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This series includes a scrapbook of greeting cards to family members illustrated by Clifford and Jim Berryman, but primarily contains letters written by presidents, notable politicians, and other political cartoonists, discussing Clifford Berryman's work.
See Appendix for list of notable correspondents from Series 1.3
Appendix: Notable Correspondents from Series 1.3.:
Adams, Alva B. (Senator, Colorado): 18 Oct 1938, 05 Apr 1941
Akerson, George (Secretary to the President): 10 Jul 1929
Albright, Horace M. (Director, National Park Service): 02 Dec 1932
Alexander, D. (Congressman): undated
Allen, Henry J. (Senator, Kansas): May 13, 1930
Allison, William B. (Senator, Iowa): 03 Jun 1906
Alston, Frank H., Jr. (artist): 22 Jul 1947
Anderson, Clint (Sec. of Agriculture): 13 Sep 1945
Andrews, Marietta (illustrator): undated, 05 Feb 1925 (illustrated letter), 16 Sep 1928 (illustrated letter), Jan 1930
Arnold, Oren (writer): 04 Mar 1944
Ashurst, Henry F. (Senator, Arizona): 11 Feb 1941
Astor, Vincent: undated (letter from C. Berryman), 11 Nov 1932, 12 Nov 1932 (letter from C. Berryman), 14 Nov 1932, 17 Nov 1932, 12 Apr 1933
Auchincloss, James C. (Congressman, New Jersey): 12 Nov 1947
Austin, Warren R. (Senator, Vermont): 24 Oct 1941, 28 Oct 1941, 29 Oct 1941 (letter from Mrs. Austin)
Babcock, J. W. (Congressman, Wisconsin): 12 Jun 1903
Bailey, Josiah William (Senator, North Carolina): 26 Jan 1938, 14 July 1938, 21 Jun 1939, 26 Jun 1939
Baird, G. W. (cartoonist?): 20 Jul 1914?
Baker, James M. (Senator): 05 Aug 1916
Baker, Newton D. (Secretary of War): 10 Mar 1916, 08 Jan 1917, 10 Feb 1920, 27 Mar 1920, 06 Apr 1920
Baldwin, Stanley (Prime Minister): 19 Apr 1929 (letter about him)
Ballinger, Richard A. (Secretary of the Interior): 08 Mar 1909, 23 Sep 1911, 08 Apr 1916
Barclay: undated (illustrated letter)
Barkley, Alben W. (Senator, Kentucky): 19 Feb 1943, 01 Dec 1943
Barrett, John (Director, Pan American Union): 06 Mar 1915
Barrett, Robert ( -- Evening World -- ): 07 Oct 1927
Bartlett, John H. (Asst. Postmaster General and Governor of New Hampshire): 02 Apr 1924, 11 Nov 1927, 30 Jul 1932, 15 Dec 1949
Baruch, Bernard M.: 09 Mar 1938, 16 Sep 1943
Bassford, Wallace (secretary of Speaker's Room, House of Representatives): 12 Dec 1913
Bastedo, P. H. (Rear Admiral): 09 May 1947
Beckham, J. Crepps Wickliffe (Senator, Kentucky): 07 Mar 1916, 29 Mar 1916, 20 Dec 1919
Berger, Victor L. (Congressman, Wisc.): 05 Feb 1924
Beveridge, Albert J. (Senator, Indiana): 21 Feb 1907, 30 Mar 1907, 18 May 1935
Biddle, Francis (Attorney General): 09 Jan 1942, 23 Mar 1942, 20 Apr 1942, 08 May 1942, 25 May 1942, 09 Jun 1942
Bittinger, Charles: 30 Nov 1931, 13 Feb 1938
Blackburn, J. C. S. (Senator): 09 Jan 1906
Bland, Schuyler Otis (Congressman, Va.): 30 Dec 1941
Bliss, Edward Goring: 21 Feb 1936
Bloom, Sol (Congressman, New York): 09 Apr 1928, 26 Apr 1928, 05 May 1931, 19 Feb 1932, 07 May 1932, 09 Mar 1933, 22 Oct 1934, 09 Nov 1934, 21 May 1935, 07 Mar 1936, 26 Mar 1936, 08 Jun 1936, 31 Aug 1936, 15 Dec 1936, 03 Jan 1938, 10 Jun 1940, 18 Jan 1941, 10 Mar 1941
Boardman, Mabel: 14 Apr 1912
Bolton, Frances P. (Congresswoman, Ohio): 05 Mar 1942
Bone, Homer T. (Senator, Washington): 19 Apr 1944
Bone, Scott C. (editor, -- The Washington Herald -- and the -- Post-Intelligencier -- ): 27 Jan 1908, 05 Oct 5 1911
Bone, Scott W. (son of Scott C. Bone): 10 Oct 1932
Borah, William E. (Senator): 03 Oct 1921 (letter about him)
Brayman, Harold (President, National Press Club): 07 Mar 1938, 03 May 1944
Bridges, H. Styles (Senator, N. H.): 28 Feb 1938
Britten, Fred A. (Congressman, Illinois): 25 Dec 1934
Brooke, Frederick (architect): undated, 12 May 1945
Browne, Edward E. (Congressman, Wisc.): 17 Feb 1931
Bruker, John (Governor, Ohio): 21 Feb 1944
Bryan, William Jennings: undated, 09 Dec 1907, 19 Jan 1908, 16 Jan 16 1913, 15 Aug 1914, 24 Feb 1915, 02 Mar 1915 (letter about him), 11 Feb 1917, 02 Apr 1917, 20 Mar 1919, 27 Apr 1920
Buck, Mrs. Solon J.: 08 Mar 1942
Burke, James Francis (Republican National Committee): undated
Burkett, E. J. (Congressman): 21 Jan 1905
Burroughs, Nannie H.: undated
Burton, Theodore E. (Congressman, Ohio): 25 Feb 1927
Burwell, J. Baldwin (Leader Publishing Co.): undated
Butler?, Harold H. (Senator): 10 May 1944
Butler, Hugh (Senator, Nebraska): 03 Apr 1944
Byrd, Curley (President, U. of Maryland): 10 Jun 1944
Byrd, Harry Flood (Senator, Virginia): undated, 10 Nov 1925, 27 Dec 1927 (letter about him), 17 Jun 1934, 23 May 1935, 26 Feb 1936, 25 Mar 1936, 27 Aug 1936, 10 Sep 1936, 08 Dec 1936, 19 May 1937, 07 Mar 1938, 16 Mar 1938, 05 Aug 1938, 06 Feb 1939, 18 Feb 1941, 09 Jun 1941, 16 Jun 1941, 26 Sep 1941, 02 Mar 1942, 09 Oct 1942, 29 Nov 1942, 28 Sep 1944, 28 Mar 1945, 24 May 1948, 25 May 1948, 11 Jun 1948, 07 Apr 1949, 22 Dec 1949, 02 Aug 1949, 19 Sep 1949, 21 Apr 1950
Byrnes, James F. (Senator, South Carolina): 31 Jan 1938, 02 Jan 1939 (letter about him), 08 Jun 1940, Dec 1942, 11 Apr 1944, May 1944
Cable, John L. (Congressman, Ohio): 14 Aug 1922
Calder, William M. (Senator, New York): 16 Feb 1920
Camden, Johnson N. (Senator, Kentucky): 04 Mar 1915
Campbell, L. H. (Major General): 25 Jan 1943
Caniff, Milton (President, National Cartoonists Society): 13 May 1948, 14 Dec 1949
Cannon, J. G. (Speaker of the House): 02 Dec 1910 (letter about him)
Capehart, Charles (editor, -- The Cartoon -- ): 06 Apr 1908 (C. Berryman drawing of Cannon)
Capper, Arthur (Senator, Kansas): 13 Feb 1920, 06 Dec 1935
Carlson, Frank (Congressman, Kansas): 02 Feb 1944
Carnegie, Andrew: 14 May 1911 (letter from C. Berryman)
Caughey, J. M. (cartoonist): 12 Nov 1915
Chamberlain, George E. (Senator, Oregon): 11 Mar 1916
Chamberlain, K. R. (cartoonist): 23 May 1914
Chandler, Albert B. (Senator,Kentucky): 07 Jul 1942, 11 Aug 1942 (letter from his wife), 28 Jun 1943, 30 Mar 1944, 20 Apr 1944, 26 Apr 1945, 17 May 1945
Chapple, Joe Mitchell ( -- National Magazine -- , Boston): 31 Dec 1904
Chiperfield, Burnett M. (Congressman, Illinois): 22 Apr 1916, 12 May 1916, 03 Jul 1929
Choate, H. Lawrence: 09 Feb 1939
Clapper, Raymond: 18 Jan 1939 (letter to Charles Dawes), 27 Jan 1939
Clark, Champ (Speaker of the House): 29 Jun 1906
Clark, P. L. ("Skippy" cartoonist): 25 Nov 1935
Clay, Henry: 22 Apr 1829 (letter to Mark Hardin, Shelbyville Ky), 21 Jun 1843 (letter to a gentleman)
Clements (Governor, Kentucky): 07 Jan 1948
Coffeen, R. A. (cartoonist): 09 Dec 1940
Colby, Bainbridge (Secretary of State): 01 Apr 1920
Cole, Cyrenus (Congressman, Iowa): 01 Feb 1928, 10 Mar 1936
Coleman, Harry ( -- Pontiac Press Gazette -- ): 12 Oct 1914
Collier, William Miller (President, George Washington University): undated, 12 Jan 1921, 22 Mar 1921
Connally, Tom (Senator, Texas): 06 Nov 1943
Coolidge, Calvin: 03 Mar 1927, 01 Aug 1927 (letter about him)
Cooper, Henry Allen (Congressman, Wisconsin): 14 Feb 1907, 24 Feb 1925
Corby, William Stephen: undated calling card, 20 Oct 1916 (2), 14 Feb 1920 (2), 19 Jul 1926, 13 Aug 1932
Cousins, A. G.? (cartoonist?): Dec 1904
Cousins, Robert G. (Congressman): 02 Feb 1907
Craig, Donald Alexander (author): 30 Sep 1924
Crisp, Charles R. (Congressman, Georgia): 03 Oct 1932
Culberson, C. A. (Senator, Texas): 07 Jul 1906
Cummings, Homer S. (Attorney General): 29 Sep 1933 (letter about him), 30 Sep 1933, 21 May 1934, 28 Jun 1934 (letter from his wife), 02 Jul 1934, 22 Oct 1934, 12 Mar 1945
Curran, Edward M. (U.S. Attorney, D.C.): 28 Oct 1946
Cushman, Francis W. (Congressman): 25 Dec 1899, 05 Jan 1904
Dale, Mrs. Thomas H. (Congressman's wife): 27 Apr 1906
Daniel, J. (Senator): 23 Dec 1903 (illustrated letter)
