Florence Guertin Tuttle Papers, 1917-1948
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Florence Guertin Tuttle
Biographical History for: Florence Guertin Tuttle Papers
Biographical Note 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.
Frank Day Tuttle donated his mother's papers to the Sophia Smith Collection from 1951-62. Reprocessed by Kelsey Radwilowicz, 2007.
Scope and Contents of the Collection 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.
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.
Women--International cooperation--History--Sources
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Feminists--United States--Biography--Sources
Peace Movements--History--20th century--Sources
Women and peace--History--20th century--Sources
Women's rights--History--20th century-Sources
Fitzgerald, Portia Willis--Correspondence
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Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron, 1877--Correspondence
Lamont, Florence Haskell Corliss, 1873-52--Correspondence
Spencer, Anna Garlin, 1851-31--Correspondence
Tuttle, Florence Guertin, 1869-1951
League of Nations--History--Sources
Woman's Peace Party
series
SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Contents
Writings about Florence Guertin Tuttle
Manuscripts and drafts
Biographical writings and drafts, n.d.
"Journey to Geneva": manuscript of observations, 1926
"I Traveled Hopefully": manuscript and autobiography, 1948
Articles and clippings about Florence Guertin Tuttle (including travel, League of Nations, Carrie Chapman Catt and Margaret Sanger), 1921-27
Travel diary, engagement book, passport, and will, 1933-34
Photographs and postcards, n.d.
Memorabilia (invitations, programs, miscellaneous items and European trip memorabilia), circa 1920's-36
Business: banks statements and miscellaneous items, 1917-36
Bible, 1917
Miscellaneous pamphlets and clippings, re: world affairs, 1936
SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE
Individuals
Bartlett, Alice, 1936
Berg, Portia Willis, 1921(?)-22
Cecil, Robert, 1923
Guertin, Henri ("Harry"), 1934-35
Randall, Fay, 1921-22, 1934
Tuttle, Day, 1921 (?), 1935-36
Tuttle, Guertin, 1922-36
Tuttle, Laura Lee, 1935-36
General
Family (Francis and others), 1921, 1923
Telegrams, 1922-36 (European trip)
Correspondence and invitations (mostly 1939)
Miscellaneous (including League of Nations Non-Partisan Association), 1921-27
Miscellaneous (including European trip, 1936), 1921-34, 1936
SERIES III. WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Writings
[see also OVERSIZE MATERIALS]
The Awakening of Woman: reviews, 1915
"Woman and Peace": manuscript, n.d.
Women and World Federation
Manuscript (chaps. 1 - 5), 1918
Manuscript (chaps. 6 - 9), 1919
Correspondence, royalties, etc. 1920
"Women and World Problems": manuscript and notes, n.d.
Articles
From magazines and newspapers, 1920-22
Correspondence
Speeches: League of Nations, disarmament, war, etc., 1922-24
SERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
American Association for International Cooperation: correspondence, 1921-23
American Peace Award, 1923-24
American Union against Militarism: correspondence, 1917
Berry School: pilgrims, 1934-35
Birth control: population conference, Geneva, 1927
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage: correspondence, 1917-22
Democratic National Convention: correspondence, 1927
Foreign Policy Association
Correspondence, 1921-35
The Bulletin
Pamphlets
International Federation of Business and Professional Women, 1935-36
International peace organizations: pamphlets, correspondence, and miscellaneous items, 1924-39
League for Political Education: Countess Karolyi and the Earl of Lytton, 1924-35
League of Nations
[see boxes 5-8]
National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, 1926-31
New York League of Business and Professional Women: tribute dinner, 1935
New York State League of Women Voters: correspondence, 1923
Peace organizations and articles, 1923-26
Unitarian Laymen's League, 1926
Woman's Peace Party of New York City, 1917
Open letter to President Wilson
Women's Trade Union League, 1923-26
Women's University Club: New York branch, 1925
World Court, 1922-26
Miscellaneous organizations, 1936-46
League of Nations Association, 1936-39
Disarmament Conference, Geneva, 1932
Speech by Tuttle, articles, and correspondence
Scrapbook
[see box 8]
Education committee, 1925
Geneva Conference, 1934
General information, 1925-27
Headway (periodical), 1924-26
League of Nations Herald, 1924-25
International Federation: Glasgow Congress, 1936
Monthly summary, 1920-26
Pamphlets, 1923-36
General: reports, minutes, memoranda, and correspondence, 1923-35
Non-Partisan Association
Memoranda, 1923-27
History, procedures, etc., 1923-27
Correspondence, 1923-26
Publications, 1923-27
Reports, 1923-26
Woman's Pro-League Council, 1921-24
Correspondence (Tuttle)
Minutes, procedures, etc.
Publications
League of Nations School, 1934-35
Invitations, 1935, n.d.
League of Nations News
[see Appendix for title list]
Reports
Disarmament Conference, Geneva: scrapbook, 1932
SERIES V. OVERSIZE MATERIALS
Posters advertising The Awakening of Woman, circa 1915, and Give My Love to Maria, 1917 (2 copies)
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