Riggs family papers, (Record no. 43150)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | W |
| Source | lcmd |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Riggs family papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1763-1945. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 100,000 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 359 |
| Type of unit | containers. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 3 |
| Type of unit | microfilm reels. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 145.6 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged in 14 series. Series 1: Elisha Riggs (1779-1853) Papers, 1813-1896; Series 2: Elisha Riggs (1826-1881) Papers, 1844-1890; Series 3: Elisha Francis Riggs (1851-1910) Papers, 1860-1910; Series 4: Elisha Francis Riggs (1887-1936) Papers, 1887-1935; Series 5: George W. Riggs (1813-1881) Papers, 1836-1881; Series 6: Romulus Riggs (1882-1846) Papers, 1821-1882; Series 7: Thomas Riggs (1873-1945) Papers, 1887-1945; Series 8: Thomas Lawrason Riggs (1888-1943) Papers, 1790-1943; Series 9: William Henry Riggs (1827-1934) Papers, 1850-1912; Series 10: Other Family Papers, 1763-1945; Series 11: Related Papers, 1834-1839; Series 12: Business Papers, 1824-1896; Series 13: Oversize, 1825-1890; and Series 14: Water-Damaged Manuscripts. |
| 506 1# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Restrictions apply. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Family and business correspondence, diaries, writings, financial records, biographical and genealogical papers, printed matter, and other papers of Riggs family members. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Includes papers of Elisha Riggs (1779-1853) relating to family affairs, travel in Europe, sales of land in Illinois, and the development of his New York mercantile business; papers of Elisha Riggs, Jr. (1826-1881) relating to travel in Great Britain, the firm of Corcoran & Riggs, and the Averill Coal and Oil Company, West Va.; papers of Elisha Francis Riggs (1851-1910); papers of Elisha Francis Riggs, Jr. (1887-1936) relating to family matters, military service at Fort Riley, Kan., and in the Philippines, and diplomatic service in Russia during the Russian Revolution; papers of George Washington Riggs relating, in part, to Corcoran & Riggs; and papers of Romulus Riggs. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Also includes the papers of Thomas Riggs, Jr., relating to gold mining in Alaska, the Alaskan Engineering Commission, his governorship of Alaska, the Alaska Boundary Survey, and to family matters; papers of T. Lawrason Riggs relating to personal and family matters, World War I service with the U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces in France, experiences as a Catholic priest, and writings; and papers of William Henry Riggs relating to his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Spain, and Syria, and to his interests in the art world, including his donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes papers of other family members and records of the firm of Corcoran & Riggs relating, in part, to the financing of the Mexican War and the settlement (1843) of Choctaw and Chickasaw land claims. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondents include George Bancroft, Clara Barton, Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Bierstadt, Dion Boucicault, James Buchanan, Ole Bull, John C. Calhoun, George Earle Chamberlain, Walter Eli Clark, Grover Cleveland, W.W. Corcoran, Frederic R. Coudert, Frederick S. Cozzens, J.L.M. Curry, Jefferson Davis, John W. Davis, John Elliott, Ernest Gruening, Joseph F. Guffey, Nathan Hale, Franklin K. Lane, Francis Napier, George Newbold, Noel J. Ogilvie, John Howard Payne, George Peabody, James K. Polk, William Henry Seward, John Slidell, Buckingham Smith, Julian Street, Booth Tarkington, Daniel Webster, Levi Woodbury, and Brigham Young. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Microfilm edition of Thomas Riggs, Jr., memoirs available, |
| Order number | no. 16,715. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Microfilm edition of Thomas Lawrason Riggs diaries available, |
| Order number | no. 17,004. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. |
| Place of reproduction | Washington, D.C. : |
| Agency responsible for reproduction | Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. |
| Date of reproduction | 1976-1977. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Microfilm of selected letters (Microfilm 6,124A-1N-1P) produced from originals in private hands. |
| Place of reproduction | [S.l.] |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Prints, photograph albums, photographs, glass slides, and plans of public buildings |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Some maps |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Merchant and banking family of New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and Washington, D.C. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bancroft, George, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1800-1891 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barton, Clara, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1821-1912 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Benton, Thomas Hart, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1782-1858 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bierstadt, Albert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1830-1902 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Boucicault, Dion, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1820-1890 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Buchanan, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1868 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bull, Ole, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1810-1880 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Calhoun, John C. |
| Fuller form of name | (John Caldwell), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1782-1850 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chamberlain, George E. |
| Fuller form of name | (George Earle), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1854-1928 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Clark, Walter Eli, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1869-1950 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cleveland, Grover, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1837-1908 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Corcoran, W. W. |
| Fuller form of name | (William Wilson), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1798-1888 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Coudert, Frederic R. |
| Fuller form of name | (Frederic René), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1871-1955 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cozzens, Frederic S. |
| Fuller form of name | (Frederic Swartwout), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1818-1869 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Curry, J. L. M. |
| Fuller form of name | (Jabez Lamar Monroe), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1825-1903 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Davis, Jefferson, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1808-1889 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Davis, John W. |