Daniels, Jonathan (son of Josephus Daniels): 15 Mar 1933, 29 Jan 1934, 16 Aug 1941
Daniels, Josephus (Secretary of the Navy): undated calling card (from Mrs. Daniels), 25 Mar 1913, 15 May 1913 (letter about him), 25 Aug 1913 (letter about him), 31 Oct 1913, 26 Oct 1914, 12 Jan 1915, 22 Aug 1916, 08 Sep 1916, 27 Mar 1917, 22 Nov 1917, 27 Nov 1917, 24 Jan 1918, 12 Feb 1920, 29 Mar 1920, 03 Apr 1920, 20 Nov 1920 (3), 11 Jan 1921 (letter about him), 02 Mar 1921, 05 Jun 1926, 05 Apr 1927 (2), 04 Aug 1927, 10 Dec 1928, 15 Mar 1933, 19 May 1934, 11 May 1937, 19 Oct 1937, 18 Nov 1937, 25 Mar 1938, 18 May 1938, 09 Aug 1941
Darling, Jay Norwood "Ding": undated (letter about him), 19 Nov 1934
Davies, Joseph E.: 09 Jun 1944, 16 Jun 1944
Davis, James J. (Sec. of Labor and Senator, Pa.): Feb 9, 1923, 24 Dec 1925, 16 Feb 1931
Davol, Ralph (Cosmos Club): 30 Mar 1920, 06 Apr 1925 (illustrated letter), 06 Apr 1930
Dawes, Charles Gates (Vice President): 19 Jan 1928 (printed invitation), 24 Jan 1939 (letter to Clapper)
Dawley, Mrs. M. Webster (League of Republican Women): 08 Feb 1938
Debs, Eugene: 17 Aug 1912
Delano, Frederic A. (Washington National Monument Society): 03 Feb 1944, 23 Feb 1944
Delano, Victor: 06 May 1941 (on USS WEST VIRGINIA, Pearl Harbor), 25 Mar 1942 (on USS SAN JUAN)
Dern, George H. (Secretary of War): 27 Jan 1935 (printed invitation)
Dewey, Thomas E. (Governor, New York): 10 Oct 1944, 23 Jun 1947 (letter about him), 21 Nov 1947
Dial, Nathaniel B. (Senator, S. C.): 17 Jan 1925
Dickinson, L. J. (Congressman, Iowa): 09 Dec 1926
Dillingham, William P. (Senator): 10 Mar 1904, 08 Mar 1916
Dirksen, Everett M. (Congressman, Ill.): 09 Jun 1942
Donahey, James Harrison ( -- Plain Dealer -- ): 02 Oct 1908, 30 Jan 1927
Doughton, Robert L. (Congressman, N. C.): 10 Jan 1948
Dowling, James J. (Democratic County Committee, N.Y.): 19 Dec 1934
Downing, Robert L.: 19 Dec 1930, 05 Nov 1932
Drewry, P. H. (Congressman, Virginia): 26 Feb 1935, 28 Mar 1935
DuBois, James T. (State Department): undated, 26 Jan 1905, 26 Feb 1905, 06 Mar 1905, 24 Nov 1905, 22 Mar 1907, 18 Jul 1917
Dugal, J. (Congressman): 19 Jan 1908
Durkee, J. Stanley (President, Howard University): 11 May 1922, 24 May 1922, 03 Nov 1924, 24 Nov 1924
Eccles, Marriner S. (Chairman, Federal Reserve System): 03 Oct 1941
Edison, Thomas: 13 Aug 1914 (letter about him)
Edwards, J. H. (Treasury Department): 18 Aug 1905
Elliott, Richard (Asst. Comptroller General, GAO): 01 Dec 1932
Ernst, Richard P. (Senator, Kentucky): 22 Dec 1922, 10 Nov 1925 (2), 15 Mar 1926, 19 Sep 1929, 15 Jun 1929
Estopinal, Albert (Congressman, La.): 21 Mar 1914
Evans, Silliman (Publisher, -- Chicago Sun -- ): 14 Apr 1942
Fall, Albert B. (Secretary of the Interior): 28 Feb 1923, 01 Mar 1923
Farley, James A.: 20 Dec 1932, 03 Jan 1934, 30 Jan 1934 (letter about him), 11 May 1934, 21 May 1934, 13 Sep 1934, 18 Oct 1934, 26 Oct 1934, 04 Dec 1935, 28 Oct 1937, 10 Aug 1940, 16 Jan 1942, 01 Apr 1942, 03 Aug 1942, 13 Oct 1942, 12 Nov 1942, 26 Feb 1943, 11 Mar 1943, 06 Jul 1943, 17 Nov 1943, 29 Nov 1943, 29 Dec 1943, 03 Jan 1944, 27 Jan 1944, 29 Jan 1944, 05 May 1944, 21 Nov 1944
Farnum Jno. (cartoonist): 03 Jun 1908
Faulkner, Robert R. (attorney): 03 Jun 1935
Fawcett, James Waldo ( -- Washington Star -- ): 02 Apr 1939
Fenn, E. Hart (Congressman, Connecticut): 09 May 1929
Fenning, F. A. (Inaugural Committee): 14 Jan 1925
Fess, Simeon D. (Senator, Ohio): 19 Apr 1928 (letter about him), 28 Apr 1934
Finch, Frank J. (cartoonist): 03 Feb 1905, 08 Apr 1910, 06 Jun 1910
Fish, Hamilton, Jr. (Congressman, New York): 19 May 1936, 22 May 1936, 04 Jan 1937
Fishback, Fred L. (Senator, Mass.): 26 Sep 1912
Fisher, Walter L. (Sec. of the Interior): 25 Jan 1912
Fitzgerald, Roy G. (Congressman, Ohio): 23 Feb 1925
Foch, Le Marechal: Jun 1906
Foley, E. H. (Asst. Sec. of the Treasury): 01 Nov 1947
Foraker, Joseph B. (Senator, Ohio): 30 Aug 1905 (letter about him), 03 Sep 1905
Frelinghuysen, J. S. (Senator, New Jersey): 04 Apr 1917 (letter about him)
Galbraith, Alfred ( -- Flint Daily Journal -- ): 02 Jun 1907
Gallinger, Jacob H. (Senator): 02 Feb 1905
Gallivan, James A. (Congressman, Massachusetts): 05 Mar 1923
Gard, Warren (Congressman, Ohio): 31 Mar 1916, 13 Feb 1917
Gardner, A. P. (Congressman, Massachusetts): 09 Apr 1910 (letter about him), 26 Jan 1911, 31 Jan 1913, 28 Jun 1916, 20 Jul 1916
Garfield, James Rudolph (Interior Dept.): 08 Nov 1907
Garner, John Nance (Congressman, Texas): 16 Jan 1930, 15 Mar 1935
Garrison, Lindley M. (Secretary of War): 19 Dec 1914, 25 Dec 1914, 11 Jan 1915, 28 Apr 1915, 30 Aug 1915
Gerry, Peter G. (Senator): 06 May 1941
Gerth, Arthur W. (President, American University): 02 May 1928
Gibson, Charles D. (Division of Pictorial Publicity): 28 Dec 1917
Gibson, Ernest W. (Congressman, Vermont): 19 Feb 1925
Gilbert, Ralph (Congressman, Kentucky): 20 Oct 1921, 07 Jan 1922
Gillett, Frederick H. (Senator, Massachusetts): 10 Feb 1928, 14 Feb 1928
Gillette, Guy M. (Senator, Iowa): 05 Aug 1943
Gittins, Robert H. (Congressman, N. Y.): 01 Aug 1914
Glass, Carter (Secretary of the Treasury): 26 Jun 1903, 20 Jan 1919, 20 Jan 1919, 11 Feb 1920, 02 Dec 1929, 09 Nov 1936, 15 Mar 1937, 05 Apr 1937 (letter about him), 10 Apr 1937, 19 May 1937 (letter about him)
Glover, Charles C. (Inaugural Committee): 09 Dec 1904, 21 Dec 1904, 20 Dec 1911
Godwin, E. ( -- Washington Times -- ): 30 Dec 1918
Goethals, General: undated (letter about him)
Goff, "Roy": Dec 1949
Gore, Albert (Congressman, Tennessee): 25 May 1942
Gorman, Arthur P. (Senator, Maryland): 03 Mar 1898, 28 Jan 1902, 07 Mar 1903, 02 May 1903, 28 Oct 1903 (letter from Mrs. Gorman)
Grant, U.S., III: 15 Mar 1926, 22 Jun 1927, 03 Nov 1927, 20 Jun 1930
Grayson, Cary T. (Inaugural Committee): 18 Feb 1933
Green, Theodore Francis (Senator, R. I.): 17 Oct 1944
[Gregory?], Tom (Attorney General): undated
Grew, Joseph: 09 Apr 1943 (illustrated letter)
Grey, Kenneth? (Dept. of the Treasury): 27 Mar 1945
Grosvenor, Gilbert (National Geographic Society): 21 Mar 1921, 27 Apr 1921, 21 Dec 1921, 15 Nov 1927, 16 Nov 1931, 15 Mar 1935, 11 Nov 1935, 04 Nov 1938, 08 Nov 1944, 23 Dec 1949
Guffey, Joseph F. (Senator, Pennsylvania): 16 Jun 1943, 29 Mar 1944
Halleck, Charles A. (Congressman, Ind.): 02 Jan 1948
Halsey, W. F. (Admiral): 24 Dec 1942
Hamilton, Ernest? ( -- Judge -- magazine): 19 Mar 1913
Hamilton, Norman R. (Congressman, Virginia): 21 Jun 1938 (3), 22 Jun 1938 (2), 02 Jul 1938
Hancock, Clarence E. (Congressman, N. Y.): 19 Apr 1941
Hannegan, Robert E. (Democratic National Committee): 01 Mar 1945
Harding, Warren G.: 06 Jan 1917, 11 May 1921 (printed invitation)
Harriman, William Averill: 03 Jan 1939
Harris, William J. (Senator, Georgia): 01 Nov 1913, 11 Feb 1920, 06 Apr 1920, 18 May 1920, 12 Dec 1922, 12 Jan 1923
Harrison, William Henry: 13 Apr 1936
Harvey, George (US Ambassador to England): 15 Oct 1914
Hatch, Carl N. (Senator, New Mexico): 06 May 1937
Hawley, Willis C. (Congressman, Oregon): 15 Mar 1929, 25 Mar 1930
Hay, John (State Department): 31 Oct 1904, 02 Nov 1904
Hays, Arthur: 27 Feb 1912
Hays, Will H. (Postmaster General and President of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America): 14 Jun 1921 (letter about him), 27 Jan 1922, 28 Feb 1922, 31 Aug 1922, 20 Dec 1922, 03 Mar 1937
Heinl, Robert D.: 05 Feb 1912, 20 Mar 1913, 28 Jan 1915, 29 Jun 1920, 04 May 1938
Hicks, Frederick C. (Congressman, New York): 19 Feb 1922, 01 Dec 1922, Nov 1923
Hildreth, Melvin D. (Inaugural Committee): 28 Dec 1948
Hilles, Charles D.: 23 Jul 1935
Hitchcock, Ethan A. (Secretary of the Interior): 28 Jan 1908, 07 Mar 1916?
