Denna Frank Fleming Papers
Addition MSS 706
Arranged and described by Molly Dohrmann Spring/Summer 2009
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Jean and Alexander Heard Library
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The Denna Frank Fleming Papers - Addition
This Addition to the Denna Frank Fleming Papers came to Vanderbilt University Special Collections after the death of Mrs. Doris Fleming in 1989. It measures 4.26 linear feet and is contained in 7 full Hollinger boxes and one oversize box and covers the years 1893 - 1989. It completes the Denna Frank Fleming Papers which were given to Vanderbilt in February 1981, and which measure 7.55 cubic feet, 21 Hollinger boxes.
These papers include materials from several areas of his life and work - those of teacher, writer, political scientist, concerned citizen, husband, friend, and colleague.
Scope and Content Note for the Addition – the Series
The Correspondence includes personal letters, letters with publishers, and testimonial letters both before and after his death.
Personal and Biographical materials includes a narrative of Fleming’s life written by his wife Doris S. Fleming; memorials by colleagues and friends, tributes at the memorial service with the order of service, and other items dating from his birth.
Academic Career papers include correspondence with Vanderbilt University administration, announcements of his lectures, conferences, and other professional activities, and papers by a former student J. Louis Adams.
The Writings series includes material on books, articles, addresses, scripts of radio broadcasts, reviews and an extensive collection of comments by others about Fleming’s publications and radio broadcasts.
Publications are comprised of a small number of publications by others.
The Subject Files contain collections of papers on the D.F. Fleming - Johns Committee Affair, 1961, his conflict with James Maddox, his collection of materials about Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War, and other topics of interest to Dr. Fleming over his long career as a professor and political scientist.
Photographs and Slides include images from his many travels and personal photographs of Dr.
Fleming and his wife Doris.
The Memorabilia is contained in one oversize box of keepsake items belonging to Dr. Fleming and includes a Distinquished Service Award from the Nashville Chapter United Nations
Association, May 17, 1977; a plaque with program from the Appreciation Dinner honoring Fleming at Belmont United Methodist Church, May 17, 1977; his Phi Beta Kappa key ( alpha of Tennessee,1940); his gold and enamel 50 year Masonic pin (square and compass), and his 1928
gold Phi Kappa Phi key (University of Illinois collegiate honor society for all disciplines). Other keepsake items include a small army issue New Testament, and a collection of first day issues for the United Nations Association, 1971.
Biographical Chronology for D.F. Fleming
1893
Born in Paris, Illinois to Albert and Eleanor McCormick Fleming, March 25
1905 - 1912
Eastern Illinois State College
1912 - 1914
Principal of High School, Hume, Illinois
1916
High School Teacher, Freeport, Illinois A.B., University of Illinois
1917
High School Teacher, Walla Walla, Washington
1918
Aircraft Machine Gun Instructor in France
1919 - 1921
Superintendent of Schools, Tonica, Illinois
1920
A.M., University of Illinois
1921 - 1922
Superintendent of Schools, Colfax, Illinois
1922 - 1923
Assistant Professor, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
1923 - 1924
Associate Professor, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
1924 - 1927
Professor & Head of Department, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
1926 - 1927
Summer Instructor, Iowa State Teachers College
1928
Ph.D., University of Illinois
1928 - 1930
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
1929
Married Doris Sigrid Anundsen, June 29
1930
The Treaty Veto of the American Senate
1930 - 1938
Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University
1932 - 1933
Penfield Traveling Scholar. Attended Disarmament Convention in Geneva
1932
Published The United States and the League of Nations, 1918 - 1920
1934 - 1937
Columnist for The Tennessean
1935
Attended talks on the Ethiopian Crisis, Geneva
1938
Professor, Vanderbilt; in London during the Munich Crisis; Published The United States and World Organization, 1920 -1933
1938 - 1939
Penfield Traveling Scholar
1937 - 1947
Commentator on foreign affairs for WSM Radio Station, Nashville, Tennessee
1940 - 1951
Head of the Political Science Department, Vanderbilt University
1941
President of the Southern Political Science Association
1943
Vice-President of the American Political Science Association
1943
Can We Win the Peace 1944
While America Slept 1944 - 1946
Radio Commentator, Woodrow Wilson Foundation
1945
Published The United States and the World Court. Founded the Nashville chapter of the Association for the United Nations
1946
Member of Bernard Baruch's staff in the State Department during the atomic energy negotiations with the U.S.S.R.
