James A. Farley papers, 1790-1976 (bulk 1918-1976).
- 106,000 items. 204 1 containers plus oversize. 54 microfilm reels. 74.6 linear ft.
- Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1918-1976; Series 2: Presidential File, 1928-1976; Series 3: Private File, 1918-1976; Series 4: Subject File, 1806-1976; Series 5: Speeches and Writings, 1927-1974; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1790-1976.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, subject files, speeches, writings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating to Farley's service as U.S. postmaster general (1933-1940), his chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee (1932-1940), and his various business interests. Includes material relating to his involvement with commercial and service organizations, Irish-American societies, the Catholic Church, and professional sports. Other topics include Farley's relationship with Franklin D. Roosevelt and his role in the New Deal, the presidential election of 1936, New York state politics, Huey Pierce Long, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the Coca-Cola Export Corporation. Correspondents include Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle; Claude Gernade Bowers; May-ling Soong Chiang (Madame Chiang Kai-shek); Winston Churchill; Homer S. Cummings; Éamon De Valera; Denis J. Dougherty; Francisco Franco; John Nance Garner; Carter Glass; Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia; Herbert Hoover; Louis M. Howe; Cordell Hull; Harold L. Ickes; Lady Bird Johnson; Lyndon B. Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Breckinridge Long; Sean T. O'Kelly; Pope Pius XII; Eleanor Roosevelt; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Alfred Emanuel Smith; Anastasio Somoza; Bess Wallace Truman; Harry S. Truman; William H. Woodin; and Harry Hines Woodring.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1986.
Motion picture films and sound recordings Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. transferred to Photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
U.S. postmaster general, politician, and businessman.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010193
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Biddle, Anthony Joseph Drexel, 1896-1961 --Correspondence. Bowers, Claude Gernade, 1879-1958 --Correspondence. Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 --Correspondence. Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 --Correspondence. Cummings, Homer S. 1870-1956 --Correspondence. De Valera, Éamon, 1882-1975 --Correspondence. Dougherty, Denis J. 1865-1951 --Correspondence. Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975 --Correspondence. Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967 --Correspondence. Glass, Carter, 1858-1946 --Correspondence. Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975 --Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 --Correspondence. Howe, Louis M. 1871-1936 --Correspondence. Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 --Correspondence. Ickes, Harold L. 1874-1952 --Correspondence. Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 --Correspondence. Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973 --Correspondence. Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 --Correspondence. Long, Breckinridge, 1881-1958 --Correspondence. Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935. O'Kelly, Sean T.--Correspondence. Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 --Correspondence. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 --Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Correspondence. Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 --Correspondence. Somoza, Anastasio, 1896-1956 --Correspondence. Truman, Bess Wallace--Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 --Correspondence. Woodin, William H. 1868-1934 --Correspondence. Woodring, Harry Hines, 1887-1967 --Correspondence.
Coca-Cola Export Corporation. Catholic Church. Democratic National Committee (U.S.) United States. Post Office Department. United States. 18th Amendment. Constitution.
Constitutional amendments--United States. Irish Americans--Societies, etc. Presidents--Election--United States--1936. Professional sports. New Deal, 1933-1939.
New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950. United States--Economic policy--1933-1945. United States--Social conditions--1933-1945. United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.