Descriptive SummaryPan American Round Table of San AntonioMaterials are mostly English with some in Spanish and Portuguese.Pan American Round Table of San Antonio Records 1909-1994
The Pan American Round Table (PART) was established October 16, 1916, in San Antonio, Texas. It is an independent, nonsectarian, nonpolitical, noncommercial and nonfederated women's organization. The purpose of the Pan American Round Tables is to acquaint members with the language, geography, history, literature, arts, culture, and customs of the republics of the Western Hemisphere, with the objective to foster mutual understanding, knowledge, and friendship among the peoples of the Western Hemisphere.The organizational records of The Pan American Round Table of San Antonio consist primarily of correspondence, minutes, reports, yearbooks, scrapbooks, programs and photographic materials that document the activities, interests, and events of the group. Most strongly documented are the initial years of the movement, when Florence Terry Griswold was Director, 1916-1941. Of note, the records include an extensive and rich collection of printed material, primarily bulletins, booklets, and Pan American Union publications, related to Panamericanism, Mexico, and Latin America prior to 1950.
11 linear feet (approximately 8,250 items)
MS 3
Archives and Special Collections Department, The University of Texas at San Antonio Library
Preferred Citation
[Identification fo item], Pan American Round Table of San Antonio Records, 1909-1994, MS 3, Archives and Special Collections, University of Texas at San Antonio Library.
Acquisition Information
Records were donated in 1993 (Acc. # 1993-002).
Processing Information
Processed by Jill Jackson, Archivist, December 1996.
Historical Note
The Pan American Round Table (PART) was established October 16, 1916, in San Antonio, Texas. It is an independent, nonsectarian, nonpolitical, noncommercial and nonfederated women's organization. Charter members of PART, present at the first meeting at the Menger Hotel, included: Florence Terry Griswold (Mrs. John Case), Olivia Nolte (Mrs. Walter), Mrs. A.C. Pancoast, Mrs. Joseph Burton Dibrell, and others. PART borrowed extensively from the Pan American Union in its structure and symbolism; the round table concept was taken from the use of such a table at the Pan American Union headquarters in New York City, and members of PART represent each of the American republics.
The founder and Director General of PART from 1916 to 1941 was Florence Terry Griswold. Griswold founded PART out of concern for women and children who were refugees from the Mexican revolution of 1913, with the intention of facilitating better relations between the United States and Mexico. The premise of PART was that a women's organization would have the unique ability to build relationships that men involved in business and politics were not fostering, and if the women of Mexico and the U.S. could become friends, then such ties would influence men of commerce and government towards greater understanding and cooperation. This premise drew directly from the ideals of Pan Americanism and its principle that through education, rather than legislation, understanding and friendship will grow.
Under the direction of Griswold, the founding round table in San Antonio became the center of a well-organized movement and helped to establish round tables throughout Texas, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Southwestern United States. The second round table was founded in Laredo in 1921, and the first round table outside the United States was established in Mexico City in 1928. In 1921, the state organization, Pan American Round Tables of Texas was founded, and by 1944, international growth demanded that an international body, the Alliance of Pan American Round Tables, be formed.
Between the World Wars, a period when isolationism was prominent in U.S. politics, the women of PART were particularly active in their efforts to encourage mutual knowledge, understanding and friendship among the people of the Western Hemisphere. In 1921, members of San Antonio PART were the first American women ever to be invited by the first lady of Mexico, Mrs. Alvaro Obregon, to attend and to speak to a conference sponsored by the Federal Chamber of Commerce in Mexico about problems facing women. In 1931, in cooperation with the Pan American Union, PART of Texas aided in persuading President Herbert Hoover to proclaim April 14 as Pan American Day. In 1935, PART of Texas organized and implemented the placement of a tablet dedicated to Pan American friendship on the International Bridge in Laredo, TX. In 1939, San Antonio PART hosted a visit by Mabel Vernon and the Peoples Mandate to End War Goodwill Tour during the PART of Texas convention. In 1941, Florence Terry Griswold died, and the centrality of the San Antonio PART to the larger PART movement decreased as each round table became more autonomous.
San Antonio PART has continued the work of Griswold by providing scholarships to foreign nationals wishing to study in the U.S.; donating books related to countries in the Americas to libraries, universities, and primary schools; entertaining students, military personnel, diplomats, and other visitors from Latin America; supporting adult education and cultural programs about the Americas; sponsoring lectures by university professors and experts on Latin America; and contributing to disaster relief funds for Latin American countries. San Antonio PART has frequently been host to both PART of Texas conventions and Alliance conventions. Members of San Antonio PART have spoken out against the spread of communism in the Western Hemisphere and discrimination against Mexicans; and they also voiced support of the Good Neighbor policy and repeal of legislation that taxes travel to and from Latin American countries. In 1975-76, the San Antonio PART initiated restoration the gravesite of Florence Terry Griswold and the inscription of the stone with a commemoration of Griswold's founding of PART. The San Antonio PART was host to the celebration of PART's Diamond Jubilee in 1991. As of 2002, the San Antonio PART is still active and meets regularly. Accessions will continue to be added to these records.
