US-RUn-msg210 Register to the John Davis and Francesca Braggiotti Lodge Research Collection Finding aid prepared by Jodi Goodman. University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and Archives Unit 2007
University Library, Special Collections and Archives 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011Tel: 401-874-4632E-mail: archives@etal.uri.eduWebsite: http://www.uri.edu/library/special_collections/
 Finding aid encoded by Jodi Goodman on 2008 July 31, updated by Hailie D. Posey on 2009 Oct 18 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Thomas A. DeLong John Davis and Francesca Braggiotti Lodge Research Collection 1864-1999 12 box(es) (9.75linear feet) These materials were compiled by author Thomas A. DeLong, for his book, John Davis Lodge: a life in three acts (Sacred Heart University Press, 1999). The collection contains photographs, news clippings, letters, publicity materials, video and sound recordings which document the life and careers of John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) and his wife, Francesca Braggiotti Lodge (1902-1998). Special Collections and University Archives
15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu
 Mss. Gr. 210 The records are in English, French, Spanish, and Italian. Biographical Information

John Davis Lodge, a scion of prominent American families was born and raised in Washington, DC and Paris, France. After graduating from Harvard College in 1925 and Harvard Law School in 1929, Lodge married Italian-born dancer and actress Francesca, daughter of Lily (Schlesinger) and Isidore Braggiotti. Lodge began to practice law in New York City for several years thereafter until he made a trip to California to visit his wife who was temporarily working under contract for a movie studio.

Involved in dramatics throughout his school days, Lodge accepted a talent agent's offer to sit for a screen test in 1932. Paramount Pictures offered him a lucrative six-month contract, which marked the beginning of a screen and stage career spanning a decade. Lodge returned to the U.S. from France where he had been living in 1939 with his wife and two young daughters to accept a commission in the United States Navy Reserves. Lodge continued acting in Broadway stage productions until he was called to active duty as a liaison between French and American fleets during World War II (1942-1946).

After the war, Lodge entered into a career of public service that lasted until his death. A Republican, he served as congressman (1947-1951) and governor (1951-1955) of Connecticut. Lodge was later appointed U.S. Ambassador to Spain (1955-1961) under President Eisenhower, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina (1969-1974) under President Nixon, and U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland (1983) under President Reagan. He served as a delegate to the United Nations in the two years before his death in 1985.

Open for research.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.

Preferred Citation

John Davis and Francesca Braggiotti Lodge Research Collection, Mss. Gr. 210, University of Rhode Island Special Collections

 Scope and Content Note

Contained are: photographs (movies stills, candids, negatives, slides), news clippings, publicity materials, scrapbooks, contracts, correspondence, video and sound recordings, radio interview transcripts, campaign materials, playbills, radio interview transcripts, campaign materials, articles, research notes, and related publications. Many of the letters and clippings are photocopies. There are also a number of audio visual material in various formats.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series as follows:

1. Subject File 2. Moving and Sound Recordings Acquisitions Information

The collection was donated to the University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and Archives Unit by Thomas A. DeLong in 2007.

Custodial History

The materials were held by Thomas A. DeLong until transfer.

 Processing Information

The materials were processed in 2008.

Master copies of some of the moving image recordings are in the British Film Institute Archives.

Related materials are also in the John Davis Lodge Collection, in Archives and Special Collections, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries. The finding aid is online at Connecticut State Library holds Office of the Governor: John Davis Lodge (1951-1955).

 Names DeLong, Thomas A Subjects Lodge, John Davis, 1903-1985 RIAMCO Browsing Terms Government, Politics and Law Inventory Series 1 Subject Files1864-1993

Contains movie stills, candid photographs, news clippings, publicity reviews, scrapbooks, political campaign materials, correspondence.

This series has been divided into three subseries.

List of Subseries: Francesca Braggiotti Lodge John Lodge: Family Life and Public Service John Lodge and Francesca Bragiotti Lodge: Film and Stage

Sub-series 1 Francesca Braggiotti Lodge1903-1997

Contained in this subseries are photographs of the Braggiotti family and Francesca Bragiotti Lodge, and materials relating to the Italian film in which Francesca Bragiotti Lodge starred: Scipione L'Africano in 1937 as well as an exhibit program in 1997 about her life.

The folders are arranged by subject. Items within a folder are arranged chronologically. Publicity and news clippings of Scipione L'Africano are also in an oversize box at the end of the collection.

