TY  - GEN
AU  - Riggs,Elisha
AU  - Riggs,Elisha
AU  - Riggs,Elisha Francis
AU  - Riggs,Elisha Francis
AU  - Riggs,George Washington
AU  - Riggs,Romulus
AU  - Riggs,Thomas
AU  - Riggs,T.Lawrason
AU  - Riggs,William Henry
TI  - Riggs family papers,
KW  - Bancroft, George,
KW  - Barton, Clara,
KW  - Benton, Thomas Hart,
KW  - Bierstadt, Albert,
KW  - Boucicault, Dion,
KW  - Buchanan, James,
KW  - Bull, Ole,
KW  - Calhoun, John C.
KW  - Chamberlain, George E.
KW  - Clark, Walter Eli,
KW  - Cleveland, Grover,
KW  - Corcoran, W. W.
KW  - Coudert, Frederic R.
KW  - Cozzens, Frederic S.
KW  - Curry, J. L. M.
KW  - Davis, Jefferson,
KW  - Davis, John W.
KW  - Elliott, John,
KW  - Gruening, Ernest,
KW  - Guffey, Joseph F.,
KW  - Hale, Nathan,
KW  - Lane, Franklin K.
KW  - Napier, Francis,
KW  - Newbold, George
KW  - Ogilvie, Noel J.
KW  - Payne, John Howard,
KW  - Peabody, George,
KW  - Polk, James K.
KW  - Seward, William Henry,
KW  - Slidell, John,
KW  - Smith, Buckingham,
KW  - Street, Julian,
KW  - Tarkington, Booth,
KW  - Webster, Daniel,
KW  - Woodbury, Levi,
KW  - Young, Brigham,
KW  - Riggs family.
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - American Expeditionary Forces
KW  - Alaskan Boundary Survey
KW  - Alaskan Engineering Commission
KW  - Averill Coal and Oil Company
KW  - Corcoran & Riggs
KW  - Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Art
KW  - Banks and banking
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Chickasaw Indians
KW  - Claims
KW  - Choctaw Indians
KW  - Coal mines and mining
KW  - West Virginia
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, American
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Gold mines and mining
KW  - Alaska
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Merchants
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Mexican War, 1846-1848
KW  - Finance
KW  - Military bases
KW  - Kansas
KW  - Military bases, American
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Surveying
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - France
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Europe
KW  - Fort Riley (Kan.)
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Palestine
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1917-1921
KW  - Spain
KW  - Syria
N1  - Restrictions apply; 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.]
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003.3
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