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Negley, Laura Burleson, 1890-1973. Laura Burleson Negley Family papers, 1880-1973 bulk (1912-1947)

Title: Laura Burleson Negley Family papers, 1880-1973 bulk (1912-1947)

The collection primarily consists of correspondence between Laura Burleson Negley and her immediate family members, but also includes speeches, memorabilia, clippings and photographs. Collectively these papers show the social and business ties that the family maintained in San Antonio, and illustrate the etiquette and social customs of the time. The papers also personalize the impact of World War II on families in San Antonio. The bulk of the collection documents Laura Burleson Negley from her engagement in 1912 through the mid-1940s. Correspondence provides insight into her legislative style, stances on issues, and her working relationships with other political figures. Both personal and business correspondence offers insight into Mrs. Negley's political views, values, lifestyle and societal status. Personal correspondence also traces the close relationships between Laura, her husband and children over time.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (7 archives boxes 1 flatbox) 3 linear feet.

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Burleson, Albert Sidney, 1863-1937. Albert Sidney Burleson papers, 1856-1947.

Title: Albert Sidney Burleson papers, 1856-1947.

Letters and ephemera related to the activities of Burleson and his wife, Adele Steiner Burleson.

ArchivalResource: 17 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310355867 View

Husting, Paul Oscar, 1866-1917. Papers, 1909-1918.

Title: Papers, 1909-1918.

Papers of a Wisconsin liberal Democratic legislator and United States Senator (1915-1917) comprising correspondence, speeches, newsclippings, and other records. Of significance is the material relating to German language newspapers and the attitude of German-American citizens in Wisconsin toward the Wilson administration. Other subjects of less emphasis are the campaign of 1916, neutrality legislation and foreign policy, preparedness, Democratic state politics in general, and prohibition, including a letter on the subject from William T. Evjue. Several letters from members of the Wisconsin Loyalty Legion late in 1917 comment on working-class morale and attitude toward the war. Other items include correspondence, data, and drafts of bills, 1909-1913, concerning the conservation movement in Wisconsin--forest reserve lands, navigable waters, riparian rights, and the control of water power--together with reports of hearings, 1909-1910, conducted by the Wisconsin legislative committee on water powers, forestry, and drainage.

ArchivalResource: 10.0 c.f. (39 archives boxes) and1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122464719 View

McCormick, Vance Criswell, 1872-1946. Vance Criswell McCormick papers, 1907-1946 (inclusive).

Title: Vance Criswell McCormick papers, 1907-1946 (inclusive).

Correspondence, papers relating to World War I and the Paris Peace Conference, and personal memorabilia of Vance C. McCormick, statesman and politician. These papers relate largely to McCormick's participation in the London Inter-Allied Conference (the "House Mission") and the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris. They were formerly a part of the House Collection.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77899130 View

Thomas Watt Gregory papers, 1896-1933, (bulk 1919-1933)

Title: Thomas Watt Gregory papers

United States attorney general, regent of the University of Texas, and lawyer. Chiefly legal material and correspondence from the period of Gregory's law practice in Washington, D.C. Correspondence also reflects Gregory's interest in the University of Texas, the Woodrow Wilson administration, and the presidential campaign of 1932.

ArchivalResource: 8,000 items; 27 containers; 11.3 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012037 View

Burleson (Albert Sidney) Papers 63-137; 65-135; 66-185; 72-085; 81-175; 82-053; 84-251; 87-299; 88-019; 89-076; 89-147; 98-142. 20659759., 1841-1946

Title: Burleson (Albert Sidney)Papers 1841-1946

Correspondence, legislative files,certificates, appointments, speeches, printed materials, newspaper clippings,political cartoons, photographs, and microfilm comprise the Albert Sidney BurlesonPapers, 1841-1946, primarily documenting Burleson's years in the political arena asa United States congressman from Texas (1899-1913) and as postmaster general inWoodrow Wilson's cabinet (1913-1921).

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00070/00070-P.html View

Woodrow Wilson papers, 1786-1957 (bulk 1876-1924)

Title: Woodrow Wilson papers

Lawyer, author, educator, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and president of the United States. Personal, family, and official correspondence, drafts and proofs of books, articles, speeches, academic lectures, scrapbooks, shorthand notes, and memorabilla relating chiefly to Wilson's presidental administrations.

