Contents
Collection Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE
SERIES III. WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
SERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
SERIES V. OVERSIZE MATERIALS
APPENDIX: League of Nations Publications
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Florence Guertin Tuttle Papers, 1917-1948Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Kelsey Radwilowicz2008
| | | | | Creator: | Florence Guertin Tuttle | | Title: | Florence Guertin Tuttle Papers | | Dates: | 1917-1948 | | Abstract: |
The bulk of this collection consists of writings and speeches, research material, and records from Tuttle's involvement in organizations such as the American Association for International Cooperation, the American Union Against Militarism, the Women's Peace Party, and the League of Nations, among others, circa 1910s-1940s. Major themes include peace, internationalism, birth control rights, suffrage, women's clubs, and women writers. Significant correspondents include Virginia Gildersleeve, Florence Lamont, Anna Garlin Spencer, and Portia Willis (Berg) Fitzgerald. There is a small amount of biographical material, photographs, memorabilia, and family correspondence; and Tuttle's unpublished autobiography (1948).
| | Extent: | 8 boxes(3.5 linear ft.) | | Language: | English |
Frank Day Tuttle donated his mother's papers to the Sophia Smith Collection from 1951-62. Reprocessed by Kelsey Radwilowicz, 2007.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: Florence Guertin Tuttle Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions.
Copyright ownership of Florence Tuttle's writings is unknown. Copyright to materials authored by others may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property. Return to the Table of Contents
Florence and Frank Tuttle in Palm Beach, FL, circa 1909 Florence Guertin Tuttle was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1869 to Lucy Henry, a descendent of Patrick Henry, and Pierre Guertin, a merchant and French-Canadian immigrant. Educated at a small private school, the Nassau Institute, Guertin was an avid reader and a prolific writer of poems and stories. As a young adult, Guertin was involved in one of the first women's clubs, the Avitas Club, where she was exposed to speakers such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In her late twenties she married Frank Day Tuttle (Yale class of 1887) and the couple settled in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Their sons, Day and Guertin Tuttle, were born in 1902 and 1904. When the children were small, Tuttle devoted part of her time to many causes including women's suffrage, the Woman's Peace Party and birth control. In 1915 she published The Awakening of Woman: Suggestions from the Psychic Side of Feminism and in 1917 a collection of stories entitled Give My Love to Maria. Devastated by the horrors of World War I, Tuttle became a strong advocate for internationalism. In this new role she became Chair of the Women's Pro-League Council in 1920 and attended numerous meetings of the Council of the League of Nations in Geneva. There she befriended many important people such as First Lady Edith Bolling Wilson and Carrie Chapman Catt. During this time she also wrote Women and World Federation (1919) as well as numerous articles and leaflets on world cooperation, economic causes of war, and the League of Nations. In 1932 she was selected by Carrie Chapman Catt to be a delegate to the Disarmament Conference in Geneva. Tuttle was in great demand as a speaker about peace and internationalism. She became the Executive Chairman of the Greater New York Branch of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association in 1924 and published two more books, including Alternatives to War (1931) before her death in 1951. Return to the Table of Contents
The Florence Guertin Tuttle Papers include writings, speeches, research materials, and organizational records. Documents pertain to Tuttle's involvement in organizations such as the American Association for International Cooperation, the American Union Against Militarism, the Woman's Peace Party, and the League of Nations, among others, from the 1910s to the 1940s. Major themes include peace, internationalism, birth control rights, suffrage, women's clubs, and women writers. There is a small amount of biographical material, photographs, memorabilia, and family correspondence; and Tuttle's unpublished autobiography (1948). Notable correspondents include Virginia Gildersleeve, Florence Lamont, Anna Garlin Spencer, and Portia Willis (Berg) Fitzgerald. Return to the Table of Contents
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This collection is organized into four series: Return to the Table of Contents
SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
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| Writings about Florence Guertin Tuttle |
| 2 | Biographical writings and drafts,
n.d. |
| 3 | "Journey to Geneva": manuscript of observations,
1926 |
| 4 | "I Traveled Hopefully": manuscript and autobiography,
1948 |
| 5-6 | Articles and clippings about Florence Guertin Tuttle (including travel, League of Nations, Carrie Chapman Catt and Margaret Sanger),