Hitchcock, (Senator): undated, 10 Sep 1930 (letter about him)
Hodges, John G.: undated
Holt, Rush D. (Senator, West Virginia): 23 May 1935, 22 Nov 1937, 04 Aug 1940, 30 Aug 1940
Hoover, Herbert: 03 Jan 1923 (letter from Hoover's secretary, Richard S. Emmet), 16 Aug 1949
Hoover, J. (John) Edgar: 29 Aug 1933, 20 Oct 1934, 29 Oct 1934, 23 Mar 1936, 26 Mar 1936, 01 Oct 1936, 14 Apr 1937, 03 Feb 1942, 05 Feb 1942, 01 Jul 1942, 15 Jul 1942, 02 May 1944, 21 Jun 1949, 08 Jul 1949
Hoover, Lou Henry: undated
Hopkins, Harry L.: 10 Apr 1935, 24 Mar 1942
Houston, David F. (Sec Treas): 12 Feb 1920
Howard E. P. (N.Y. Press): 03 Apr 1927, 26 Mar 1927, 15 Apr 1927, 23 Jan 1928
Hubbard, Kin (cartoonist, -- Indianapolis News -- ): 10 Feb 1913, 15 Feb 1913, 31 Jul 1914
Hughes, Charles Evans (Secretary of State): 15 Apr 1921 (printed invitation)
Hughes, R. E. (La. Purchase Exposition): 15 Mar 1904
Humphrey, William E. (Federal Trade Commission): undated (illustrated letter), 20 Jan 1933
Hutchison, George W. (National Geographic Society): 09 Dec 1935, 01 Apr 1937
Ickes, Harold L. (Secretary of the Interior): 09 Mar 1935, 08 Nov 1935, 20 May 1936, 29 Nov 1938, 11 Dec 1939, 05 Jun 1941, 09 Jun 1941, 13 Jun 1941, 17 Jun 1941 (letter from Mrs. Ickes), 13 Feb 1942, 27 Apr 1942, 04 May 1942, 15 Jun 1943, 21 Jun 1943, 05 May 1944, 15 Dec 1949
Ireland, William A. ( -- Columbus Dispatch -- ): 21 Mar 1913, 16 Mar 1917 (letter of introduction for Will Rogers), 01 Mar 1926
Jackson, Robert H. (Attorney General): 08 Feb 1938, 05 Dec 1938, 05 Dec 1940
James, Ollie M. (Congressman?, Kentucky): 20 Jan 1910
Johnson, Albert (Congressman, Washington): 24 Nov 1913, 20 Feb 1915, 02 Jun 1926, 18 Apr 1929, 31 Mar 1932
Johnson, Andrew: 19 Aug 1861 (letter to A. M. Coffin not in Johnson's hand)
Johnson, Herbert (art editor, -- Saturday Evening Post -- ): 09 Sep 1913, 16 Sep 1913, 23 Feb 1928, 11 May 1934
Johnson, Herschel V. (US Representative to UN): 12 Sep 1937, 22 Oct 1947
Johnson, Hiram W. (Senator, California): 11 Feb 1920, 01 Nov 1940
Johnson, Nelson T. (Asst. Sec. of State): 21 Dec 1928
Johnson, Philander Chase: 03 Jan 1908
Johnston, John A. (General): 05 Apr 1919
Jones, E. Lester (US Coast & Geodetic Survey): 10 Mar 1920
Jones, Jesse H. (Secretary of Commerce): 24 Dec 1941, 29 May 1942, 13 Oct 1943, 04 Dec 1943, 02 May 1944
Jones, Marvin (Congressman, Texas): 24 Feb 1936
Jones, Wesley L. (Senator): 07 May 1920, 18 Feb 1925
Kahn, Julius (Congressman, California): 17 Mar 1920, 13 Apr 1920
Kauffmann, Rudolph Max ( -- Washington Star -- ): 05 Oct 1920, 16 Apr 1947, 12 May 1947
Kearns, (Senator): undated
Keefe, Frank B. (Congressman, Wisconsin): 29 Jul 1947
Kelly, Clyde (Congressman, Pennsylvania): 14 Feb 1928
Kelly, Hugh A. (Governor, New Jersey): 14 May 1938
Kelly, J. (editor, -- Chicago Tribune -- ): 02 Jun 1906
Kendrick, John B. (Governor, Wyoming): 30 Sep 1916 (letter about him)
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Chairman, US Maritime Commission): 24 Sep 1937
Kenyon, William S. (Senator, Iowa): 29 Mar 1916, 27 Sep 1916
Keyes, Frances Parkinson: 18 Jul 1921
Keyes, Henry W. (Senator, New Hampshire): 25 Feb 1925
King, Ernest J. (Admiral): 24 Nov 1942, 06 Nov 1944
Kitchin, Claude (Congressman): 06 Mar 1916, 31 Mar 1916
Knutson, Harold, (Congressman, Minnesota): 04 Mar 1948
LaFollette, Robert M., Jr. (Senator, Wisconsin): 03 Jul 1929, 09 Mar 1931 (letter about him)
La Gorce, John Oliver (National Geographic Society): undated, 27 Feb 1912, 18 Jun 1943, 02 May 1944, 31 May 1949
Land, E. S. (Chairman, US Maritime Commission): 10 Mar 1941
Land, George A. (Congressman): 03 Mar 1904
Landis, C. B. (Congressman, Indiana): undated, 11 Nov 1904
Landon, Alf M. (Governor, Kansas): 30 Oct 1935, 14 Jan 1936, 24 Mar 1936, 08 Aug 1936, 26 Dec 1936, 02 Feb 1937, 27 Feb 1937, 13 Oct 1943, 16 May 1944, 20 Nov 1944, 01 Apr 1948
Lane, Franklin K. (Secretary of the Interior): undated, 15 Mar 1913, 18 Mar 1913, 31 Dec 1913, 06 Mar 1916, 13 Mar 1916, 08 Jan 1917, 21 Dec 1918, 11 Feb 1920, 13 Feb 1918, 12 Mar 1918, 19 Mar 1918, 22 Mar 1920
Lansburgh, Henry: 30 Dec 1915
Lansburgh, Mark (Lansburgh & Bro.): 16 Apr 1931, 05 Nov 1932
Lansing, Robert (Secretary of State): 28 Mar 1916, 25 Jan 1917, 08 Feb 1918, 24 Feb 1920, 29 Apr 1924
Lauder, Harry: undated
Lewis, B. J. ( -- Knickerbocker News -- ): 13 Mar 1941
Lewis, Fulton (WOL Radio): 17 Aug 1938
Lewis, James Hamilton, (Senator, Illinois): 30 Mar 1916, 15 Jan 1919, 26 Feb 1919, 07 Feb 1930, 16 Feb 1933, 13 May 1937
Lewis, John L.: 17 Apr 1937
Lewis, William Mather (Pres., George Washington U. and Pres., Lafayette College): 19 Sep 1924, 11 Oct 1929, 09 Dec 1931 (letter about him), 24 Mar 1942, 31 Mar 1942, 07 May 1944
Lindsay, R. C. (British Embassy): 26 May 1939
Lineberger, Walter F. (Congressman, Ca.): 01 Jun 1926
Lobeck, C. O. (Congressman, Nebraska): 11 Mar 1916, 01 Apr 1916
Locke, M. E. (Brigadier General): 24 May 1941
Lodge, Henry Cabot (Senator, Massachusetts): 18 Feb 1907, 22 Jul 1910, 22 Jul 1942
Lohr, Lenox (NBC): 29 June 1938, 29 Jul 1938
Long, B. (Asst. Secretary of State): 11 May 1942
Loring, Paule: undated, 13 Oct 1936 (illustrated letter)
Lowden, Frank O. (Governor, Illinois): 26 Jan 1920, 14 Feb 1920
Ludlow, Louis (Pioneer Book Co.): 14 Feb 1925, 25 Dec 1926, 20 Nov 1941, 20 Dec 1941
Luther, Dr. Hans (German Ambassador): undated
MacVeagh, Franklin (Sec. of the Treasury): 18 May 1911
Mahony, Felix: undated (illustrated letter)
Maloney, Francis (Senator, Connecticut); 11 Sep 1941, 22 Sep 1941, 06 Jan 1943, 02 May 1944
Mann, James R. (Congressman, Illinois): Oct 28, 1913, 07 Dec 1918, 01 Mar 1921
Marshall, George Catlett (General): 13 Jun 1940, 01 Apr 1944 (letter from his wife)
Martin, Joseph W., Jr. (Congressman, Massachusetts): 05 Jan 1942 (letter about him), 09 Mar 1942, 17 Apr 1943, 05 May 1944
Martin, Thomas S. (Senator): 07 Feb 1912
Marvin, Cloyd H. (Pres., George Washington U.): 06 Apr 1944
Maxwell, G. T. (cartoonist?): 14 Jul 1914
McAdams, Clark (President, St. Louis Artists' Guild): 06 Jan 1914, 20 Jan 1914
McAdoo, William G. (Secretary of the Treasury): 06 Jun 1914, 11 Jan 1914, 15 Feb 1917, 02 Mar 1917 (letter about him), 03 Sep 1918, 21 Nov 1922, 09 Aug 1925
McCarran, Patrick (Senator, Nevada): 23 May 1941
McClellan, George S.: 14 Feb 1938
McClure, Samuel G. (editor, -- Ohio State Journal -- ): 23 Jul 1903
McCormack, John W. (Congressman, Massachusetts): 06 Aug 1944
McCumber (Senator, North Dakota): 29 Oct 1919
McCutcheon, John T. ( -- Chicago Tribune -- ): 02 Dec 1907, 04 Apr 1913, 30 Dec 1913
McDonald, C. P. ( -- Chicago Tribune -- ): 19 Aug 1909
McDonald, Eugene F. (President, Zenith Radio Corp.): 20 Jan 1940 (letter to R. D. Heinl re FDR), 13 Nov 1939
McDuffie, John (Congressman, Alabama): 16 Apr 1934
McKellar, Kenneth (Senator, Tennessee): 19 Mar 1942, 31 Mar 1944
McKelway, Ben M. (ed., -- Washington Star -- ): 20 Oct 1947
McKenna, Joseph (Supreme Court Justice): 27 Feb 1923
McKinley, William B. (Senator, Illinois): undated, 06 Feb 1913, 03 Mar 1913, 04 Aug 1920
McLean, Edward B. (Inaugural Committee): 23 Dec 1920
McNair, Lesley James (General): 19 Jun 1944, 19 Jun 1944 (letter from his wife)
McReynolds, James C. (Supreme Court Justice): 11 Feb 1920, 09 Feb 1937 (letter from Mrs.McReynolds)
Mellon, Andrew (Secretary of the Treasury): 13 Apr 1925 (letter about him)
Meredith, Edwin T. (Sec. of Agriculture): 13 Feb 1920
Merrick, Frank L. (Louisiana Purchase Exposition): 18 Aug 1903, 20 Aug 1927
Meyer, George von L. (Sec. of the Navy): 23 Jan 1911
Meyers, Eugene ( -- Washington Post -- ): 14 Jun 1938, 27 Feb 1941 (printed invitation), 11 May 1944, 29 Jul 1949