1946, 1948 - 49
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
1949
Honorary degree, Pe.D., Eastern Illinois University
1950 - 1955
Board of Directors, Woodrow Wilson Foundation
1951
Research Professor, Vanderbilt University
1952 - 1960
Columnist for Classmate (Methodist Publication)
1954 - 1957
Executive Council, The American Association of University Professors
1954
Fulbright Lecturer, Cambridge University
1956
Delegate to the Fifth National Conference of the U.S. National Convention for UNESCO for the AAUP
1956 - 1962
Columnist for the British Weekly
1957
Phi Beta Kappa Associates
1959 - 1960
Fulbright Lecturer, School of International Studies, New Delhi, India
1961
Retired from Vanderbilt University, published The Cold War and Its Origins, Vol. I, 1917 - 1950, Vol. II, 1950 - 1960
1964
Visiting Lecturer, University of Arizona, Tucson
1965
Visiting Lecturer, California State College at Los Angeles
1966
Visiting Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson
1968
Published The Origins and Legacies of World War I
1969
Visiting Professor, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia
1969
America’s Role in Asia 1970
Taught at Middle Tennessee State University
1972
Published Issues of Survival
1975
Distinquished Alumni Award, Eastern Illinois University
1980
Died September 03, age 87, in Nashville
Container List Box 1
Correspondence - Outgoing
1. September 30, 1940 - December 1, 1970 2. January 18, 1971 - November 15, 1971
3. 1932; 1980 - 1981 from Doris S. Fleming (on the death of DFF)
Correspondence - Incoming
4. Ballard, Hoyt B.
Barber, Willard Brands, Maarten C.
Burnie, Nadreen Capouya, Emile Colyer, Dorothy Compton, John Crabb
Durham, Anna 5. Farnen, Russell, Jr.
Fleming, Doris 6. Gundy, H. Pearson Haefele, Marc Holloway, James Y.
Holmes Jamison, Bill Johnson, Victor Jones, Neal O.
Kendall, L. M.
Kominsky, Morris MacInnes, E.D.
7. Manfred, Ernest F.
Manton, Thomas B.
Martin, Dan M.
Miller, J. W.
Miller, W. T.
Monypenny, Phillip Moore, Lewis E., Jr.
The Nation
Ransom, Steve (for Shepardson) Read, Harry
Reed, Forrest F.
Ruggie, John Gerard 8. Schick, Franz B.
Scott, David Sills, Joe Byrns Smith, Jessica Smith, Robert H.
Swint, Henry Lee
United Nations Association Ward, James E.
Weaver, E.E.
9. Fleming Family letters
10.Following the Death of D.F. Fleming, September 3, 1980 11.From Friends at the Death of D.F. Fleming
12.From Chantal and Ole ( last name unknown) 13.Not identified
14.With George Allen and Unwin Ltd., Publishers, 1967 - 1972 15.Doris Fleming with Louise Vidaud de Flaud, October 1983 - 1985
Personal and Biographical
16.Affidavit concerning the birth of Denna Frank Fleming, March 25, 1893 17.Honorable discharge from the United States Army, February 12, 1917
18.University of Illinois - final examination of Denna F. Fleming for the Ph.D., May 31, 1928 with summary of his thesis: The Ratification of Treaties
19.Wedding announcement, June 29, 1929; newspaper announcement “D. F. Fleming Married”
20. Article about Fleming, “Intellectual Approach to Circulation Growth Proves Valid in Nashville, August 10, 1935;
Notebook, 1945
21.Honorary degree Eastern Illinois State College, 1948 22.Letters of appreciation, 1952
23.Notes for an interview 1961
24.Excerpt from an article by Lamar Alexander, editor of the Vanderbilt Hustler, November 3, 1961
25.Article on D.F. Fleming “Academic Freedom and Tenure: The University of South Florida” reprinted from AAUP Bulletin, the Spring Issue, 1964
26.Article in The Eastern Alumnus “ A Distinquished Graduate Writes” September 1968 27.Notice of lecture”Can the Extinction of Man Be Averted?” 1969
28.Newspaper article “D.F. Fleming Vanderbilt’s First Radical” March 18, 1970 in Vanderbilt Hustler
29.A Year End Letter from the D.F. Flemings - 1971; list of books on China, Japan, and Germany
30.Distinquished Alumni Award Eastern Illinois University, May 11, 1975, newsletter and correspondence
31.Program of UNA/USA Nashville Chapter dinner honoring D.F. Fleming, May 17, 1977 with accompanying testimonial letters
32.Obituary from The Tennessean, September 4, 1980
33.Tribute to Dr. D.F. Fleming at his memorial service September 3, 1980 by Fred Cloud; Harry Howe Ransom; and a former student
34.Order of service, memorial service for D.F. Fleming, September 10, 1980 at Belmont United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee
35.Testimonials by colleagues and friends 36.Testimonials from former students
37.Letters of condolence on the death of D.F. Fleming
