Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)James Rudolph Garfield papers, 1879-1950
Personal name
Main title
- James Rudolph Garfield papers, 1879-1950 (bulk 1890-1932).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003043
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003043.3
More Information
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Description
- 70,000 items.
- 245 containers plus 1 oversize
- 98.2 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.ms003043
Local shelving no.
- Fort Meade
- 0114BB : Card Files
- Oversize 0111Q
Related names
Biography/History note
- U.S. secretary of the interior, Ohio state senator, conservationist, lawyer, and son of President James A. Garfield.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in thirteen series. Series 1: Diaries, 1880-1948; Series 2: Family Papers, 1864-1931; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1879-1942; Series 4: Special Correspondence, 1880-1936; Series 5: Office Files, 1902-1911; Series 6: Speeches, 1894-1944; Series 7: Subject File, 1893-1949; Series 8: Political File, 1892-1936; Series 9: Legal File, 1898-1928; Series 10: Miscellany, 1881-1950; Series 11: Helen Newell Garfield Papers, 1878-1930; Series 12: Index to Office Files; and Series 13: Addition, 1895-1940.
Summary
- Correspondence, diaries (1880-1948), professional and official records, speeches, legal case files, articles, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and other papers relating to Garfield's activities as a lawyer, member of the Ohio senate, U.S. civil service commissioner, commissioner at the Bureau of Corporations in the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Labor, and U.S. secretary of the interior, and to municipal and cultural affairs in Cleveland and Mentor, Ohio. Organizations represented include the Academy of Political Science, National Conservation Association, Progressive and Republican parties, and Roosevelt Memorial Association. Includes correspondence and other material relating to his father, James A. Garfield; extensive correspondence with his mother, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield; and correspondence of his wife, Helen Newell Garfield. Correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, Viscount James Bryce, Calvin Coolidge, Warren G. Harding, Frederic Clemson Howe, Gaillard Hunt, J. J. Jusserand, Gifford Pinchot, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, L. S. Rowe, Woodrow Wilson, and Leonard Wood.
LC Subjects
- Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937--Correspondence.
- Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922--Correspondence.
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933--Correspondence.
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Family.
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Correspondence.
- Howe, Frederic C., 1867-1940--Correspondence.
- Hunt, Gaillard, 1862-1924--Correspondence.
- Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932--Correspondence.
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence.
- Rowe, L. S. (Leo Stanton), 1871-1946--Correspondence.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence.
- Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927--Correspondence.
- Academy of Political Science (U.S.)
- National Conservation Association (U.S.)
- Ohio. General Assembly. Senate.
- Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Roosevelt Memorial Association.
- United States. Bureau of Corporations.
- United States. Department of Commerce and Labor.
- United States. Department of the Interior.
- United States Civil Service Commission.
- Cleveland (Ohio)--Social life and customs.
- Mentor (Ohio)--Social life and customs.
- Ohio--Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Cabinet officers.
- Conservationists.
- Lawyers.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Garfield family, 1958-1964.
- Other acquisitions, 1970-1997.
LCCN
- mm 78021964
Other standard no.
- MSS21964
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)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 0111Q
- OV Container 1
Request in
- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- 0114BB : Card Files
- Containers 238-243
Request in
- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- FORT MEADE
- Request in Manuscript Reading Room (Madison LM101). Material stored offsite--advance notice of one to two business days required for retrieval.
Request in
- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101) - STORED OFFSITE
Status
- Container 5 Charged - Due - (Internal Loan)
- Container 15 Charged - Due - (Internal Loan)
- Container 19 Charged - Due - (Internal Loan)