Michelson, Charles (Democratic National Committee): 16 Oct 1935 (2), 21 Sep 1936, 29 Sep 1936
Millard, Charles D. (Congressman, N. Y.): 21 Feb 1935
Miller, James M. (Congressman): 17 Mar 1909 (letter from Mrs. Miller)
Mills, Ogden L. (Undersecretary of the Treasury): 22 Apr 1931
Minnigerode, C. Powell (Dir., Corcoran Gallery of Art): 27 Dec 1918 (2), 18 Jun 1943 (illustrated letter)
Minor, Benjamin S. (Inaugural Committee): 15 Jan 1913
Mitchell, Mrs. William Dewitt: 02 Mar 1931
Mondell, Frank W. (Congressman, Wyoming): 08 Apr 1920
Montgomery, James Shera (Chaplain, House of Representatives): 06 Aug 1918, 19 Jul 1919, 14 Jul 1945
Moore, J. Hampton (Congressman, Pa. and Mayor of Philadelphia): 17 Mar 1905, 28 May 1908, 29 Dec 1909, 29 Mar 1910, 01 Apr 1910, 04 Apr 1910, 07 Apr 1910, 27 Apr 1911, 27 Jan 1914, 23 Feb 1914, 08 Feb 1918, 14 Feb 1923, 09 Mar 1923, 23 Oct 1923, 05 Mar 1925, 31 Mar 1925, 15 Apr 1925 (2), 28 Jul 1925, 17 Oct 1925
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr. (Secretary of the Treasury): 05 Mar 1936, 10 Dec 1936, 23 Apr 1937, 12 Dec 1940, 18 Mar 1941, 22 Apr 1941, 09 May 1941, 03 Jul 1941
Moses, George H. (Senator, N. H.): 19 Jan 1922, 25 Jul 1923, 10 Feb 1927, 15 Dec 1927, 17 Dec 1927, 16 Jan 1929, 15 Aug 1929 (letter about him)
Murdock, Victor (Congressman, Kansas): undated (2), 01 Mar 1915, 18 Oct 1940
Murphy, Francis P. (Governor, N. H.): 27 Jan 1938 (2)
Murphy, J. E. ( -- Oregon Journal -- ): 14 Sep 1913
Murphy, William C. ( -- Philadelphia Inquirer -- ): 12 May 1941
Neely, Matthew M. (Governor, W. V.): 16 Jan 1941
New, Harry S. (Postmaster General): 30 Jul 1924, 10 Jan 1927
Newcome, W. A. (Ambassador to Italy): 13 Feb 1913
Nimitz, Chester W. (Admiral): 28 Nov 1942 (letter from his daughter Catherine), 15 Mar 1944
North, James (cartoonist?): 14 May 1921, 16 May 1921
Norton, Mary T. (Congresswoman, New Jersey): 09 Aug 1937, 13 Aug 1937, 06 Dec 1937, 30 Jun 1942
Noyes, Newbold: 13 Jan 1927 (letter from Mrs. Clarence Williams)
Noyes, Theodore W.: undated (3), 01 Jul 1918, 13 Mar 1920, 08 Jul 1929, 23 Apr 1930, 27 Feb 1934
O'Connor, John H. (Congressman, New York): 05 Jan 1937
Oliver, W. B. (Congressman, Alabama): 16 Feb 1924
Olney, Richard (Congressman, Mass.): 01 Apr 1920
O'Neal, Sam (Pres., National Press Club): 22 Jun 1944
Osborn, F. H. (Brigadier General): 16 Jan 1942
Ourand, Chas. H. (Isthmian Canal Commission): 20 Mar 1913
Owen, Ruth Bryan (Congresswoman, Florida): 09 Nov 1932
Palmer, A. Mitchell (Attorney General): 12 Feb 1920, 01 Apr 1920
Parsons, R. C. (editor, -- Cleveland Leader -- ): 04 Mar 1898
Patrick, Geo. H.: 01 Jun 1906 (re McClellan statue), 07 Jun 1906
Peaslee, Horace W. (architect): 25 Mar 1941
Penrose, Boies (Senator, Pennsylvania): 15 Jun 1906
Pepper, Claude (Senator, Florida): 13 Mar 1942, 03 Nov 1943, 17 Apr 1945
Perkins, Francis (Secretary of Labor): 24 Jul 1942
Pershing, John J. (General): 28 May 1945 (autographed card)
Phelan, James D. (Senator, California): 28 Jun 1918, 05 Jun 1920
Phipps, Lawrence C. (Senator, Colorado): 07 May 1920, 03 Mar 1923
Pike, Albert (Department of the Interior): undated
Poindexter, Miles (Senator, Washington): 13 Feb 1920
Polk, Frank L. (Undersecretary of State): 25 Mar 1920
Pomerene, Atlee (Senator, Ohio): 01 Jun 1911 (letter from Mrs. Pomerene), 20 Feb 1920 (letter from Mrs. Pomerene), 01 Mar 1920 (letter from Mrs. Pomerene), 08 May 1920
Porter, Laura (League of Women Voters): 28 Dec 1930
Pou, Edw. W. (Congressman, North Carolina): 30 Sep 1904, 07 Oct 1904, 10 Oct 1904, 17 Oct 1904
Powers, Samuel Leland (Congressman, Massachusetts): 17 Feb 1905, 30 Dec 1925
Proctor, Redfield (Senator): 21 Jun 1906
Radcliffe, George L. (Senator, Maryland): 15 Sep 1938
Rainey, Henry T. (Congressman, Illinois): 07 Mar 1916
Ralston, Samuel M. (Senator, Indiana): 30 May 1924
Ramspeck, Robert (Congressman, Georgia): 28 Nov 1941
Rankin, J. E. (Congressman, Mississippi): 14 Feb 1942
Rathbun, Richard (Asst. Secretary of Smithsonian): 11 Apr 1912, 07 Dec 1915
Rayburn, Sam: 24 Mar 1944
Reams, Frank (White House staff): 10 Jan 1929
Redfield, William C. (Secretary of Commerce): 31 Aug 1912, 07 Nov 1913, 07 Apr 1915, 07 Mar 1916
Reed, Daniel (Congressman, New York): Apr 28, 1920
Reed, Stanley F. (Supreme Court Justice): 13 Mar 1948
Reed, Stuart F. (Congressman, W. V.): 27 Mar 1922
Reid, Albert T. (American Artists Professional League): 02 May 1944
Rhodes, John D. (Senator): undated, 01 Nov 1943
Ritchie, Albert C. (Governor, Maryland): 15 Nov 1923 (2), 14 May 1924, 23 Dec 1925, 28 Dec 1926, 09 Jan 1927, 14 Jan 1927, 10 Feb 1927, 20 Jan 1931, 07 Aug 1931, 30 Jan 1936
Robertson, David A. (President, Goucher College): 15 Dec 1939 (letter from Anne Robertson), 19 Apr 1932, 18 Dec 1942, 14 Aug 1943
Robinson, Boardman ( -- New York Tribune -- ): 21 Mar 1913, 02 Jun 1913
Robinson, Joe T. (Senator, Arkansas): 10 Mar 1916, 29 Nov 1921, 25 Apr 1936
Rodman, Hugh (Admiral): 10 Nov 1937
Rogers, Edith Nourse (Congresswoman, Massachusetts): 15 Feb 1937, 16 Feb 1937
Rogers, W. A.: 19 Mar 1925, 10 Apr 1925
Rogers, Will: 16 Mar 1917 (letter of introduction from Bill Ireland), 19 Aug 1927 (invitation to Press Club dinner in his honor)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 26 Apr 1935 (letter about him), 20 Jan 1940 (letter about him), 08 Jul 1940 (photograph of letter)
Roosevelt, Theodore: 29 Dec 1902, 09 Jan 1912
Root, Elihu (Secretary of State): 14 Dec 1905
Roper, Daniel C. (Secretary of Commerce): undated, 18 Aug 1913, 16 Sep 1932, 15 Aug 1933, 07 Sep 1933, 11 Nov 1933, 14 Aug 1934, 10 Dec 1934, 18 May 1936, 16 Nov 1937, 05 Aug 1938
Ross, Nellie Tayloe (Democratic National Committee): 10 Dec 1932
Roteler, J. Allen: 23 Feb 1936 (letter re Andrew Mellon and the Corcoran Gallery)
Russell, K. L. (cartoonist?): 11 Jun 1906 (illustrated letter)
Russell, Richard (Senator and Governor of Florida): 29 Mar 1944, 22 Mar 1949
Sabath, A. J. (Congressman, Illinois): 24 Feb 1941, 19 Jan 1945
Sackett, Frederic M. (Senator, Kentucky): 24 Oct 1925
Sanders, Everett (Congressman, Indiana): 19 Feb 1925, 02 Jul 1932
Saulsbury, Willard (Senator, Delaware): 21 Oct 1918 (letter to Col. E. A. Halsey)
Scott, Hugh D., Jr. (Congressman, Pa.): 10 Oct 1949
Seger, George N. (Congressman, N. J.): 13 Jan 1925
Seton, Grace Thompson (National League of American Pen Women): 12 Mar 1927, 12 Apr 1927, 11 May 1927
Shaw, Albert P.: 08 Nov 1901, 08 Nov 1926, 09 Nov 1926, 09 Jan 1933 (letter from C. Berryman)
Shaw, Leslie M.: 11 Oct 1905 (printed invitation)
Sheppard, Morris (Senator, Texas): 08 May 1920, 10 Oct 1924, 15 Nov 1924, 05 Sep 1933, 31 Dec 1937, 13 Oct 1938, 08 Nov 1938, 10 Aug 1940, 19 Sep 1940
Sherman, Lawrence Y. (Senator, Illinois): 08 Feb 1918
Shih, Hu (Chinese Embassy): 07 Dec 1939, 27 Nov 1941
Shoemaker, Vaughn (cartoonist, -- Chicago Daily News -- ): 29 Mar 1945
Shoppell, R. W. ( -- National Tribune -- ): 02 Dec 1904
Slemp, C. B. (Congressman, Virginia): 31 Aug 1914, 10 Mar 1916
Smith, Alfred (Governor, New York): 07 May 1924
Smith, John Walter (Senator, Maryland): 11 Mar 1916
Smoot, Reed (Senator): 29 Jun 1906, 07 May 1920
Smoot, William (Governor, Pennsylvania): 13 Jan 1922
Snell, Bertrand H. (Congressman): 31 May 1929
Snow, William J. (Major General): 06 Jan 1919, 14 Jan 1921
Snyder, John W. (Sec. of the Treasury): 23 Jun 1947
Somerville, Harry P. (The Willard): 01 Apr 1936, 09 Jul 1936, 10 Apr 1942
Spooner, John C. (Senator, Wisconsin): 07 Mar 1907
Stand, Bert (Democratic County Committee): 02 Jun 1936
Stanley, Augustus O. (Senator, Kentucky): 20 Feb 1907, 25 Mar 1920, 13 Aug 1921, 19 Aug 1921, 09 Nov 1935
Stettinius, Edward R. (Secretary of State): 15 Sep 1944, 26 Oct 1944, 13 Mar 1945, 29 Mar 1945