1 1 1903,1914,1917,1920s - 1950s Braggiotti family and others, photographs 1 2 1935, 1950s Braggiotti, Francesca, photographs 1 3 1936 Scipione L'Africano, publicity photographs 1 4 1936-1937, 1940, 1984 Scipione L'Africano,contract, clippings, articles re. (also in oversize box at end of the collection) 1 5 1928 The Story of Film (Kennedy, Joseph P., A.W. Shaw Company, 1927) inscribed to Braggiotti, Francesca Sub-series 2 John Lodge: Family Life and Public Service 1875-1999

Contains photographs, articles, news clippings, and political campaign, gubernatorial, military, and diplomatic service materials. Also in this subseries are trasctripts of spoken addresses by Lodge concerning World War II and material pertaining to his leaving the movie buisiness. Includes the book jacket for John Davis Lodge, a life in three acts by Thomas A. DeLong.

Arranged by subject. Dated items within a folder are arranged chronologically.

1 6 1997 Exhibit pamphlet: Braggiotti, Francesca 1 7 1999 Lodge biography, book jacket (book cataloged in HELIN online catalog) 1 8 1949, circa 1951-1961, 1961, circa 1970-1980 Lodge Family: Christmas cards 1 9 late 19th century,1910-1930, undated Lodge Family: photographs of antecedents, immediate family, and residences 1 10 circa 1905-1925 Lodge Family: photographs of siblings, Henry Cabot Lodge, Helena Lodge, with others 1 11 1929, 1961, circa 1968 Lodge Family photographs: weddings 1 12 1946, circa 1948 Lodge Family photographs: Westport House 1 13 1946, circa 1948 Lodge Family photographs: Westport House 1 14 1971, 1976, 1980 Lodge, John and Francesca, photographs with others 1 15 1939, 1940 Lodge addresses: transcripts 1 16 1939 Lodge: clippings, correspondence re. leaving movie business, Europe and return to United States 1 17 1949, 1984, undated Chowder and Marching Club, photographs with Nixon and others. 1 18 1946 Congressional Campaign, photographs 2 19 1969-1971 Diplomatic Service: Argentina 2 20 1958 Diplomatic Service: Spain 2 21 1959-1962 Diplomatic Service: Spain 2 22 1958 Diplomatic Service: Spain 2 23 circa 1955-1962 Diplomatic Service: Spain 2 24 1983 Apr- 1983 Nov, 1985, undated Diplomatic Service: Switzerland 2 25 1950 Governor: Campaign 2 26 1951-1954 Governor: Official 2 27 1951, 1952, 1954 Governor: Social, Holidays 2 28 1954-1955 Governor: Reelection Campaign (campaign pamphlet in oversized box, folder 3 at end of collection) 2 29 1986 Oct Governor John Lodge Turnpike dedication ceremony 2 30 1963 Junior Achievement ceremony, Portland Oregon 2 31 1942-1945 Military service: World War II 2 32 1954-1963 Military service: U.S. Navy Reserves, includes press kit for U.S.S. Shangri-La CVA 38 2 33 circa 1950-1954, 1969 President Eisenhower, photographs with 2 34 1950-1954, 1969 President Nixon, photographs with 2 35 1981, 1983 President Reagan, photographs with 2 36 1964 Presidential Campaign and Convention 3 37 1964 Senatorial Campaign 3 37a 1982 United Nations Delegate, appointment as Sub-series 3 John Lodge: Film and Stage 1932-1998

Contained in this subseries are records which document the screen and stage career and life prior to the political career of John Lodge and to some degree that of Francesca Braggiotti. Includes: news clippings, correspondence, publicity materials, scrapbooks, playbills, research notes, and photographs. Some materials are in French, Spanish, or Italian.

The materials documenting the Logde's personal activities are organized in chronological order. The films and stage productions are divided by type of production and listed in alphabetical order by screen/stage title. Items within a folder are arranged chronologically where date is known. Loose playbills for Bass Theater (Gloucester, MA) productions, Manhattan Repertory Theater Company (Ogunquit Playhouse, ME)and South Shore Players (Cohasset, MA) were separated from a scrapbook and filed with related materials in the Theater: Summer Stock folder. A filmography preceeds the film/ stage listings.

