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Presidents Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1250

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

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.

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

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