Stimson, Henry L. (Sec. of State and Sec. of War): 06 Feb 1912, 21 Dec 1932, 29 Apr 1943
Stone, Harlan F. (Supreme Court Justice); 02 May 1944
Strick (National Press Club): undated
Sulzer, William (candidate for Governor): 21 Jul 1914 (3), 21 Jul 1914 (letter from Mrs. Sulzer)
Suter, John Wallace (Dean, Washington Cathedral): 13 Feb 1945, 12 Mar 1945
Sutherland, Howard (Senator): 10 Feb 1920, 07 May 1920
Swanson, Claude A. (Senator, Virginia): 18 Aug 1910, 15 Oct 1919
Swing, Phil D. (Congressman, California): 20 Dec 1932
Sylvester, Arthur ( -- Newark Evening News -- ): 23 Jun 1947
Sylvester, Richard (Inaugural Committee): 31 Dec 1904
Taft, William Howard: 10 May 1907, 30 Jun 1908, 18 Mar 1925 (letter about him)
Taliaferro, Sidney F. (DC Commissioner): 13 Apr 1927
Tharin, Charles E. (White House staff): 14 Jun 1905
Thomas, Elmer (Senator, Oklahoma): 02 Jul 1936
Thompson, Charles Willis ( -- New York Times -- ): 13 Mar 1905
Thornton, J. R. (Senator): 16 Dec 1910, 10 Dec 1912, 12 Dec 1912, 22 Nov 1913, 18 Mar 1914, 21 Mar 1914, 11 Feb 1915, 15 Mar 1915, 01 Jul 1916
Tilson, John Q. (Congressman, Conn.): 18 Apr 1929
Tobey, Charles W. (Senator, N. H.): 12 Jan 1948
Tony, F. A. ( -- Strand -- magazine): 06 Nov 1914
Towner, H. M. (Governor, Puerto Rico): 14 Jul 1924, 15 Apr 1925
Treadway, Allen T. (Congressman, Mass.): 25 May 1935
Trimble, South (Congressman): 24 Nov 1915, 11 Mar 1938
Trinkle, E. Lee (Governor, Virginia): 04 Feb 1925, 02 Mar 1925, 22 Jun 1925, 08 Jan 1926
Truesdell, George: 08 Jun 1906 (re McClellan statue)
Truman, Bess: 31 May 1949
Truman, Harry S: 07 Jun 1945 (copy of letter to Col. Johnson), 29 Mar 1946
Tydings, Millard E. (Senator, Maryland): 10 May 1935, 14 May 1935, 10 Jun 1938, 17 Jun 1938, 09 Sep 1938, 20 Sep 1938, 07 Mar 1944, 01 May 1944, 09 May 1944
Underwood, Oscar W. (Congressman, Alabama): 26 Feb 1912, 10 Mar 1916, 06 Jan 1917, 11 Feb 1920
Vincent, B. M. (Congressman, Kentucky): 07 Sep 1940 (letter about him)
Vinson, Carl (Congressman, Georgia): 09 Jun 1920
Wadsworth, James W. (Congressman, N. Y.): 13 Feb 1941
Walker, Frank C. (Postmaster General): 26 Nov 1941, 05 Nov 1943, 06 Jul 1943
Wallace, Henry A. (Secretary of Agriculture): undated (2), one illustrated), 01 Feb 1937, 06 Dec 1937
Ward, H. S. (Congressman, North Carolina): undated
Warner, V. (Congressman): 14 Jan 1905
Warren, Francis E. (Senator): 10 May 1920, 15 Oct 1924, 18 Oct 1924 (letter about him), 24 Nov 1924, 17 Feb 1925
Warren, Lindsay C. (Congressman, North Carolina): 11 Mar 1935, 13 Mar 1935
Webster, Harold Tucker: 17 May 1918, 01 Jul 1918, 17 Jul 1918, 29 Aug 1918 (2), 09 Oct 1918, 06 Nov 1918
Westerman ( -- Ohio State Journal -- ): undated
Wetmore, A. (Smithsonian Institution): 26 Jul 1944
Wheeler, Burton K. (Senator, Montana): undated (letter from Mrs. Wheeler), 27 Jan 1937, 05 Aug 1941
White, Edward D. (Supreme Court Justice): 06 Feb 1917
Wickard, Claude R. (Secretary of Agriculture): 30 Jan 1942, 11 Feb 1942, 16 Apr 1942
Wickersham, George W.: 23 Dec 1930, 17 Dec 1934
Wile, Frederic William: 12 May 1924 (letter of introduction for William Schofield), 15 Nov 1928
Williams, John Sharp (Senator): 14 May 1914
Willis, Frank B. (Senator, Ohio): 13 Feb 1928
Willkie, Wendell L.: 02 May 1944
Wilson, Charles R. (candidate for Mayor, Huntington West Virginia): 21 Mar 1928, 14 May 1932
Wilson, Edith Bolling: 26 Mar 1916, 10 Feb 1917
Wilson, James (Secretary of Agriculture): 30 Jan 1909
Wilson, Lyle C. (United Press Assocs.): 29 Mar 1945
Wilson, Woodrow: 04 Dec 1916
Winslow, Samuel E. (Congressman, Massachusetts): 13 Feb 1920, 20 Feb 1925
Wood, Edwin O. (Democratic National Committee): 09 Dec 1911 (2), 24 Jul 1914, 10 Sep 1914
Wood, Will R. (Congressman, Indiana): 20 Jul 1916, 03 Mar 1925
Woodin, William H. (Sec. of the Treasury): 07 Jun 1933
Woodward, Donald (Woodward & Lothrop department store): 17 Jan 1921
Work, Hubert (Secretary of the Interior): 31 Dec 1926, 12 Jan 1927, 23 Jun 1928
Works?, John D. (Senator): 29 Mar 1916
Young, George M. (Congressman, N. D.): 07 Oct 1925
Zears, Guy (Congressman): 28 Dec 1940
Zihlman, Frederick N. (Congressman, Md.): 10 Feb 1927
Zimmerman, Eugene ZIM"; (cartoonist): 02 Jul 1929 (letter about him from Freeman H. Hubbard), 05 Jul 1929 (letter about ZIM from C.Berryman)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Berryman family papers, 1829-1984, bulk 1882-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Oak Island Plantation (Edisto Island, South Carolina)
United States of America -- South Carolina -- Edisto Island
General:
See the Western Reserve Historical Society for the original images.
Further sources of information about Oak Island Plantation include: Garden Club of America. Gardens of Colony and State: Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and of the Republic before 1840. New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1931-1934.
Related Materials:
Oak Island Plantation related holdings consist of 4 35mm slides (photographs) and 1 file folder.
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Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
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Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.
Oak Island Plantation (Edisto Island, South Carolina)
United States of America -- South Carolina -- Edisto Island
Date:
1900
General:
Further sources of information about Oak Island Plantation include: Garden Club of America. Gardens of Colony and State: Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and of the Republic before 1840. New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1931-1934.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.
An oral history project that grew out of the exhibit "Go Forth and Serve" which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the drafting of the second Morrill Act, which provided funds for the founding of land grant schools of higher education for black students.
Scope and Contents:
Oral history interviews, on film and audio, on the subject of African American land grant colleges, conducted in conjunction with the exhibition "Go Forth and Serve" at the National Museum of American History in 1990.
Arrangement:
The collection is organized into one series. It is organized alphabetically by the name of college or university that is the subject of the interview.
Biographical / Historical:
"Go Forth and Serve", an exhibition curated by Lonnie Bunch and Spencer Crew, opened in March 1990 at the National Museum of American History to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the drafting of the second Morrill Act, which provided funds for the founding of land grant schools of higher education for black students. The exhibition was co-sponsored by the Department of Agriculture and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. There was a subsequent newsletter, and oral interviews were conducted.
Provenance:
Collection made by the Smithsonian Institution Division of Cultural History, National Museum of American History.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies must be used.
Rights:
Reproduction may be limited due to intellectual property rights. No releases exist.
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
United States. Department of Agriculture Search this
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Search this
Collection Source:
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI). Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies must be used.
Collection Rights:
Reproduction may be limited due to intellectual property rights. No releases exist.
Collection Citation:
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
United States. Department of Agriculture Search this
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Search this
Collection Source:
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI). Search this
Extent:
1 Videocassettes (Video 8)
Type:
Archival materials
Videocassettes (video 8)
Date:
1993 August 19
Scope and Contents:
Mrs. Waymer is a retired Home Economics professor. Dr. Hine is a professor of Political Science.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies must be used.
Collection Rights:
Reproduction may be limited due to intellectual property rights. No releases exist.
Collection Citation:
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
United States. Department of Agriculture Search this
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Search this
Collection Source:
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI). Search this
Extent:
1 Videocassettes (Video 8)
Container:
Box 2
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Videocassettes (video 8)
Date:
1993 August 19
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies must be used.
Collection Rights:
Reproduction may be limited due to intellectual property rights. No releases exist.
Collection Citation:
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
United States. Department of Agriculture Search this
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Search this
Collection Source:
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI). Search this
Extent:
1 Videocassettes (Video 8)
Container:
Box 2
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Videocassettes (video 8)
Date:
1993 August 19
Scope and Contents:
Mr. Zimmerman, is the retired superintendant of Buildings and Grounds, Mrs. Zimmerman a retired professor of Mathematics, and Mr. Paisley a retired Agricultural Extension Agent
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies must be used.
Collection Rights:
Reproduction may be limited due to intellectual property rights. No releases exist.
Collection Citation:
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
United States. Department of Agriculture Search this
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Search this
Collection Source:
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI). Search this
Extent:
1 Videocassettes (Video 8)
Container:
Box 2
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Videocassettes (video 8)
Date:
1993 August 19
Scope and Contents:
Mr. Chavous is the director of Research and Extension, Mrs. Dawson retired librarian, and Mrs. Casselberry retired secretary to the president.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies must be used.
Collection Rights:
Reproduction may be limited due to intellectual property rights. No releases exist.
Collection Citation:
Go Forth and Serve: African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Diploma to Mr. J.L. Speake (agent?) for a four-horse portable engine: State Agricultural Mechanical Society of South Carolina
Collection Source:
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI. Search this
Collection Creator:
Frick Company, George (Waynesboro, Pa.) Search this
Container:
Box 41, Folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1877
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Frick Company Collection, 1852-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and his involvement in various professional activities. The collection is comprised of research and field notes, sound recordings, realia, clippings, negatives, slides, prints, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, memorandums, conference papers and meeting notes, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, bibliographies, student files such as class notes and papers from Sturtevant's years as an anthropology student, teaching materials including lecture notes and exams, daily planners, passports, military records, artwork including prints and lithographs, maps, and computer files.
The materials in this collection document Sturtevant's career as a preeminent North American ethnologist, museum curator, university professor, his role as General Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and his contributions to the field of Anthropology. From his early work with the Seminole Indians of Florida to his forays into Burma, and his decades-long study of how Native Americans have been depicted in artistic and popular culture, Sturtevant's diverse intellectual interests are represented in his research files. A copious note taker, Sturtevant captured his observations and opinions of everything from meetings with colleagues to museum exhibits. Sturtevant's commitment to the anthropological profession can be found in the notes and programs of the many conferences, symposiums, and lecture series he attended and at which he presented. He also held numerous leadership positions in various professional associations and sat on the board of directors/trustees for several cultural organizations including Survival International and the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation. Sturtevant was respected for his vast knowledge of indigenous peoples and he received a voluminous amount of correspondence from colleagues who often included copies of their papers and grant proposals. He kept many of these works, which, it appears he used as reference material. Sturtevant's own work is reflected in his writings; he published over 200 scholarly papers, articles, and books.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Arrangement:
This collection is organized in 14 series: 1. Correspondence, 1951-2008; 2. Research Files, 1851, 1860s, 1880s, 1890, 1939-2006; 3. Writings, 1952-2006; 4. Professional Activities, 1952-2006; 5. Smithsonian, 1954-2008; 6. Handbook of North American Indians, 1971-2007; 7. Biographical Files, 1933-2007; 8. Student Files, 1944-1985; 9. Subject Files, 1902-2002; 10. Photographs, 1927-2004; 11. Artwork, 1699-1998; 12. Maps, 1949-1975; 13. Sound Recordings, 1950-2000; 14. Computer Files, 1987-2006.
Biographical/Historical note:
William C. Sturtevant (1926-2007), preeminent North American ethnologist, museum curator, and university professor, was best known for his contributions to Seminole ethnology, as curator of North American Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and for his work as the general editor of the Handbook of North American Indians.
Sturtevant's passion for studying Native peoples began at a young age. In third grade "after a class on American Indians, he asked his father what kind of people study Indians, and his father replied, 'Anthropologists.' Sturtevant decided then that he would make anthropology his career" (Merrill 11). After graduating with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949, Sturtevant went on to Yale University to complete his graduate work in anthropology. When it came time to decide on what area of North America he should focus his research, one of his faculty members at Yale, Irving Rouse, "suggested he consider the Seminoles of south Florida. By the end of his first fieldwork season, Sturtevant was convinced that the dearth of ethnographic information about these Seminoles and their status as one of the least acculturated of all North American Indian societies justified ethnographic research among them and offered the possibility of making an important contribution to North American ethnology" (Merrill 13). Sturtevant spent the summers of 1950 and 1951 conducting preliminary fieldwork among the Mikasuki-speaking Seminole and in 1952 he took up temporary residence at Big Cypress Reservation to undertake research for his dissertation, "The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices." This work focused on Seminole medicine, but also included Sturtevant's analysis of Seminole worldview, religion, history, inter-ethnic relations, material culture, economy, kinship, language, and social organization.
In 1954, while he was finishing his dissertation, Sturtevant made the transition from student of anthropology to professional anthropologist. He was hired as an instructor in Yale's Anthropology Department and began his career in museum work as an assistant curator of anthropology at the Yale Peabody Museum. After receiving his PhD from Yale in 1955, Sturtevant moved on to the Smithsonian Institution, where he accepted a position as a research anthropologist at the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE). This position afforded Sturtevant the chance to continue to explore his many research interests in ways that a full time professorship or museum curatorship could not. Over the next ten years he studied the Catawba in South Carolina; the Seneca and Cayuga nations of the Iroquois League in New York, Oklahoma, and Ontario; continued his work with the Seminole; visited European museums to examine early ethnographic examples and possible European prototypes of eastern North American Indian material culture; and spent a year in Burma. In 1963, Sturtevant and his wife, Theda Maw, the daughter of a prominent Burmese family, took their three young children to Burma so that they could visit with Maw's family. Sturtevant took this as an opportunity to branch out from his Native American research and spent the year visiting neighborhoods in Rangoon and villages in the surrounding countryside, examining archival materials, studying the Burmese language, learning about Burmese clothing and other aspects of the culture, and taking photographs. He also collected 386 items of clothing and other objects for the Smithsonian.
When Sturtevant returned from Burma, he found the BAE had been dissolved. In 1965, he was transferred from the now-defunct BAE to the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), where he became curator of North American Ethnology, a position he held for the next forty-two years. During his tenure at NMNH Sturtevant oversaw all the North American ethnology collections, planned exhibitions, served on committees, and sponsored interns and fellows. One of Sturtevant's primary duties at NMNH was serving as the General Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, "a major multi-volume reference work summarizing anthropological, linguistic, and historical knowledge about native peoples north of Mexico" (Jackson). Each volume was designed to represent a geographic or topical area of Americanist study. As General Editor, Sturtevant selected volume editors, chapter authors, oversaw office staff, and proofread manuscripts over the course of production.
Besides focusing on the Handbook, much of Sturtevant's time was taken up by responsibilities he held outside the Institution. Sturtevant was extremely involved in professional anthropological associations and held many leadership positions. Fresh out of graduate school, he began a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1957. He later became a member of the executive committee of the Florida Anthropological Society, served as book-review editor and associate editor of the American Anthropologist from 1962-1968, was a member of the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Anthropological Research in Museums and was both vice president and president of the committee once it became the Council for Museum Anthropology, was on the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Archives, served three terms on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation from 1976-1982 and was appointed to a fourth term between 1984 and 1986, and sat on the Board of Directors of Survival International from 1982-1988. He was President of the American Society for Ethnohistory, the American Ethnological Society, the American Anthropological Association, and the Anthropological Society of Washington. Sturtevant also taught classes at Johns Hopkins University as an adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology, served as a consultant on exhibits at other museums, and reviewed manuscripts for scholarly publications.
Sturtevant remained active in the profession throughout his later years. After divorcing Theda Maw in 1986, he married Sally McLendon, a fellow anthropologist, in 1990 and they undertook several research projects together. Sturtevant was recognized for his dedication and contributions to the field of anthropology in 1996 when he was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters by Brown University, and in 2002 when his colleagues published a festschrift in his honor, Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant.
Sturtevant died on March 2, 2007 at the Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rockville, MD after suffering from emphysema.
Sources Consulted
Estrada, Louie. 2007. William C. Sturtevant; Expert on Indians. Washington Post, March 17. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031602273.html, accessed August 31, 2012.
Jackson, Jason Baird. 2007. William C. Sturtevant (1926-2007). http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2007/03/william-c-sturtevant-1926-2007.html, accessed August 31, 2012.
