Checklist of Objects

George Washington (1732-1799) to Henry Knox
(1750-1806)
Manuscript letter in hand of Washington's secretary, April 10, 1789
Manuscript Division (1)

Inaugural Committee on Ceremony
in the Senate, April 27, 1789
[in secretary's hand]
Manuscript
Manuscript Division (3)

Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888)
James M. Ives (1824-1895)
Washington's reception by the Ladies, on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J. , April, 1789: on his way to New York to be inaugurated first President of theUnited States
New York: N. Currier, ca.1845
Lithograph
Prints & Photograph Divisions (3A)
LC-USZC4-703 [cph 3b52213]

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Holograph manuscript, 1801
Page 2
Manuscript Division (4A)

"Pieces"
Sheet Music, March 4, 1801
Manuscript Division (5)

William Russell Birch (1755-1834), artist
A View of the Capitol of Washington before it was Burnt Down by the British, ca. 1800.
Copyprint from the original watercolor
Prints & Photographs Division (5A)
LC-USZC4-247 [cph.3a05552]

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Inaugural Address, March 4, 1829
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4
[ Transcript ]
Holograph manuscript
Manuscript Division (8)

President's Levee, or All Creation Going to the White House, Washington, [March 4, 1829]
Illustrated in The Playfair Papers,
London: Saunders and Otley, 1841
Frontispiece
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (10)

James Hamilton to Martin Van Buren,
March 5, 1829
Holograph letter
Manuscript Division (9)

Presidential Inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison in Washington City, D.C., March 4, 1841
Lithograph
Prints & Photographs Division (12)
LC-USZ62-58550 [cph 3b06359]

Invitation, Tippecanoe Inauguration Ball, 1841
Printed invitation
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (13)

John H. Bufford, artist
The Tippecanoe or Log Cabin Quick Step.
Boston: Henry Prentiss, 1840
Lithograph on wove paper
Prints & Photographs Division (11)
LC-USZ62-92277 [cph 3b45139]

Inaugural address, March 4, 1845
Holograph manuscript
Manuscript Division (17)

Henry Ewing to James K. Polk, March 3, 1845
Holograph letter
Manuscript Division (16)

Arrangement for the Inauguration of the President-elect, on the Fifth of March, 1849.
Washington, D.C.: 1849
Leaflet
Manuscript Division (17D)

Republican Extra--St. Louis, March 5, 5p.m. President Taylor's Inaugural Address.
St. Louis: 1849
Broadside
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (17E)

Thomas W. Strong, engraver
Union.
New York: Ackerman, ca. 1848
Woodcut on wove paper
Prints & Photographs Division (17A)
LC-USZC4-2713 [cph 3g02713]

For President of the People Zachary Taylor.
Philadelphia: J.L. Rogers, ca. 1846
Lithograph on wove paper
Prints & Photographs Division (17C)
LC-USZ62-90706 [cph 3b37055]

Grand, National Whig Banner. Press Onward.
New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1848
Copyprint from lithograph with watercolor
Prints & Photographs Division (17F)
LC-USZC2-584 [cph 3b48485]

Col. W. Emmons
An Ode in honor of the inauguration of Buchanan & Breckinridge, President and Vice President of the United States, March 4, 1857
Leaflet
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (18B)

Grand National Inauguration Ball.
Philadelphia: Toppan Carpenter & Co., 1857
Printed invitation
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (20)

John Wood, photographer
Inauguration of James Buchanan, President of the United States, at the East Front of the U.S. Capitol
Albumen print, March 4, 1857
Manuscript Division (19)

The "Wigwam" Grand March
Lithograph
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., ca. 1860
Prints & Photographs Division (21A)
LC-USZ62-30647 [cph 3a31316]

Lincoln & Hamlin, Ward 5 . . . Republican Ticket
Boston: Wright & Potter, [1860]
Broadside
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (21B)

Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun
Holograph draft, May 23, 1860
Manuscript Division (21C)

Bible.
Oxford: 1853
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (23)

Captain Montgomery Meigs (1816-1892)
Holograph diary [in shorthand] entry for March 4, 1861
Inauguration of President Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol
and stereograph view of the inaugural ceremony
Manuscript Division (24)

Abraham Lincoln to his cabinet members
Holograph letter, August 23, 1864
Manuscript Division (24A)

Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865
Philadelphia: 1865
Broadside
Rare Book & Special Collection Division (25A)

