James A. Garfield papers,
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881.
James A. Garfield papers, 1775-1889 (bulk 1850-1881). - 80,000 items. 462 26 containers plus oversize. 177 microfilm reels. 117.6 linear feet. - Arranged in 22 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1848-1881; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1839-1881; Series 3: James A. Garfield-Lucretia R. Garfield Correspondence, 1853-1881; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1852-1882; Series 5: Recipients' Copies and Related Material, 1852-1881; Series 6: Letterbooks and Outgoing Correspondence, 1868-1881; Series 7: Additional Outgoing Correspondence, 1854-1881; Series 8: Military Correspondence and Maps, 1861-1885; Series 9: Executive Mansion Letter List, 1881; Series 10: Speeches, Articles, and Public Statements, 1850-1881; Series 11: Notes and Memoranda, 1860-1880; Series 12: Law Cases, 1865-1877; Series 13: College Notebooks, 1849-1875; Series 14: Financial Papers, 1853-1881; Series 15: Scrapbooks, 1855-1885; Series 16: Shorthand Notebooks and Notes, 1871-1881; Series 17: Miscellany, 1849-1881; Series 18: Memorials, 1881; Series 19: Commissions; Series 20: Bound Newspapers, 1881; Series 21: Addition, 1775-1889; and Series OV: Oversize, 1775-1881.
Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Family, personal, and official correspondence including records of Garfield's Civil War military service, diary (1848-1881), speeches and other public statements, legal papers, genealogical material, college notebooks, tributes, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other material relating primarily to Garfield's career and death. Subjects include Ohio and national politics, the disputed election of 1876, tariff and national finance, Credit Mobilier of America, and the Fitz-John Porter court-martial. Other topics include education, Hiram College, the Disciples of Christ, and the Salish (Flathead) Indians. Also includes diaries, account book, and other papers (1881-1889) of Garfield's daughter, Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown ("Mollie"). Correspondents include Chester Alan Arthur, Harmon Austin, Jeremiah S. Black, J. M. Bundy, Alexander Campbell, William E. Chandler, Julius Orrin Converse, Jacob D. Cox, John Jay Curtis, Madeleine V. Dahlgren, Ulysses S. Grant, Mark Hopkins, William Dean Howells, Robert Green Ingersoll, Francis Lieber, Thomas M. Nichol, Thomas Wharton Phillips, Albert M. Pratt, Whitelaw Reid, James H. Rhodes, A. G. Riddle, James S. Robinson, John P. Robison, William S. Rosecrans, John Sherman, Platt Rogers Spencer, and Samuel Ward.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1974.
U.S. president, army officer, lawyer, and educator.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008147 Index published by the Library of Congress in 1973 available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet. Cataloged in record 73009594.
mm 75021956
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 --Correspondence.
Austin, Harmon, 1817-1893 --Correspondence.
Black, Jeremiah S. 1810-1883 --Correspondence.
Bundy, J. M. 1835-1891 --Correspondence.
Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866 --Correspondence.
Chandler, William E. 1835-1917 --Correspondence.
Converse, Julius Orrin, 1834- --Correspondence.
Cox, Jacob D. 1828-1900 --Correspondence.
Curtis, John Jay, 1857-1931 --Correspondence.
Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton, 1825-1898 --Correspondence.
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Correspondence.
Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887 --Correspondence.
Howells, William Cooper, 1807-1894 --Correspondence.
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 --Correspondence.
Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899 --Correspondence.
Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 --Correspondence.
Nichol, Thomas M.--Correspondence.
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901.
Pratt, Albert M.--Correspondence.
Phillips, Thomas Wharton, 1835-1912 --Correspondence.
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 --Correspondence.
Rhodes, James H.--Correspondence.
Riddle, A. G. 1816-1902 --Correspondence.
Robinson, James S.--Correspondence.
Robison, John P., 1811-1889 --Correspondence.
Rosecrans, William S. 1819-1898 --Correspondence.
Sherman, John, 1823-1900 --Correspondence.
Spencer, Platt R. (Platt Rogers), --Correspondence.
Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884 --Correspondence.
Credit Mobilier of America.
Hiram College.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
Disciples of Christ.
Education.
Finance, Public--History--United States--1875-1901.
Presidents--Election--United States--1876.
Salish Indians.
Tariff--United States.
Universities and colleges--Ohio.
Ohio--Politics and government.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--Politics and government--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
Army officers.