Merrill, William L. 2002. William Curtis Sturtevant, Anthropologist. In Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant. William L. Merrill and Ives Goddard, eds. Pp. 11-36. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
1926 -- Born July 26 in Morristown, NJ
1944 -- Entered the University of California at Berkeley as a second-semester freshman
1944 -- Attended summer school at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City where he took courses on Mexican archaeology and South American ethnology
1945 -- Drafted into the United States Navy
1946 -- Received an honorable discharge from the Navy with the rank of pharmacist's mate third class and returned to UC Berkeley
1947 -- Attended the University of New Mexico's summer field school in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
1949 -- January: Received his Bachelor's degree with honors in anthropology from UC Berkeley
1949 -- Began graduate studies at Yale University
1950-1951 -- Spent the summers of 1950 and 1951 in Florida conducting fieldwork among the Mikasuki-speaking Seminole
1951 -- Conducted his first research study of the Iroquois, a classification of Seneca musical instruments, their construction and use, with Harold Conklin
1952 -- May: Moved to Big Cypress Reservation in Florida to conduct research for his dissertation. He focused on Seminole medicine, but also collected physical anthropological data such as blood-type frequencies, handedness, and color blindness
1952 -- July 26: Married Theda Maw
1954 -- Hired by Yale University as an instructor in the Department of Anthropology and as an assistant curator of anthropology in the Yale Peabody Museum
1955 -- Received PhD in anthropology from Yale University
1956 -- Joined the staff of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) as a research anthropologist
1957 -- Began a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Anthropological Society of Washington
1957 -- Traveled to Rock Hill, South Carolina to collect linguistic data from Sam Blue, the last member of the Catawba tribe to have maintained some proficiency in the Catawba language. While there, he made a small collection of Catawba pottery for the United States National Museum
1957-1958 -- Spent seven weeks continuing his research among the New York Seneca
1959 -- Returned to Florida to study Seminole ethnobotany. He also collected ethnographic materials, especially objects made for the tourist market, which he deposited in the United States National Museum
1959-1960 -- Member of the executive committee of the Florida Anthropological Society
1960 -- July and August: Visited 17 European museums to examine early ethnographic examples and possible European prototypes of eastern North American Indian material culture
1961-1962 -- Spent the summers of these years conducting ethnographic fieldwork among the Seneca-Cayuga in Oklahoma
1962 -- October: Visited the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada to conduct fieldwork among the Seneca and Cayuga there
1962-1968 -- Book-review editor and associate editor of the American Anthropologist
1963 -- October: Spent the year in Burma; visited neighborhoods in Rangoon and villages in the surrounding countryside, examined photographs in several archives, studied the Burmese language, and read extensively about the country's history and culture. Assembled notes on Burmese clothing and other aspects of the culture, took hundreds of photographs, and made a collection of 386 items of clothing and other objects for the Smithsonian
1964 -- Visited Inle Lake in the Southern Shan States southeast of Mandalay, where he examined local approaches to artificial island agriculture
1964-1981 -- Became a member of the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Anthropological Research in Museums, which became the Council for Museum Anthropology in 1974. Sturtevant was the Council's first vice president, serving two terms between 1974 and 1978, and was its president from 1978 to 1981
1965 -- Became curator of North American Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History after the dissolution of the BAE
1965-1966 -- President of the American Society for Ethnohistory
1966 -- Named the editor of the Handbook of North American Indians
1967-1968 -- Fulbright scholar and lecturer at Oxford University's Institute of Social Anthropology
1969 -- Began serving on the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Archives
1974-1989 -- Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University
1976-1982 -- Served three terms on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation and was appointed to a fourth term between 1984 and 1986
1977 -- President of the American Ethnological Society
1980-1981 -- President of the American Anthropological Association
1981 -- Spent part of the spring semester at the University of California Berkeley as a Regents Lecturer
1982-1988 -- Board of Directors of Survival International
1986 -- Divorced Theda Maw
1986-1987 -- Smithsonian Fellow at Oxford University's Worcester College
1990 -- Married Sally McLendon
1992 -- President of the Anthropological Society of Washington
1996 -- Awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters at Brown University
2007 -- Died March 2 in Rockville, MD
Related Materials:
Other materials relating to William C. Sturtevant at the National Anthropological Archives are included in the following collections:
Manuscript 4504
Manuscript 4595
Manuscript 4806
Manuscript 4821
Manuscript 4972
Manuscript 7045
Photo Lot 59
Photo Lot 79-51
Photo Lot 80-3
Photo Lot 81R
Photo Lot 86-68 (6)
Photo Lot 86-68 (7)
American Society for Ethnohistory records
Committee on Anthropological Research in Museum Records
Handbook of North American Indians records
Records of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History
Gordon Davis Gibson Papers, Sound Recordings
SPC Se Powhatan Confederacy Mattapony BAE No # 01790700
DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04913800
DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04913900
DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04914000
Negative MNH 1530
Negative MNH 1530 B
Sturtevant is listed as a correspondent in the following NAA collections:
Administrative file, 1949-1965, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology
John Lawrence Angel Papers
James Henri Howard Papers
Donald Jayne Lehmer Papers
John Victor Murra Papers
Records of the Society for American Archaeology
Albert Clanton Spaulding Papers
Waldo Rudolph Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel Papers
Copies of sound recordings made by William C. Sturtevant can be found at The California Language Archive at UC Berkeley in two collections, The William Sturtevant collection of Creek/Seminole sound recordings, which includes 31 minutes of Northern Muskogean linguistic field recordings from 1951, and The William Sturtevant collection of Mikasuki sound recordings, which includes 33 minutes of Mikasuki linguistic field recordings from 1951. Two sound tape reels of Seminole music Sturtevant recorded in Florida in 1951 can be found at Wesleyan University's World Music Archives. Folk songs on these recordings include "Scalping Sickness," "Bear Sickness with blowing," "Bear sickness without blowing," "Lullaby," "Feather Dance," "Snake Dance," and "Crazy Dance." Performers include Josie Billie, Lee Cypress, Harvey Jumper, Boy Jim, Charlie (Johnny?) Cypress, Little Tiger Tail, Billy Ossiola, and Charlie Billy Boy.
Separated Materials:
One video tape, "Seminole History and Tradition", was transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives.
Series 2.2, Tukabahchee Plate: Glass negative of spectrogram from FBI (Box 135), removed for storage with other glass plate negatives.
Provenance:
These papers were transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History.
Restrictions:
Files containing Sturtevant's students' grades have been restricted, as have his students' and colleagues' grant and fellowships applications. Restricted files were separated and placed at the end of their respective series in boxes 87, 264, 322, 389-394, 435-436, 448, 468, and 483. For preservation reasons, his computer files are also restricted. Seminole sound recordings are restricted. Access to the William C. Sturtevant Papers requires an apointment.
William C. Sturtevant papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The papers of William C. Sturtevant were processed with the assistance of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Dr. Ives Goddard. Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor) Search this
Container:
Box 39, Folder 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1950
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but negatives and audiovisuial materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Some papers of living persons are restricted. Access to restricted portions may be arranged by request to the donor. Gloves required for unprotected photographs. Viewing film portions of the collection and listening to LP recording requires special appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials. Copyright for all materials is retained by the donor, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.; permission for commercial use and/or publication may be requested from the donor through the Archives Center. Military Records for Franklin A. Robinson (b. 1932) and correspondence from Richard I. Damalouji (1961-2014) are restricted; written permission is needed to research these files. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
The Robinson and Via Family Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sponsor:
Preservation of the 8mm films in this collection was made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Film Preservation Fund.
Discusses his childhood in Sturgis, Michigan; education; early employment at MSC; fieldwork; publications; experiences during the Great Depression; interest in taxonomy; career at USDA; creation and development of the Code, including: Childhood interes...
Collection Creator::
Sabrosky, Curtis W. (Curtis Williams), 1910- , interviewee Search this
Container:
Interviews
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9583, Curtis W. Sabrosky Oral History Interviews
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Theodore E. Boyd World War I Collection, Accession 2013-0016, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Theodore E. Boyd World War I Collection, Accession 2013-0016, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
The Maid of Cotton (MOC) beauty pageant was sponsored by the National Cotton Council, Memphis Cotton Carnival, and the Cotton Exchanges of Memphis, New York, and New Orleans from 1939-1993. The contest was held annually in Memphis, Tennessee until the National Cotton Council and Cotton Council International moved to Dallas, Texas. Beginning with the 1985 pageant (held December 1984) the competition was held in Dallas. The pageant was discontinued in 1993 due to lack of funds, a sponsor, and changes in marketing strategies. The records include files on contestants, photographs, and scrapbooks.
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains the records for the Maid of Cotton pageant (1939-1993) sponsored by the National Cotton Council (NCC), Memphis Cotton Carnival, and the Cotton Exchanges of Memphis, New York, and New Orleans. The collection consists of approximately 38 cubic feet of records created by the NCC in the course of operating the Maid of Cotton contest from 1939 to 1993. The records form the complete archive of this fifty-four year program. The records include administrative files, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, and videotapes.
"One of the main values of the Maid of Cotton collection is its completeness. These are all of the official records of the program, documenting all of its activities throughout its entire existence from 1939 to 1993. As such, it represents a truly unique documentary record and opportunity for research.
Beauty contests have been the subject of serious scholarly study for many years. A search of WorldCat reveals over fifty books on the topic. Scholars have found the subject to be a fruitful springboard from which to study a wide variety of topics, primarily centered around issues of beauty, femininity, culture values, national identity, racism, and feminism.
Beauty pageants serve as symbols that reflect the values of American culture. For example, pageant winners have symbolized the advances made by formerly disenfranchised groups. Vanessa Williams, the first African American to win the Miss America crown (1983), rewrote the definition of beauty in America, and Heather Whitestone, the first deaf Miss America (1995), proved that physical handicaps need not hold anyone back from their dreams. Pageants can provide a focus for the re-examination of our society and culture. The tragic murder of six-year-old Jonbenet Ramsey in 1996 provided a window into what author Susan Anderson calls "the extravagant world of child beauty pageants," that led to public debate about issues of motherhood and adolescence.
In addition, beauty pageants can be viewed in advertising terms: they are the ultimate expression of the tried and true adage that sex sells. All pageants have sponsors and all sponsors want their products to be seen in a positive light. Some sponsors are content to contribute goods and services to the contestants --a new car, a trip to the Caribbean, a fur coat, etc. --so that their generosity can be noted in the publicity surrounding the contest. Others prefer to sponsor the entire program. The Miss Universe contest, for example, was created in 1952 by the Jantzen Company specifically to enable the company to showcase pretty girls wearing its swimsuits. Jantzen abruptly withdrew its previous support of the Miss America pageant when Yolande Betbeze refused to wear a bathing suit during her reign as Miss America 1951. The Maid of Cotton pageant is a highly organized, year-long, very visible public relations program that allows the National Cotton Council to showcase the wonders of cotton through the wonders of young beauty queens. Attractive young women are the perfect vehicle for promoting fashionable fabrics made from cotton.
Cotton --the product at the heart of the Maid of Cotton program --has been central to American economic and political history. NMAH's collecting and research interests reflect this. The Division of Work & Industry contains numerous cotton-related objects and much documentation on the subject. The Archives Center holds several cotton-related collections, including the Peter Paul Haring Papers, 1897-1935, documenting Haring's development of cotton picking machinery; the Lockwood Greene collection of thousands of engineering drawings, many of which were for textile mills; the Robert L. Shurr Script and Scrapbook for a 1939 biographical motion picture on Dr. George Washington Carver; and the Southern Agriculture Oral History Project Records, 1985-1992, which documents modern cotton farming through photography and oral history interviews. In addition, all aspects of cotton production, from farm to factory to finished goods, are documented in several hundred photos in the Underwood & Underwood Agricultural Photonegative Collection, the Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, the Division of Work & Industry Lantern Slide Collection, and the Donald Sultner-Welles Photograph Collection. Cultural aspects of cotton can be discovered in both the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana and in the DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music." (Orr, Craig. "NMAH Collections Committee", memorandum, 2009)
Series 1, Organizational and Pageant Files, 1939-1993, undated., is arranged chronologically by year. Files may contain correspondence, photographs, news clippings, radio commercial scripts, tear sheets, itineraries, trip reports, sheet music, legal documents, waivers, and permissions, and other material related to the Maid of Cotton pageant for that year. Files may also contain subsequent personal information on the Maid of Cotton for that year, for example change of address, news clippings, and the like. This series contains finalist files, trip files and tour report files.
