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245 0 0 _aGrosvenor family papers,
_f1827-1981
_g(bulk 1872-1964).
300 _a67,300
_fitems.
300 _a192
_fcontainers.
300 _a76.6
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
506 _aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, diaries, speeches and writings, subject material, financial papers, printed matter, and personal miscellany of various members of the Grosvenor family, principally of Amherst and Millbury, Mass., and Washington, D.C.
520 8 _aThe bulk of the papers relate to Gilbert H. and Elsie M. Grosvenor's personal and family life in Washington, D.C., Bethesda, Md., and Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada; his association with the National Geographic Society and the National Geographic Magazine; her community work including marches for women's suffrage and a Washington, D.C., drive for pure milk; their family ties with the Alexander Graham Bell and Taft families; their travels; and their associations with the Clarke School for the Deaf, the Volta Bureau, the George Washington University, and Amherst College. Also included are papers of Gilbert Grosvenor's parents, Edwin A. and Lilian Waters Grosvenor, relating to family matters, Edwin's work in medieval and Byzantine studies at Amherst College, and their travels in Europe and the Middle East. Other family members represented include Edwin Prescott Grosvenor, Melville Bell Grosvenor, and Lilian Waters Grosvenor's parents, Asa H. and Elizabeth Waters.
520 8 _aProminent individuals represented by correspondence or other material include Herbert Baxter Adams, William Jennings Bryan, Alexander Graham Bell, Viscount James Bryce, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Joseph Conrad, George Constantine, Calvin Coolidge, Samuel Sullivan Cox, Wilcox Darwin, Amelia Earhart, Dwight D. Eisenhower, David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, George W. Goethals, A.W. Greely, Abram S. Hewitt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Henry Holt, Herbert Hoover, Julia Ward Howe, Helen Keller, Sinclair Lewis, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Charles A. Lindbergh, George C. Marshall, Alexander Meiklejohn, Fridtjof Nansen, Florence Nightingale, Chester W. Nimitz, Robert E. Peary, W.M. Flinders Petrie, Auguste Piccard, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest H. Shackleton, Helen Herron Taft, William H. Taft, Ida M. Tarbell, Lowell Thomas, Delia C. Torrey, Lew Wallace. Susan E. Wallace, Woodrow Wilson, and Wilbur Wright.
520 8 _aPart II of the Grosvenor family papers contains correspondence of David and Marian Fairchild, material relating to the purchase and development of the Grosvenor family estate in Florida and to the development of the museum at Alexander Graham Bell's estate at Beinn Bhreagh, near Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Also includes material documenting Gilbert Grosvenor's conflict with National Geographic editor John Henry Hyde over the direction of the magazine. Correspondents include Oscar P. Austin and John Oliver La Gorce.
544 _3Photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division's Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family.
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.ms005006
600 1 0 _aAdams, Herbert Baxter,
_d1850-1901.
600 1 0 _aAustin, Oscar P.
_q(Oscar Phelps),
_d1848?-1933.
600 1 0 _aBell, Alexander Graham,
_d1847-1922.
600 1 0 _aBryan, William Jennings,
_d1860-1925.
600 1 0 _aBryce, James Bryce,
_cViscount,
_d1838-1922.
600 1 0 _aByrd, Richard Evelyn,
_d1888-1957.
600 1 0 _aConrad, Joseph,
_d1857-1924.
600 1 0 _aConstantine, George.
600 1 0 _aCoolidge, Calvin,
_d1872-1933.
600 1 0 _aCox, Samuel Sullivan,
_d1824-1889.
600 1 0 _aDarwin, Wilcox.
600 1 0 _aEarhart, Amelia,
_d1897-1937.
600 1 0 _aEisenhower, Dwight D.
_q(Dwight David),
_d1890-1969.
600 1 0 _aFairchild, David,
_d1869-1954.
600 1 0 _aFairchild, Marian,
_d1880-1962.
600 1 0 _aGoethals, George W.
_q(George Washington),
_d1858-1928.
600 1 0 _aGreely, A. W.
_q(Adolphus Washington),
_d1844-1935.
600 1 0 _aHewitt, Abram S.
_q(Abram Stevens),
_d1822-1903.