ArchivalResource: 278,700 items; 1,160 containers plus 35 oversize; 459 linear feet; 542 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009194 View

Brooks, Victor Lee. Brooks, Victor Lee Papers, 1908-1927

Title: Brooks, Victor Lee Papers, 1908-1927

Victor Lee Brooks (1870-1925) taught law at the University of Texas at Austin, 1895-1896; was Austin city attorney, 1898-1903; and was appointed judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial District in 1903. Papers include correspondence, legal briefs, and notes, letter presses, receipts, eulogy, postcards, court cases, and summons concerning Brooks's career.

ArchivalResource: 4 ft., 6 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/777003690 View

Albert Sidney Burleson letter to General James L. Davenport, 1909

Title: Albert Sidney Burleson letter to General James L. Davenport 1909

Letter concerning a pension request for Fanny F. Spann of Austin, Texas, who claimed that her husband served in the American Revolution.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/8024 View

Edward Mandell House papers, 1885-2007, 1885-1938

Title: Edward Mandell House papers 1885-2007 1885-1938

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, memoirs, writings, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers documenting Edward M. House's personal life and political career. The diary details his childhood experiences and also notes political observations (1912-1924). Materials relating to the Paris Peace Conference include minutes of meetings of the Supreme Council and memoranda from various countries presenting claims. Writings include essays, reviews, novels, and other works. Correspondence includes letters to and from Woodrow Wilson, Charles Seymour, American and foreign politicians, and newspaper and political journalists. Also includes DVDs of Godfrey Hodgson's lectures and an interveiw regarding his biography of House.

ArchivalResource: 205.5 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0466 View

William Jennings Bryan Papers, 1877-1940, (bulk 1896-1925)

Title: William Jennings Bryan Papers

Author, lawyer, orator, United States representative from Nebraska, and secretary of state. Correspondence, military papers and other material relating mainly to the presidential campaign of 1896, the Spanish-American War, Bryan's efforts to preserve world peace during World War I, his career as a lecturer for the Chautauqua Institution and its affiliates, and his interest in prohibition, political and monetary reform, and religious issues.

ArchivalResource: 18,000 items; 59 containers and 7 oversize; 24.8 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006014 View

Laura Burleson Negley Family Papers MS 84., 1880-1973, (1912-1947)

Title: Laura Burleson Negley Family Papers 1880-1973 (1912-1947)

Laura Burleson Negley was the first woman from Bexar County elected to the Texas legislature. Richard Negley founded Negley Paint Company and was director of Alamo National Bank in San Antonio. The couple had 3 sons, two of whom lost their lives in World War II. The collection primarily consists of correspondence between Laura Burleson Negley and her immediate family members. These papers show the social and business ties that the family maintained in San Antonio, and illustrate the etiquette and social customs of the time. The papers also personalize the war experience (WWII) and its impact on families in San Antonio.

ArchivalResource: 3.3 linear feet

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utsa/00040/00040-P.html View

William Jennings Bryan Papers, 1877-1940, (bulk 1896-1925)

Title: William Jennings Bryan Papers

Author, lawyer, orator, United States representative from Nebraska, and secretary of state. Correspondence, military papers and other material relating mainly to the presidential campaign of 1896, the Spanish-American War, Bryan's efforts to preserve world peace during World War I, his career as a lecturer for the Chautauqua Institution and its affiliates, and his interest in prohibition, political and monetary reform, and religious issues.

ArchivalResource: 18,000 items; 59 containers and 7 oversize; 24.8 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006014 View

McCormick, Vance Criswell, 1872-1946. Vance Criswell McCormick papers, 1907-1946 (inclusive).

Title: Vance Criswell McCormick papers, 1907-1946 (inclusive).

