Box: 5 Fold: 65 Joseph C. Grew - File from Robert A. Fearey Box: 5 Fold: 66 Joseph C. Grew - File from Cecil B. Lyon Box: 5 Fold: 67 Joseph C. Grew - Photographs Box: 5 Fold: 68 Foreign Service: Application/Entrance Box: 5 Fold: 69 Foreign Service: Congratulatory Correspondence Box: 5 Fold: 70 Foreign Service: Entrance Examination Sample Booklets Box: 5 Fold: 71 Foreign Service: Training Materials Box: 5 Fold: 72 Foreign Service: Newsclippings Box: 6 Fold: 1 Foreign Service: Correspondence File 1936-47 Box: 6 Fold: 2 Foreign Service: U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board of Defense Box: 6 Fold: 3 Foreign Service: U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board of Defense Box: 6 Fold: 4 Foreign Service: Travel Vouchers Box: 6 Fold: 5 Foreign Service: Newsclippings Box: 6 Fold: 6 Foreign Service - Mukden: Photographs Box: 6 Fold: 7 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - James Bonbright Box: 6 Fold: 8 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Ellis Briggs Box: 6 Fold: 9 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Turner Cameron Box: 6 Fold: 10 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Molly Rockwell Box: 6 Fold: 11 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - John Steeves Box: 6 Fold: 12 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Correspondence A-C Box: 6 Fold: 13 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Correspondence D-F Box: 6 Fold: 14 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Correspondence G-J Box: 6 Fold: 15 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Correspondence K-M Box: 6 Fold: 16 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Correspondence N-P Box: 6 Fold: 17 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Correspondence R-T Box: 6 Fold: 18 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Correspondence W-Y Box: 6 Fold: 19 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Correspondence Unidentified Box: 6 Fold: 20 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Memoranda Box: 6 Fold: 21 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Prince Vong Savang Visit Box: 6 Fold: 22 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Olav V Visit Box: 6 Fold: 23 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Mementos/Scrapbook Box: 6 Fold: 24 Foreign Service Inspection Corps - Personnel File (Parsons) Box: 6 Fold: 25 Foreign Service Officer Selection Boards Box: 6 Fold: 26 Industrial College of Armed Forces - Correspondence File Box: 6 Fold: 27 Industrial College of Armed Forces - Correspondence File Box: 6 Fold: 28 Industrial College of Armed Forces - Speeches Box: 6 Fold: 29 Industrial College of Armed Forces - Personnel File Box: 6 Fold: 30 Industrial College of Armed Forces - Photographs Box: 6 Fold: 31 U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board of Defense Box: 6 Fold: 32 State Department 1970-72 - Correspondence A-C Box: 6 Fold: 33 State Department 1970-72 - Correspondence D-I Box: 6 Fold: 34 State Department 1970-72 - Correspondence K-P Box: 6 Fold: 35 State Department 1970-72 - Correspondence R-W Box: 6 Fold: 36 State Department 1970-72 - Correspondence Unidentified Box: 6 Fold: 37 State Department 1970-72 - Memoranda (misc.) Box: 6 Fold: 38 State Department 1970-72 - Newsclippings re Retirement Box: 6 Fold: 39 American Foreign Service Association - Correspondence Box: 6 Fold: 40 American Foreign Service Association - Correspondence Box: 6 Fold: 41 American Foreign Service Association - Correspondence Box: 6 Fold: 42 American Foreign Service Association - Correspondence Box: 6 Fold: 43 American Foreign Service Association - Correspondence
1941-1991
DESCRIPTION: Contains file of material collected by Robert A. Fearey for his memoirs as private secretary to Joseph C. Grew (1941-1942). Includes correspondence with J. Graham Parsons; copy of letter from Grew to John Crocker (3/3/1941); translation of Japan's declaration of war on the U.S. (12/8/1941); reprint of memorandum sent by Grew to U.S. secretary of state, Cordell Hull (August 1941) re proposals for a meeting between Prince Konoye of Japan and President Franklin D. Roosevelt; typescript of Fearey's memoir: "My Year with Ambassador Joseph C. Grew 1941-42: A Personal Account."
1932-33
DESCRIPTION: Contains file of material relating to appointment of J. Graham Parsons as private secretary to Joseph C. Grew, collected by Cecil B. Lyon and sent to Parsons.
c.1932-36
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs of Joseph C. Grew and J. Graham Parsons during years when the former was U.S. ambassador to Japan.
1935-36
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence with J. Graham Parsons regarding to his interest in applying for the U.S. Foreign Service. Includes correspondence from Cordell Hull to Allen T. Treadway (3/30/1936); and Edwin L. Neville (counselor, U.S. embassy, Japan, 1/16/1936) to Cordell Hull.
1936-37
DESCRIPTION: Contains telegrams received by J. Graham Parsons on his acceptance to the U.S. Foreign Service. Includes telegram from Joseph C. Grew.
