James Alexander Robertson papers, 1816-1939 (bulk 1898-1939).

Open to research.

Correspondence, diaries, writings, notes, subject files, and other papers relating primarily to Robertson's activities and scholarship in Hispanic studies, especially relating to Florida and the Philippines. Documents his editorial work on the fifty-five volume "The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803," editorship of the Hispanic American Historical Review, role as executive secretary and editor of publications for the Florida State Historical Society, appointment as archivist of the State of Maryland, and travels to France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain from 1902 to 1907. Family correspondence relates to Robertson's work on the Philippines and to family affairs. Correspondents include Emma Helen Blair, Carroll T. Bond, James A. LeRoy, Irene Aloha Wright, and Robertson's wife, Cora Halsey Robertson.

Handwritten and typewritten transcripts, in part. Place of transcription unidentified.

Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Serials transferred to Library of Congress Serial and Government Publications Division.

Editor, bibliographer, and archivist.

Collection material in English, French, and Spanish.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012175