Denby family papers, (Record no. 44581)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm2001084834 |
| 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 | Denby family papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1850-1911. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 2,000 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 8 |
| Type of unit | containers. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 3.2 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Chiefly correspondence and related material exchanged among Denby family members. The bulk of the letters are between Charles Denby (1830-1904), his wife Martha Fitch Denby, and their children Graham, Charles (1861-1938), Harriet, Wythe, Edwin, and Thomas Garvin. Also includes letters from Martha's mother Harriet Satterlee Fitch and father Graham Newell Fitch. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Includes courtship correspondence (1850s) between Charles Denby, a lawyer in Evansville, Ind., and Martha of Logansport, Ind., and Washington, D.C. Includes Civil War correspondence of Charles written while serving with the Forty-second Indiana Volunteers and the Eightieth Indiana Volunteers in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Letters speak of life at home and in camp. Correspondence (1860s-1870s) documents family life, local and national events, and Charles's work as a lawyer. Includes letters from Denby's son Charles while he attended the College of New Jersey, Princeton, N.J., and from their daughter Harriet while she attended Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ont. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence (1885-1905) pertains to the elder Charles Denby's post as minister to China, the official, social, and domestic lives of the diplomatic community in Beijing, and the life of other Denby family members in China and the U.S. Includes material relating to son Charles's work in diplomatic service and business in China and Edwin's service in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (Hai guan zong shui wu si shu). Documents the Spanish-American War in relation to Edwin's and son-in-law Gilbert Wilkes's service aboard the cruiser Yosemite in 1898 and father Charles's service on a commission investigating the conduct of the U.S. War Dept. during the war and on the U.S. Philippine Commission. Includes a journal Martha kept on a trip with the commission to the Philippines. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence (1890s-1911) document Wythe's work as a mining engineer in Alaska, Arizona, and Utah; Edwin's election to Congress, his early days in Washington, D.C., and a trip to Europe; and son Charles's work in the State Department. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Denby family members including Charles Denby (1830-1904), lawyer and U.S. minister to China; Charles Denby (1861-1938), diplomat to China; and Edwin Denby (1870-1929), congressman and U.S. secretary of the navy. |
| 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.ms007015">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007015</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby, Charles, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1830-1904 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby, Charles, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1861-1938 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby, Edwin, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1870-1929 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby, Graham |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby, Harriet |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby, Martha Fitch |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby, Thomas Garvin |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby, Wythe |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fitch, Graham N. |
| Fuller form of name | (Graham Newell), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1809-1892 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fitch, Harriet Satterlee |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Denby family. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | China. |
| Subordinate unit | Hai guan zong shui wu si shu. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army. |
| -- | Indiana Infantry Regiment, 42nd (1861-1865) |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army. |
| -- | Indiana Infantry Regiment, 80th (1862-1865) |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Congress. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Department of State. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Philippine Commission (1899-1900) |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | War Department. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.) |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Hellmuth Ladies' College (London, Ont.) |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Yosemite (Cruiser) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Customs administration |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Diplomatic and consular service, American |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Diplomatic and consular service, American |
| Geographic subdivision | China |
| -- | Beijing. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mining engineering |
| Geographic subdivision | Alaska. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mining engineering |
| Geographic subdivision | Arizona. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mining engineering |
| Geographic subdivision | Utah. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Practice of law |
| Geographic subdivision | Indiana |
| -- | Evansville. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Spanish-American War, 1898. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Universities and colleges |
| Geographic subdivision | New Jersey |
| -- | Princeton. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Universities and colleges |
| Geographic subdivision | Ontario |
| -- | London. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Alabama |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | China |
| General subdivision | Commerce. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | China |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Europe |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Evansville (Ind.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Indiana |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Indiana |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Kentucky |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Logansport (Ind.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Philippines |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Tennessee |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Washington (D.C.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007015">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007015</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007015.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007015.3</a> |
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