1932 & 1934
DESCRIPTION: Contains sample booklets for the U.S. Foreign Service entrance examinations for years 1932 and 1934.
c. 1930s
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous instructions used for the training of U.S. Foreign Service officers. Includes information about the founding of the Foreign Service School.
c.1932
DESCRIPTION: Contains news article clippings re the U.S. Foreign Service, and reference to acceptance of J. Graham Parsons into the Service.
1936-47
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence relating to early years of J. Graham Parsons as a consular officer in the U.S. Foreign Service at posts abroad in Cuba (1936-38); Mukden (Manchuria), China (1938-40); Canada (1940-43), and at the State Department Division of European Affairs (1938, 1943-45, and 1945-47). Includes correspondence with family and colleagues, arranged chronologically: George Messersmith to Coert du Bois (U.S. consul general, Cuba)(1938) copy; Ellis O. Briggs (1938-40); Pierrepont Moffat (1939); William R. Langdon with typescript entitled, "The Economic Policy and Structure of Manchukuo" (1939); Joseph C. Grew (1940-45); Henry Ivison Parsons (Uncle Harry) and members of the Parsons family (1939-40); G. Howland Shaw (1942-44); Cordell Hull to James Clement Dunn (dir., Office of European Affairs) copy (1944); H. Freeman Matthews (1945); William P. Maddox (1947); Ray Atherton (1947); George D. Andrews (no date); Charles Yost (1947).
1945-1947
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence with J. Graham Parsons relating to his work as a representative on the U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board of Defense (1946-47). Includes correspondence with John Hickerson (1945); J. Kenly Bacon (1946); Saul Rae (Canadian dept. external affairs)(1947); Fiorello LaGuardia (3 TLS 1946-7); Edwin M. Bulkley (1947). Includes b/w photograph of members of the board including Parsons (Edmonton, Alberta, 1946).
c.1946-47
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous printed items relating to the U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board of Defense. Includes dinner menus, invitations for the commemoration of the hand-over of defense projects in northwest Canada from U.S. to Canadian army.
c.1936-47
DESCRIPTION: Contains travel vouchers relating to work by J. Graham Parsons during early years as a U.S. Foreign Service officer.
c.1936-47
DESCRIPTION: News article clippings and transcriptions relating to early years of J. Graham Parsons as a U.S. Foreign Service officer. N.B. transcripts of articles by William R. Castle (U.S. ambassador to Japan, 1929) re Japan and U.S. foreign policy: "America and Japan Must Keep Peace" (1/21/1934); "The World's Oldest Ruling Family" (no date); "What Recognition Means" (2/25/1934). Also includes part of July 21, 1934 issue of the "The China Digest" with article by William Castle: "Japan's Monroe Doctrine."
c.1938-40
DESCRIPTION: Contains b/w photographs taken during appointment of J. Graham Parsons to Mukden (Manchuria) as U.S. vice consul.
1967-68
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence with J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector of the U.S. Foreign Service Inspection Corps, from James Bonbright.
1967-68
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence with J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector of the U.S. Foreign Service Inspection Corps, from Ellis O. Briggs.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence with J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector of the U.S. Foreign Service Inspection Corps, from Turner C. Cameron, Jr. Includes news of work at the U.S. embassy in Sweden where Cameron was U.S. ambassador at this time.
1968
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence with J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector of the U.S. Foreign Service Inspection Corps, from Molly Rockwell (Mrs. Norman Rockwell). Total: 1 TLS, 1 ALS.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence with J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector of the U.S. Foreign Service Inspection Corps, from John Steeves (director general, U.S. Foreign Service).
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes correspondence with Willis C. Armstrong; Rolf D. Bibow; Dane Bowen w/ attached newsclipping re egg-throwing incident against U.S. ambassador Philip Tresize and other U.S. officials visiting Sweden (January 1968) when demonstrators protested U.S. involvement in Vietnam; William E. Beauchamp; William D. Boulton; Lucius Battle; S.M. Backe; Philip K. Crowe; James N. Cortada.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes correspondence with William N. Dale; A. Edward Elmendorf; Edelen Fogarty; Richard Funkhouser.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes correspondence with Richard D. Geppert; G. McMurtrie Godley; Joseph N. Greene, Jr.; William O. Hall; Robert C. Hill; Martin Hillenbrand; Lyndon B. Johnson (telegram); U. Alexis Johnson (carbon from Parsons).
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes correspondence with Joseph Lumpkin; John Leddy (carbon from Parsons, 1967); Harold F. Linder; Cecil B. Lyon (carbons from Parsons, 1968); Richard D. McCarthy; Francis E. Meloy, Jr.; Eugene V. McAuliffe.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes correspondence with William M. Owen; Lawrence D. Pearson; James K. Penfield (carbon from Parsons, 1968); Avery Peterson; Leslie D. Polk; Alfred Puhan.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes correspondence with Dean Rusk; A.L. Sachar (president, Brandeis University); Max Salvadori (with articles attached re Vietnam); Hamilton Southworth; Nils K. Stahle; Charles A. Stevenson re Laos and Vietnam; Philip H. Tresize (carbon from Parsons, 1968); Margaret Tibbetts.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes correspondence with Woodruff Wallner (carbon from Parsons, 1968); Fraser Wilkins; Shigeru Yoshida (Japanese ambassador to U.S., death announcement, 1967).
