Harry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney, (Record no. 43173)
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| LC control number | mm 81045468 |
| 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 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Whitney, William C. |
| Fuller form of name | (William Collins), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1841-1904. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Harry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney, |
| Inclusive dates | 1757-1942 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1883-1904). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 20,000 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 148 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 10 |
| Type of unit | oversize. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 41.8 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Bound Correspondence, 1757-1904; Series 2: Letterbooks, 1883-1904; Series 3: Legal File, 1838-1896; Series 4: Miscellany, 1845-1942; Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1875-1899; and Series 6: Oversize. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence; business, legal, and financial records; genealogies; scrapbooks; printed matter; photographs; and other papers pertaining chiefly to William C. Whitney's service as corporation counsel in the New York (N.Y.) Law Dept. and as U.S. secretary of the navy in the first Grover Cleveland presidential administration. Documents his work in the modernization of the U.S. Navy and his fight against political corruption and fraud in New York, N.Y., primarily in relation to Tammany Hall and the Tweed Ring. Subjects include New York city and state politics; the Democratic Party (N.Y); national politics; and foreign relations. Other subjects include Grover Cleveland's nomination and election as New York state governor and U.S. president; presidential campaigns, 1884-1896; bimetallism; silver question; tariff; social life in New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C.; horse racing: yachting: and Whitney family affairs. Includes six scrapbooks containing photographs from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884) led by A.W. Greely. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Photographs of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | U.S. secretary of the navy, financier, and sportsman. |
| 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.ms012064">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cleveland, Grover, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1837-1908. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Greely, A. W. |
| Fuller form of name | (Adolphus Washington), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1844-1935. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Whitney family. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | New York (N.Y.). |
| Subordinate unit | Law Department. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Navy. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Navy Department. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Tammany Hall. |
| 611 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME | |
| Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Lady Franklin Bay Expedition |
| Date of meeting or treaty signing | (1881-1884) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Bimetallism. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Fraud |
| Geographic subdivision | New York (State) |
| -- | New York. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Genealogy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Horse racing. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Political corruption |
| Geographic subdivision | New York (State) |
| -- | New York. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Presidents |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| General subdivision | Election. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Silver question. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Tariff. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Tweed Ring. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Yachting. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Arctic regions |
| General subdivision | Discovery and exploration. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | New York (N.Y.) |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | To 1898. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | New York (N.Y.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | New York (State) |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 1865-1950. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Polar regions |
| General subdivision | Discovery and exploration. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Chronological subdivision | 1865-1898. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 1865-1900. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Washington (D.C.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Cabinet officers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Financiers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Sportsmen. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Whitney, Harry Payne, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1872-1930. |
| Title of a work | Harry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney. |
| Date of a work | 1757-1942. |
| 774 1# - CONSTITUENT UNIT ENTRY | |
| Main entry heading | Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904. |
| Title | Visual materials from the Harry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney |
| Record control number | (DLC)2011645030 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064.3</a> |
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