Scope and Content Note
The records of The Pan American Round Table of San Antonio cover the years, 1909-1994, and include a significant amount of material from the Pan American Round Table of Texas, 1921-(1959) 1989. Of note within these records is an extensive and rich collection of printed material, primarily bulletins, booklets, and Pan American Union publications, related to Panamericanism, Mexico, and Latin America prior to 1950. The organizational records consist primarily of correspondence, minutes, reports, yearbooks, scrapbooks, programs and photographic materials which document the activities, interests, and events of the group. Most strongly documented are the initial years of the movement, when Florence Terry Griswold was Director, 1916-1941. The majority of the materials are in English, with some in Spanish, and a few in Portuguese.
Collected History and Legal Documents provide a broad overview of the establishment of the Pan American Round Table movement and its early history. But the Officers provide the most information about the Pan American Round Table movement. The largest concentration of material is correspondence, spanning over seventy years. The records of PART San Antonio includes materials from every director from 1916-1989, except for two terms during 1951-1955. The most extensive correspondence is that of Griswold who exchanged letters not only with women throughout Texas, but also leaders of Latin American countries; Leo S. Rowe; Mabel Vernon; and other persons prominent in peace movements and Panamericanism in the 1930s. The organizational purpose of PART San Antonio is revealed in the Executive Board of Directors ; Membership Meetings ; Committees ; Newspaper Clippings series; and the yearbooks, found in Printed Material , which document the business of the organization, its officers and members, and what type of work and events they undertook as a group. The ideas and perspectives that the members of the PART San Antonio were exposed to is documented in the Printed Materials and Speeches which they collected as part of their library. Among these documents are speeches by government officials, publications from the Pan American Union, and materials in Spanish from Latin American countries. Photographs and scrapbooks, a sub-series of Collected History provide visual documentation of PART San Antonio.
Arrangement- Collected History
- Legal Documents
- Officers
- Executive Board of Directors
- Membership Meetings
- Committees
- Printed Material
- Speeches
- Events
- Newspaper Clippings
- Photographs
- Ephemera
Access RestrictionsThere are no restrictions on these materials.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Pan American Round Table of San Antonio must be obtained from the Archives and Special Collections, University of Texas at San Antonio Library.
Index Terms
People:
Griswold, Florence Terry, 1875-1941.
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1946.
Rowe, L. S. (Leo Stanton), 1871-1946.
Vernon, Mabel, 1883-1975.
Valls, John A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Subjects
Pan American Round Table of San Antonio. Archives.
International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico.
Pan American Union.
Pan-Americanism.
Women--Texas--San Antonio--Societies and clubs--History.
Pan American Day.
United States--Relations--Latin America.
Latin America--Relations--United States.
Notes to ResearchersThe arrangement of Griswold's correspondence is based on its original order. Griswold's correspondence was housed and arranged in wooden letter box files upon receipt. Explanation of the filing system was written on the interior of the lid of many of these boxes. Where appropriate the schema was extended to unorganized correspondence. Within the Griswold correspondence there were three main divisions: correspondent, country, and round table. Those letters that fall outside of this schema are letters that were in files with subject names, and correspondence prior to 1930 which has been arranged as a unit under General Correspondence.
Among the received materials from the Pan American Round Table were two linear feet of files already housed in archival folders and inventoried, it appears that these items were part of their library. These materials have been kept together physically to maintain provenance (boxes 13-16), but intellectually some of the materials have been placed in series and sub-series with like materials or subjects, such as Speeches, State Conventions, Pan American Day. The bulk of these "library" materials are in the sub-series Vertical Files.
1921-1989, 2.1 linear feet
transferred in July 2007 to be part of PART of Texas
Collected History
Essays, printed material and scrapbooks prepared by members of the Pan American Round Table of San Antonio to document its history, the origin of the Pan American Round Table movement, and the life of the founder, Florence Terry Griswold.
Arranged by type of record.
1
Essays
1
1
Origin of the Pan American Round Table, undated
1
2
Florence Terry Griswold and the Beginning of the Pan American Round Table, by Mildred Beasley, undated
1
3
Outline of Pan American Activities Under Direction of Pan American Round Table of San Antonio, TX, 1916-1936, undated
1
4
Pan American Round Table history through 1942, undated
1
5
Early history of Pan American Round Table up to 1950s, undated
1
6
Facts About the Pan American Round Table of San Antonio, Texas, undated
1
Biographies
1
7
Florence Terry Griswold, 1976 and undated
25
Scrapbooks
25
1916-1941
24
11944-1951
24
21955-1956
28
Oversize: 1956-1957
29
Oversize: 1973-1975
30
Oversize: 1975-1976 and 1977
27
Oversize: New World Flag Scrapbook, 1942, undated
Legal Documents
Records document the establishment of the Club and its governance structure.
Arranged by type of record.
1
8
Charter
1
9
Constitutions
Officers
This is the most expansive and substantive series in the collection. It is rich in information regarding the first twenty-five years of the Pan American Round Table of San Antonio and consists primarily of correspondence. The largest sub-series within the Officers series is Directors (1916-1989), which includes correspondence and reports of most of the directors, except for a gap in the early 1950s. The bulk of the Director sub-series is the correspondence of Florence Terry Griswold. Griswold's correspondence is ordered by correspondent and encompasses a wide range of topics from immigration to peace The correspondents include persons of national, state and local prominence. Of particular note are Herbert Hoover, Cordell Hull, Leo S. Rowe, Mabel Vernon, Alexina Falls Chase (Mrs. C.C.), and Agnes Martin (Mrs. Albert).
