Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Harold L Ickes papers, 1815-1969
Personal name
Main title
- Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969 (bulk 1933-1951).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009071
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009071.3
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Description
- 150,000 items.
- 490 containers plus 93 oversize.
- 21 microfilm reels.
- 221 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.ms009071
Local shelving no.
- 0335A
- Oversize 5:11
- Oversize 0111N
- Oversize 0115E
- Microfilm 16,142-12P-12P-1P (Copy 3 : reel 4)
- Microfilm 17,063-9N-9P-9P
Biography/History note
- Lawyer and U.S. secretary of the interior.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in twelve series. Series 1: Diary, 1933-1954; Series 2: Family Papers, 1815-1969; Series 3: Letterbooks, 1905-1912; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1903-1952; Series 5: Secretary of the Interior File, 1928-1946; Series 6: Legal File, 1877-1952; Series 7: Subject File, 1905-1952; Series 8: Speeches and Writings File, 1910-1952; Series 9: Miscellany, 1844-1961; Series 10: Scrapbooks, 1883-1954; Series 11: Addition, 1914-1942; and Series 12: Oversize, 1878-1954.
Summary
- Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, family papers, legal and financial records, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting all aspects of Ickes's career especially his service as U.S. secretary of the interior. Subjects include the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential administration; presidential elections (1916-1948); Progressive Party politics; Chicago, Ill., and Illinois state politics; municipal reform; Ickes's Chicago law practice; the Arabian-American Oil Company; conservation; Indian affairs; Japanese-Americans during World War II; oil policy; and Puerto Rico.
- Individuals represented include Oscar L. Chapman, James M. Cox, Paul H. Douglas, James A. Farley, James Rudolph Garfield, Will H. Hays, Charles Evans Hughes, Samuel Insull, Hiram Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Frank Knox, Henry Morgenthau, Gifford Pinchot, Donald R. Richberg, Raymond Robins, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Karl D. Vittum, Henry A. Wallace, and William Allen White.
LC Subjects
- Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978.
- Cox, James M. (James Middleton), 1870-1957.
- Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976.
- Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976.
- Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950.
- Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954.
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948.
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938.
- Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
- Knox, Frank, 1874-1944.
- Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967.
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.
- Richberg, Donald R. (Donald Randall), 1881-1960.
- Robins, Raymond, 1873-1954.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Vittum, Karl D.
- Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965.
- White, William Allen, 1868-1944.
- United States. Department of the Interior.
- Arabian American Oil Company.
- Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
- Conservation of natural resources.
- Indians of North America--Government relations.
- Municipal government--United States.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Practice of law--Illinois--Chicago.
- Presidents--United States--Election.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government.
- Illinois--Politics and government.
- Puerto Rico--History.
- United States--History--1933-1945.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Cabinet officers.
- Lawyers.
Notes
- Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- Some photographs, cartoons, and posters transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gifts, Jane Dahlman Ickes and other Ickes family members, 1952-1972.
- Other gift and purchase, 1984-1985.
Constituent unit
Additional formats
- Microfilm edition of diaries (1933-1951) and index to diaries available, no. 16,142-12P. Diaries: no. 9,813 (8N; reel 1 missing) and no. 10,369 (1N); and Index to diaries: no. 10,211 (3N).
- Microfilm edition of memoirs (containers 432-444) available, no. 17,063.
LCCN
- mm 78027011
Other standard no.
- MSS27011
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
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- Oversize 0111N
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- Oversize 5:11
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- Microfilm 16,142-12P
- Diaries and index.
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- Microfilm 16,142-1P
- Diaries and index.
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- Microfilm 17,063-9P
- Memoirs
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- Microfilm 17,063-9P
- Memoirs
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- Mss. 17,063
- Master negative
- Set 1
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- Mss. 9,813
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