09730cpcaa2201357 4500 mm 81037895 DLC 20260227111708.0 cr ||||||||||| 811020|||||||||||| eng mm 81037895 ms 82001234 su 81037895 mm 82073803 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Riggs family papers, 1763-1945. 100,000 items. 359 containers. 3 microfilm reels. 145.6 linear feet. Arranged in 14 series. Series 1: Elisha Riggs (1779-1853) Papers, 1813-1896; Series 2: Elisha Riggs (1826-1881) Papers, 1844-1890; Series 3: Elisha Francis Riggs (1851-1910) Papers, 1860-1910; Series 4: Elisha Francis Riggs (1887-1936) Papers, 1887-1935; Series 5: George W. Riggs (1813-1881) Papers, 1836-1881; Series 6: Romulus Riggs (1882-1846) Papers, 1821-1882; Series 7: Thomas Riggs (1873-1945) Papers, 1887-1945; Series 8: Thomas Lawrason Riggs (1888-1943) Papers, 1790-1943; Series 9: William Henry Riggs (1827-1934) Papers, 1850-1912; Series 10: Other Family Papers, 1763-1945; Series 11: Related Papers, 1834-1839; Series 12: Business Papers, 1824-1896; Series 13: Oversize, 1825-1890; and Series 14: Water-Damaged Manuscripts. Restrictions apply. Family and business correspondence, diaries, writings, financial records, biographical and genealogical papers, printed matter, and other papers of Riggs family members. Includes papers of Elisha Riggs (1779-1853) relating to family affairs, travel in Europe, sales of land in Illinois, and the development of his New York mercantile business; papers of Elisha Riggs, Jr. (1826-1881) relating to travel in Great Britain, the firm of Corcoran & Riggs, and the Averill Coal and Oil Company, West Va.; papers of Elisha Francis Riggs (1851-1910); papers of Elisha Francis Riggs, Jr. (1887-1936) relating to family matters, military service at Fort Riley, Kan., and in the Philippines, and diplomatic service in Russia during the Russian Revolution; papers of George Washington Riggs relating, in part, to Corcoran & Riggs; and papers of Romulus Riggs. Also includes the papers of Thomas Riggs, Jr., relating to gold mining in Alaska, the Alaskan Engineering Commission, his governorship of Alaska, the Alaska Boundary Survey, and to family matters; papers of T. Lawrason Riggs relating to personal and family matters, World War I service with the U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces in France, experiences as a Catholic priest, and writings; and papers of William Henry Riggs relating to his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Spain, and Syria, and to his interests in the art world, including his donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes papers of other family members and records of the firm of Corcoran & Riggs relating, in part, to the financing of the Mexican War and the settlement (1843) of Choctaw and Chickasaw land claims. Correspondents include George Bancroft, Clara Barton, Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Bierstadt, Dion Boucicault, James Buchanan, Ole Bull, John C. Calhoun, George Earle Chamberlain, Walter Eli Clark, Grover Cleveland, W.W. Corcoran, Frederic R. Coudert, Frederick S. Cozzens, J.L.M. Curry, Jefferson Davis, John W. Davis, John Elliott, Ernest Gruening, Joseph F. Guffey, Nathan Hale, Franklin K. Lane, Francis Napier, George Newbold, Noel J. Ogilvie, John Howard Payne, George Peabody, James K. Polk, William Henry Seward, John Slidell, Buckingham Smith, Julian Street, Booth Tarkington, Daniel Webster, Levi Woodbury, and Brigham Young. Microfilm edition of Thomas Riggs, Jr., memoirs available, no. 16,715. Microfilm edition of Thomas Lawrason Riggs diaries available, no. 17,004. Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. 1976-1977. Microfilm of selected letters (Microfilm 6,124A-1N-1P) produced from originals in private hands. [S.l.] Prints, photograph albums, photographs, glass slides, and plans of public buildings transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Merchant and banking family of New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and Washington, D.C. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003 Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 Correspondence. Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 Correspondence. Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 Correspondence. Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902 Correspondence. Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 Correspondence. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Correspondence. Bull, Ole, 1810-1880 Correspondence. Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Correspondence. Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle), 1854-1928 Correspondence. Clark, Walter Eli, 1869-1950 Correspondence. Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 Correspondence. Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson), 1798-1888 Correspondence. Coudert, Frederic R. (Frederic René), 1871-1955 Correspondence. Cozzens, Frederic S. (Frederic Swartwout), 1818-1869 Correspondence. Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903 Correspondence. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Correspondence. Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 Correspondence. Elliott, John, active 1841-1889 Correspondence. Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974 Correspondence. Guffey, Joseph F., 1870-1959 Correspondence. Hale, Nathan, 1784-1863 Correspondence. Lane, Franklin K. Correspondence. Napier, Francis, Baron Napier and Ettrick, 1819-1898 Correspondence. Newbold, George Correspondence. Ogilvie, Noel J. Correspondence. Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852 Correspondence. Peabody, George, 1795-1869 Correspondence. Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849 Correspondence. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Correspondence. Slidell, John, 1793-1871 Correspondence. Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871 Correspondence. Street, Julian, 1879-1947 Correspondence. Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 Correspondence. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Correspondence. Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851 Correspondence. Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 Correspondence. Riggs family. United States. Army. United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Alaskan Boundary Survey. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Averill Coal and Oil Company. Corcoran & Riggs. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Art. Banks and banking Washington (D.C.) Catholic Church Clergy. Chickasaw Indians Claims. Choctaw Indians Claims. Coal mines and mining West Virginia. Diplomatic and consular service, American Soviet Union. Gold mines and mining Alaska. Indians of North America Land tenure. Merchants New York (State) New York. Mexican War, 1846-1848 Finance. Military bases Kansas. Military bases, American Philippines. Surveying Alaska. World War, 1914-1918 France. Alaska Politics and government. Alaska Surveys. Egypt Description and travel. Europe Description and travel. Fort Riley (Kan.) Great Britain Description and travel. Palestine Description and travel. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. Spain Description and travel. Syria Description and travel. Riggs, Elisha, 1779-1853. Elisha Riggs papers. 1813-1896. Riggs, Elisha, 1826-1881. Elisha Riggs papers. 1844-1890. Riggs, Elisha Francis, 1851-1910. Elisha Francis Riggs papers. 1860-1910. Riggs, Elisha Francis, 1887-1936. Elisha Francis Riggs papers. 1887-1935. Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881. George Washington Riggs papers. 1836-1881. Riggs, Romulus, 1782-1846. Romulus Riggs papers. 1821-1882. Riggs, Thomas, 1873-1945. Thomas Riggs papers. 1887-1945. Riggs, T. Lawrason (Thomas Lawrason), 1888-1943. T. Lawrason Riggs papers. 1790-1943. Riggs, William Henry, 1837-1924. William Henry Riggs papers. 1850-1912. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003.3 43150 43150