ca. 1880-1979
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection includes photographs of U.S. senator and diplomat Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. The collection also contains portraits of various Lodge family members, including his wife Emily Sears Lodge, and other political figures; photographs of Emily Sears Lodge's charity work in Vietnam; and photos of manuscripts. Photographers include Lodge's publicist, Vincent O'Brien, and various photographers for Life magazine and other news services, among many others.
Biographical Sketch
Henry Cabot Lodge (1902-1985) was a U.S. senator and diplomat, the son of poet George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen Davis (d. 1960), as well as the grandson of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924). He graduated from Harvard in 1924 and worked as a journalist until 1932. In 1926, Lodge married Emily Sears (b. 1905), and the couple had two sons: George Cabot Lodge (b. 1927) and Henry Sears Lodge (b. 1930). The Lodge family made their home in Beverly, Mass.
Lodge began his political career in 1932 with his election as a Republican state representative in Massachusetts. He was re-elected in 1934 and was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate in 1936. Through much of his early political career, Lodge also participated actively in military maneuvers and training, and in 1942, he took a temporary leave of absence from the Senate to serve in World War II with American tank units in Libya. He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 1942, but resigned in 1944 to serve with the U.S. Army in Europe. After his war service, Lodge was elected once again to the Senate in 1946. In 1952, he managed Dwight D. Eisenhower's successful presidential campaign but lost his own re-election to the Senate to John F. Kennedy.
In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed Lodge ambassador to the United Nations. He served in that position until 1960, when he joined Richard Nixon's presidential campaign as his running mate for vice president. The pair lost to the Kennedy/Johnson ticket, and Lodge briefly retired from politics to serve as the Director General of the Atlantic Institute. In 1963, however, President Kennedy appointed Lodge ambassador to Vietnam, a position he kept until his resignation in 1964, in part due to Emily Sears Lodge's ill health. In 1965, President Johnson asked Lodge to return to Vietnam as ambassador, and he did so, serving in that position until 1967, after which he served as ambassador to Germany in 1968-1969. In 1969, Lodge headed the U.S. delegation to the unsuccessful Paris Peace Talks with Vietnam. From 1969 to 1977, he served occasionally as an envoy to the Vatican for Presidents Nixon and Ford.
Henry Cabot Lodge's siblings were actor and politician John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) and Helena Lodge (b. 1905), who married Edouard de Streel.
Collection Description
This collection contains 591 loose photographs in 5 boxes and 2 oversize boxes. Most of these photographs were collected by Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and his wife, Emily Sears Lodge; they span the years ca. 1880-1979.
The collection contains portrait photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Emily Sears Lodge, and other members of the Lodge family, as well as various friends and dignitaries including several U.S. presidents. There are also a number of photographs of Lodge's military service during World War II, his time as United States ambassador to the United Nations and later to Vietnam, and various other events. Also included are travel photographs, photographs of manuscripts, and a series of photographs taken or manipulated by Lodge's publicist, Vincent O'Brien.
Most of these photographs were taken by various news and magazine services, including Acme Photo, World Wide Photo, United Press Photo, International News Photo, JUSPAO Press Section, and various photographers for Life magazine. Other photographers include Harris and Ewing (Washington, D.C.), Underwood and Underwood (Washington, D.C.), and Gilbert Studios (Philadelphia, Penn. and Washington, D.C.), among others.
Acquisition Information
The Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. photographs II were removed from the Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. papers II (Ms. N-166 and OFFSITE), a bequest by Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1985.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Portraits, ca. 1880-1979
This series contains portraits of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Emily Sears Lodge, Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), and other members of the Lodge family, as well as other family, friends, and political figures. The series is divided into two subseries: (A) Individual portraits; and (B) Group portraits.
A. Individual portraits, ca 1880-1960
Arranged alphabetically.
This subseries contains individual portraits of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and Emily Sears Lodge, as well as various members of the Lodge family, taken between ca. 1880-1960. Other subjects include William Sturgis Bigelow, Willis D. Crittenberger, Charles Henry Davis, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan, among others. The photographs in this subseries were taken by Gilbert Studios of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.; William Charles of Beverly, Mass.; Underwood and Underwood of Washington, D.C.; Toni Frissell; and various unknown photographers.
B. Group portraits, ca. 1895-1979
Arranged alphabetically.
This subseries contains group portraits of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Emily Sears Lodge, Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), and other members of the Lodge family, taken between ca. 1895-1979. Other subjects include Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Henry Kissinger, Leverett Saltonstall, Pope Paul VI, Dag Hammarskjold, Nikita Khrushchev, and other friends and dignitaries. The photographs in this subseries were taken by Gilbert Studios of Philadelphia, Penn. and Washington, D.C.; International News Photos of Washington, D.C.; Acme Photo and United Press Photo of New York; and Fay Foto Service of Boston, Mass., among others.