The bulk of the correspondence with Agnes Martin is in regard to the dedication of a Pan American tablet at the International Bridge in Laredo, TX in 1935. Personal correspondence with John A. Valls, a lawyer and judge in Laredo, TX, which predates the founding of PART and continues until Griswold's death is also here. The majority of the Correspondence by Correspondent is to persons in the United States.
Griswold's correspondence with people outside of the United States is usually with individuals rather than representatives of countries or organizations. Correspondence by Country is primarily letters to representatives of foreign governments, such as ministers, secretaries, and leaders in Latin America. Correspondence by Round Table mostly relates to the formation, operation, and business of round tables. Other materials of note in the Officers series are the reports of conference delegates, and the treasurer's reports.
Arranged by position and type of record, and organized both alphabetically and chronologically.
1
Director
1
Florence Terry Griswold (Mrs. John Case)
1
12
List of Correspondents, 1938-1939
1
General Correspondence
1
10
Miscellaneous, 1913-1929
1
11
Form letters, 1939
1
Correspondence by correspondent
1
13
Abren - Ayers, 1933-1939
1
14
Baker - Butler, 1936-1940
1
15
Caldwell - Cuthbertson, 1933-1941
1
16
Chase, Alexina Falls (Mrs. C.C.), 1932-1934
1
17
D'Acosta - Duron, 1933-1941
1
18
Dees, Elsie (Mrs. W.W.), 1938-1940
1
19
Eichel - Espil, 1935-1940
1
20
Fahy - Frenger, 1933-1940
1
21
Galarza - Guerra, 1936-1940
2
1
Hackett - Huntress, 1930-1940
2
2
Hoover, Herbert, 1928-1940
2
3
Hull, Cordell, 1933-1940
2
4
Ickes - Izaguirre, 1930-1939
2
5
Jackson - Josefé, 1933-1940
2
6
Kauffmann - Kroeger, 1933-1940
2
7
Lackland - Lynch, 1931-1940
2
8
Mackenzie - Murry, 1927-1941
2
9
Marchbanks, Lois (Mrs. Clyde), 1938-1941
2
10
Martin, Agnes (Mrs. Albert), 1934-1936
2
11
Nájèra - Norris, 1933-1940
2
12
Obregon - Owens, 1933-1940
2
13
Pabst - Prickett, 1933-1940
2
14
Qualia - Quiroga, 1936-1940
2
15
Race - Ruiz, 1935-1941
3
1
Rowe, Leo Stanton, 1929-1937
3
2
Rowe, Leo Stanton, 1938-1941
3
3
Sacks - Spears, 1930-1940
3
4
Starcke - Sykes, 1936-1941
3
5
Tafolla-Tyler, 1927, 1931-1941
3
6
Upshaw - Uriburu, 1938-1940
3
7
VanDusen - Vickers, 1937-1939
3
8
Valls, John A., 1910-1941
3
9
Vernon, Mabel, 1939-1940
3
10
Walker - Wyth, 1934-1940
3
11
Wickham, Fletcher Ryan, 1934-1940
3
12
Yost - Yzquido, 1934-1937
3
13
Zabre, 1934-1936
4
Correspondence by country
4
1
Argentina, 1936-1940
4
2
Bolivia, 1935-1940
4
3
Brazil, 1933-1940
4
4
Chile, 1933-1940
4
5
Columbia, 1935-1939
4
6
Costa Rica, 1935-1940
4
7
Cuba, 1935-1940
4
8
Dominican Republic, 1930-1940
4
9
El Salvador, 1935-1940
4
10
Ecuador, 1936-1939
4
11
Guatemala, 1934-1939
4
12
Haiti, 1935-1937
4
13
Honduras, 1936-1937
4
14
Mexico, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1932
4
15
Mexico, 1933-1935
4
16
Mexico, 1936-1938
4
17
Mexico, January 1939-June 1939
4
18
Mexico, July 1939-December 1939
4
19
Mexico, 1940-1941
4
20
Mexico, undated
4
21
Nicaragua, 1935-1940
4
22
Peru, 1935-1940
4
23
Panama, 1935-1939
4
24
Paraguay, 1929, 1935-1940
4
25
Puerto Rico, 1938-1940
4
26
Uraguay, 1936-1941
4
27
Venezuela, 1937-1939
5
Correspondence by Round Table
5
1
Austin, 1937-1940
5
2
Beaumont, 1939
5
3
Brownsville, 1937-1940
5
4
El Paso, 1937-1940
5
5
Dallas, 1937-1940
5
6
Laredo, 1937-1940
5
7
McAllen, 1937-1940
5
8
Mexico, 1929, 1933-1934
5
9
Mexico, 1935
5
10
Mexico, 1936
5
11
Mexico, 1937
5
12
Mexico, 1938
5
13
Mexico, 1939
5
14
Mexico, 1940
5
Correspondence by subject
5
15
Menger Hotel, 1940-1941
5
16
Monte Alban Jewels, 1933-34
5
17
Resolutions, 1936-193
5
Subject Files
5
18
Mexico City Pan American Round Table, 1937, 1940, undated
5
19
National and International Pan American Round Table Constitutions, 1931, undated
5
20
Pan American Student Forum, 1933-1936
5
21
Union Continental Femenina, undated
5
22
Union Femenina Ibero-Americana, undated
5
23
Notes, 1922-1939
6
1
Ruth Coit, 1942
6
2
Elvira Guerra (Mrs. Henry), 1944
6
3
Olivia Nolte (Mrs. Walter), 1947
6
4
Mrs. W.S. Randall, 1947-1949
6
Madeline Nelson (Mrs. James Cecil)
6
Correspondence
6
5
General, 1949-1950
6
6
Pan American Union, 1949-1950
6
7
Director, Pan American Round Table ot Texas, 1949-1951
6
8
Simona Wofford (Mrs. Henry), 1956
6
Nana Singer (Mrs. Richard)
6
9
Correspondence, 1957
6
10
Reports, 1957-1959
6
11
Mrs. Louis H. Haring, Jr., 1960
6
12
Florence Korth (Mrs. R. M.), 1961-1963
6
Jane Mosley (Mrs. Austin W.)