Presidents--United States.
James A. Garfield papers, 1775-1889 (bulk 1850-1881). - 80,000 items. 462 26 containers plus oversize. 177 microfilm reels. 117.6 linear feet. - Arranged in 22 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1848-1881; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1839-1881; Series 3: James A. Garfield-Lucretia R. Garfield Correspondence, 1853-1881; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1852-1882; Series 5: Recipients' Copies and Related Material, 1852-1881; Series 6: Letterbooks and Outgoing Correspondence, 1868-1881; Series 7: Additional Outgoing Correspondence, 1854-1881; Series 8: Military Correspondence and Maps, 1861-1885; Series 9: Executive Mansion Letter List, 1881; Series 10: Speeches, Articles, and Public Statements, 1850-1881; Series 11: Notes and Memoranda, 1860-1880; Series 12: Law Cases, 1865-1877; Series 13: College Notebooks, 1849-1875; Series 14: Financial Papers, 1853-1881; Series 15: Scrapbooks, 1855-1885; Series 16: Shorthand Notebooks and Notes, 1871-1881; Series 17: Miscellany, 1849-1881; Series 18: Memorials, 1881; Series 19: Commissions; Series 20: Bound Newspapers, 1881; Series 21: Addition, 1775-1889; and Series OV: Oversize, 1775-1881.
Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Family, personal, and official correspondence including records of Garfield's Civil War military service, diary (1848-1881), speeches and other public statements, legal papers, genealogical material, college notebooks, tributes, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other material relating primarily to Garfield's career and death. Subjects include Ohio and national politics, the disputed election of 1876, tariff and national finance, Credit Mobilier of America, and the Fitz-John Porter court-martial. Other topics include education, Hiram College, the Disciples of Christ, and the Salish (Flathead) Indians. Also includes diaries, account book, and other papers (1881-1889) of Garfield's daughter, Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown ("Mollie"). Correspondents include Chester Alan Arthur, Harmon Austin, Jeremiah S. Black, J. M. Bundy, Alexander Campbell, William E. Chandler, Julius Orrin Converse, Jacob D. Cox, John Jay Curtis, Madeleine V. Dahlgren, Ulysses S. Grant, Mark Hopkins, William Dean Howells, Robert Green Ingersoll, Francis Lieber, Thomas M. Nichol, Thomas Wharton Phillips, Albert M. Pratt, Whitelaw Reid, James H. Rhodes, A. G. Riddle, James S. Robinson, John P. Robison, William S. Rosecrans, John Sherman, Platt Rogers Spencer, and Samuel Ward.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1974.
U.S. president, army officer, lawyer, and educator.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008147 Index published by the Library of Congress in 1973 available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet. Cataloged in record 73009594.
mm 75021956
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 --Correspondence.
Austin, Harmon, 1817-1893 --Correspondence.
Black, Jeremiah S. 1810-1883 --Correspondence.
Bundy, J. M. 1835-1891 --Correspondence.
Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866 --Correspondence.
Chandler, William E. 1835-1917 --Correspondence.
Converse, Julius Orrin, 1834- --Correspondence.
Cox, Jacob D. 1828-1900 --Correspondence.
Curtis, John Jay, 1857-1931 --Correspondence.
Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton, 1825-1898 --Correspondence.
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Correspondence.
Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887 --Correspondence.
Howells, William Cooper, 1807-1894 --Correspondence.
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 --Correspondence.
Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899 --Correspondence.
Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 --Correspondence.
Nichol, Thomas M.--Correspondence.
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901.
Pratt, Albert M.--Correspondence.
Phillips, Thomas Wharton, 1835-1912 --Correspondence.
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 --Correspondence.
Rhodes, James H.--Correspondence.
Riddle, A. G. 1816-1902 --Correspondence.
Robinson, James S.--Correspondence.
Robison, John P., 1811-1889 --Correspondence.
Rosecrans, William S. 1819-1898 --Correspondence.
Sherman, John, 1823-1900 --Correspondence.
Spencer, Platt R. (Platt Rogers), --Correspondence.
Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884 --Correspondence.
Credit Mobilier of America.
Hiram College.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
Disciples of Christ.
Education.
Finance, Public--History--United States--1875-1901.
Presidents--Election--United States--1876.
Salish Indians.
Tariff--United States.
Universities and colleges--Ohio.
Ohio--Politics and government.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--Politics and government--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
Army officers.
Presidents--United States.