Ellis Briggs papers

The papers of Ellis O. Briggs contain correspondence, clippings, book manuscripts, articles, brochures, newsletters, magazines, maps, photographs, diplomatic commissions, speeches, State Department bulletins, appointment books, a scrapbook and printed matter. The material chronicles his diplomatic career in Brazil, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Korea, Peru, and Washington, DC. The collection also includes correspondence and printed material related to Briggs’ involvement with the Dartmouth College Alumni Council during the 1970s including reports on the Indian Symbol controversy and co-education. Of note is the correspondence to his family and diplomatic counterparts, especially Spruille Braden which sheds light on events in Cuba before Castro, the Trujillo years in the Dominican Republic and the peace talks in South Korea during the Korean War.