Delano, Columbus,  1809-1896. <br/><br/>
Columbus Delano family papers, 1845-1889. 

 - 1,500  items. 3  containers. 1.2  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence (largely 1869) and photograph album relating to Ohio and national politics and patronage, the Republican Party, western lands, railroad expansion, and personal and financial matters.  Includes letters concerning the purchase of the archives of the Confederate States of America.  Correspondents include Henry Ward Beecher, Simon Cameron, William E. Chandler, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Shelby M. Cullom, Grenville Mellen Dodge, Hamilton Fish, James A. Garfield, Jay Gould, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Whitelaw Reid, and John Sherman. 
<br/><br/><br/>Family members include Columbus Delano, U.S. secretary of the interior and representative from Ohio, and his son, John Sherman Delano, businessman. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79018184  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 --Correspondence.<br/>Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 --Correspondence.<br/>Chandler, William E. 1835-1917 --Correspondence.<br/>Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 --Correspondence.<br/>Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888 --Correspondence.<br/>Cullom, Shelby M. 1829-1914 --Correspondence.<br/>Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916 --Correspondence.<br/>Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893 --Correspondence.<br/>Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Correspondence.<br/>Gould, Jay, 1836-1892 --Correspondence.<br/>Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Correspondence.<br/>Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 --Correspondence.<br/>Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 --Correspondence.<br/>Sherman, John, 1823-1900 --Correspondence.<br/>Delano family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Land speculation--West (U.S.)<br/>Patronage, Political--Ohio.<br/>Railroads.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Confederate States of America--Archival resources.<br/>Ohio--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Cabinet officers.<br/>Representatives, U.S. Congress--Ohio.