Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse collection of letters of the presidents, 1780-1990.

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Strouse, Norman H. Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse collection of letters of the presidents, 1780-1990.

Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse collection of letters of the presidents, 1780-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/352887306

This is a collection of manuscript letters of presidents of the United States dating from 1780 to 1990. All of the presidents are represented except for Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. The letters and other documents relating to Abraham Lincoln have been separated into their own collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Older letters are generally more substantive, with more recent letters mostly being short notes of thanks. Some highlights of the collection are published volumes with inscriptions by Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. There are also printed copies of "Report upon Weights and Measures" (1821) and "Eulogy on James Madison" (1836), both signed by John Quincy Adams; an autograph book with signatures of presidents, cabinet secretaries, senators, and other politicians; Bushrod Washington's Supreme Court Commission, signed by John Adams (1798); a framed photograph of Norman Strouse; a signed framed photograph of Herbert Hoover; and transcriptions of letters of George Washington (the originals are not in the collection).

2.4 linear feet

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library