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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. James A. Garfield family papers, series III, 1859-1990.

Title: James A. Garfield family papers, series III, 1859-1990.

Consists of correspondence, election tallies, essays, book inscriptions, legal papers, corporate records, scholarly and political notes, a minute book, scrapbooks, receipts, invitations, sympathy cards, calling cards, newspaper clippings, notebooks, pamphlets, phrenology charts, a eulogy, a presentation album, a resolution, a lock of hair, broadsides, programs, poems, sheet music, drawings, lithographs, and paintings.

ArchivalResource: 3.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50854436 View

Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941. Papers, 1874-ca. 1930.

Title: Papers, 1874-ca. 1930.

Letters to Stanley-Brown, "Reminiscences" by him, letters to the James A. Garfield family, and a Christmas card from Ida Tarbell.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17383238 View

Joseph Stanley-Brown Papers, 1730-1941, (bulk 1890-1899)

Title: Joseph Stanley-Brown Papers 1730-1941 (bulk 1890-1899)

Presidential secretary, civil servant, and banker. Correspondence, family papers, notes, reports, briefs, printed material, and miscellany relating to Stanley-Brown's genealogical studies, his service as private secretary to Presidents James A. Garfield and Chester Alan Arthur, and career in diplomacy and business.

ArchivalResource: 2,000 items; 9 containers plus 1 oversize; 3.6 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012115 View

Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield, 1867-1947. Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown papers, 1881-1967.

Title: Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown papers, 1881-1967.

Consists of correspondence between Mary Stanley-Brown and her daughter, Ruth Stanley-Brown Feis and other Garfield, Stanley-Brown, and Feis family correspondence, including that between Helen Newell and James Rudolph Garfield during their courtship and first year of marriage. Other family correspondents include Joseph Stanley-Brown, Rudolph Stanley-Brown, Margaret Stanley-Brown, and Abram Garfield. The collection also includes manuscripts, verses, plays, stories, memoirs, diaries, lectures, scrapbooks, illustrations, and notebooks of Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown and other family members; genealogical data for the Ballou, Rudolph, Garfield, and Stanley-Brown families; and notes, drafts, and correspondence relating to Ruth Stanley-Brown Feis' children's book, Mollie Garfield in the White House, published in 1962. Also of interest are the travel observations and lectures of Joseph Stanley-Brown, who was widely travelled in the American West, having accompanied John Wesley Powell and the U.S. Geological Survey on several trips. Several family members produced stories, verses, plays, illustrations, and memoirs, which are included. Abram and Rae (Sara) Garfield's illustrated manuscript "Two Portage County Legends" and Joseph Rudolph's memoir of his Civil War service are included.

ArchivalResource: 6.8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43145976 View

Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs

Title: Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs

Collection consists of lantern slides and stereographs produced by several companies: Keystone View Company, Better America Lecture Service, Incorporated, American Press Association, J. Stanley-Brown, William H. Rau, and J. F. Maertz Department Store. The lantern slides were primarily intended to be used for educational presentations about the United States, other countries, history, and society. Many of the slides and stereographs are accompanied by descriptive text and in some instances by small cards--one card for each slide--and in other instances directly on the back of a stereoview. The majority of images were taken from 1900 to 1930.

ArchivalResource: 8 Cubic feet ((29 boxes))

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86d81f125-9f9b-4867-97a9-8992b58fb403 View

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. James A. Garfield family papers, 1855-1938.

Title: James A. Garfield family papers, 1855-1938.

Consists of correspondence, diaries, deeds, herbariums, receipts, architectural plans, and probate documents. The correspondence represents Garfield's Civil War and political careers, and commentary by Garfield and other family members on politics, the Republican Party, Garfield's assassination, as well as family relationships and management of Lawnfield as a family property. Lucretia R. Garfield's letters and papers cover travel and include details of farm life, remodeling, and management at Lawnfield. Joseph Rudolph, brother of Lucretia, managed the farm at Lawnfield, and also administered the estate of James A. Garfield. Some estate documents are included. Rev. Mark Hopkins, president of Williams College, received almost daily telegrams on the President's medical condition during the weeks after the assassination, which are included in the collection. The diaries of the president's mother, Eliza Ballou Garfield, are also included, and cover such topics as travels, household details, life in the White House, births, deaths, and illness, as well as the war and Garfield's political career. Correspondence and other documents written by Garfield's sons; James Rudolph, Harry Augustus and Irvin Garfield, and by his daughter and son-in-law, Joseph and Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown, are included. Other correspondents include Salmon P. Chase, Sara Williams Garfield, L.W. Whitney, John Newell, Rutherford B. Hayes, W.S. Rosecrans, Carl Schurz, and A.H. Smith.

ArchivalResource: .6 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43145864 View