 3 38 1936 Life in Europe: Amita cruise, photographs 3 39 1936 Life in Europe: Brioni Adriatic Sea Resort, photographs 3 40 1935-1940, 1972, 1990 Life in Europe: correspondence, clippings, press releases, Braggiotti memoir re. 3 41 1935-1937 Life in Europe: Lodge with others, photographs 3 42 1935, 1972 Apr 2 Life in Europe: Wharton, Edith, photograph and article re. 3 43 1932-1935, 1940, 1965, 1987,1992 Life in Hollywood: correspondence, clippings 3 44 1934-1935 Life in Hollywood: photographs, family and others 3 45 1932-1935 Life in Hollywood: photographs, publicity (oversized portrait of Lodge in oversized box, folder 3 at end of collection) 3 46 1932 Dec-1935 Apr Life in Hollywood: scrapbook 4 47 1934 Mar-1935 Mar Life in Hollywood: scrapbook (in oversized box at end of the collection) 4 48 1933, undated Filmography and clippings re.: John Lodge 4 49 1938 Bank Holiday, photographs 4 50 1938 Bank Holiday, photographs 4 51 1938, 1978, 1997-1998 Batticuore, clippings(also in oversize box at end of collection) 4 52 1939 Batticuore, photographs 4 53 1937 Bulldog Drummond at Bay, photographs 4 54 1937, 1970, 1990, 1995 Bulldog Drummond at Bayclippings(also in oversize box at end of collection) 4 55 1942 L'Esclave Blanche, clippings 4 56 1938 Just Like a Woman, photographs, clippings (also in oversize box at end of collection) 4 57 1935, 1962, 1986, 1993 Koenigsmark, clippings, includes photograph of Elisa Lhandi(also in oversize box at end of collection) 4 58 1935, 1954, 1972, 1993 The Little Colonel, clippings and letters re. cast 4 59 1935 The Little Colonel, photograph 4 60 1933, 1990, 1995, 2004 Little Women, clippings re. cast and typescript letter signed Katherine Hepburn 4 61 1933 Little Women, photographs 4 62 1914, 1939-1940, 1981, 1983, 1998 De Mayerling à Sarajevo, clippings and appeal for the establishment of Mobile canteens, see also folder 15(also in oversize box at end of collection) 4 63 1940 De Mayerling à Sarajevo, photographs 4 64 1933 Murders in the Zoo 4 65 1936-1937, 1939, 1977, 1981, 1989 Ourselves Alone, clippings(also in oversize box, at end of collection) 4 66 1935-1936 Ourselves Alone, photographs 5 67 1938 Premiere 5 68 1938 Queer Cargo 5 69 1934, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1980-1981, 1984, 1990 The Scarlet Empress, clippings (also in oversize box at end of collection) 5 70 1934 The Scarlet Empress, photographs 5 71 1936/1937 Sensation, clippings 5 72 1936 Sensation, photographs 5 73 1937, 1975 Stasera alle Undici, clippings 5 74 1937 Stasera alle Undici, photographs 5 75 1937 The Tenth Man, clippings (also in oversize box at end of collection) 5 76 1936 The Tenth Man, photographs 5 77 1936 Under the Tonto Rim, photgraphs 5 78 1934 Theater: King John (Pasadena Playhouse), photographs 6 79 1934, 1946, 1988, 1996 Theater: Midsummer Night's Dream (Hollywood Bowl)includes signed letter from and photograph of Olivia de Havilland 6 80 1940-1942, 1952, 1965, 1985-1986, 1989, 1991 Theater: Night of Love, Watch on the Rhine(Broadway) 6 81 1941 Theater: Watch on the Rhine(Broadway) 6 82 1941, 1942, 1952, 1965, 1985 Theater: Watch on the Rhine(Broadway), photographs 6 83 1940-1940 Theater: Summer Stock Series 2 Moving Image and Sound Recordings

Specialized equipment is required to view the U-Matic videocassettes and open reel film.

The records contained in this series are audio and visual material consisting of VHS and U-Matic cassettes, open reel film and audiocassettes. A number of the recordings are commercial copies or are derived from archival masters held in other repositories.

Three subseries by format divide this material.

List of Subseries:VideocassettesAudiocassettesOpen Reel Film

 Sub-series 1 Videocassettes1933-1937

Contained in this subseries are videocassette recordings of motion pictures of John Lodge and Francesca Braggiotti. In this subseries is a recording of screenshots of then three year old daughter, Lily Lodge, produced by Columbia Pictures. The format of the cassette is in parenthesis after the title.

This subseries contains several cassette recordings which document activities related to John Lodge's career in public service in the 1950s, as well as a memorial service and subsequent public works project dedication,and a recording of George H.W. Bush's presidential inauguration.

The records are organized in chronological order by motion picture production date or subject of the recording.