Correspondence, papers relating to World War I and the Paris Peace Conference, and personal memorabilia of Vance C. McCormick, statesman and politician. These papers relate largely to McCormick's participation in the London Inter-Allied Conference (the "House Mission") and the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris. They were formerly a part of the House Collection.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702205846 View

Civil Service Reform Association records

Title: Civil Service Reform Association records

Files of the New York State Civil Service Reform Association and the National Civil Service Reform League concern the organization, development, history, and activities of these associations. They include correspondence, briefs, extracts, reports, clippings, pamphlets, and other material on appointments, removals, finances and membership campaigns, Civil Service laws, assembly and senate bills, congressional activities, political candidates' views on civil service, newspaper and other publicity, and annual and council meetings; minutes (microfilmed) of meetings of the Association and the League; and papers of H. Eliot Kaplan, Executive Secretary of the League. Also, material on the New York State Constitutional Convention (1938), including Citizens Union and Civil Service Reform Association proposals; files on other states such as Minnesota, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming (1925-1938); material on the work of the Committee for the Modification of Veterans' Preference, including letters from the Disabled American Veterans, the American Legion, and individual veterans; also, correspondence of Robert L. Johnson, Eliot Kaplan, and Samuel Orway, Jr. about the Association's administration and the promotion of civil service reform. The papers include many letters from Congressmen on federal legislation. Also, material on civil service during the Spanish-American War (1899-1901); manuscripts of speeches by Elliot H. Goodwin on civil service reform (1906-10); a League study on civil service in the Philippines (1901); correspondence with Woodrow Wilson and others about appointments in the consular and diplomatic services (1913-26); letters and reports on Albert S. Burlson's administration of the Post Office Department; League research reports on patronage scandals, including the cases of William E. Pulliam (1913), Thomas E. Rush (1913), and Ruskin McArdle (1918); letters and reports on the unionization of federal employees (1910-26); and minutes and letters of the "Committee of Seventy" about the 1894 N.Y.S. Constitutional Convention. Also, material on the League's opposition to the creation of the U.S. Employment Service (1918); correspondence about the War Risk Insurance Bureau (1919); and letters (photostats) from Franklin D. Roosevelt on civil service (1925). Other correspondents include Richard H. Dana, William Deming, William Donovan, Charles Eliot, Hamilton Fish, Jr., William Foulke, Elliot Goodwin, Warren G. Harding, Abram Hewitt, Herbert Hoover, Edward House, Charles Evans Hughes, Robert LaFollette, Fiorello LaGuardia, Franklin Lane, Herbert Lehman, Henry Cabot Lodge, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Frank Loomis, Andrew Mellon, Robert Moses, Charles Nash, A. Mitchell Palmer, George Foster Peabody, Rush Rhees, William G. Rice, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Jacob Gould Schurman, William Schirer, Carl Schurz, Alfred E. Smith, William Howard Taft, Arthur Vandenberg, James Wadsworth, Jr., Robert Wagner, Henry Wallace, Everett Wheeler, and Henry L. Wilson; the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the National Federation of Federal Employees, and the U.S. Bureau of Efficiency.

ArchivalResource: 37 cubic ft.

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Burleson, Albert Sidney, 1863-1937. Burleson, Albert Sidney, papers, 1841-1946.

Title: Burleson, Albert Sidney, papers, 1841-1946.

Collection deals primarily with Burleson's years in the political arena as a United States congressman from Texas (1899-1913) and as postmaster general in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet (1913-1921).

ArchivalResource: 4 ft., 7 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20659759 View

Josephus Daniels Papers, 1829-1948, (bulk 1913-1921)

Title: Josephus Daniels Papers 1829-1948 (bulk 1913-1921)

Diplomat, journalist, and secretary of the navy. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, and papers of the Daniels, Bagley, Seabrook, and Worth families and other material. The bulk of the collection relates to events and policy decisions during Daniels's service as secretary of the navy during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, but also concerns his career as editor of the Raleigh , his work with the Democratic Party, and his role as ambassador to Mexico. News & Observer

ArchivalResource: 331,000 items; 934 containers plus 2 oversize; 373.8 linear feet; 399 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010320 View

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Certificates of appointment, 1915-1916.

Title: Certificates of appointment, 1915-1916.

Printed, handwritten, and signed certificates of appointment. Wilson appoints Holden C. Richardson as "a Member of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics" in 1915. The item is signed by Wilson and William Jennings Bryan, secretary of state. Wilson appoints Duncan LaMont as postmaster at Colorado City, Colorado in 1916. The item is signed by Wilson and Albert S. Burleson, postmaster general.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 pages).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84140033 View

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Letters, chiefly from Wilson, to Richard Heath Dabney, 1881-1926.