38.Program - International Night Celebration dedicated to Dr. D. F. Fleming, October 21, 1980, United Nations Associaton - Nashville Chapter
39.Information for Who’s Who in America, editorial revision sheet, 1980 Information for Contemporary Authors
40.Presidential certificate of honor, 1981 (Jimmy Carter)
41.Letter to Mrs. Fleming from Eastern Illinois University, March 10, 1986 42.Narrative of D.F.F.’s life by Doris Fleming to Steven J. Bucklin, 1988 - 89 43.Data concerning D.F. Fleming
44.Post retirement activity 45.Biographical information
46.Comments on lectures and radio broadcasts 47.Miscellaneous
Box 2
Personal and Biographical
1.Material for a piece on D.F. Fleming (1) Letters from Fleming to Synder, 1928 - 1929 2. Material for a piece on D.F.Fleming (2) Biographical narrative
3. Material for a piece on D.F. Fleming (3)
4. Material for a piece on D.F. Fleming (4) Memorials 5. Material on Albert Fleming and D.F. Fleming
6. Edmonds - Brock Family (Doris Anundsen Fleming) Research Materials”
7. Edmonds - Brock Family Building an investment Portfolio by the Valuator 8. Marriage certificate of Emily A. Brock and Alfred Anundsen, January 23, 1895 9. Items and materials relating to Doris A. Fleming
10. Lists of civic, commerce, and trade organizations 11. Legal documents - contracts with publishers
Academic Career
12. New York Times references to Permanent Court of International Justice Readers Guide references to Permanent Court of International Justice Holograph notes
New York Times article, January 5, 1934 “World Court Vote Held Inopportune”
13. Southeastern International Relations Clubs, Fifteenth Conference at Vanderbilt University, March 4 - 5 , 1938
Norman Wait Harris Memorial Foundation, Sixteenth Institute, The Foundations Of a More Stable World Order, University of Chicago, June 23 to July 3, 1940
14. Correspondence with Vanderbilt University administration, 1938 - 1959
15. Correspondence with Vanderbilt University administration concerning publications and teaching duties and other, 1954; 1963
16. Correspondence concerning the end of his career at Vanderbilt and offer of another Position, 1961 - 62
17. “Twenty-five Assumptions Underlying the American End of the Cold War as They Developed from 1945 to 1952” (posed by D.F. Fleming)
18. Statements about Fleming’s work, 1967; 1968
19. Letters from students - 1945, 1967 20. “What does Russia Want?” an estimate
“Is Communism Just as Bad as Fascism?” A memorandum 21. Announcement of lectures by Fleming at Vanderbilt and other
22. Article - reprint - “Academic Freedom and Tenure: the University of South Florida”
AAUP Bulletin, Spring issue, 1964
23. Student papers – Adams, J. Louis - “Valuation of Property Paid for Stock” for Corporation Finance - Mr. Sowards - Vanderbilt University Law School, August 30, 1947
24. Student Papers - Adams, J. Louis “ Valuation of Property Paid for Stock” for Corporation Finance - Mr. Sowards - Vanderbilt University Law School, August 30, 1947
25.Student Papers - Adams, J. Louis “Valuation of Property Paid for Stock: A Reappraisal” in Miami Law Quarterly, Vol.III, no. 1, December 1948
26. Student Papers - Adams, J. Louis “American Neutrality During the Wars of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era” for Political Science 405a American Foreign Affairs
27. Student Papers - Adams, J. Louis - Research Notes for Political Science 416, April 1946
28. Student Papers - Adams, J. Louis - “Questions and Problems in Insurance” Dr. E. J.
Eberling, Economics 426 Insurance, 1946
29. Student Papers/Publications - Adams, J. Louis - Old Purdy:the History of the First County Seat of McNairy County, Tennessee, 1952
30. Books removed from the Fleming Collection to Central Library Vanderbilt University 31. Copies of “Declaration of Independence” and “A Bill of Rights - Constitution of the United States”
32. Business and Public Administration: A New Program at Vanderbilt University
Box 3
Academic Career
1. Student Papers - Adams, J. Louis - for courses at Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN, 1939 - 1941; Shenandoah College, Dayton, Virginia, 1941 - 1943
2. Student Papers - Adams, J. Louis - Political Science, Government and Business, Constitutional Law, Insurance, Summer Term at Vanderbilt University, June 10
August 23, 1946
3. Student Papers - Adams, J. Louis - Political Science, Summer Term 1946
Box 4
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Books - America’s Role in Asia
1. Correspondence with publishers, reviews, royalty statements 2. Reviews
Writings by D. F. Fleming - Books - Can We Win the Peace?
