05248cpcaa2200841 a 4500 mm 81058594 DLC 20260227111709.0 cr ||||||||||| 820107|||||||||||| eng mm 81058594 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Elder, Abram P. T. (Abram Peter Turner) Abram P.T. Elder papers, 1890-1916 (bulk 1903-1916). 3,280 items. 11 containers plus 1 oversize. 5 linear feet. Arranged in 4 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1897-1916; Series 2: Biographical Case Files, circa 1890-1916; Series 3: Miscellany, circa 1902-circa 1916; and Series 4: Oversize. Open to research. Correspondence, biographical files, business records of the National Biographical Society, illustrated materials, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Elder's creation and publication of biographical directories for the society. Includes research and publication materials for Charles Henry Grosvenor's Book of the Presidents, with Biographical Sketches (1902) and other biographical directories. Also includes materials relating to an exhibit promoting sales of a directory at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, Calif. (1915), and papers pertaining to the Elder's home in Middletown, R.I. Biographical files contain correspondence, biographical entries, clippings, printed matter, and photographs regarding prominent local, state, and national politicians, capitalists, and philanthropists. Individuals represented include Charles F. Chickering, W.W. Corcoran, Moody Currier, H.A. Du Pont, Mary Baker Eddy, Isaac E. Emerson, Charles W. Fairbanks, Marshall Field, Julius Fleischmann, Ulysses S. Grant II, Solomon R. Guggenheim, William Guggenheim, Edward Everett Hale, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, David N. Hershey, Christian Heurich, Henry Edwards Huntington, Charles Kellogg, Henry Miles Knowles, Daniel Scott Lamont, Craige Lippincott, Nicholas Longworth, Cyrus Hall McCormick, Darius O. Mills, J. Pierpont Morgan, Levi P. Morton, Gottlieb Muhlhauser, Francis G. Newlands, George Mortimer Pullman, and Matthew Stanley Quay. Biographer and publisher. Died circa 1930. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009035 Chickering, Charles F., 1827-1891. Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson), 1798-1888. Currier, Moody, 1806-1898. Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926. Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910. Emerson, Isaac E. (Isaac Edward), 1859-1931. Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918. Field, Marshall, 1834-1906. Fleischmann, Julius, 1872-1925. Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929. Guggenheim, Solomon R. (Solomon Robert), 1861-1949. Guggenheim, William, 1868-1941. Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909. Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904. Hershey, David N., 1818- Heurich, Christian, 1842-1945. Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927. Kellogg, Charles, 1825-1892. Knowles, Henry Miles, 1850-1903. Lamont, Daniel Scott, 1851-1905. Lippincott, Craige, 1846-1911. Longworth, Nicholas, 1869-1931. McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884. Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910. Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913. Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920. Muhlhauser, Gottlieb, 1836- Newlands, Francis G. (Francis Griffith), 1848-1917. Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897. Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904. Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) Capitalists and financiers Biography. Directories. Exhibitions California San Francisco. Philanthropists United States Biography. Politicians United States Biography. Presidents United States Biography. Publishers and publishing United States. Middletown (R.I.) History. Biographers. itoamc Publishers. itoamc Grosvenor, Charles Henry, 1833-1917. Book of the presidents, with biographical sketches. 1902. National Biographical Society (Washington, D.C.) National Biographical Society (Washington, D.C.) records. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009035 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009035.3 43232 43232