Presidents Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers signed and/or written by United States presidents. They were gathered together because of their signatures, not because of the content of the documents. The two boxes contain papers from James Madison through Richard Nixon. The papers vary from land grants to appointments to offices. There are many letters included in this collection that were written to friends and well-wishers. In the oversize folder, there are news clippings about President John F. Kennedy and a program printed for President Woodrow Wilson’s visit to Manchester, England on December 27, 1918. The first volume is from the Bixby collection and is entitled “Original Letters and Documents of the Presidents of the United States.” It contains signatures of presidents from George Washington through William Howard Taft. The second volume is Grover Cleveland’s speech for the Young German Men's Association in Buffalo, New York on March 11, 1901.
Dates
- 1802-1969
Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Signer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Due to security concerns, items from this collection must be paged to the Special Archives Request table.
Conditions Governing Use
For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.
Extent
1.3 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes, 2 volumes, 1 oversize folder))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by President in order of presidency. Each president has an individual folder and the items are arranged chronologically within each folder.
Physical and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
When donor information is available it is located with the individual item in the document folder.
Processing Information
Processed by Jennifer Roach from July 25-28, 2005.
- Deeds -- United States
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 (Associated name)
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 -- Impeachment
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (Associated name)
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 (Associated name)
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 (Associated name)
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901 -- Assassination
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 (Associated name)
- Presidents -- United States
- Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence
- Presidents -- United States -- Inauguration
- Presidents' spouses -- United States
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 (Associated name)
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (Associated name)
- United States -- Armed Forces
- United States -- History -- War of 1812
- United States -- Politics and government
- World War, 1914-1918
Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Signer, Person)
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 (Signer, Person)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 (Author, Person)
- Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 (Author, Person)
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 (Author, Person)
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 (Author, Person)
- Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 (Author, Person)
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 (Author, Person)
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 (Author, Person)
- Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 (Author, Person)
- Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 (Signer, Person)
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (Author, Person)
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (Author, Person)
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901 (Author, Person)
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831 (Signer, Person)
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 (Author, Person)
- Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 (Author, Person)
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849 (Author, Person)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 (Author, Person)
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Author, Person)
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 (Author, Person)
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862 (Author, Person)
- Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 (Author, Person)
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 (Author, Person)
- Title
- Inventory of Presidents Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- EAD by Jaime Bourassa using ArchivesSpace
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository