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100	1		_aWhitney, William C. _q(William Collins), _d1841-1904.
245	0	0	_aHarry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney, _f1757-1942 _g(bulk 1883-1904).
300			_a20,000 _fitems.
300			_a148 _fcontainers plus _a10 _foversize.
300			_a41.8 _flinear feet.
351			_aArranged 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.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence; 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.
544			_3Photographs of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545	0		_aU.S. secretary of the navy, financier, and sportsman.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064
600	1	0	_aCleveland, Grover, _d1837-1908.
600	1	0	_aGreely, A. W. _q(Adolphus Washington), _d1844-1935.
600	3	0	_aWhitney family.
610	1	0	_aNew York (N.Y.). _bLaw Department.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy Department.
610	2	0	_aTammany Hall.
611	2	0	_aLady Franklin Bay Expedition _d(1881-1884)
650		0	_aBimetallism.
650		0	_aFraud _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aGenealogy.
650		0	_aHorse racing.
650		0	_aPolitical corruption _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aPresidents _zUnited States _xElection.
650		0	_aSilver question.
650		0	_aTariff.
650		0	_aTweed Ring.
650		0	_aYachting.
651		0	_aArctic regions _xDiscovery and exploration.
651		0	_aNew York (N.Y.) _xPolitics and government _yTo 1898.
651		0	_aNew York (N.Y.) _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aNew York (State) _xPolitics and government _y1865-1950.
651		0	_aPolar regions _xDiscovery and exploration.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1865-1898.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1865-1900.
651		0	_aWashington (D.C.) _xSocial life and customs.
656		7	_aCabinet officers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aFinanciers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aSportsmen. _2itoamc
700	1		_aWhitney, Harry Payne, _d1872-1930. _tHarry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney. _f1757-1942.
774	1		_aWhitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904. _tVisual materials from the Harry Payne Whitney collection of letters of William Collins Whitney _w(DLC)2011645030
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012064.3
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