Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Alexander Jeffrey McKelway papers, 1814-1942
Personal name
Main title
- Alexander Jeffrey McKelway papers, 1814-1942 (bulk 1900-1918).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011116
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011116.3
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Description
- 5,600 items.
- 9 containers.
- 3.4 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.ms011116
- Index to the Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson letters within the general correspondence as well as indexes to portions of the speech, article, and book file are available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms011116.appx.pdf
Local shelving no.
- 0407M
Biography/History note
- Clergyman, reformer, and Southern secretary of the National Child Labor Committee.
Organized/Arranged
- Organized by type of material.
Summary
- Correspondence, speeches, writings, articles, financial records, printed matter, scrapbook of obituary notices and condolence letters, and other papers relating primarily to child labor reform, particularly McKelway's role as secretary for the Southern States of the National Child Labor Committee. Other subjects include women's suffrage, prohibition, national political affairs, the Hoke Smith-Georgia Historical Association correspondence of 1917, and McKelway family matters. Family papers include boyhood letters of Benjamin Mosby McKelway and papers pertaining to the life of St. Clair McKelway. Correspondents include Carrie Chapman Catt, Josephus Daniels, Florence Kelley, Henry F. Keenan, Amos Pinchot, Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt, Hoke Smith, Joseph P. Tumulty, Woodrow Wilson, the Georgia Historical Association, and Norman Hapgood, editor of Harper's Weekly.
LC Subjects
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947--Correspondence.
- Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948--Correspondence.
- Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937--Correspondence.
- Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis), 1850---Correspondence.
- Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932--Correspondence.
- McKelway, Benjamin Mosby, 1895-1976--Correspondence.
- McKelway, St. Clair, 1845-1915.
- Pinchot, Amos, 1873-1944--Correspondence.
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence.
- Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931.
- Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954--Correspondence.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence.
- McKelway family.
- McKelway family--Correspondence.
- Georgia Historical Association.
- National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
- Harper's weekly.
- Child labor--Southern States.
- Child labor--United States.
- Prohibition--United States.
- Women--Suffrage--United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
- United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
- Clergy.
- Reformers.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Deposit, Ruth S. McKelway, 1931-1932.
- Converted to gift, 1947.
- Gift, Ruth S. McKelway, 1942.
Cite as
- Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Alexander Jeffrey McKelway Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
LCCN
- mm 82032235
Other standard no.
- MSS32235
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)
