04339cpcaa2200697 4500 mm 81045468 DLC 20260227111708.0 cr ||||||||||| 811028|||||||||||| eng mm 81045468 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904. Harry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney, 1757-1942 (bulk 1883-1904). 20,000 items. 148 containers plus 10 oversize. 41.8 linear feet. Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Bound Correspondence, 1757-1904; Series 2: Letterbooks, 1883-1904; Series 3: Legal File, 1838-1896; Series 4: Miscellany, 1845-1942; Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1875-1899; and Series 6: Oversize. Open to research. Correspondence; business, legal, and financial records; genealogies; scrapbooks; printed matter; photographs; and other papers pertaining chiefly to William C. Whitney's service as corporation counsel in the New York (N.Y.) Law Dept. and as U.S. secretary of the navy in the first Grover Cleveland presidential administration. Documents his work in the modernization of the U.S. Navy and his fight against political corruption and fraud in New York, N.Y., primarily in relation to Tammany Hall and the Tweed Ring. Subjects include New York city and state politics; the Democratic Party (N.Y); national politics; and foreign relations. Other subjects include Grover Cleveland's nomination and election as New York state governor and U.S. president; presidential campaigns, 1884-1896; bimetallism; silver question; tariff; social life in New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C.; horse racing: yachting: and Whitney family affairs. Includes six scrapbooks containing photographs from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884) led by A.W. Greely. Photographs of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. U.S. secretary of the navy, financier, and sportsman. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064 Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935. Whitney family. New York (N.Y.). Law Department. United States. Navy. United States. Navy Department. Tammany Hall. Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884) Bimetallism. Fraud New York (State) New York. Genealogy. Horse racing. Political corruption New York (State) New York. Presidents United States Election. Silver question. Tariff. Tweed Ring. Yachting. Arctic regions Discovery and exploration. New York (N.Y.) Politics and government To 1898. New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs. New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950. Polar regions Discovery and exploration. United States Foreign relations 1865-1898. United States Politics and government 1865-1900. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs. Cabinet officers. itoamc Financiers. itoamc Sportsmen. itoamc Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930. Harry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney. 1757-1942. Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904. Visual materials from the Harry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney (DLC)2011645030 Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064.3 43173 43173