Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Amos Pinchot papers, 1856-1945
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- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011103
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011103.3
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Description
- 50,000 items.
- 170 containers plus 12 oversize.
- 73 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.ms011103
Local shelving no.
- 0521H
- Oversize 0116B
- Oversize 1:5
Biography/History note
- Lawyer and publicist.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in six series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1863-1941; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1857-1942; Series 3: Subject File, 1856-1944; Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1897-1944; Series 5: Printed Matter, 1910-1945; and Series 6: Oversize, 1916-1941.
Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, notebooks, articles, family papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers pertaining to Pinchot's career as a lawyer and reformer and to his interests in civil liberties, labor problems, government, and politics. Subjects include the America First Committee, cooperative housing, League of Nations, opposition to militarism and war, National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, New Deal legislation, oil scandals, presidential campaigns from 1916 to 1940, Progressive Party, government ownership of railroads, Sherman anti-trust act, reorganization of the Supreme Court, and secret treaties. Correspondents include William Edgar Borah, Louise Bryant, James Rudolph Garfield, Harold L. Ickes, William Kent, John Adams Kingsbury, Fiorello H. La Guardia, John L. Lewis, Gifford Pinchot, Ezra Pound, John Reed, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Henry L. Stimson.
LC Subjects
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940--Correspondence.
- Bryant, Louise, 1885-1936--Correspondence.
- Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950--Correspondence.
- Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952--Correspondence.
- Kent, William, 1864-1928--Correspondence.
- Kingsbury, John Adams, 1876-1956--Correspondence.
- La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947--Correspondence.
- Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969--Correspondence.
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence.
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Correspondence.
- Reed, John, 1887-1920--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence.
- Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950--Correspondence.
- Pinchot family.
- United States. National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933.
- United States. Sherman Act.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- America First Committee.
- League of Nations.
- Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
- Antitrust law--United States.
- Civil rights.
- Elections--United States--History--20th century.
- Housing, Cooperative.
- Labor.
- Labor disputes.
- Militarism.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Political science.
- Politics, Practical.
- Railroads.
- Treaties.
- War.
- United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Lawyers.
- Publicists.
Notes
- Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Ruth Pickering Pinchot, 1944-1953.
- Gift, Mark Meyer, 1985.
Constituent unit
LCCN
- mm 78036251
Other standard no.
- MSS36251
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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Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 0116B
- OV 1-OV 11
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
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CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 1:5
- OV 12
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