Title: Letters, chiefly from Wilson, to Richard Heath Dabney, 1881-1926.

Wilson writes to Dabney, his former University of Virginia classmate (and later history professor at the University) regarding his life after ill health forced him to discontinue his studies. Of greatest interest are twenty letters, 1881-1889, written after Wilson left the University of Virginia. In them he discusses his law studies, health, the University, the Jefferson Society, fellow students including future U. Va. professor Charles Kent, impressions of Johns Hopkins and Bryn Mawr, his early writings, marriage, history, and politics. Later letters are shorter and more conventional in content, but contain occasional allusions to public affairs and the presidency. The collection also contains one letter from Wilson to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors recommending the hiring of Dabney as a professor. In addition to the 90+ letters from Wilson the collection contains letters or telegrams from Ellen A. Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson, Newton Baker, John Randolph Bolling, A.S. Burleson, Assistant Secretary of State William Phillips, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, William Howard Taft, J.P. Tumulty and the Italian ambassador. Most of these letters concern issues which Dabney brought to Wilson's attention.

ArchivalResource: 110 items (including enclosures)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50390797 View

Burleson, Albert Sidney, 1863-1937. Papers, 1856-1947.

Title: Papers, 1856-1947.

Correspondence and ephemera related to the activities of Burleson and his wife, Adele Steiner Burleson (1863-1948) including letters to Burleson from his wife-to-be, letters to Mrs. Burleson on family genealogy, and badges from the 1898 Texas Democratic Convention and the 1915 conventions of the Texas Postmasters League and the Texas Postmasters Association. Places represented include Austin, Tex., and Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70926914 View

Woodrow Wilson papers, 1786-1957 (bulk 1876-1924)

Title: Woodrow Wilson papers

Lawyer, author, educator, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and president of the United States. Personal, family, and official correspondence, drafts and proofs of books, articles, speeches, academic lectures, scrapbooks, shorthand notes, and memorabilla relating chiefly to Wilson's presidental administrations.

ArchivalResource: 278,700 items; 1,160 containers plus 35 oversize; 459 linear feet; 542 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009194 View

Thomas Watt Gregory papers, 1896-1933, (bulk 1919-1933)

Title: Thomas Watt Gregory papers

United States attorney general, regent of the University of Texas, and lawyer. Chiefly legal material and correspondence from the period of Gregory's law practice in Washington, D.C. Correspondence also reflects Gregory's interest in the University of Texas, the Woodrow Wilson administration, and the presidential campaign of 1932.

ArchivalResource: 8,000 items; 27 containers; 11.3 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012037 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Letters, chiefly from Woodrow Wilson, to Richard Heath Dabney [manuscript], 1881-1926.

Title: Letters, chiefly from Woodrow Wilson, to Richard Heath Dabney [manuscript], 1881-1926.

Wilson writes to Dabney, his former University of Virginia classmate (and later history professor at the University) regarding his life after ill health forced him to discontinue his studies. Of greatest interest are twenty letters, 1881-1889, written after Wilson left the University of Virginia. In them he discusses his law studies, health, the University, the Jefferson Society, fellow students including future U. Va. professor Charles Kent, impressions of Johns Hopkins and Bryn Mawr, his early writings, marriage, history, and politics. Later letters are shorter and more conventional in content, but contain occasional allusions to public affairs and the presidency. The collection also contains one letter from Wilson to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors recommending the hiring of Dabney as a professor. In addition to the 90+ letters from Wilson the collection contains letters or telegrams from Ellen A. Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson, Newton Baker, John Randolph Bolling, A. S. Burleson, Assistant Secretary of State William Phillips, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, William Howard Taft, J. P. Tumulty and the Italian ambassador. Most of these letters concern issues which Dabney brought to Wilson's attention. In addition the collection contains clippings pertaining to Woodrow and Edith Wilson including excerpts from an address by Woodrow Wilson to the New England Society of New York regarding Yankees and Scotch-Irish in America; pictures documenting the opening of the Woodrow Wilson bridge; and three obituaries for Edith Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 110 items (including enclosures).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647925091 View

Gilliam, Mary Hoge,. Papers of the Hoge family, 1868-1925.