1921-27 |
| 7 | Travel diary, engagement book, passport, and will,
1933-34 |
| 8 | Photographs and postcards,
n.d. |
| 9-12 | Memorabilia (invitations, programs, miscellaneous items and European trip memorabilia),
circa 1920's-36 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 1 | Business: banks statements and miscellaneous items,
1917-36 |
| 3 | Miscellaneous pamphlets and clippings, re: world affairs,
1936 |
SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 4 | Bartlett, Alice,
1936 |
| 5 | Berg, Portia Willis,
1921(?)-22 |
| 7 | Guertin, Henri ("Harry"),
1934-35 |
| 8 | Randall, Fay,
1921-22, 1934 |
| 9 | Tuttle, Day, 1921 (?),
1935-36 |
| 10 | Tuttle, Guertin,
1922-36 |
| 11 | Tuttle, Laura Lee,
1935-36 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 12 | Family (Francis and others),
1921, 1923 |
| 17 | Telegrams,(European trip)
1922-36 |
| 18 | Correspondence and invitations (mostly
1939) |
| 19 | Miscellaneous (including League of Nations Non-Partisan Association),
1921-27 |
| 20 | Miscellaneous (including European trip, 1936),
1921-34, 1936 |
SERIES III. WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Box |
Folder |
| | 3 | 1 | The Awakening of Woman: reviews,
1915 |
| 2 | "Woman and Peace": manuscript,
n.d. |
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| Women and World Federation |
| 3 | Manuscript (chaps. 1 - 5),
1918 |
| 4 | Manuscript (chaps. 6 - 9),
1919 |
| 5 | Correspondence, royalties, etc
. 1920 |
| 6 | "Women and World Problems": manuscript and notes,
n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 3 | 7 | From magazines and newspapers,
1920-22 |
| 9 | Speeches: League of Nations, disarmament, war, etc.,
1922-24 |
SERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Box |
Folder |
| | 3 | 10 | American Association for International Cooperation: correspondence,
1921-23 |
| 11 | American Peace Award,
1923-24 |
| 12 | American Union against Militarism: correspondence,
1917 |
| 13 | Berry School: pilgrims,
1934-35 |
| 14 | Birth control: population conference, Geneva,
1927 |
| 15 | Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage: correspondence,
1917-22 |
| 16 | Democratic National Convention: correspondence,
1927 |
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| Foreign Policy Association |
| 17 | Correspondence,
1921-35 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 4 | 1 | International Federation of Business and Professional Women,
1935-36 |
| 2 | International peace organizations: pamphlets, correspondence, and miscellaneous items,
1924-39 |
| 3 | League for Political Education: Countess Karolyi and the Earl of Lytton,
1924-35 |
| 4 | National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War,
1926-31 |
| 5 | New York League of Business and Professional Women: tribute dinner,
1935 |
| 6 | New York State League of Women Voters: correspondence,
1923 |
| 7 | Peace organizations and articles,
1923-26 |
| 8 | Unitarian Laymen's League,
1926 |
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| Woman's Peace Party of New York City,
1917 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 4 | 9 | Open letter to President Wilson |
| 11 | Women's Trade Union League,
1923-26 |
| 12 | Women's University Club: New York branch,
1925 |
| 14 | Miscellaneous organizations,
1936-46 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 5 | 1 | League of Nations Association,
1936-39 |
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| Disarmament Conference, Geneva,
1932 |
| 3 | Speech by Tuttle, articles, and correspondence |
Box |
Folder |
| | 5 | 4 | Education committee,
1925 |
| 6 | General information,
1925-27 |
| 7 | Headway (periodical),
1924-26 |
| 8 | League of NationsHerald,
1924-25 |
| 9 | International Federation: Glasgow Congress,
1936 |
| 10 | Monthly summary,
1920-26 |
| 12 | General: reports, minutes, memoranda, and correspondence,
1923-35 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 6 | 1 | Memoranda,
1923-27 |
| 2 | History, procedures, etc.,
1923-27 |
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| Woman's Pro-League Council,
1921-24 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 6 | 6 | Correspondence |
| 8 | Minutes, procedures, etc. |
| 10 | League of Nations School,
1934-35 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 7 | 1 | Invitations,
1935, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 7 | 2 | League of Nations News |
Box |
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| | 8 |
| Disarmament Conference, Geneva: scrapbook,
1932 |
SERIES V. OVERSIZE MATERIALS
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| Posters advertising The Awakening of Woman, and Give My Love to Maria, 1917 (2 copies)
circa 1915, |
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| Political cartoons (2) "from disarmament conference at Geneva by the famous official cartoonists of the League of Nations, Derso and Kalen" and description,
1932, 1934 |
APPENDIX: League of Nations PublicationsPamphlets (box 7, folders 6-7) Articles (box 7, folders 8-11) Return to the Table of Contents
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