Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930 creator mixed material monographic eng 676,000 1,562 8 902.5 658 Correspondence including 219 volumes of letterpress books (1890-1920), speeches and addresses, presidential and judicial files, legal papers and notebooks, family papers and letters, business and estate papers, engagement calendars, guest lists, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs documenting Taft's career as U.S. solicitor general (1890-1892), U.S. circuit court judge (1892-1900), president of the U.S. Philippine Commission (1900-1901), governor of the Philippines (1901-1904), secretary of war in Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet (1904-1908), president of the United States (1909-1913), professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School (1913-1921), and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Also documents Taft's service as president of the American Bar Association (1913), president of the League to Enforce Peace (1915), and member and cochairman of the National War Labor Board (1918-1919). Family members respresented include Taft's father, Alphonso Taft, U.S. secretary of war (1876), attorney general (1876-1877), and minister to Austria-Hungary (1882-1884) and to Russia (1884-1885); his mother, Louise Maria Torrey Taft, civic leader and advocate of the kindergarten movement; his wife, Helen Herron Taft; and his aunt, feminist Delia C. Torrey. Correspondence among these and other Taft family members reflects social and intellectual life in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also includes desk diaries and other papers of President Taft's private secretary, Fred W. Carpenter. Correspondents include Nelson W. Aldrich, Chester Alan Arthur, Robert Bacon, Richard Achilles Ballinger, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Mabel Thorp Boardman, Joseph L. Bristow, Viscount James Bryce, Nicholas Murray Butler, Archibald Willingham Butt, Joseph Gurney Cannon, George B. Cortelyou, Charles Curtis, John A. Dix, Charles W. Fairbanks, John Hays Hammond, Myron T. Herrick, Charles Evans Hughes, Robert Underwood Johnson, Walter H. Johnson, Frank B. Kellogg, Philander C. Knox, Robert Todd Lincoln, Henry Cabot Lodge, William H. Moody, Francis G. Newlands, Charles Dyer Norton, John J. Pershing, Gifford Pinchot, Whitelaw Reid, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, J. S. Sherman, Henry Lewis Stimson, Nathan Straus, Oscar S. Straus, Robert A. Taft, Willis Van Devanter, Booker T. Washington, Edward Douglass White, George W. Wickersham, James Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and Luke E. Wright. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Microfilm edition available for series 1-26, no. 15,535. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1972. President of the United States and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009245 Six volume index published by the Library of Congress in 1972 available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Cataloged in record 70608096. Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth) 1841-1915 Correspondence Arthur, Chester Alan 1829-1886 Correspondence Bacon, Robert 1860-1919 Correspondence Ballinger, Richard Achilles 1858-1922 Correspondence Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah 1862-1927 Correspondence Boardman, Mabel Thorp 1860-1946 Correspondence Bristow, Joseph L. (Joseph Little) 1861-1944 Correspondence Viscount Bryce, James Bryce 1838-1922 Correspondence Butler, Nicholas Murray 1862-1947 Correspondence Butt, Archibald Willingham 1866-1912 Correspondence Cannon, Joseph Gurney 1836-1926 Correspondence Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce) 1862-1940 Correspondence Curtis, Charles 1860-1936 Correspondence Dix, John A. (John Alden) 1860-1928 Correspondence Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren) 1852-1918 Correspondence Hammond, John Hays 1855-1936 Correspondence Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy) 1854-1929 Correspondence Hughes, Charles Evans 1862-1948 Correspondence Johnson, Robert Underwood 1853-1937 Correspondence Johnson, Walter H b. 1848 Correspondence Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings) 1856-1937 Correspondence Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase) 1853-1921 Correspondence Lincoln, Robert Todd 1843-1926 Correspondence Lodge, Henry Cabot 1850-1924 Correspondence Moody, William H. (William Henry) 1853-1917 Correspondence Newlands, Francis G. (Francis Griffith) 1848-1917 Correspondence Norton, Charles Dyer 1871-1922 Correspondence Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) 1860-1948 Correspondence Pinchot, Gifford 1865-1946 Correspondence Reid, Whitelaw 1837-1912 Correspondence Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 Correspondence Root, Elihu 1845-1937 Correspondence Sherman, J. S. (James Schoolcraft) 1855-1912 Correspondence Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis) 1867-1950 Correspondence Straus, Nathan 1848-1931 Correspondence Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon) 1850-1926 Correspondence Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso) 1889-1953 Correspondence Van Devanter, Willis 1859-1941 Correspondence Washington, Booker T 1856-1915 Correspondence White, Edward Douglass 1845-1921 Correspondence Wickersham, George W. (George Woodward) 1858-1936 Correspondence Wilson, James 1835-1920 Correspondence Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924 Correspondence Wright, Luke E. (Luke Edward) 1846-1922 Correspondence Taft family Correspondence American Bar Association. League to Enforce Peace (U.S.) United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of the Attorney General. United States. National War Labor Board (1918-1919) United States. Philippine Commission (1900-1916) United States. Solicitor General. United States. Supreme Court. United States. War Dept. Yale Law School Faculty Circuit courts United States Constitutional law United States Constitutional law Study and teaching Diplomatic and consular service, American Austria Diplomatic and consular service, American Russia Feminism Kindergarten United States Law United States Austria Foreign relations United States Philippines Politics and government 1898-1935 Russia Foreign relations United States United States Foreign relations Austria United States Foreign relations Russia United States Intellectual life 1865-1918 United States Politics and government 1901-1909 United States Politics and government 1909-1913 United States Social life and customs 1865-1918 Jurists Presidents Carpenter, Fred W., 1873 or 4-1957 Taft, Alphonso, 1810-1891 Taft, Louise Maria Torrey, 1827-1907 Taft, Helen Herron, 1861-1943 Torrey, Delia C. mm 78042234 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009245 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009245.3 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201001wi.1 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201001wi.2 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201002wi.1 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201002wi.2 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201003wi.1 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201003wi.2 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202001wi.1 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202001wi.2 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202002wi.1 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202002wi.2 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202003wi.1 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202003wi.2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009245 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009245.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201001wi.1 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201001wi.2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201002wi.1 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201002wi.2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201003wi.1 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101201003wi.2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202001wi.1 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202001wi.2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202002wi.1 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202002wi.2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202003wi.1 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20101202003wi.2 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 790419 20260227111626.0 mm 78042234