WILLIAM H. TAFT
A REGISTER OF AN ADDITION TO HIS
PAPERS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Prepared by
David Mathisen, 1980, 1984
Revised and expanded by
Nan Thompson Ernst
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 1996
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
This addition to the papers of William Howard Taft
(1857-1930), attorney, jurist, governor of the Philippine
Islands, secretary of war, president of the United States,
professor of constitutional law, and chief justice of the Supreme
Court, consists of material received through gift and purchase by
the Library of Congress during the years 1970-1996. Donors
include Robert Taft, Jr., Helen Taft Manning, Anna and Paul
Rohrbaugh, the Taft School of Watertown, Connecticut, and the
Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch, Iowa.
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Readers interested in consulting any of the division's
collections are advised to write or telephone the
Manuscript Reading Room at (202) 707-5387 before visiting.
Many processed and nearly all unprocessed collections are
stored off site, and advance notice is needed to retrieve
these items for research use.
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Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 2
Approximate number of items: 1,000
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The addition to the papers of William H. Taft (1857-1930)
spans the years 1857-1973 with the bulk of the material
concentrated in the period 1888-1930. It includes
correspondence, notebooks, engagement books, certificates,
diplomas and degrees, passports, business and property records,
legal documents, and photographs which have been added to the
papers as Series 27: Addenda. Series 27 is divided into three
parts. Parts A and B comprise material processed before 1984;
Part C was processed in 1996. An Oversize file completes the
addition.
Part A contains correspondence, engagement books, notebooks,
and miscellany arranged alphabetically by type of material and
chronologically thereunder. Part B contains photocopies of
correspondence arranged chronologically. Correspondents include
John Proctor Clarke, A. M. J. Cochran, Louise M. Du Rell, Meyer
Friedman, Ulysses S. Grant III, Howard C. Hollister, Theodore
Roosevelt, Anson Phelps Stokes, Helen Herron Taft, Eugene M.
Turner, David S. Woodrow, and William Worthington.
Part C contains family papers, including letters received by
Taft's father, Alphonso, and business records, which largely
concern portions of Taft's estate transferred to his wife, Helen
Herron Taft. Items in Part C are arranged alphabetically by
subject and type of material.
Series 27: Addenda is not included in the microfilm edition
of Taft's papers or in the index to this microfilm edition.
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CONTAINER LIST
Container Nos. Contents
SERIES 27, ADDENDA, 1854-1973, n.d.
Box 1 Part A
Correspondence, 1888-1930, n.d.
1888, Apr. 15, John Proctor Clarke from Taft
1890, June 5-Oct. 25, William Worthington
from Taft (3 folders)
1891, June 23, William Worthington from Taft
1893, Feb. 23, George F. Hoar from Taft
1894
July 28, Howard C. Hollister from Taft
July 31, Howard C. Hollister from Taft
1895, July 24, William Worthington from Taft
1899, Oct. 2, William Worthington _et al._
from Taft
1900, July 20, William Worthington from Taft
1901, Feb. 16, William Worthington from Taft
1903, Dec. 21, Meyer Friedman to Taft
1904
Feb. 6 , William Worthington from Taft
Feb. 15, William Worthington from Taft
July 18, Charles E. Magoon from Taft
1907, Sept. 29, Louise M. Du Rell to Taft
1910, Jan. 14, Helen Herron Taft (wife) to
Helen Taft Manning (daughter)
1912
Aug. 5, Eugene M. Turner to Taft
Nov. 1, William Worthington from Taft
1914, Jan. 2, William Worthington from Taft
1915, Sept. 21, Anson Phelps Stokes from Taft
1920
Aug. 1, David S. Woodrow from Taft
Sept. 26, Edward M. Moore from Taft
1924
Mar. 25, Walter M. Pratt from Taft
June 8, Helen Taft Manning (daughter) from
Taft
1927, Jan. 5, A. M. J. Cochran from Taft
1930, May 24, Ulysses S. Grant II to Helen
Herron Taft
Undated
Howard C. Hollister from Taft
Helen Taft Manning from Taft (4 folders)
Helen Herron Taft
To Coplen
To Yukio Ozaki
Engagement books, Fred W. Carpenter, 1906-1909
(2 vols.)
Box 2 Judicial notebooks, Cincinnati Superior Court,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 14 May 1888-8 July 1889
(3 vols.)
Box 3 Miscellany
Appointments, 1873-1904 _See Oversize_
Certificates, 1901-1927, n.d. _See Oversize_
Diplomas, 1854-1918, n.d. _See Oversize_
Passport, 1882-1922 _See Oversize_
Printed matter
Genealogy, n.d.
Legal cases
Collected, 1859-1876
Superior Court of Cincinnati
_Denton v. Whitney_, n.d.
_Superior Court of Cincinnati vs.
Cincinnati Street Railroad
Co._, n.d.
Newspaper clippings, 1907-1914 _See
Oversize_
Political issues, 1901, 1917
Proclamation by Martin G. Brumbaugh, 1918
_See Oversize_
Resolution, 1913 _See Oversize_
"Teddy Roosevelt: histoire de ma vie,"
cartoon biography in French, 1900
_University of Cincinnati By-Laws_,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871
Writings
Notes and statement, 1904, 1927, n.d.
Veto message to House of Representatives,
Bill 12812, draft, n.d.
Part B
Photocopies of correspondence
1910, May 26, Theodore Roosevelt from Taft,
fragment
1912, Oct. 6, Zenas Crane from Taft
1926, Oct. 14, Lilly Livingood from Taft
Part C
Business records
Insurance
Home owners
Canadian dwellings, 1924-1940
District of Columbia dwellings, 1936
Life and accident, 1899-1904, 1919-1929
Silver appraisal, 1926
Last will and testament, 1927-1931
Real estate
Canadian property, 1913-1915, 1924-1931
(3 folders) _See also Oversize_
Box 4 District of Columbia property, 1912-1913
Stocks and bonds, 1900, 1910-1912, 1918, 1929
Family papers
Miscellany
Inaugural souvenir, Theodore Roosevelt,
1905
Newspaper clippings, 1912, 1932, 1973, n.d.
Photographs, unidentified women, n.d
Taft, Alphonso (father)
Letters received (2 vols.)
Envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Austria, 1882-1883
General correspondence, 1874-1875
Taft, Horace and Winifred (brother and
sister-in-law)
Clarke, Jane, letters to, 1907-1918, n.d.
Taft School, Watertown, Conn., 1908, 1936
Taft, Louise M. (mother), letter introducing
Taft to James Whitehead, British ambassador
in Japan, 1900
Box OV 1 Oversize, 1854-1927, n.d.
Part A (Container 2)
Miscellany
Appointments, 1873-1904
Certificates, 1901-1927, n.d.
Diplomas, 1854-1918, n.d.
Passport, 1882-1922
Printed matter
Newspaper clippings, 1907-1914
Resolution, 1913
Proclamation by Martin G. Brumbaugh,
1918
Part C (Container 3)
Business records
Real estate
Canadian property
Cottage floor plans, ca. 1914-1915
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