3. Press comments and press releases
Writings by D. F. Fleming - Books - The Cold War and Its Origins, 1917 - 1960 4. Correspondence with publishers January 23, 1967 - October 25, 1967 5. Correspondence with publishers, November 6, 1967 - January 30, 1968 6. Review and correspondence concerning review by John L. Snell in American
Historical Review, January 19, 1963 7. Reviews
Barraclough, Geoffrey in The Nation, December 2, 1961
Benson, Oliver in The Annals of the American Academy, July, 1962 Berding, Andrew in Washington, D.C. Star, November 26, 1961 Delzell, Charles F. in Nashville Banner, December 15, 1961 DuBoff, Richard B. in The Nation, March 6, 1967
8. Reviews
Fremont-Smith, Eliot in The New York Times, May 2, 1968
Goff, Martyn in The Times Literary Supplement, September 15, 1961 Graebner, Norman A. in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist,
9. Reviews
Halperin, S. William in Chicago Sunday Tribune, November 26, 1961 10.Reviews
Houghton, Neal D. in The Western Political Quarterly
McKitterick, T. E. M. in The Political Quarterly of London, Vol. 33, 1962 Roberts, Henry L. in The New York Times, December 24, 1961
11. Reviews
Schuman, Frederick L. in New World Review, February, 1962
Thursby, Vincent V. in The Journal of Politics, Vol. 24, October 1962 12. Comments from the Press
13. Three letters received in late July 1963 14. Early Press Excerpts
15. Comments on the First Printing 16. Review Excerpts - Second Series 17. Review Excerpts - Third Series 18. Third Series - Excerpts from letters 19. Third Series - Excerpts from letters 20. Fourth Series - Excerpts from letters 21. Sixth Series - Excerpts from letters 22. Comments from reviews
23. Excerpts from the British Press 24. Excerpts from letters
25. Excerpts from later letters 26. Other reviews
27. Recent comments 28. Excerpts from reviews 29. Comments, August, 1967
30. Statement by Dr. Arnold Toynbee; statement by Philip Noel - Baker 31. An evaluation by James Avery Joyce in End of an Illusion
32. Letter to Editor, Slavic Review, September 1963 concerning review by William Henry Chamberlin in September 1962
Writings by D. F. Fleming - Books - Does Deterrence Deter?
33. A Study and Commentary in The Beyond Deterrence Series, Copyright 1962, American Friends Service Committee
Writings by D. F. Fleming - Books - The Origins and Legacies of World War I 34. Correspondence with publishers, November 8, 1967 - August 26, 1968 35. Letter in New York Times, February 23, 1969 from D.F. Flemig concerning a Review by Gordon Craig
36. Comments compiled by publisher Doubleday; comments by Gunnar Myrdal and Arnold Toynbee
37. Reviews by others: “Fifty Years Later and Still no Armistice” by Arnold J.
Toynbee in Washington Post Book World, November 10, 1968
Writings by D. F. Fleming - Books - Stages in the Cold War - Essays, 1945 - 1965
38. Introduction by Robert M. Hutchins and accompanying letter, September 8, 1967
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Books - The Treaty Veto of the American Senate 39. Comments by the Press
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Books - The United States and the League of Nations, 1918 - 1920
40. Correspondence with publishers Russell and Russell 41. Comments (1932)
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Books - The United States and the World Court 42. Correspondence - Incoming
Jones, Rupert, March 6, 1945
Schriftgiesser, Karl, January 29, 1945 43. Reviews
Anderson, Stanley in Cleveland Press, February 6, 1945
Kenkrick, Alexander in Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 1945 MacIver, R. M. in New York Times Book Review, March 4. 1945 Reynolds, Morgan in Nashville Banner, February 21, 1945
Schriftgiesser, Karl in Newsweek, February 12, 1945; Tennessean, February 25, 1945; Washington Post, February 26, 1945
Witherspoon, Frances in Herald Tribune, February 25, 1945 44. Comments of reviewers and press releases
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Books - The United States and the World Organization, 1920 - 1933 (1938)
45. Comments by reviewers
46. Review of 3 books by Fleming: The United States and
the World Organization, The United States and the League of Nations; The Origins and Legacies of World War
Farnen, Russell F. , Jr. in Nashville Banner, December 27, 1968 Thursby, Vincent V. in The Journal of Politics, Vol. 31, 1969 47. Review by of six books by Fleming
Parks, Norman L. in The Nation, February 3, 1969
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Radio Broadcasts - America and the World Crisis 48. Comments, 1940 - 1944
49. Comments from 30 states on broadcasts by Fleming from Station WSM, Nashville, Tennessee
50. Comments, May 16, 1040 - December 23, 1945 (56 pages ) 51. Selected comments, May 29, 1940 - April 27, 1944
52. Listener comments, June 1944 - March 1945
53. Comments by listeners, February 9, 1940 - September 7, 1943
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Radio Broadcasts - “How Can We Make the Victory Stick?”
