Winthrop Murray Crane papers, 1877-2000 ; bulk: 1896-1932.

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Winthrop Murray Crane papers, 1877-2000 ; bulk: 1896-1932.

Papers of Winthrop Murray Crane, 1877-2000, include correspondence pertaining to Crane's tenures as lieutenant governor and governor of Mass., 1896-1903, and United States senator from Mass., 1904-13. Correspondence includes letterpress books and letters received by Crane from colleagues, businessmen, and constituents pertaining to daily activities, political interests, appointments accepted and refused, and the 1902 carriage accident involving Crane and Theodore Roosevelt. The papers also include a small autograph collection of letters written to Crane from Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Calvin Coolidge, among others, including a 13-page letter from Roosevelt pertaining to Crane's involvement in the mediation of the1902 national coal strike. The papers also include loose clippings, scrapbooks pertaining to Crane's career and the Crane family; addresses; a commonplace-book kept by an unidentified person, 1877-1885; calling cards; printed ephemera; and biographical information and correspondence received by Crane's widow Josephine Porter Boardman, and son Winthrop Murray Crane after his death in 1920.

6 cartons (stored offsite), 2 narrow boxes (stored onsite), and 1 oversize box (stored onsite)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7806527

Massachusetts Historical Society

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