John Russell Young papers, circa 1840-1959 (bulk 1858-1898).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 28,000 items; 46 containers plus 1 oversize; 3 microfilm reels; 12.4 linear feetSubject(s): - Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910 -- Correspondence
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 -- Correspondence
- Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 -- Correspondence
- Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922 -- Correspondence
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 -- Correspondence
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 -- Correspondence
- Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888 -- Correspondence
- Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905 -- Correspondence
- Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899 -- Correspondence
- Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897 -- Correspondence
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Correspondence
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Correspondence
- Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881 -- Correspondence
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Correspondence
- George, Henry, 1839-1897 -- Correspondence
- Gordon, James B. (James Byron), 1822-1864 -- Correspondence
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Correspondence
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 -- Correspondence
- Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 -- Correspondence
- Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Correspondence
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 -- Correspondence
- Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909 -- Correspondence
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Correspondence
- Latrobe, Osmun -- Correspondence
- Li, Hongzhang, 1823-1901
- Longfellow, Charles Appleton -- Correspondence
- Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 -- Correspondence
- McCook, Anson G. (Anson George), 1835-1917 -- Correspondence
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901 -- Correspondence
- Mills, Stephen Crosby, Mrs. -- Correspondence
- Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883 -- Correspondence
- Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 -- Correspondence
- Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 -- Correspondence
- Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 -- Correspondence
- Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 -- Correspondence
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- Correspondence
- Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914 -- Correspondence
- Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931 -- Correspondence
- Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 -- Correspondence
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 -- Correspondence
- Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878 -- Correspondence
- Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921 -- Correspondence
- White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918 -- Correspondence
- Young, Dorothy Mills -- Correspondence
- Young, G. R. (Gordon Russell), 1891- -- Correspondence
- Dow family
- Library of Congress -- Officials and employees
- United States Military Academy -- Students
- Journalism -- United States
- Voyages around the world -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Diplomats
- Editors
- Journalists
- Librarians of Congress
- Microfilm edition of diaries, 1865-1898, available, no. 17,212.
- A portion of the Ulysses S. Grant correspondence has been removed from the John Russell Young papers and placed in Series I, Subseries B of the Ulysses S. Grant papers. It may be identified by the notation "AC.2994" placed in the lower right-hand corner of each page.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, writings including an annotated biography, Dow family papers, scrapbook, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Young's career as a journalist and to his association with Ulysses S. Grant. Includes correspondence and diaries of Young's wife, Mary Dow Davids Young. Subjects include national politics; a world tour, 1877-1879, made by Ulysses S. Grant accompanied by Young; and an 1896 visit of Li Hongzhang to the United States. Includes letters written by Dwight D. Eisenhower to Dorothy Mills (Young) during his years at the United States Military Academy.
Correspondents include Edward Porter Alexander; Chester Alan Arthur; Henry Ward Beecher; James Bryce, viscount Bryce; Salmon P. Chase; Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Roscoe Conkling; Jay Cooke; Augustin Daly; Charles A. Dana; Charles Dickens; Ralph Waldo Emerson; John W. Forney; James A. Garfield; Henry George; James B. Gordon; Ulysses S. Grant; Horace Greeley; Benjamin Harrison; John Hay; Oliver Wendell Holmes; O.O. Howard; William Dean Howells; Osmun Latrobe; Charles Appleton Longfellow; James Russell Lowell; Anson G. McCook; William McKinley; Mrs. Stephen Crosby Mills; Edwin D. Morgan; Wendell Phillips; Whitelaw Reid; Carl Schurz; Philip Henry Sheridan; William T. Sherman; Daniel Edgar Sickles; Hoke Smith; Henry M. Stanley; Charles Sumner; Bayard Taylor; Henry Watterson; Andrew Dickson White, and G.R. Young.
Microfilm edition of diaries, 1865-1898, available, no. 17,212.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
Journalist, editor, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011236
Collection related to the Library of Congress Archives.
A portion of the Ulysses S. Grant correspondence has been removed from the John Russell Young papers and placed in Series I, Subseries B of the Ulysses S. Grant papers. It may be identified by the notation "AC.2994" placed in the lower right-hand corner of each page.
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