54. A Series of Thirteen Radio Broadcasts by Dr. Denna F. Fleming, March, 1945 55. Script with accompanying materials - stations carrying the broadcasts and
comments of radio station managers, October - December 1945
Writings by D. F. Fleming - Radio Broadcasts - “The Middle East Crisis”
56.Typescript
Writings by D. F. Fleming - Radio Broadcasts - “Undercurrents and Current Events”
57.Typescript of a broadcast on WSM Radio Station, Sunday, June 11, 1944 Writings by D. F. Fleming - Radio Broadcasts - While America Slept (1944)
58. Comments of reviewers and press releases 59. Reviews
Brock, H. I. in The New York Times Book Review, March 5, 1944 Edstrom, Ed in Louisville Courier Journal, March 5. 1944
Harris, Sydney Justin in Chicago Daily News, March 15, 1944 Reynolds, Morgan in Nashville Banner, February 23, 1944
(Recordings of many of these broadcasts are in boxes 25 and 26 of the Radio
Recording Collection housed at 21 North Archives Annex for Vanderbilt University. A listing of the items in these boxes is at the end of this finding aid.)
Box 5
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Articles and Reprints
1. “The Role of Fear and Hindsight in World Politics” in The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. III, no. 4, December 1950
2. “Collier’s Wins World War III” in The Nation, November 10, 1951; response to this
“article in The Nation, December 8, 1951
3. “What Follows the Arms Race?” in The Journal of Politics, May 1952
4. “How Can We Secure Dependable Allies?” reprinted from The Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, September, 1952
5. “Are We Headed Toward Another World War?” from The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. V, no. 3, September, 1952
6. “Are You Afraid?” a page on the place of the church in World Affairs in Classmate, March 1, 1953, Vol. 60, no. 9
7. “Are We Moving Toward Fascism?” in The Journal of Politics, February 1954 In Classmate(The International Outlook, ( a Methodist publication):
“The Coming Crisis Over Indo-China” January 1, 1956 “Can We Keep Our Freedom?” July 1956, Vol. 63, no. 27 “The Danger of an Accidental World War” September 7, 1958
“The Fifth World Order Study Conference Moves Toward Making Peace” May 3, 1959, Vol.66, no. 18
8. “Our Brink of War Diplomacy in the Formosa Strait” in The Western Political
Quarterly, Vol. IX, no. 3, September, 1956. Also in The Western Political Quarterly:
“The Future of West Berlin” Vol. XIV, no. 1, part 1, March, 1961 What is Our Role in East Asia?” Vol. Xviii, no. 1, March, 1965 “Vietnam and After”, Vol. XXI, no. 1, March 1968
9. “The Role of Europe in Current International Affairs” in Social Science, Vol. 33, no.
4, October, 1958
10. Articles from The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science:
“Are We Moving toward Fortress America?” vol.312 (July, 1957), pp. 10 - 21 “Beyond the Cold War”, vol. 324 (July 1959), pp. 111 - 126
“The Broken Dialogue on Foreign Affairs”, Vol. 344 (November 1962), pp. 128 - 140 “The New Europe and the Cold War” Vol. 348 (July 1963), pp. 141 - 155
11. . Articles from The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science:
“The Turn Towards Peace” vol. 351 (January 1964), pp. 157 - 169, 180 “Is Containment Moral?” vol. 362 (November 1965), pp. 18 - 27
“The Costs and Consequences of the Cold War” Vol. 366 (July 1966), pp. 127 - 138 12. “Can the Cold War Be Ended?” a background paper for use in the nationwide Program of Education and Action for Peace, June 1959 – June 1960, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
13. “Was the Cold War Inevitable?” in International Studies Quarterly Journal of the Indian School of International Studies, New Delhi, Vol. II, no. 1, July 1960 14. “The Prospects for Peace” from United Asia, Bombay, India
“Can We Play God in Asia?” from The Progressive, 1965
15. “The Failure of Cold War I” in War/Peace Report, February 1966 16. Reprints from New World Review:
“The USSR and World War III”, February 1967
“The Western Interventions in the Soviet Union, 1918 - 1920” Fall 1967
17. “Vietnam and the Crashing Dominoes” reprinted from New World Review, Summer 1968
18. “Can the Extinction of Man be Averted?” in Queen’s Quarterly, LXXVI, no. 3, 1969 19. “Can the Extinction of Man be Averted?” (with corrections notes, newspaper Articles), 1969
20. “Can We Escape from Containing China?” reprinted from The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, March 1971
21. “Can We Control our Militarism?” in Katallagete - Be Reconciled, Winter, 1971 22. “Do the Chinese Have the Answers?” 1972 (?)
23. “What Can Our Bombs Accomplish?” 1973
24. “Man on Earth: Can He Preserve His Environment?” 1973 25. “Can We Create a Workable Economic Democracy?”
26. “Maddox and the Cold War” and accompanying articles concerning Maddox and the New York Times
27. Reprints from The Nation
“Ways to Co-exist” November 27, 1954
“When Did The Cold War Begin” January 8, 1968 “Who Won the Cold War?” April 15, 1968
“The Third World War” April 6, 1970
“Our Conflict with the Soviets” May 10, 1971
28. “Our Fifty Year Failure to Make Peace” in Canadian Dimension
29. “The Fall of China to Communism, 1927 - 1950” chapter from The Cold War, Vol. I with accompanying selected passages and reviews
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Addresses, Lectures, Speeches
30. Address before the Seventh Conference on the Cause and Cure of War, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1932
31. Four lectures in The Teachers College Journal, Vol. XVI, no. 4, March 1945 “Shall We Lose the Peace Again?”
“Can We Create a Workable Economic Democracy?”
“Ways Out of War”
“Steps Towards Peace”
32. Reprint of an Address “ The Soviet Union and Collective Security” in The Journal of Politics, Vol. 10, no. 1, February 1947 ( a paper read at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Associaton, Atlanta, Georgia, November 7, 1947)
33. “ Can the United Nations Prevent World War III?” an address delivered before the
Third Institute on World Affairs at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virgina on February 8, 1952
34. “Woodrow Wilson and Collective Security Today” an address delivered at Washington and Lee University, February 14, 1956
35. “The Future Belongs to Us” (n.d.)
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Reviews
36. Reprinted from The Frontier, December 1964 review of three books:
On Dealing with the Communist World by Amitar Etzioni Winning without War by Amitar Etzioni
The American Problem: The Cold War in Perspective by Robert G. Wesson
37. American Images of Soviet Foreign Policy by William Welch in The Nation, May 10, 1971
History of the Cold War by Andre Fontaine in The Nation, April 6, 1970 38. In The Pastor:
Containment or Liberation? by James Burnham, October 1953 Russia: What Next? by Isaac Deutscher, October 1953
The Kremlin VS. the People by Robert Magidoff, October 1953 The New Force by Ralph E. Lapp, June 1954
Report on the Atom by Gordon Dean, June 1954
Writings by D.F. Fleming - Other
39. “Twenty five Assumptions Underlying the American End of the Cold War as They Developed from 1945 to 1952”
40. “What Does Russia Want?” An Estimate 41. “A Chronology of the Cold War”
42. Photocopies of Fleming’s books from March 18, 1970 43. Books published or republished, 1968 - 1969
44. Suggested publishing procedure
Writings by Others
45. Borda, Orlando Fals “Unfinished Revolutions in Latin America” a paper prepared for The National Conference The United States in a Revolutionary World AFSC
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, April 2,3,4, 1968, American Friends Service Committee
46. Christensen, Frank A. Four Score Years - Fire Insurance Looks Ahead to Even Greater Service to the Public, an address delivered at the 80th Anniversary meeting of
the National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York City, May 23, 1946
47. Dyer, Dr. Gus W. - Notebook of Newspaper Articles for The Nashville Banner, 1946 48. Gregg, Dr. Alan “The University in Relation to Medical Education”an address delivered at Neely Auditorium, Vanderbilt University, February 14, 1947
49. Heywood, C. William and Wallace, Robert M. “Academic Freedom and Tenure: The University of South Florida” reprinted from AAUP Bulletin, Spring Issue, 1964
50. Kennedy, John F. State of the Union Address, January 1961 in The Tennessean, January 31, 1961 with response by Walter Lippmann in The Chattanooga Times, February 1, 1961
51. Southard, Blanche Rice, At One with Life, A Christmas Remembrance, 1970 Full Circle, A Christmas Remembrance, 1971
Southard, Ken My New Eden: Ken’s Journey, A Christmas- Easter Remembrance, 1973 - 1974
52. Steel, Ronald “The X Article - 25 Years Later” in World View, September 1972
53. Thomas, Elbert D.( Senator from Utah) “ Law Versus Chaos” University of Virginia, Evening address, July 12, 1937
Box 6
Writings by Others
1. Lectures I - VI - Legal matters 2. Lectures VII - XIV - Legal matters
Publications
3. Department of State - The Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom, signed November 17, 1938, Vol. XIX, no. 477
4. The German Problem, Roadblock to Disarmament - published by the Disarmament Committee of Washington, D.C. - Women Strike for Peace, c. 1964
5. Soka Gakkai News: Promotion of Peace, Culture, and Education Through Buddhism June 1986, Vol. II, No. 208 (with accompanying letter)
6. “Acorns” Gathered Under the Eucalyptus Trees at Benicia, California by the Enlisted Personnel, ordnance Supply School Benicia Arsenal, CA
