Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.

Gifford Pinchot papers, 1770-1972 (bulk 1870-1946). - 2,000,000 items. 3,022 33 containers plus oversize. 37 microfilm reels. 1,220 linear feet. - Arranged in 12 series. Series 1: Diaries, Engagement and Appointment Books, Notebooks, and Journals, 1872-1946; Series 2: Family Papers, 1770-1937; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1872-1946; Series 4: Subject File, 1787-1943; Series 5: Speech File, 1899-1942; Series 6: Article File; Series 7: Books and Miscellaneous Writings File, 1886-1942; Series 8: Political Campaign File, 1912-1944; Series 9: Governorship: First Administration, 1917-1935; Series 10: Governorship: Second Administration, 1931-1935; Series 11: Special Collections, 1900-1943; Series 12: Miscellany, 1886-1940; Series 13: Addition I, 1883-1941; and Series 14: Addition II, 1799-1972.

Open to research.

Primarily correspondence and subject files, together with memoranda, diaries, speeches, articles, reports, financial records, bulletins, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Pinchot's activities in conservation and forestry and to his terms as governor of Pennsylvania. Documents Pinchot's support of the presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt and Robert M. La Follette, Progressive Party activities in Pennsylvania, and Pinchot's dispute with U.S. secretary of the interior Richard Achilles Ballinger that led to Pinchot's dismissal as chief forester in 1909. Also documents his travels to Russia (1902) and to the South Seas (1935); service on the Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1915); and affiliation with the Tomlinson Church of God. Other subjects include the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Federation of Labor, American Legion, American Liberty League, flood control, prohibition, and public utilities. Family papers include correspondence of his parents, James W. Pinchot and Mary Eno Pinchot with William T. Sherman; financial papers of his grandfather, Amos R. Eno; and Civil War correspondence of John S. Phelps and Mary Whitney Phelps. Includes subject files compiled by Pinchot on such public figures as William Edgar Borah, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, William Jennings Bryan, Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford, John Charles Frémont, and William Randolph Hearst. Also includes correspondence and other papers of Pinchot's associates, Eugene S. Bruce, Herbert A. Smith, and Philip P. Wells; and Morris E. Gregg, Pinchot's secretary.




Microfilm produced from originals in or formerly in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1975, 1986, & 1990.


Architectural drawings, blueprints, and photographs
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Maps
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
transferred to
Selected financial documents, legal records, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
transferred to


Conservationist, chief forester for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, professor of forestry at Yale University, and governor of Pennsylvania.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011106

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Ballinger, Richard Achilles, 1858-1922.
Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940.
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941.
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
Edison, Thomas A. 1847-1931.
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.
La Follette, Robert M. 1855-1925.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 --Correspondence.
Pinchot family.


American Farm Bureau Federation.
American Federation of Labor.
American Legion.
American Liberty League.
Church of God (Tomlinson)
Commission for Relief in Belgium.
Progressive Party (1912)
United States. Forest Service.
Yale University.--Faculty.


Conservation of natural resources.
Flood control.
Forestry schools and education.
Forests and forestry.
Presidents--Election--United States--1912.
Presidents--Election--United States--1924.
Prohibition.
Public utilities.
World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief--Belgium.


Oceania--Description and travel.
Pennsylvania--Politics and government.
Russia--Description and travel.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.


Conservationists.
Foresters.
Governors--Pennsylvania.