Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)W.G McAdoo papers, 1786-1941
Personal name
Main title
- W.G. McAdoo papers, 1786-1941 (bulk 1880-1941).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013039
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013039.3
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Description
- 250,000 items.
- 702 containers plus 1 oversize.
- 7 microfilm reels.
- 263.2 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.ms013039
- Finding aid published by the Library of Congress, 1959.
Local shelving no.
- 0522R
- Oversize 6:13
- Microfilm 18,563-7N-7P
Biography/History note
- Lawyer, business executive, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and U.S. senator from California.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in eleven series. Series 1: Early Family Correspondence and Related Material, 1786-1891; Series 2: Family Correspondence and Related Material, 1880-1941; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1889-1941; Series 4: Letterbooks, 1910-1922; Series 5: Wilson-McAdoo Correspondence, 1911-1924; Series 6: Subject File, 1910-1940; Series 7: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1908-1932; Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1904-1932; Series 9: Miscellany, 1850-1940; Series 10: Addition, 1925-1941; and Series 11: Oversize.
Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, scrapbooks, bulletins, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to McAdoo's career as a lawyer and businessman in Tennessee and New York, U.S. secretary of the treasury and director general of railroads in the United States Railroad Administration during the Woodrow Wilson presidential administration, and U.S. senator from California. Also documents his role in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. Correspondents include Woodrow Wilson and members of his Cabinet. Also includes correspondence of the Floyd, McAdoo, and Gibbs families.
LC Subjects
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence.
- Floyd family--Correspondence.
- Gibbs family--Correspondence.
- McAdoo family--Correspondence.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary.
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- United States Railroad Administration. Director General of Railroads.
- Business enterprises--New York (State)
- Business enterprises--Tennessee.
- Cabinet officers--United States--Correspondence.
- Practice of law--New York (State)
- Practice of law--Tennessee.
- Railroads--United States.
- California--Politics and government--1850-1950.
- United States--Economic policy--20th century.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.
- Businessmen.
- Cabinet officers.
- Lawyers.
- Senators, U.S. Congress--California.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Francis H. McAdoo, l949-1978.
Additional formats
- Microfilm edition of containers 1-12 available, no. 18,563.
- Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1983.
LCCN
- mm 78031823
Other standard no.
- MSS31823
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
- Microfilm 18,563-7P
- Containers 1-12
- Copy 1
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- Mss. 18,563
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- Set 1
- Master negatives do not circulate.
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