7. Canadian Dimension, June - July, Vol. 5, no. 5, n.d.
8. Vanderbilt Gazette, No. 83, September 6, 1976
The Washington Spectator, vol. 9, No. 14, August 15, 1983 Map of Asia and the Pacific Naval Bases
Subject Files
9. D. F. Fleming - Johns Committee Affair, 1961 (University of South Florida) - Correspondence and other materials (1)
10. D. F. Fleming - Johns Committee Affair, 1961 (University of South Florida) - Correspondence and other materials (2)
11.D. F. Fleming - Johns Committee Affair, 1961 (University of South Flordia) - Correspondence and other materials (3)
12. D. F. Fleming - Johns Committee Affair, 1961 (University of South Florida) - Correspondence and other materials (4)
13. D. F. Fleming - Johns Committee Affair, 1961 (University of South Florida) - Correspondence and other materials (5)
14. D. F. Fleming - Johns Committee Affair, 1961 (University of South Florida) - Correspondence and other materials (6)
15. James Maddox and his book The New Left and the Origins of the Cold War - Collection of articles, correspondence, and other materials
16. James Maddox and his book The New Left and the Origins of the Cold War - Collection of articles, correspondence, and other materials
17. Political cartoons, 1926, 1927
18. Materials on South East Asia - Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos 19. Materials on South East Asia - Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos
20. Vietnam - Viet Report an Emergency News Bulletin on Southeast Asian Affairs, August - September 1965
21. Vietnam - newspaper articles
Box 7 Subject Files
1. Vietnam - Newspaper and journal articles and other materials 2. Vietnam - Newspaper and journal articles and policy papers 3. Vietnam - Newspaper and journal articles
4. Vietnam - Newspaper and journal articles
Photographs
5. D. F. Fleming - Portrait views - October 10, 1917(in uniform); October 1940, early 1950’s And n.d.
6. D. F. Fleming with John W. Vandercook, NBC at U.N. Security Council Meeting, NYC D. F. Fleming with Michell Demont, French Press and Information Officer, U. N. Security Council Meet
D. F. Fleming and Gibson Parker, BBC Official, U.N. Security Council Coverage D. F. Fleming with Archibald MacKenzie, First Secretary British Delegation to U.N.
Security Council during a special series of broadcasts over WSM from New York during the crisis over Iran in 1946
7. D.F. Fleming in Delphi, Greece
D.F. Fleming at Mr. Nehru’s address, Sapro House, April 5, 1960 - pictured also Princess Raj Kumati, Ambassador Elsworth Bunker, Dr. and Mrs. Emil Bogin
8. Denna F. and Doris A. Fleming with unidentified friends
9. Civil Liberties and Public Affairs Conference, May 26, 1951; unidentified group photo 10. Family of Doris Anundsen Fleming: Eric Harold Anundsen (her father); Emily Brock Anundsen (her mother); Doris Anundsen with Pearl
11. Adam, J. Louis – former student of Fleming, 1966 Kjold, H.; Adatci, Thomas, Madariaja
12. President F. D. Roosevelt with Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, 1 - 9 - 33 Secretary of State Cordell Hull with Norman H. Davis, U.S. Ambassador at large 13. Unidentified council meetings
Buildings - The Old Secretariat; New “League” buildings - airview; Peace Palace 14. Denna and Doris Fleming with friends and colleagues at a surprise party, n.d.