600 1 0 _aHolmes, Oliver Wendell,
_d1841-1935.
600 1 0 _aHolt, Henry,
_d1840-1926.
600 1 0 _aHoover, Herbert,
_d1874-1964.
600 1 0 _aHowe, Julia Ward,
_d1819-1910.
600 1 0 _aHyde, John Henry.
600 1 0 _aKeller, Helen,
_d1880-1968.
600 1 0 _aLa Gorce, John Oliver,
_d1880-1959.
600 1 0 _aLewis, Sinclair,
_d1885-1951.
600 1 0 _aLindbergh, Anne Morrow,
_d1906-2001.
600 1 0 _aLindbergh, Charles A.
_q(Charles Augustus),
_d1902-1974.
600 1 0 _aMarshall, George C.
_q(George Catlett),
_d1880-1959.
600 1 0 _aMeiklejohn, Alexander,
_d1872-1964.
600 1 0 _aNansen, Fridtjof,
_d1861-1930.
600 1 0 _aNightingale, Florence,
_d1820-1910.
600 1 0 _aNimitz, Chester W.
_q(Chester William),
_d1885-1966.
600 1 0 _aPeary, Robert E.
_q(Robert Edwin),
_d1856-1920.
600 1 0 _aPetrie, W. M. Flinders
_q(William Matthew Flinders),
_d1853-1942.
600 1 0 _aPiccard, Auguste,
_d1884-1962.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Franklin D.
_q(Franklin Delano),
_d1882-1945.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Theodore,
_d1858-1919.
600 1 0 _aShackleton, Ernest Henry,
_cSir,
_d1874-1922.
600 1 0 _aTaft, Helen Herron,
_d1861-1943.
600 1 0 _aTaft, William H.
_q(William Howard),
_d1857-1930.
600 1 0 _aTarbell, Ida M.
_q(Ida Minerva),
_d1857-1944.
600 1 0 _aThomas, Lowell,
_d1892-1981.
600 1 0 _aTorrey, Delia C.
600 1 0 _aWallace, Lew,
_d1827-1905.
600 1 0 _aWallace, Susan E.
_q(Susan Elston),
_d1830-1907.
600 1 0 _aWilson, Woodrow,
_d1856-1924.
600 1 0 _aWright, Wilbur,
_d1867-1912.
600 3 0 _aBell family.
600 3 0 _aGrosvenor family.
600 3 0 _aTaft family.
610 2 0 _aAmherst College.
610 2 0 _aClarke School for the Deaf.
610 2 0 _aGeorge Washington University.
610 2 0 _aNational Geographic Society (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aVolta Bureau (U.S.)
630 0 0 _aNational geographic magazine.
650 0 _aCommunity leadership
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aDeaf
_xEducation.
650 0 _aMiddle Ages.
650 0 _aMilk hygiene.
650 0 _aWomen
_xSuffrage.
651 0 _aAmherst (Mass.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aBaddeck (N.S.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aBethesda (Md.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aByzantine Empire
_xHistory.
651 0 _aEurope
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aMaryland
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aMassachusetts
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aMillbury (Mass.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aMiddle East
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aNova Scotia
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xSocial life and customs.
700 1 _aGrosvenor, Edwin A.
_q(Edwin Augustus),
_d1845-1936.
_tEdwin A. Grosvenor papers.
700 1 _aGrosvenor, Edwin Prescott,
_d1875-1930.
_tEdwin Prescott Grosvenor papers.
700 1 _aGrosvenor, Elsie May,
_d1878-1964.
_tElsie May Grosvenor papers.
700 1 _aGrosvenor, Gilbert Hovey,
_d1875-1966.
_tGilbert Hovey Grosvenor papers.
700 1 _aGrosvenor, Lilian Waters,
_d1852-1931.
_tLilian Waters Grosvenor papers.
700 1 _aGrosvenor, Melville Bell,
_d1901-1982.
_tMelville Bell Grosvenor papers.
700 1 _aWaters, Asa H.
_q(Asa Holman),
_d1808-1887.
_tAsa H. Waters papers.
700 1 _aWaters, Elizabeth.
_tElizabeth Waters papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005006
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005006.3
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