Benjamin Harrison papers, 1780-1948 (bulk 1853-1901).
- 69,600 items. 925 4 containers plus oversize. 360 linear feet. 151 microfilm reels.
- Arranged in 21 series. Series 1: General Correspondence and Related Material, 1787-1912; Series 2: Additional Correspondence and Related Items, 1853-1909; Series 3: Letter Press Copy Book, 1880-1892; Series 4: Telegrams, 1888-1889; Series 5: Social, 1889-1897; Series 6: Shorthand Notebooks, 1884-1901; Series 7: Record of Letters Received at the White House, 1889-1893; Series 8: Speeches, 1878-1901; Series 9: Writing, 1895-1897; Series 10: Legal Instruments, 1852-1898; Series 11: Legal Cases and Firm Letter Press Copy Books, circa 1855-1900; Series 12: Financial, 1836-1900; Series 13: Venezuela Boundary Dispute, 1895-1899; Series 14: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1814-1901; Series 15: Volwiler Collection of Harrisoniana, 1864-1938; Series 16: Scrapbooks, 1853-1908; Series 17: Certificates, Memorials, and Printed Invitations, 1882-1896; Series 18: Pamphlets, 1840-1916; Series 19: Photographs and Drawings, 1889-1892; Series 20: Miscellaneous Printed Matter, 1892; and Series 21: Additions, 1780-1948.
Open to research.
Correspondence, speeches, articles, notebooks in shorthand, legal papers, financial records, scrapbooks, memorials, printed matter, memorabilia, and other papers. Subjects include the Civil War, Indiana politics, Harrison's presidency, his Indianapolis law practice, and the Venezuela boundary dispute. Correspondents include William B. Allison, Wharton Barker, James Gillespie Blaine, Andrew Carnegie, Schuyler Colfax, Stephen B. Elkins, James A. Garfield, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, William McKinley, Louis T. Michener, William H.H. Miller, John W. Noble, Redfield Proctor, Matthew Stanley Quay, Whitelaw Reid, Clement Studebaker, Benjamin F. Tracy, Lew Wallace, and John Wanamaker.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. In part, transcripts and photocopies. [S.l.].
President of the United States, U.S. senator from Indiana, and U.S. Army officer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009029 Index published by the Library of Congress in 1964 available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet. Cataloged in record 64060010.
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Allison, William B. 1829-1908 --Correspondence. Barker, Wharton, 1846-1921 --Correspondence. Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 --Correspondence. Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 --Correspondence. Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 --Correspondence. Elkins, Stephen B. 1841-1911 --Correspondence. Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Correspondence. Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904 --Correspondence. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 --Correspondence. McKinley, William, 1843-1901 --Correspondence. Michener, Louis T. 1848-1928 --Correspondence. Miller, William H. H. 1840-1917 --Correspondence. Noble, John W. 1831-1912 --Correspondence. Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908 --Correspondence. Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904 --Correspondence. Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 --Correspondence. Studebaker, Clement, 1831-1901 --Correspondence. Tracy, Benjamin F. 1830-1915 --Correspondence. Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905 --Correspondence. Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922 --Correspondence.
Practice of law--Indiana--Indianapolis.
British Guiana--Boundaries--Venezuela. Indiana--Politics and government. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--Politics and government--1889-1893. Venezuela--Boundaries--British Guiana.
Army officers. Presidents--United States. Senators, U.S. Congress--Indiana.