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Alice Mayer Stetten Papers, 1930-1972Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Biographical NoteAlice Mayer was born in New York City on November 19, 1882 and educated by tutors and in private schools. She married a surgeon, DeWitt Stetten, and until World War II spent summers with him in their home on the Yugoslav island of Korcul. A life-long New York City resident, she travelled extensively and was fluent in several languages. Alice Mayer Stetten served as the convener of the International Relations and Peace section of the International Council of Women, which she--along with Rose Parsons--revitalized after World War II. In addition to her work with the ICW Stetten served as Vice-president of the National Council of Women, as Director of the American Council Nationalities Service and the Carrie Chapmann Catt Memorial Fund, and participated in a variety of other organizations committed to bettering international relations. Stetten died on October 7, 1972. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe Alice Mayer Stetten Papers contain little personal material; they consist primarily of correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings, and memorabilia documenting her work with the American-Korean Foundation, the American Women's Association's Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund, the Common Council for American Unity (later called American Council for Nationalities Service), the National Coucil of Women, the Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters, and the Women's Action Commission. Significant correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, Jacqueline Kennedy, Dorothy Kenyon, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Maurine Neuberger, Robert Wagner, and Ruth Woodsmall. There is also some third-party correspondence (written to others) from Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, Adlai Stevenson, and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. NOTE: The container list for this collection is available in the Sophia Smith Collection. Please contact us to request a copy. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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