784 Murders in the Zoo(VHS) 1933 785 Little Women(VHS) 1933 786 Screenshots: Lily Lodge (VHS)1933 787 The Scarlet Empress(VHS) 1934 788 Menace1934 789 The Little Colonel(VHS) 1935 790 Bulldog Drummond at Bay (VHS) 1937 791 Bulldog Drummond at Bay (VHS) 1937 792Bulldog Drummond at Bay (U-Matic) 1937 793 Stasera alle Undici (1:2/U-Matic)1937 794 Stasera alle Undici (2:2/U-Matic)1937 795 Stasera alle Undici (VHS) 1937 796 Stasera alle Undici (VHS) 1937 797 Scipione l'Africano(1:2/U-Matic)1937 798 Scipione l'Africano(2:2/U-Matic))1937 799 De Mayerling à Sarajevo (VHS)1937 7100 Film Mayerling (VHS)1937 7101 John Lodge, Film and Television Archive (VHS) 1951-1955 7102 Memorial Services for John Lodge (VHS) 1985 7103 Connecticut Turnpike Dedication (VHS) 1987 7104 George H. W. Bush Inauguration (VHS) 1989 Sub-series 2 Audiocassettes1975-1989

Audio cassette recordings in this sub series document activities related to John Lodge's diplomatic career in Argentina and Switzerland. There are also recordings of memorial services in Lodge's hometown of Westport, Connecticut, with remarks by Lodge's daughter, Lily noted. Also included is a recording of President George H.W. Bush's congressional address (1989).

The cassettes are arranged in chronological order.

 7105 Argentina and the World Crisis1975 7106 Swiss American Chamber of Commerce1983 7107 Interview with Radio Suiza Internacional 1983 7108 Interview with John Lodge, Ambassador to Switzerland circa 1983-1985 7109 U.S. Embassy Residence1985 7110 Memorial Service at Christ and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Westport)1985 7111 Memorial Service at Christ and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Westport)1985 7112 Catholic Service: Father Fitzpatrick1985 7113 Assumption Church Memorial Mass (Westport) 1984 7114 President Bush's Congressional Address 1989 Sub-series 3 Open Reel Film1930-1973

Contained in this subseries are open reel film recordings of several of John Lodge's 1930s motion picture titles as well as screen tests for Francesca Braggiotti. Also included are recordings which document John Lodge's public service career and related engagements. Several recordings feature the activities of Francesca Braggiotti Lodge and daughter, Beatrice. The feature films are housed in the original film canisters and or film transport boxes.

The recordings organized in chronological order and are housed by size.

 8115MGM Studio Test: Francesca Braggiotti (35mm) circa 1932 8116 MGM Studio Test: Francesca Braggiotti (35mm) 1932 8117 Screen Tests: Francesca Braggiotti (35mm) circa 1930-1939 9118 The Scarlet Empress (1:3/16mm)1934 9119 The Scarlet Empress (2:3/16mm)1934 9120 The Scarlet Empress (3:3/16mm)1936 10121 Ourselves Alone (16mm)1936 10122 Ourselves Alone(1,2:2/16mm)1936 11123 The Tenth Man (1:3/16mm))1936 11124 The Tenth Man (2,3:3/16mm)1936 11125 Sensation (1,2:2/16mm) 1937 8126 Connecticut in Italy: Francesca Braggiotti Lodge (16mm) circa 1948 8127 Boys' Town of Italy: A Chance to Live (16mm) 1949 8128 News clips: John Lodge and Francesca Braggiotti Lodge (16mm) 1950-1973 8129 Governor Lodge and Connecticut Foot Guards (16mm) circa 1952 8130 News Segment: Will Eisenhower Run? With Francesca Braggiotti Lodge (16mm)1952 8131 Vice President Nixon and GOP Rally (16mm) 1954 8132 President Eisenhower Speaks at Trinity College, Ambassador Lodge Arrives in Madrid (16mm)circa 1953-1961 8133 Beatrice Lodge at Spanish Fiesta (16mm)1956 8134 General Franco State Dinner / Lodge Event (16mm) 1959-1960 8135 Beatrice Lodge as Queen at Spanish Fiesta (16mm)1961 8136 Lodge Naval Reserve Duty (16mm)circa 1960-1969 8137 Lodge Biography for Senatorial Race (8mm)1964 8138 Lodge Diplomatic Appointment to Argentina (16mm) 1969 8139 John Lodge and President Nixon at White House (16mm) 1969 8140 Health Center Event in Argentina: Francesca Braggiotti Lodge (16mm) circa 1972 8141 Cocktail Event in Argentina: Ambassador John Lodge (16mm) circa 1973 8142 Railway Exp. (Movietone News/35mm)unknown