JAMES A. GARFIELD
A REGISTER OF THE ADDENDA TO HIS PAPERS
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Prepared by
Wilhelmina Curry, 1980
Revised and expanded by
Nan Thompson Ernst
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 1997
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
The Addenda to the papers of James Abram Garfield
(1831-1881), college teacher and president, attorney, army
officer, congressman and senator from Ohio, and president of the
United States, consist of previously undescribed parts of the
original collection and material received through gift and
purchase by the Library of Congress from 1970 to 1997.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of James
Abram Garfield is governed by the Copyright Law of the United
States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
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Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 3
Approximate number of items: 500
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
1831, Nov. 19 Born, Orange, Ohio
1849 Entered Geauga Seminary, Chester, Ohio
Taught in district schools in Ohio
1851-1853 Attended Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, Hiram, Ohio,
teaching in district schools between terms
1854-1856 Attended Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., receiving
M.A. degree
1857-1861 President, Eclectic Institute of Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio;
taught Latin, Greek, mathematics, history, philosophy,
English literature, and rhetoric
1858 Married Lucretia Rudolph
1859 Member, Ohio state senate
Law student, office of attorney Albert Gallatin Riddle,
Cleveland, Ohio
1861 Admitted to the Ohio state bar
Commissioned lieutenant colonel, Forty-second Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry
1862 Promoted to brigadier general of volunteers
1863 Appointed chief of staff under General William S. Rosecrans
1864-1880 Member, United States House of Representatives
1877 Member, Electoral Commission charged to decide disputed
presidential election of 1876
1880 President of the United States
Elected to the United States Senate from Ohio but declined
office upon election to the presidency
1881, July 2 Shot by Charles J. Guiteau, Washington, D.C.
1881, Sept. 19 Died, Elberon, N.J.
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Additions to the papers of James A. Garfield are organized as Series 21.
The series includes correspondence, printed matter, and family papers which
span the years 1857-1889 and are arranged alphabetically by document type or
topic. None of the material is included in the Library's microfilm edition of
the Garfield Papers.
Correspondence includes originals and reproductions of letters dated
1857-1881. Correspondents include William E. Chandler, John Curtis, William
C. Howells, and Albert M. Pratt. The Miscellany contains printed matter
concerning Garfield's Civil War service, political career, presidential
election campaign, assassination, and memorial tributes. The Family papers
include diaries, letters, and a wedding announcement of Garfield's daughter
Mary ("Mollie") Garfield Stanley-Brown. The diary begins in 1881 and recounts
the death of her father.
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CONTAINER LIST
Container Nos. Contents
SERIES 21, ADDENDA, 1857-1889, n.d.
Box 1 General Correspondence
Originals, 1864-69, 1875-81
Reproductions, 1857-81, n.d.
Miscellany
Letterbook, 1885
Printed matter
About Garfield
"Garfield Campaign Souvenir," 1880
Hill, Martha A., "A Tribute to the Memory of
President Garfield," 1881
Hill, Samuel H., "Assassination of James A.
Garfield," 1883
Hinsdale, B. A.
"Garfield as a Political Teacher," 1886
"President James Abram Garfield," 1881
"In Memoriam," National University, Washington,
D.C., 1881 _See Oversize_
"James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur,
Republican Nominees for President and Vice
President of the United States," 1880 _See
Oversize_
McCarthy, Henry F., "James A. Garfield: In
Memoriam," 1881
Miscellaneous, 1881, n.d.
"Proceedings of the City Council and Citizens of
Charleston, South Carolina, Upon the Death of
President Garfield," 1881 _See Oversize_
By Garfield
Inaugural address, 1881
_North American Review_, posthumous articles
"My Campaign in East Kentucky," 1886
"My Experience as a Lawyer," 1887
"My Personal Finances," 1887
"My Public Life," 1887
Box 2 Family papers
Broadside, "Papers Appertaining to the Silas Deane Claim,
1775-77," n.d. _See Oversize_
Garfield, Eliza Ballou (mother), eulogy on her death,
1888
Stanley-Brown, Mary ("Mollie") Garfield (daughter)
Diaries and account book, 1881-89 (3 folders)
Letters from
Blaine, Harriet S., 1881
Garfield, James A. (father), 1870, 1877
Garfield, James R. (brother), ca. 1870
Wedding announcement, Joseph Stanley-Brown, 1888
OVERSIZE, 1880-1881, n.d.
Box OV 1 Miscellany
Printed matter
About Garfield
"In Memoriam," National University, Washington,
D.C., 1881 (Container 1)
Box OV 2 "James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur,
Republican Nominees for President and Vice
President of the United States," 1880
(Container 1)
Box OV 3 "Proceedings of the City Council and Citizens of
Charleston, South Carolina, Upon the Death of
President Garfield," 1881 (Container 1)
Box OV 4 Family papers
Broadside, "Papers Appertaining to the Silas Deane Claim,
1775-77," n.d. (Container 2)
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