II. Military service, 1940-1947
This series contains photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.'s military service between 1940-1947. Included are photographs of Lodge on maneuvers in Louisiana; observing military exercises in Florida; and at the Beverly, Mass. welcome home celebration for returning servicemen in 1946, as well as other World War II scenes from Germany, Egypt, and Tobruck, Libya. The photographs in this series were taken by World Wide Photo, Phillips Photos of Worcester, Mass., Acme Photo of New York, Henry J. Parks, and various unknown photographers.
III. United Nations photographs, 1953-1957
Arranged chronologically.
This series contains photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. during his tenure as United States ambassador to the United Nations. Other subjects include Richard M. Nixon, Dag Hammarskjold, Averill Harriman, and other politicians and dignitaries. The photographs in the series were taken by Nick De Morgoli and Leo Rosenthal of New York City, as well as various unknown photographers, from 1953-1957.
IV. Vietnam photographs, ca. 1963-1967
This series contains photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Emily Sears Lodge, and others during Lodge's tenure as United States ambassador to Vietnam. The series is divided into two subseries: (A) Henry Cabot Lodge photographs; and (B) Emily Series Lodge photographs.
A. Henry Cabot Lodge photographs, ca. 1963-1967
Arranged chronologically.
This subseries contains photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. engaged in a variety of diplomatic activities while serving as ambassador to Vietnam, including meetings with Vietnamese dignitaries; visits to U.S. aircraft carriers and Govap (1967) and Danang (Sep. 1966 and Mar. 1967); and the Conference on Vietnam in Guam (Mar. 1967). Other subjects include Emily Sears Lodge, Lyndon B. Johnson, and President Diem of Vietnam. The photographs in this subseries were taken by the JUSPAO Press Section, USIS Press Section, Don Bosco, NSA Danang, and various unknown photographers between ca. 1963-1967.
B. Emily Sears Lodge photographs, ca. 1964-1967
Arranged chronologically.
This subseries contains photographs of Emily Sears Lodge engaged in various charitable activities during Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.'s tenure as Unites States ambassador to Vietnam. Subjects include Emily Sears Lodge's work for Save the Children, CARE, and the Center for War Orphans, as well as visiting with the family of Simone Ngoc Bich. The photographs in this subseries were taken by the USIS Press Section, Don Bosco, and various unknown photographers between ca. 1964-1967.
V. Travel photographs, 1960
Arranged chronologically.
This series contains photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.'s travels during 1960. Subjects include Lodge's visit to Egypt in January of that year and to the Soviet Union with Emily Sears Lodge in February as the personal guest of Nikita Khrushchev. The photographs in this series were taken by various unknown photographers.
VI. Speaking engagements and functions, ca. 1930-1975
Arranged chronologically.
This series contains photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. at various public events between ca. 1930-1975. Subjects include the unveiling of a statue of Henry Cabot Lodge (ca. 1930), a dinner for the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Center (1959), and the Paris Peace Talks (1969), among other events. The photographs in this series were taken by World Wide Photo, Mike Zwerling, and D'Arlene Studio of New York City and various unknown photographers.
VII. Vincent O'Brien photographs, ca. 1940-1975.
This series contains photographs, mainly of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., all taken or collected by Lodge's publicist, Vincent O'Brien, between 1940-1975. Most of the photographs contain captions written by O'Brien to Lodge, and the subjects span Lodge's military service in the 1940s through his ambassadorship to Vietnam and after his retirement from politics. Some of the photographs were taken by O'Brien; most were taken by various unknown photographers.
VIII. Photographs of manuscripts, 1944-1959
Arranged chronologically.
This series contains photographs of various letters addressed to or written by Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. from between 1944-1959. Subjects include Lodge's military service, a letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), commendations and petitions from the NAACP and various Zionist organizations, and a letter from Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971). The photographers are unidentified.
IX. Miscellaneous, ca. 1920-1970
This series contains assorted photographs of structures, animals, objects, and unidentified scenes. Subjects of the photos include a vase that was a gift to Lodge from Nikita Khrushchev and also an unidentified house in Beverly, Mass. These photographs were taken by various unidentified photographers between ca. 1920-1970.
X. Oversize photographs, ca. 1898-1979
This series contains oversized photographs ranging in date between ca. 1898-1979. The photographs are arranged into two subseries: (A) Portraits and (B) Other oversized photographs.
A. Portraits, ca. 1898-1979
Arranged alphabetically in two groups: Individual portraits and Group portraits
This subseries contains photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Emily Sears Lodge, and other members of the Lodge family, as well as Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Other subjects include Betty Ford, Nikita Khrushchev, and other friends and dignitaries. The photographs in this subseries were taken by Ted Russell, Burt Glenn, Arthur Hewitt of New York City, Harris and Ewing of Washington, D.C., and various other photographers between ca. 1898-1979.
Individual portraits
Group portraits
B. Other oversized photographs, ca. 1950-1970
This subseries is arranged into seven groups corresponding to the other series in this collection: United Nations; Vietnam; travel; speaking engagements and functions; Vincent O'Brien photographs; photographs of manuscripts; and miscellaneous. The photographs were taken between 1950-1970 by various photographers.
Preferred Citation
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. photographs II, Photo. Coll. 185, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.