Series 2, Photographs, Slides, and Transparencies, 1939-1994, undated., is arranged chronologically by year. This series contains photographs, slides, and transparencies related to the Maid of Cotton and her travels throughout the United States and overseas. It also contains photographs of the fashions worn by each Maid.
Series 3, Scrapbooks, 1951-1988, contains the scrapbooks created by the National Cotton Council office as well as scrapbooks created by the Maids themselves or others for her. Scrapbooks most often contain news clippings, ephemera, and sometimes correspondence.
Series 4, Audio-Visual, 1991-1993. This series contains video and audio related to the Maid of Cotton. It is currently unprocessed.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into four series.
Series 1: Organizational and Pageant Files, 1939-1993, undated
Subseries 1.1: Maid of Cotton files, 1939-1993
Subseries 1.2: Little Miss Cotton, 1956-1963, undated
Series 2: Photographs, Slides, and Transparencies, 1939-1994, undated
Subseries 2.1: Photographic Negatives and Transparencies, 1939-1993, undated
Subseries 2.2: Slides, 1939-1993, undated
Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1951-1988
Series 4: Audio-Visual, 1991-1993, undated
Biographical / Historical:
The Maid of Cotton pageant began in 1939. The annual pageant was sponsored by the National Cotton Council (NCC), Memphis Cotton Carnival, and the Cotton Exchanges of Memphis, New York, and New Orleans. The pageant was held in Memphis, Tennessee, in conjunction with the Carnival until the 1980s.
In mid-December every year the NCC released a list of contestants. Contestants were required to have been born in one of the cotton-producing states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North and South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas or Virginia. They might have also been born in the cotton-producing counties of Alexander, Jefferson, Massac, Pulaski, Williamson or Madison, Illinois or in Clark or Nye counties of Nevada. There were usually twenty contestants each year.
Contestants were judged on personality, good manners, intelligence, and family background as well as beauty and an ability to model. A Top Ten were chosen and then a Top Five, and finally second and first runners up and a winner. Winners served as goodwill and fashion ambassadors of the cotton industry in a five-month, all-expense tour of American cities. In the mid-1950s the tour expanded globally. In the late 1950s a Little Miss Cotton pageant was begun but lasted only until 1963 before being discontinued. In the mid-1980s Dallas,Texas took over the pageant, in conjunction with the NCC and its overseas division, Cotton Council International. In 1986, to bolster interest and participation, the NCC eliminated the rule requiring contestants to be born in a cotton-producing state. The pageant was discontinued in 1993, one of the reasons being that Cotton Inc. stopped contributing scholarship money as well as waning public interest and changing marketing strategies. (pageantopolis.com website accessed April 2012.)
"The National Cotton Council is the official trade association of the cotton industry. The NCC was founded in 1939 to promote the interests of cotton farmers, ginners, brokers, and manufacturers from the Southern, cotton-growing states. Its mission evolved over the years as new uses for cotton and its byproducts have been found; as competition from synthetic fibers developed; as fashion tastes changed; as government regulation increased; and in response to foreign competition in both farming and manufacturing . The NCC website states that its modern-day mission is "to ensure the ability of all U.S. cotton industry segments to compete effectively and profitably in the raw cotton, oilseed and U.S.-manufactured product markets at home and abroad." Throughout its existence, the NCC has been the contact point for issues affecting its members, legislators in Congress, allied agribusiness, and consumers.
One of the first NCC programs undertaken by to promote the versatility and value of cotton to consumers was the Maid of Cotton program, begun in 1939. This consisted of a beauty pageant open to young women born in one of the seventeen southern cotton growing states. The contestants were evaluated on the basis of beauty, personality, poise, good manners, and intelligence; a family background in cotton production was especially helpful. The girls had to apply for selection to compete in the program. At first this was done directly to the Memphis-based program but eventually a system of state Maid of Cotton programs were established, whose winners went on to compete in the national Maid of Cotton contest. The Maid of Cotton received numerous prizes, whose value and variety tended to increase over the years. In the late 1940s, the program added a scholarship prize, probably in emulation of the Miss America contest. The Maid of Cotton pageant was held each December in Memphis as part of that city's Cotton Carnival festivities. The winner was featured prominently on her own float in the Cotton Carnival parade, was feted at prestigious Carnival events, and was treated as royalty wherever she went. Selection as the Maid of Cotton carried a high degree of status and mature ladies in the South to this day proudly identify themselves as such.
The Maid of Cotton's main function, once crowned, was to serve as a goodwill and fashion ambassador for cotton; any publicity she gained was automatically positive publicity for the cotton industry. Accompanied by an NCC-appointed manager, the Maids embarked on an all-expenses-paid tour. The Maids appeared in full regalia at public events such as county fairs, parades, and holiday events; starred in fashion shows featuring all-cotton outfits; gave speeches to local chambers of commerce and other groups; and in general were the attractive personification of the cotton industry wherever they went. At first, the tours concentrated on the cotton states but they were later extended to major cities outside the cotton belt and came to include visits to legislators on Capitol Hill. Beginning in the mid-1950s, the Maids began touring internationally and in the 1970s and 1980s they frequently headed up fashion shows in Asia.
Over time, however, the publicity value of an industry-anointed beauty queen lost its attraction both to the public and --more importantly --to the press. In addition, the role of cotton in the South, particularly in Memphis, declined. In 1986 the contest was moved from Memphis to Dallas. Eventually the cotton industry withdrew its support for the program's scholarships; the 1993 Maid of Cotton was the last to be crowned." (Orr, Craig. "NMAH Collections Committee", memorandum, 2009)
Related Materials:
Materials in the Archives Center
National Cotton Council Records, circa 1960s-1980s (AC1177)
Southern Agriculture Oral History Project Records, 1986-1991 (AC0773)
Provenance:
This collection was donated by the Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange on October 14, 2009.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the negatives are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
Tent theater developed in America as a popular form in the late 1870s, during a period of profound social change brought about by the shift from a rural agricultural to an urban industrial economy. Burgeoning metropolitan areas had become the principal stages of expressive culture, and their theaters mirrored the ethos and concerns of the urban populace rather than those of their rural neighbors. Those in the small towns viewed the theater with mixed emotions: though the stage was admittedly a vehicle for respectable cultural expression, its urban form was seen as basically disreputable. A rural theater movement that reflected provincial tastes and borrowed heavily from regional folk culture eventually developed out of this tension.
Borrowing from circus and minstrel traditions, tent rep companies usually opened the show with a band concert and interspersed variety specialties, ranging from juggling to ventriloquism, between the three or four acts of the play. The dramas themselves were often built around the ideological conflict between country and city life, idealizing the common man in a way that appealed to rural audiences. Certainly the most enduring character to rise out of this dramatic genre was that of Toby, a redheaded, freckle-faced country boy whose humorous antics and recurrent, though at times unwitting, triumphs over the forces of evil made him a favorite. With a personality drawn directly from American folklore, Toby captured the hearts of rural theater-goers and became so popular that many tent rep companies regularly included a Toby bill in their weekly fare. (The 1969 Festival featured a Toby show from Iowa.)
Whereas these tent shows were largely made up of white performers, a distinct Afro American entertainment tradition also thrived under canvas. From the 1920s through the 1940s, large troupes of black musicians, dancers, and comedians traveled through the South in variety shows such as the Silas Green or Florida Blossom minstrels. Using a format that merged minstrelsy with vaudeville, these tent spectacles presented fast-paced revues of classic blues singers, jazz bands, tap and eccentric dancers, comedy teams and choruses of dancing girls. Blues singers such as Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and comics such as Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham and Butterbeans and Susie spent much of their careers on the tent show circuit, performing material firmly rooted in black folk culture to enthusiastic Afro American audiences.
By the end of World War II, the number of tent shows on the road had markedly decreased; most of the survivors have since disappeared, leaving only a vestige of the tradition. In the course of their history, tent shows brought pleasure to millions, offering entertainment reflecting the rich folk culture from which they evolved while creating and popularizing new heroes, songs, jokes, and dances. By presenting black and white performers from the tent show tradition, the 1981 Festival hoped to celebrate this oft-forgotten era of American folk and popular entertainment history.
Participants:
Howard Armstrong, 1909-2003, medicine show musician, Detroit, Michigan
L.C. Armstrong, medicine show musician, Detroit, Michigan
Fred Foster Bloodgood, 1910-1997, medicine show pitchman, Madison, Wisconsin
Betty Bryant, 1922-1999, show boat performer, Park Ridge, Illinois
Ken Griffin, 1914-1998, tent show magician, Muncie, Indiana
Roberta Griffin, 1925-, tent show magician, Muncie, Indiana
DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins, 1908-1990, country music show musician, Columbia, South Carolina
Harold Lucas, country music show musician, Swansea, South Carolina
Marcy Maynard, -2000, repertoire show performer, Endicott, New York
Tex Maynard, -1991, repertoire show performer, Endicott, New York
Julian L. "Greasy" Medlin, 1910-1982, medicine show and repertoire show performer, Columbia, South Carolina
Homer L. "Pappy" Sherrill, 1915-2001, country music show performer, Chapin, South Carolina
Collection Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1981 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Opening Ceremony speakers include: Robert McCormick Adams, James Hurley, S. Dillon Ripley, Ambassador Ramley of Indonesia, Eleanor Arnold, Sen. Paul Simon, Secretary of Agriculture Ed Madigan, Ruth Brown, Vicki McGraw of Interior Dept., Richard Kurin, Jim Morris, Ralph Rinzler, Marian Lund, Sen. Tim Harkin
Track Information:
101 Opening Ceremonies: "Chirps" Smith Family: "The Rush and the Pepper" / Dorothy Kent, Kenny Applebee, Lynn Smith. Fiddle,Guitar.
104 Opening Ceremonies: Moving Star Hall Singers "You Got to Move".
105 Opening Ceremonies / James Hurley, Robert McCormick Adams, Sidney Dillon Ripley.
Local Numbers:
FP-1991-CT-0041-5
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Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 28, 1991.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
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