| Fuller form of name | (John William), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1873-1955 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Elliott, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | active 1841-1889 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gruening, Ernest, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1887-1974 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Guffey, Joseph F., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1870-1959 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hale, Nathan, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1784-1863 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lane, Franklin K. |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Napier, Francis, |
| Titles and other words associated with a name | Baron Napier and Ettrick, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1819-1898 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Newbold, George |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ogilvie, Noel J. |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Payne, John Howard, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1852 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Peabody, George, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1795-1869 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Polk, James K. |
| Fuller form of name | (James Knox), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1795-1849 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Seward, William Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1801-1872 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Slidell, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1793-1871 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Smith, Buckingham, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1810-1871 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Street, Julian, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1879-1947 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tarkington, Booth, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1869-1946 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Webster, Daniel, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1782-1852 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Woodbury, Levi, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1789-1851 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Young, Brigham, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1801-1877 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs family. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army. |
| -- | American Expeditionary Forces. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Alaskan Boundary Survey. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Alaskan Engineering Commission. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Averill Coal and Oil Company. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Corcoran & Riggs. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Art. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Banks and banking |
| Geographic subdivision | Washington (D.C.) |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Catholic Church |
| General subdivision | Clergy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Chickasaw Indians |
| General subdivision | Claims. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Choctaw Indians |
| General subdivision | Claims. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Coal mines and mining |
| Geographic subdivision | West Virginia. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Diplomatic and consular service, American |
| Geographic subdivision | Soviet Union. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Gold mines and mining |
| Geographic subdivision | Alaska. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Indians of North America |
| General subdivision | Land tenure. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Merchants |
| Geographic subdivision | New York (State) |
| -- | New York. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mexican War, 1846-1848 |
| General subdivision | Finance. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Military bases |
| Geographic subdivision | Kansas. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Military bases, American |
| Geographic subdivision | Philippines. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Surveying |
| Geographic subdivision | Alaska. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World War, 1914-1918 |
| Geographic subdivision | France. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Alaska |
| General subdivision | Politics and government. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Alaska |
| Form subdivision | Surveys. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Egypt |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Europe |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Fort Riley (Kan.) |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Great Britain |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Palestine |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Soviet Union |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Revolution, 1917-1921. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Spain |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Syria |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, Elisha, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1779-1853. |
| Title of a work | Elisha Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1813-1896. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, Elisha, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1826-1881. |
| Title of a work | Elisha Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1844-1890. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, Elisha Francis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1851-1910. |
| Title of a work | Elisha Francis Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1860-1910. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, Elisha Francis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1887-1936. |
| Title of a work | Elisha Francis Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1887-1935. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, George Washington, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1813-1881. |
| Title of a work | George Washington Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1836-1881. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, Romulus, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1782-1846. |
| Title of a work | Romulus Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1821-1882. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, Thomas, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1873-1945. |
| Title of a work | Thomas Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1887-1945. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, T. Lawrason |
| Fuller form of name | (Thomas Lawrason), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1888-1943. |
| Title of a work | T. Lawrason Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1790-1943. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, William Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1837-1924. |
| Title of a work | William Henry Riggs papers. |
| Date of a work | 1850-1912. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003.3</a> |
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