6
13
Correspondence, 1963-1965
6
14
Reports, 1963-1965
6
15
Mildred Beasley (Mrs. Fred R.), 1965-1967
6
16
Jean Wilson (Mrs. William), 1967-1968
6
Louise Arnold (Mrs. Kent)
6
17
Correspondence, 1968-1969
6
18
Reports, 1968-1969
6
19
Jane Slavens (Mrs. Stanley), 1970-1971
6
20
Eleanor Armstrong (Mrs. Burton), 1972-1973
6
Elizabeth Rehmann (Mrs. Edward)
6
21
Correspondence, 1973-1975
6
22
Report, 1973-1975
6
Diane Dupré (Mrs. Daniel)
6
Correspondence
6
23
General, 1975-1976
6
24
Restoration of Florence Terry Griswold's grave, 1975-1976
6
Barbara McCluer (Mrs. N.E.)
6
25
Correspondence, 1976-1977
6
26
Reports, 1976-1977
6
Thriza Guttman (Mrs. Herman)
6
Correspondence
6
27
General, 1977-1979
6
28
Pan American Round Table of Texas, 1977-1979
6
29
Reports, 1977-1979
7
Louise Arnold (Mrs. Kent)
7
Correspondence
7
1
General, 1979-1981
7
2
Pan American Round Table of Texas, 1979-1981
7
3
Reports, 1980-1981
7
Sally Crawford (Mrs. T. H.)
7
4
Correspondence, 1981-1983
7
5
Reports, 1981-1983
7
Jurema Uzdavines (Mrs. Edmond)
7
Correspondence
7
6
General, 1983-1985
7
7
Pan American Round Table of Texas, 1983-1984
7
8
Reports, 1983-1985
7
9
Audreyjane Castro (Mrs. Charles), 1986
7
Claire Garrecht (Brig. Gen. (Ret.))
7
10
Correspondence, 1987-1989
7
11
Reports, 1987-1989
7
Corresponding Secretary
7
12
Mrs. Austin Mosley (Jane), 1961-1962
7
13
Mrs. Lester Whipple, 1964-1965
7
14
Reports, 1977-1981
7
15
General Correspondence, 1921-1980
7
Parlimentarian
7
16
Report
7
Treasurer
7
17
Correspondence, 1939, 1950-1990
7
18
Working Papers, 1975-1988
7
19
Stock Certificates, 1976-1984
8
1-5
Reports, 1933-1951, 1965-1990
23
9-10Cash Books, 1979-1986
8
Delegate to Alliance Meeting
8
6
Report to Convention, 1970-72, 1982
8
7
Report on Convention, 1988
8
Delegate to State Convention
8
8
Report on San Antonio Activities, 1933-1949, 1981
8
9
Report on Convention, 1930, 1940, 1951, 1983
Executive Board of Directors
Minutes recording the decisions Executive Board of Directors are the bulk of this series. Reoccurring issues are expenditures and membership.
Arranged by type of material, and organized chronologically.
8
10
Agendas, 1976
8
11-14
Minutes1933, 1949, 1964-1989
Membership Meetings
Minutes are the bulk of this series. Within the minutes are the reports of the committees relating information regarding activities, the health of members, and finances. The minutes also document resolutions considered for approval.
Arranged by meeting, and organized chronologically.
8
Business Meetings
8
15
Agendas, 1950-1979
8
16-17
Minutes, 1921, 1933, 1937-1938, 1949-1950, 1968-1989
8
18
Luncheon Meeting Minutes, 1967-1974
Committees
There are eighteen committees represented in this series and include membership, fine arts, archives, program, etc. Correspondence, minutes, reports, and notes comprise the bulk of the material in the series. The largest sub-series is the Program Committee which contains materials documenting the commemoration of Pan American Day in San Antonio and dedication of the Pan American tablet at the International Bridge in Laredo, TX. Also of note are the working papers and reports of the Scholarship Committee include biographical information on scholarship recipients, and data on financial disbursements.
