Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)George B Cortelyou papers, 1871-1948
Personal name
Main title
- George B. Cortelyou papers, 1871-1948 (bulk 1897-1908).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011097
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011097.3
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Description
- 17,000 items.
- 76 containers.
- 35 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011097
Local shelving no.
- 0513M
Biography/History note
- Public official and presidential secretary.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in two parts composed of ten series.
- Part I arranged in six series. Series 1: Letterbooks, 1899-1903; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1899-1909; Series 3: Political Correspondence, 1904; Series 4: Executive File, 1891-1909; Series 5: Subject File, 1901-1908; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1900-1941.
- Part II arranged in four series. Series 1: Diaries, 1897-1901; Series 2: Correspondence, 1879-1932; Series 3: Subject File, 1897-1948; and Series 4: Miscellany, 1871-1940.
Summary
- Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, diaries, subject files, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Cortelyou's duties as secretary to Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt; to his service as U.S. secretary of commerce and labor, U.S. postmaster general, and U.S. secretary of the treasury; and to his work as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Other topics include the election of 1904, the Spanish-American War, and the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y.
- Correspondents include Alvey A. Adee, Robert Low Bacon, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Cornelius Newton Bliss, Edward William Bok, Charles J. Bonaparte, Nicholas Murray Butler, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Andrew Carnegie, James Sullivan Clarkson, Grover Cleveland, Charles Gates Dawes, William R. Day, Elmer Dover, Charles W. Fairbanks, John H. Finley, Moreton Frewen, Richard Watson Gilder, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Benjamin Harrison, John Hay, Frank H. Hitchcock, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Loeb Jr., Ida Saxton McKinley, William McKinley, James Clark McReynolds, Victor Howard Metcalf, William H. Moody, Harry S. New, Henry C. Payne, Thomas Collier Platt, Jacob A. Riis, Elihu Root, Theodore Roosevlet, Nathan Bay Scott, Leslie M. Shaw, John Sherman, Charles Emory Smith, Oscar S. Straus, and William H. Taft.
LC Subjects
- Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924--Correspondence.
- Bacon, Robert Low, 1884-1938--Correspondence.
- Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927--Correspondence.
- Bliss, Cornelius Newton, 1833-1911--Correspondence.
- Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930--Correspondence.
- Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921--Correspondence.
- Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947--Correspondence.
- Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926--Correspondence.
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence.
- Clarkson, James Sullivan, 1842-1918--Correspondence.
- Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908--Correspondence.
- Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951--Correspondence.
- Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923--Correspondence.
- Dover, Elmer, 1873-1940--Correspondence.
- Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918--Correspondence.
- Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940--Correspondence.
- Frewen, Moreton, 1853-1924--Correspondence.
- Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909--Correspondence.
- Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904--Correspondence.
- Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901--Correspondence.
- Hay, John, 1838-1905--Correspondence.
- Hitchcock, Frank H. (Frank Harris), 1867-1935--Correspondence.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924--Correspondence.
- Loeb, William, Jr., 1866-1937--Correspondence.
- McKinley, Ida Saxton, 1847-1907--Correspondence.
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901.
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Correspondence.
- McReynolds, James Clark, 1862-1946--Correspondence.
- Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936--Correspondence.
- Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917--Correspondence.
- New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937--Correspondence.
- Payne, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1843-1904--Correspondence.
- Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910--Correspondence.
- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914--Correspondence.
- Root, Elihu, 1845-1937--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence.
- Scott, Nathan Bay, 1842-1924--Correspondence.
- Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932--Correspondence.
- Sherman, John, 1823-1900--Correspondence.
- Smith, Charles Emory, 1842-1908--Correspondence.
- Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926--Correspondence.
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Correspondence.
- United States. Department of Commerce and Labor.
- United States. Department of the Treasury.
- United States. Postmaster General.
- Republican National Committee (U.S.)
- Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.)
- Exhibitions--New York (State)
- Presidents--United States--Election--1904.
- Spanish-American War, 1898.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
- Cabinet officers.
- Public officials.
- Secretaries, Presidential.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Deposit, Lily Hinds Cortelyou and George B. Cortelyou, Jr., 1942.
- Deposit converted to gift, 1966-1967.
- Additional gifts, 1966-1973.
LCCN
- mm 78016949
Other standard no.
- MSS16949
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
