 1916. Munro's correspondence from the 1930s and 1940s deals mainly with Foreign Bondholders Protective Council matters. The series also contains letters written by Munro's wife, Margaret, (regarding their time living in Managua, Nicaragua), his children (regarding preparation of Munro's publications), and letters from President Hoover and Henry Stimson upon Munro's resignation as Minister of Haiti.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject.
General
1913-1916
Box 7, Folder 4 1935-1946
Box 7, Folder 5 Hoover, Herbert and Stimson, Henry, Regarding Munro's Resignation, 1932
Box 7, Folder 6 Munro, Margaret, 1927-1928
(Written from Managua, Nicaragua)
Box 7, Folder 7 Publications, 1981
(Correspondence mostly by Munro's children)
Box 7, Folder 8
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