MacVeagh, Franklin 1837-1934 creator mixed material monographic eng 19,000 49 19.6 Correspondence; memoranda; speeches; writings; subject files; business, legal, and financial records; family papers; autobiographical material; newspaper clippings; scrapbook; printed matter; and other papers relating primarily to MacVeagh's service as U.S. secretary of the treasury under President William H. Taft and to MacVeagh's roles as Chicago businessman, banker, civic reformer, patron of the arts, and politician. Includes materials pertaining to the MacVeagh (McVey) and Eames families, Chicago social and civic affairs, and Franklin MacVeagh & Company, a wholesale grocery business. Subjects include the anthracite coal strike in Pennsylvania, 1902; election of 1896; political patronage; the silver question; and the U.S. Customs Service and U.S. Internal Revenue Service during the Taft administration. Organizations represented include American Civic Association, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Bureau of Charities, Chicago Literary Club, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Civic Federation of Chicago (Ill.), Immigration Restriction League (U.S.), Municipal Art League of Chicago, National Civic Federation, National Civil Service Reform League (U.S.), U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency, U.S. Public Health Service, and U.S. Tariff Board. Family correspondents include MacVeagh's wife, Emily Eames MacVeagh; his son, Eames MacVeagh; and his brother, Wayne MacVeagh. Other correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, R.O. Bailey, Richard Achilles Ballinger, Henry C. Bannard, James J. Barbour, Henry Sherman Boutell, William S. Broughton, Daniel Hudson Burnham, Royal Eubank Cabell, Walter T. Chandler, George B. Cortelyou, Shelby M. Cullom, J.M. Dickinson, Walter L. Fisher, Francis, E. Frothingham, S.M. Gaines, John Hay, Frank H. Hitchcock, Rollin Arthur Keyes, Philander C. Knox, George R. Leighton, Carl Lumholtz, Thomas S. Lynch, George Washington Maher, Lee McClung, Charles H. Miller, Charles P. Montgomery, Lawrence O. Murray, Charles Nagel, Charles Dyer Norton, Whitelaw Reid, Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, Henry L. Stimson, William H. Taft, George W. Wickersham, Leonard Wood, and members of the Pumpelly family. Open to research. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Lawyer, businessman, and U.S. secretary of the treasury. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013114 Adams, Charles Francis 1835-1915 Correspondence Bailey, R. O Correspondence Ballinger, Richard Achilles 1858-1922 Correspondence Bannard, Henry C Correspondence Barbour, James J. (James Joseph) 1869- Correspondence Boutell, Henry Sherman 1856-1926 Correspondence Broughton, William S 1874-1951 Correspondence Burnham, Daniel Hudson 1846-1912 Correspondence Cabell, Royal Eubank 1878-1950 Correspondence Chandler, Walter T Correspondence Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce) 1862-1940 Correspondence Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore) 1829-1914 Correspondence Dickinson, J. M. (Jacob McGavock) 1851-1928 Correspondence Fisher, Walter L. (Walter Lowrie) 1862-1935 Correspondence Frothingham, Francis E Correspondence Gaines, S. M Correspondence Hay, John 1838-1905 Correspondence Hitchcock, Frank H. (Frank Harris) 1867-1935 Correspondence Keyes, Rollin Arthur 1854-1925 Correspondence Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase) 1853-1921 Correspondence Leighton, George R Correspondence Lumholtz, Carl 1851-1922 Correspondence Lynch, Thomas S Correspondence MacVeagh, Eames 1871- Correspondence MacVeagh, Emily Eames Correspondence MacVeagh, Wayne 1833-1917 Correspondence Maher, George Washington 1864-1926 Correspondence McClung, Lee 1870-1914 Correspondence Miller, Charles H Correspondence Montgomery, Charles P Correspondence Murray, Lawrence O 1864-1926 Correspondence Nagel, Charles 1849-1940 Correspondence Norton, Charles Dyer 1871-1922 Correspondence Reid, Whitelaw 1837-1912 Correspondence Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah 1856-1928 Correspondence Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis) 1867-1950 Correspondence Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930 Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930 Correspondence Wickersham, George W. (George Woodward) 1858-1936 Correspondence Wood, Leonard 1860-1927 Correspondence Eames family MacVeagh family McVey family Pumpelly family Correspondence United States. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary. United States. Internal Revenue Service. United States. President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency. United States. Public Health Service. United States. Tariff Board. American Civic Association. Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago Bureau of Charities. Chicago Literary Club. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Civic Federation of Chicago (Ill.) Franklin MacVeagh & Company. Immigration Restriction League (U.S.) Municipal Art League of Chicago. National Civic Federation. National Civil Service Reform League (U.S.) U.S. Customs Service. Anthracite Coal Strike, Pa., 1902 Art patronage Illinois Chicago Banks and banking Illinois Chicago Civic improvement Illinois Chicago Civil service United States Elections United States 1896 Finance, Public United States Accounting Grocery trade Illinois Chicago Money United States Patronage, Political United States Public health United States Silver question Strikes and lockouts Coal mining Pennsylvania Tariff United States Chicago (Ill.) Commerce Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs United States Economic policy 20th century United States Emigration and immigration United States Politics and government 1909-1913 MacVeagh family Businessmen Cabinet officers Lawyers mm 77030973 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013114 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013114.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013114 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013114.3 Open to research. DLC 770627 20260227111618.0 mm 77030973 eng