Slides
15. Fleming houses in Nashville, Tennessee on Sewanee Road and in Florida 16. Western trip (late 1950’s) and Tucson
17. Grand Canyon and photo of the Flemings
18. Great Britain - Cambridge, Kensington Park, Henley-on-Thames, other
19. Great Britain - Hampton Court, Kew Gardens, Kensington Park, Wales, and the Cotswolds
20. India 21. India 22. India
23. India - Kremlin
24. Trip to Earl Kliner Gardens
25. San Gabriel, Jasper, Edmonton, unidentified 26. Negatives
Memorabilia
27. Postage stamps from letters 28. Postage stamps from letters 29. Postage stamps from letters 30. Postage stamps from letters
Box 8 Memorabilia
Certificate, State of Tennessee Governor’s Outstanding Tennessean Award, May 17, 1977 Composite photographs of members of The Round Table, 1965
High School Diploma of Doris Anundsen
Notebook of Letters of tribute to D. F. Fleming on the occasion of a dinner in his honor on May 17, 1977, United Nations Association of Nashville at Belmont United Methodist Church Ordnance Supply School, Benicia, CA certificate, April 20, 1918
Pocket size, Army cover, New Testament
Photograph Camp Hancock, Georgia during WWI
Keepsakes - Gloves, hair, watch, Phi Beta Kappa Pin, Phi Kappa Phi pin, “G” Mason lapel pin (square and compass)
Diploma - Eastern Illinois State College Honorary Ph.D., June 5, 1949
Certificate of Appreciation, Rotary Club of Huntington Park, CA, August 3, 1953 United Nations Association of the United States of America, First Day Covers, 1971
Denna Frank Fleming Recordings
Boxes 25 and 26 of the Radio Recordings Collection housed offsite at 21 North, University Archives Annex of Vanderbilt University contain the following recordings of Fleming’s radio broadcasts for Station WSM in Nashville during the years 1940 -1945:
Box 25 of the Radio Recordings Collection
Denna Frank Fleming Recordings
1. May 29, 1940 2. June 1, 1940 3. June 12, 1940 4. June 19, 1940
5. June 26, 1940 The Economic Consequences of a German Victory/ Our Defense Problem in South America if Hitler Wins, June 27, 1940
6. July 3, 1940 America and the World Crisis 7. July 31, 1940/ August 7, 1940
8. August 14, 1940 Our Decisive Moment/Some Illusions which Endanger Us, August 28, 1940 9. September 3, 1940/At Ease, Part 2, September 7, 1940
10. October 2, 1940 The Triple Alliance gives Us Notice/ Why Do We Have Conscription Again!, October 16, 1940
11. October 9, 1940/ Public Announcements 12. October 23, 1940/ October 30, 1940 13. November 20, 1940/November 27, 1940
14. January 8, 1941The President’s Call to Action/ All Aid to Britain Bill, January 15, 1941 15. February 5, 1941/William K. Anderson
16. February 19, 1941/February 26, 1941
17. March 5, 1941/ How Can the War be Won?, March 26, 1941 18. October 8, 1941/Riverboat Revels, October 4, 1941
19. June 10, 1942/ June 9, 1942 Blackout Test
20. December 2, 1942 Can We Win the Peace?/Grand Old Opry, Part 1, October 10, 1942 21. June 6, 1943/ What Kind of Peace Remains for Europe?, June 9, 1943
22. February 7, 1945 As the Big Three Meet/ Backstage Wife, February 7, 1945
Box 26 of the Radio Recordings Collection
Denna Frank Fleming Series: How Can We Make Victory Stick? Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
1. Program 1, The German Plan for Beating Defeat/ Program 2, What War Criminals Shall be Punished?
2. Program 3, Can Germany be Successfully Disarmed?/ Program 4, What Reparations Shall Germany Pay?
3. Program 7, How Can Japan be Kept Harmless?/ Program 8, How Shall the Peace be Made?
Two copies
4. Program 9, Can the Senate Amend the Peace Treaties?/Program 10, What was Wrong with the League of Nations?
5. Program 11, Can A Revived League of Nations Succeed?/Program 12, What Are the Main Issues?
6. Program 13, Must we Have world Wars III and IV?
Second Series: How Can We Make Victory Stick? Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
7. Program 1, Victory is Not Enough/ Program 2, why Did Japan Run Amuck?
8. Program 3, Shall We Support the Japanese Emperor?/ Program 4, What Reforms in Japan are Fundamental?
9. Program 5, Can China Achieve Democracy?/ Program 6, Can the Colonial Empires be Maintained?
10. Program 7, Why Does Russia Distrust the West?/ Program 8, What Does Russia Want?
11. Program 9, Can We Cooperate with Soviet Russia?/ Program 10, How Can Germany be Kept Peaceable?
12. Program 11, Is Fascism a Continuing Danger?/ Program 12, Will the United Nations Organization Bring Peace?