Arranged by committee, and organized chronologically.
9
Archives Committee
9
1
Correspondence, 1957, 1973
9
2
Historian/Archivist Report, 1979-1989
9
3
Historians Notes, undated
9
Convention Committee
9
4
Pan American Round Table of Texas, 1979
9
Courtesy
9
5
Reports, 1966, 1974-1985
9
6
Correspondence, 1949, undated
9
7
Custodian Report, 1977-1989
9
8
Fine Arts Committee Reports, 1981-1989
9
9
Friendship Committee Reports, 1983-1984
9
Liason Committee
9
10
Correspondence, 1973-1975
9
11
Reports, 1978-1988
9
12
Library Committee Working Papers, 1947-1951
9
Membership Committee
9
Correspondence
9
13
1921-1950
9
14
1974-1979
9
15
1980-1988, undated
9
16
Reports, 1977-1989
9
17
Business Records, 1974-1977
9
18
Attendance Records, 1950-1951
9
19
Rosters, 1979-1987, undated
9
20
Notification Committee Reports, 1975-1987
9
21
Nominating Committee Reports, 1980-1985, undated
9
Program Committee
9
Correspondence
9
22
1932-1934, 1950
9
23
1973-1989
9
Working Papers
9
24
1925-1935
9
25
1941-1950
9
26
1973-1987
9
Subject Files
9
27
New World Flag, 1942-1943
10
1
Foreign Trade, 1940s
10
2
Mexico City Pan American Round Table, Convention Schedules, 1964, 1966, 1983
10
2
Program Committee
10
3
Reports, 1973-1989
10
4
Meetings, 1983-1986
10
5
Schedules of Events, 1978-1988
10
6
Programs and Invitations, 1926-1989
10
Pan American Day
10
7
1934, 1936
16
7
Austin, 1937
16
7
San Antonio, 1936
10
8
1938, 1950
10
9
1968
10
10
1974
10
11
1979-1983
10
12
Essay Contest, 1934
16
11
Dedication of the Pan American Tablet at the International Bridge, Laredo, TX, 1935
10
13
Do you know the country you represent?, undated
10
14
Installation of Officers, 1971, 1979, 1983
10
15
Poster Contest, 1964
10
1
Restoration of Florence Terry Griswold's Grave, 1976
10
17
Girl Scout Conference, 1968
10
18
Protocal Committee Report, undated
10
Publicity Committee
10
19
Working Papers, 1974-1981
10
20
Reports, 1983
10
21
Revisions Committee Report, 1980
10
Scholarship Committee
10
22
Working Papers, 1963-1988
10
23
Griswold Fund, 1955-1957
10
24
Reports, 1967-1989
10
25
Telephone Reports, 1983, undated
10
Yearbook Committee
10
26
Reports, 1977-1989
10
27
Memo, undated
Printed Material
This series is the second largest in the collection and includes a wide range of formats and subject mater. Included are materials such as yearbooks and newsletters created by the Pan American Round Table of San Antonio, and a vast collection of bulletins, booklets, magazines, songbooks, press releases, proclamations, certificates, and invitations collected by the organization. The near complete run of yearbooks document the membership and annual activities of the organization. The collected materials of note are the numerous publications from the Pan American Union, and materials in Spanish from Latin American countries. Many of these documents provide information on political, social and economic situations in and attitudes toward Latin America and Mexico in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Some items of note in this series are individually cataloged.
Arranged by form, organized chronologically.
11
1-5
Yearbook Materials, 1918-1924
11
Yearbooks
11
6
1927-1928, 1928-1929
11
7
1930-1931, 1931-1932
11
8
1933-1934, 1934-1935
11
9
1935-1936, 1936-1937
11
10
1939-1940, 1940-1941
11
11
1941-1942, 1946-1947
11
12
1949-1950, 1957-1958
11
13
1958-1959, 1959-1960
11
14
1960-1961, 1962-1963
11
15
1963-1964, 1964-1965
11
16
1965-1966, 1967-1968
11
17
1968-1969, 1969-1970
11
18
1970-1971, 1971-1972
11
19
1972-1973, 1975-1976
11
20
1976-1977, 1978-1979
11
21
1979-1980, 1980-1981
11
22
1981-1982, 1982-1983
11
23
1983-1984, 1984-1985
11
24
1985-1986, 1987-1988
11
25
1988-1989, 1989-1990
11
26
1990-1991, 1992-1993
11
27
1993-1994
12
Newsletters
12
1
Table Talk, San Antonio PART, 1980-1988
12
2
Saludos, Mexico PART, 1960
12
Bulletins
14
34
Report on the Women's Auxiliary Conference of the Second Pan American Scientific Congress, 1916
12
5
Women's Auxiliary Committee of the U.S. of the Second Pan American Scientific Congress, 1921
14
39
Second Women's Pan-American Conference, Third Pan-American Scientific Congress, Lima, 1924
14
31
Consejo Nacional de Mujeres del Peru, January & April 1927
13
19
Institute of International Education:Fourteenth Annual Report of the Director, 1933
14
4
Boletín Vial Panamericano, June-July 1936
14
American Nation Series, 1936
14
40
Honduras, no. 12
14
40
Panama, no. 15
14
40
Peru, no 17
12
Memoranda on International Problems
12
6
An Interview with Col. Fulgencio Batista, 1939
15
16
[Cuba], vol. 1, no. 12, 1939
15
3
Boletín Bibliografico Mexicano, 1940
