mnsss303 Alice Mayer Stetten Papers, 1930-1972 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Alice Mayer Stetten Papers, 1930-1972 Finding Aid MS 153 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Stetten, Alice Mayer, 1887-1972 Alice Mayer Stetten Papers1930-1972 MS 153 4 boxes (1.75 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Civic leader; Pacifist; Philanthropist; International relations specialist. Papers consist primarily of correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings, and memorabilia documenting Stetten's 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. Biographical Note

Alice 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.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The 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.

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Search Terms Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959--Correspondence Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Correspondence Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978--Correspondence Kenyon, Dorothy, 1888-1972--Correspondence Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1902- --Correspondence Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927- --Correspondence Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929- --Correspondence Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence Stetten, Alice Mayer, 1887-1972 Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965--Correspondence Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953--Correspondence Woodsmall, Ruth Frances, 1883-1963--Correspondence American Council for Nationalities Service--History--Sources American-Korean Foundation--History--Sources National Council of Women of the United States--History--Sources Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters--History--Sources Internationalism -- History -- 20th century -- Sources