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Correspondents not identified. Includes carbons of correspondence from Parsons.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous memoranda received by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes transcript of address by William F. Bundy on U.S. policy towards Vietnam, 1967.
November 6-9, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Contains items relating to visit of Prince Vong Savang of Laos to the U.S. Includes menus; list of guests for receptions; program of visit and protocol information.
April-May 1968
DESCRIPTION: Contains program of visit by King Olav V of Norway to the U.S.
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous mementos relating to appointment of J. Graham Parsons as senior inspector of the Foreign Service Inspection Corps. Includes scrapbook (humorous): "Inspection Log of Calgary, October 30 through November 6, 1968."
1967-69
DESCRIPTION: Personnel file for J. Graham Parsons during appointment as senior inspector for the Foreign Service Inspection Corps.
September 19, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Confirmation letter from John M. Steeves to J. Graham Parsons as a member of the Foreign Service Officer Selection Board. Includes b/w photographs.
1969
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as U.S. State Department advisor to the Industrial College of Armed Forces, Washington, D.C. Includes correspondence with Turner Cameron, Jr.; Elliot L. Richardson; Walter Robertson; Charles Stevenson; and transcripts of address given by Parsons in tribute to Christian A. Herter (1969).
1970
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as U.S. State Department advisor to the Industrial College of Armed Forces, Washington, D.C. Includes correspondence with Dean Acheson; L. Dean Brown; Turner C. Cameron, Jr.; Philip K. Crowe (carbon from Parsons); Gordon H. Messegee; Forrest V. Williams.
1969-70
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts of speeches and speech notes by J. Graham Parsons during appointment as U.S. State Department advisor to the Industrial College of Armed Forces.
1969-70
DESCRIPTION: Personnel file for J. Graham Parsons during appointment as U.S. Department of State advisor to ICAF.
1969-70
DESCRIPTION: Photographs with captions taken on various occasions during appointment of J. Graham Parsons as U.S. State Department advisor to ICAF.
1963-90
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence with J. Graham Parsons during appointment as chairman, U.S. Section of the U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board of Defense. Includes correspondence from Ollie Atkins.
1970-72
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during final year with the U.S. State Department and early period of retirement. Note: files relating to work with SALT in separate series. Includes correspondence with George Andrews; Willis C. Armstrong; Lucius Battle; Jacob D. Beam (carbon from Parsons, 1972); Keyes Beech (Chicago Daily News); James and Letitia Bonbright; Ellis Briggs; Winthrop G. Brown; Findley Burns, Jr.; Philip K. Crowe.
1970-72
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during final year with the U.S. State Department and early period of retirement. Note: files relating to work with SALT in separate series. Includes correspondence with Howard Donovan; Samuel R. Gammon III (carbon from Parsons, 1971); Raymond L. Garthoff; Joseph N. Greene, Jr.; William O. Hall; Loy W. Henderson; John P. Humes; Frederick Irving; John N. Irwin II.
1970-72
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during final year with the U.S. State Department and early period of retirement. Note: files relating to work with SALT in separate series. Includes correspondence with Archie Lang; Wanda Lewis; Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.; George Mishtowt; William Owen; James Penfield; Avery Peterson.
1970-72
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during final year with the U.S. State Department and early period of retirement. Note: files relating to work with SALT in separate series. Includes correspondence with William P. Rogers (carbons from Parsons 1972); Gerrard Smith; Theodore Wilkinson III (carbon from Parsons 1972).
1970-72
DESCRIPTION: Personal/professional correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons during final year with the U.S. State Department and early period of retirement. Note: files relating to work with SALT in separate series. Correspondents not identified.
1970-72
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous memoranda received by J. Graham Parsons relating to State Department matters during period 1970-72.
January 1972
DESCRIPTION: Newsclippings of articles relating to retirement of J. Graham Parsons from U.S. Foreign Service.
1945-46
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence file relating to the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA). Includes correspondence exchanged between J. Graham Parsons and James W. Riddleburger (acting chairman, executive committee); Ellis Briggs (chairman, executive committee). Includes miscellaneous memoranda.
1950-55
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons relating to the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA). Includes correspondence with Herve J. L'Heureux; Outerbridge Horsey. Includes miscellaneous memoranda.
1958
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons relating to the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA). Includes correspondence with Edward W. Clark; Dr. A. Whitney Griswold (pres. Yale University); David McK. Key; Maxwell D. Taylor (chief of staff, U.S. Army). Also includes meeting agendas, minutes and miscellaneous memoranda.
1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons relating to the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA). Includes correspondence with David McK. Key; Joseph C. Satterthwaite. Also includes meeting agendas, minutes, miscellaneous memoranda.
1960-69
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence received/sent by J. Graham Parsons relating to the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA). Includes correspondence with Thomas S. Estes; Loy W. Henderson; David McK. Key; Thomas B. Morgan.
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