14
36
Boletín Linotípico, 1940
14
Del Instituto Chileno Norte Americano de Cultura
14
32
May 1941
12
7
June 1941, September 1941
14
1
Agriculture in the Americas, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1941
16
8
Boletin, Mesa Redonda Panamericana de Lima, 1967
12
Booklets
12
8
Profirio Diaz and the Future of Mexico, by El Licenciado Verdad, 1909
15
22
Reglamento General de la Asociacion Mexicana de la Cruz Roja, 1914
15
12
The Trouble In Mexico and Its Only Solution, by Zeferino Dominguez, 1914
15
30
Article 27 and the Mexican Farm, Association of American Owners of Land in Mexico, [1921]
14
33
The Call of South America: An Authoritative Statement of Fact, by John Barrett, 1922
16
24
Derechos Civiles de la Mujer y Ley de Relaciones Familiares, by G. Sofia Villa de Buentello, 1923
13
20
The Black Czar: Plutarco Elias Calles, Bolshevik Dictator of Mexico, by Fancisco Gomez del Rey & Hernan Diaz, 1928
15
19
Las Objeciones al Convenio Montes de Oca-Lamont, Salvador Mendoza, 1931
15
1
Relaciones Internacionales Iberoamericanas, Embajada de México en España, 1931
14
35
Elo Fraternal: Dedicado Aos Jovens, Vinculo Internacional de Amizade, 1934
14
38
First Annual Report of the Inter American Commecial Arbitration Commission, 1935
13
16
A Study Outline of the Hispanic Countries, The Pan American Student Forum, Dallas #1, 1935
15
4
Three Americas, The Committeee on Cultural Relations with Latin America, vol. 1, no. 1-2, 1935
15
26
Foreign Trade Series, El Salvador, 1935
15
26
Foreign Trade Series, Venezuela, 1936
13
23
Un Vuelo Hacia La Amistad, by the Pan American League, 1936
12
9
Educational Trends in Latin America, 1936-1937, by Ernesto Galarza, [1937]
12
10
Promotional tract about San Antonio and PART, [1937]
16
17
Objectivo y Bases de Organizacion de los Consejos Nacionales… Union de Mujeres Americanas, Inc., 1937
13
4
Mexico y su Petroleo, by F. Bach & M. De La Peña, 1938
13
15
An Adventure in Friendship, The Pan American League, 1941
13
5
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1941
15
18
Credo de Libertad: La Constitución y Otros Documentos Históricos de los Estados Unidas, 1951
12
11
A Homage to Mrs. Rosaura Quesada de Martinez Garza, by Marg-Riette Montgomery, 1956
12
12
Operation Amigos, Comite Norteamericano Pro-Mexico, A.C., 1956
12
13
A Brief History of the Pan American Round Table, Diamond Anniversary 1916-1991, PART of San Antonio, 1991
16
Magazines
16
Dominican Republic
16
3
October 1934, February 1937, February 1938, May 1938
16
4
February - April, August 1939
14
5
Lands of Romance: Travel Topics of the New World, 1937
15
15
Modern Mexico, vol. XVII, no. 8, 1945
13
6
Pan American, November 1923; May, September, December 1924
12
15
Revista Aerea Latino Americano, 1942
13
8
Tiempo, July 1942
13
22
Universidad: Mensual de Cultura Popular, August 1936, September 1936
15
23
Cidade Maravilhosa: Rio de Janeiro, 1955
12
Articles
12
16
Contemporary Pan American Paintings Exhibited at Baltimore Museum of Art, Pan American Magazine, 1931
12
17
Argentine-Brazilian Rapprochement Pan American Union, undated
15
8
The Real Trujillo: An Appraisal of the Trujillo Administration in the Dominican Republic, by H. Murray-Jacoby, The Daily Record, 1938
12
Legislation
12
19
Texas House Bill 573
12
20
Resolutions, 1920, 1930-1939, 1989
12
Press Releases
12
21
Pan American Round Table, San Antonio, [1935]
14
37
The [U.S.] Department of State, 1936
12
22
National Defense Council, 1941
12
23
Office of Emergency Management, 1941
12
Proclamations
12
24
1930-1976
24
51940
27
Oversize: 1991-92
12
25
Invitations from other organizations, 1921-1950, undated
12
26
Certificates, 1960-1991, undated
12
27
Poems, undated
13
Vertical Files
13
10
Dominican Republic, political and historical information, 1938
13
11
Latin America: Books for Young Readers, American Library Association, 1941
13
12
Libros:Revista bibliografica Americana, 1940
13
12
Pan American Union Country Pamplets
14
9
Panamericanismo, Pan American Association, vol. 1, no. 2, 4, 5, 7, & vol. 2, no. 2, 1941-1942
15
13
Colonial Mexico, vol. 1, no. 1, 1933
15
14
Seventh American Scientific Congress, Mexico, 1935
15
20
Pathfinder: A News Review of World Affairs, February 1939
15
29
Primer Congreso Internacional de Comercio de la Cuidad de Mexico, 1921
16
2
La Proteccion a la Infancia en Mexico, undated
16
5
Mexico?, Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 1926
16
6
Eigth Annual Yearbook, Pan American Student Forum, Dallas Chapter #1, 1935-1936
16
18
Inter-American Conference, Southern California, 1941
16
20
