Whitney, William C. (William Collins) 1841-1904 creator mixed material monographic eng 20,000 148 10 41.8 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. Open to research. 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 Financiers Sportsmen Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930 Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904. (DLC)2011645030 mm 81045468 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064.3 Open to research. DLC 811028 20260227111708.0 mm 81045468