Title: Papers of the Hoge family, 1868-1925.

The collection consists chiefly of letters from the Rev. Moses D. Hoge to his children Hampden Hoge, Mary Hoge Gilliam and Bessie Hoge. He offers advice, describes a trip to England, Scotland and Denmark in which he met the crown prince of Denmark, and a visit to the Bresee family at Rose Hill in Orange County, Va. There are also mentions of religious conversions in 1885, family news and health, and a fire in the home. There is a brief, routine letter from Postmaster General Albert Burleson, a 1920 bill for a Franklin touring car, and an 1888 photograph of John Tabb, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34336561 View

Vance Criswell McCormick papers, 1907-1946

Title: Vance Criswell McCormick papers 1907-1946

Correspondence, papers relating to World War I and the Paris Peace Conference, and personal memorabilia of Vance C. McCormick, statesman and politician. These papers relate largely to McCormick's participation in the London Inter-Allied Conference (the "House Mission") and the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris. They were formerly a part of the House Collection.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0478 View

Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).

Title: Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).

Correspondence and compositions of the American writer Edward Sandford Martin, documenting his socio-political interests and his interest in spiritualism.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00297/catalog View

Albert Sidney Burleson Papers, 1845-1943, (bulk 1902-1943)

Title: Albert Sidney Burleson Papers 1845-1943 (bulk 1902-1943)

United States representative from Texas, postmaster general in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, and Democratic Party leader. Correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, scrapbooks, and articles relating chiefly to Burleson’s career in politics and government, including letters to and from Woodrow Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 13,000 items; 37 containers; 9 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010052 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

William Sulzer Letters, 1898-1941

Title: William Sulzer Letters 1898-1941

Papers of the New York State governor (1913), congressional representative (1895-1913), lawyer. Collection includes mostly outgoing letters, a few of which (Eugene Brewster, Everett Wheeler) refer to Tammany Hall and the impeachment proceedings against the then-Governor. Also a group of 11 incoming letters is in connection with a dinner given by Sulzer in honor of Perry Belmont.

ArchivalResource: 40 items (SC)

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/sulzer_w.htm View

Weber, Max. Max Weber papers, 1894-1916.

Title: Max Weber papers, 1894-1916.

Contains correspondence, copies of legal documents, and newspaper clippings relating to a land dispute and water issues along the Rio Grande River near El Paso, Texas.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37473288 View

Robinson, John H. John H. Robinson papers, 1912-1919.

Title: John H. Robinson papers, 1912-1919.

Includes correspondence with Sen. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads) and A. S. Burleson (U.S. Postmaster General), maps, and other materials pertaining to the establishment of the U.S. Postal Service parcel post zoning areas.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86147855 View

Albert Sidney and Adele Steiner Burleson Papers Doc 6883., 1856-1947

Title: Albert Sidney and Adele Steiner Burleson Papers 1856-1947

A Democratic party leader, Albert Sidney Burleson (1863-1937) represented Texas in the U.S. Congress (1899–1913) and served as Postmaster General in President Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet (1913-1921). His wife Adele Lubbock Steiner Burleson (1863-1948) was a noted author, playwright, and poet. The collection contains letters and ephemera related to the activities of Burleson and his wife, Adele Steiner Burleson. It includes letters to Burleson from his wife-to-be, letters to Mrs. Burleson on family genealogy, and badges from the 1898 Texas Democratic Convention and the 1915 convention of the Texas Postmasters League and the Texas Postmasters Association.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/drtsa/00067/00067-P.html View

Brooks, Victor Lee Papers, 1908-1927

Title: Brooks, Victor Lee Papers 1908-1927

Victor Lee Brooks (1870-1925) taughtlaw at the University of Texas at Austin, 1895-1896; was Austin city attorney,1898-1903; and was appointed judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial District in 1903.Papers include correspondence, legal briefs, and notes, letter presses, receipts,eulogy, postcards, court cases, and summons concerning Brooks's career.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01479/01479-P.html View