Resolutions, Columbia PART, 1960
16
22
Weekly News Sheet, Publicity Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, 1935
16
23
Codigo de Moral Eugenica, Sociedad Mexicana de Eugenesia, undated
16
25
Actividades Culturales de la Mesa Redonda Panamerican de Managua, 1967
16
27
Tourist information, various locales, 1937, undated
12
Pan American Union Publications
12
14
Activities of the Division of Intellectual Cooperation During the Year 1931-1932, 1932
12
3
Draft Project of Treaty on the Creation of the Association of American Nations, [1936]
15
11
Project of Treaty on the Creation of the Association of American Nations, [1936]
14
Pan American Union
16
28
May 1937
14
14
November 1938
13
2
Bulletin of the Pan American Union, November 1938
16
16
Cuidad Trujillo, American City Series, 1938
12
4
The Pan American Bookshelf, 1938
13
9
The Pan American Union in the Field of Inter-American Cultural Relations: A Memorandum, by Concha Romero James, 1938
14
2
Report on…Eighth International Conference of American States, Lima Peru, 1938
13
7
The Americas: A Panoramic View, 1939
15
7
Contributions to the Intellectual Life of the Western Hemisphere 1890-1940, 1940
13
21
Pan American Union, 1890-1940, by L.S. Rowe, 1940
15
21
Panorama: A Record of Inter-American Cultural Events, 1942
12
18
Folk Songs and Dances of the Americas, Pan American Union, 1951
14
Pan American Union Country Pamplets
14
10
Argentina, 1952
14
11
Bolivia, 1955
14
12
Brazil, 1953
14
13
Chile, 1950
14
14
Columbia, 1952
14
15
Costa Rica, 1955
14
16
Cuba, 1955
14
17
Dominican Republic, 1951
14
18
Ecuador, 1954
14
19
El Salvador, 1953
14
20
Guatemala, 1950
14
21
Haiti, 1954
14
22
Honduras, 1953
14
23
Mexico, 1952
14
24
Nicaragua, 1950
14
25
Panama, 1955
14
26
Paraguay, 1954
14
27
Peru, 1946
14
28
Uruguay, 1954
14
29
Venezuela, 1953
14
30
The Inter-American Way of Life, 1953
15
24
Annals of the Organization of American States, vol. VI, no. 3, 1954
16
19
Catalogue of Pan American Union Publications in English, Portuguese and French, Pan American Union, 1954
13
13
Organization of American States: A Handbook for Use in Schools, Colleges, and Adult Study Groups, by Margaret Kiser, 1955
13
14
The Organization of American States and the United Nations, by Manuel Canyes, 1955
15
25
The Pan American Confederation for Highway Education, undated
13
18
Inter-American Highlights, 1890-1940, by William Manger, undated
15
2
Pan American Union, the Organization of American States in Action, undated
13
Pan American Day
15
5
Pan America Celebrates: A Pageant, by Mabel Kunkel, 1935
15
6
Simon Bolivar, The Liberator: A Pageant Drama, 1935
13
24
Americans All: A Pageant for Parent-Teachers Association, 1935
14
3
The Meaning of Pan American Day, Pan American Union, undated
15
9
The Americas, Pan American Union, undated
15
10
A Primer of Pan Americanism, by Sister Mary St. Patrick McConville, 1937
Speeches
The bulk of the speeches are from the 1930s and 1940s. The orators for whom there are more than one speech are Florence Terry Griswold, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Louis Galdames, Angelina Elizondo de Garcia Naranjo and Romeyn Wormuth. There is no indication of how many of the speeches came to be among the records of PART, though the topics are all related to Inter-American interests. Of particular note are Griswold's speeches which detail her expectations and desires for PART, the speeches about the role of women in Pan Americanism, Galdames' speech honoring the centenary of the birth of Don Eugenio Maria de Hostos, and the speeches about Mexico in the late 1930s.
Arranged by orator, chronologically, and by title.
16
Florence Terry Griswold
16
29
Mexico and the United States, 1922
16
30
Pan Americanism, 1932
16
31
Untitled, [Delivered on Pan American Day], 1934
16
32
Untitled, [Delivered in Mexico City], 1938
16
33
Pan Americanism, undated
16
34
Pan American Round Table, undated
16
35
Untitled, undated
16
36
Untitled, undated
16
37
Untitled, undated
17
Franklin D. Roosevelt
17
1
Remarks by the President at Fort Francis E. Warren Cheyenne, Wyoming., October 11, 1936
17
2
Address of the President of the United States to the Brazilian Congress at Rio de Janeiro, November 27, 1936
17
3
Speech of the President at Montevideo, December 3, 1936
17
Louis Galdames
17
4
Brief Biographical Sketch of De Hostos, 1938
17
5
Breve Semblanza de Hostos, 1938
17
Angelina Elizondo de Garcia Naranjo
17
6
Untitled, 1938
17
7
Untitled, 1939
17
Romeyn Wormuth
17
8
Untitled,, 1934
17
9
The Two Great Liberators--Washington and Bolivar, 1938
13
Assorted
Arranged chronologically.
14
41
Latin American Commercial Possibilities, the Obstacles Encountered and How They May be Overcome, by Hon. Ricardo Villafranca, 1910
17
10
The League of Nations, by Senator Albert Fall, 1919
14
42
La Fiesta de la Raza and Cómo debe ser la mujer si quiere ser feminista, by C. Trejo Lerdo de Tejada, 1922
17
11
Citizenship, 1922
13
17
Discursos en el Teatro Nacional Panama, by Don Aníbal Ríos D. & Florencio Harmodio Arosemana, 1928
15
17
Cuba and Sugar Stabilization, by Thomas L. Chadbourne, 1931
17
12
The Answer to Those Who Don't Like Isolation…, by Senator Dennis Chavez, [1932]
15
27
Discursos Pronunciados en el acto Inaugural por el Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, General Lazaro Cardenas, 1935
17
13
Untitled, by Edward L. Reed, 1935
17
14
Untitled, by Sr. Torreblanco, 1935
17
15
Untitled, by Senator Abel Chemont, [1936]
17
16
Recent Developments in Brazil, 1937
17
17
Untitled, Delivered in Lima, Peru by Alfred M. Landon, December 1938
15
28
Messages to the Mexican Nation on the Oil Question, by Lazaro Cardenas, 1938
17
18
Solidarity of the Americas, by Thomas Portwood, 1939
13
3
Educational and Civic Activities of the Women of Mexico, by Emilia Enriquez de Rivera, 1939
17
19
Untitled, by T.L. White, 1939
17
20
Pan American Student Forum / Foro Estudiantel Panamericana, by Fletcher Ryan Wickham, 1939
17
21
The Western Hemisphere Speaks to the World, by Arthur Domangue, 1940
13
National and International Problems Series, Department of State for Foreign Affairs, Mexico, 1941
13
1
The Mexican Soldier and the Destiny of the Americas
13
1
Panamerican Friendship
13
1
To the Second National Congress of the C.T.M
13
1
To the 1941 Graduating Class of Teachers
17
22
Untitled, [1940s]
17
23
Memorial Program for Mrs. Griswold, by Mrs. J. Tom Williams, 1941
17
24
The Pan Americanism of Belief or Pan Americanism of Convenience?, by Philip A. Kazan, 1947
17
25
Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication Cermonies of Women's Pavilion Hemisfair, 1968
17
Orator unknown
Alphabetical by title.
17
26
Acceptance of the Flag of the Americas, by J.C. Cochran, undated
17
27
Cooperating with the Pan American Union, E.H. Sparkman, undated
17
28
Maya Sculpture Rescued from the Jungle, by J. Alden Mason, undated
17
29
Our Relations with Latin American, undated
17
30
The Pan American Woman, undated
17
31
Women's Sphere in Pan Americanism, by Rev. Eugene Sugranes, CMF, undated
17
32
Untitled, [by member of Union Femenina Ibero-Americana], undated
17
33
Untitled, [by president of Union Femenina Ibero-Americana], undated
17
34
Untitled, [incomplete], undated
Events
The bulk of this series is comprised of materials related to the organization of the celebration in San Antonio to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of the Pan American Round Table. Reservations document countries and persons participating in the celebration.
Arranged by subject and form, organized chronologically.
17
35
Pan American Cinema Institute, 1967
17
Diamond Jubilee
36
Correspondence, 1991
17
37
Notes
17
Reservations
17
38
General
17
Texas
17
39
Austin - Fort Worth
17
40
Harlingen - Waco
1741
California
1742
New Mexico
1743
Mexico
1744
Dominican Republic
1745
Peru
1746
Cancelled
Newspaper Clippings
Articles from San Antonio papers, and from other papers in Texas and Mexico document in Spanish and English the activities of the Pan American Round Table and it members. These clippings illuminate the involvement and prominence of PART members in actively promoting friendly relations with Latin American countries, and initiating means of better educating San Antonians about Spanish speaking countries in the Americas. Of note are articles from 1921 regarding a PART trip to Mexico City, from the 1950s regarding the Good Neighbor Commission, and the continuous mention of PART on the Club and Society pages of the local newspapers.
Arranged chronologically.
23
1
Removed from yearbooks, undated
23
2
1920s -1930s
23
3
1940s
23
4
1950s
23
5
1960s
23
6
1970s
23
7
1980s
23
8
undated
27
Oversize: October 20, 1939
Photographs
Pictures of attendees at various meetings.
23
11-14Miscellaneous
23
15Pan American Installation of Officers, May 1981
24
10Negatives
Ephemera
Signature books, a flag, ribbons, stamps, a video and other mementos.
24
3Guest Book, 1923-1932
24
4Map of Pan American Round Table – Texas Locations, 1953
24
6Postage stamps, 1992
24
7Pins, Ribbons, and printed materials, 1933, 1935, 1939, undated
24
8Pan American Round Table of San Antonio Yearbook, 1999-2000
24
9Pan American Round Table of San Antonio Reading Ro