Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Courtney Letts de Espil papers, 1925-1994 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1925-1994 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1930-1949) |
| ID No. | MSS56200 |
| Creator | Letts de Espil, Courtney |
| Extent | 525 items |
| Extent | 12 containers plus 1 oversize |
| Extent | 4.8 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English and Spanish |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007055 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82056200 |
| Summary | Writer and wife of the Argentine ambassador to the United States (1933-1943). Correspondence, diaries, writings, clippings, photographs, and other papers concerning social affairs in Washington and including references to many prominent individuals of the New Deal era. Also includes material on a cruise to the Arctic in 1927, the Espils’s return to Argentina in 1943, and life in Argentina under Juan Perón. |