Halford, Elijah Walker 1843-1938 creator mixed material monographic eng 400 2 0.8 Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers concerning Halford's service (1889-1893) as private secretary to President Benjamin Harrison. Also includes a volume of articles from the Indianapolis Journal written by Halford during a trip to Europe in 1887. Correspondents include Chester Alan Arthur, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Calvin Coolidge, Frederick Douglass, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Robert Todd Lincoln, William McKinley, Helena Modjeska, James Whitcomb Riley, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Lew Wallace, and members of Halford's family. Open to research. Soldier and newspaper editor. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009019 Arthur, Chester Alan 1829-1886 Correspondence Clay, Cassius Marcellus 1810-1903 Correspondence Coolidge, Calvin 1872-1933 Correspondence Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 Correspondence Harrison, Benjamin 1833-1901 Correspondence Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 1822-1893 Correspondence Lincoln, Robert Todd 1843-1926 Correspondence McKinley, William 1843-1901 Correspondence Modjeska, Helena 1840-1909 Correspondence Riley, James Whitcomb 1849-1916 Correspondence Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 Correspondence Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930 Correspondence Wallace, Lew 1827-1905 Correspondence Halford family Correspondence American newspapers Indiana Indianapolis Europe Description and travel United States Politics and government 1889-1893 Newspaper editors Secretaries, Presidential Soldiers mm 73015685 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009019 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009019.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009019 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009019.3 Open to research. DLC 730523 20260227111614.0 mm 73015685