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)
Crowd at Lincoln's second inauguration, 1865
Copyprint
Prints & Photographs Division (28)
LC-USA7-16837 [ppmsc -02927]

Inaugural Poem
Printed in the Chronicle Junior on a
press in a wagon during Lincoln's
inaugural parade, March 4, 1865
Manuscript Division (26)

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
Inaugural Address, March 4, 1869
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4
Page 5 - Page 6 - Page 7
Page 8 - Page 9 - Page 10 - Page 11
Holograph manuscript
Manuscript Division (31)

U.S. Congress Senate Gallery
Washington, D.C.: Philip & Solomons, 1869
Printed ticket
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (32)

Inauguration of President U.S. Grant, March 4, 1869
Copyprint from stereograph
Prints & Photographs Division (33)
LC-USZ62-12314 [ppmsc 02926]

National Union Republican Candidates.
Hartford: Kellogg & Bulkeley, ca. 1868
Lithograph on wove paper
Prints & Photographs Division (30)
LC-USZ62-7602 [cph 3a10246 ]

Grand National Republican Banner.
New York: Currier & Ives, ca. 1876
Lithograph on wove paper
Prints & Photographs Division (34)
LC-USZC2-2490 [cph 3b50364]

Inauguration of President Hayes, Showing Senate Wing of the U.S. Capitol and the Crowd on the Lawn before It, March 5, 1877
Copyprint
Prints & Photographs Division (35)
LC-USA7-29858 [ppmsc 02923]

James Garfield (1831-1881)
Diary entry
Page 2
Holograph manuscript
March 5, 1877
Manuscript Division (37)

Carl Strandberg, composer
Inauguration Grand March, 1877
Sheet music score
Music Division (36)

James Garfield (1831-1881)
Draft of inaugural address, ca. March 4, 1881
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5 - Page 6
Page 7 - Page 8 - Page 9 - Page 10 - Page 11
Holograph manuscript
Manuscript Division (39)

James Garfield (1831-1881)
Diary Entries of James A. Garfield, March 3 and 4, 1881
Page 2
Manuscript Division (41)

President Garfield in Reviewing Stand, Viewing Inauguration Ceremonies, March 4, 1881
Copyprint
Prints & Photographs Division (43)
LC-USZ62-20851 [ppmsc 02921]

Inaugural Ball Program, March 4, 1881
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5 - Page 6
Page 7 - Page 8 - Page 9 - Page 10 - Page 11
Page 12 - Page 13 - Page 14 - Page 15 - Page 16
Booklet
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (42)

Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)
Draft of inaugural address in Harrison's hand, March 4, 1889
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5 - Page 6
Page 7 - Page 8 - Page 9 - Page 10 - Page 11
Page 12 - Page 13 - Page 14 - Page 15 - Page 16
Page 17 - Page 18 - Page 19 - Page 20 - Page 21
Manuscript Division (45)

Souvenir Inaugural Ball, March 4, 1889.
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5
Washington, D.C.: 1889
Booklet
Manuscript Division (47)

Elizabeth E. Hutter to Benjamin Harrison, March 6, 1889
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4
Manuscript letter
Manuscript Division (48)

J.C. Hemment, photographer
The New President Delivering his Inaugural Address, March 4, 1897
Copyprint
Prints & Photographs Division (50)
LC-USZ62-237 [ppmsc 02914]

Admission ticket for an employee
of the Library of Congress to the inaugural
platform, after the procession from the
Senate Chambers, March 4, 1897
Printed card
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (51)

Program and Souvenir of the Inauguration Hon. William Mckinley. . . . March 4, 1897
Printed booklet
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (53A)
[Inaugural Ballbooklet showing Pension Building at night, March 4, 1897]
Printed booklet
Manuscript Division (52)

Theodore Roosevelt in Carriage on Pennsylvania Avenue on Way to Capitol, March 4, 1905
Copyprint
Prints & Photographs Division (53C)
LC-USZ62-24952 [ppmsc 02910]

U.S. Inauguration Committee Invitation, 1905
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (53D)

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5 - Page 6
Page 7 - Page 8 - Page 9 - Page 10 - Page 11
Page 12
Typescript notes with emendations
for inaugural address, 1905
Manuscript Division (53B)

Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
November 10, 1907
Typed letter signed by Roosevelt
Manuscript Division (53E)

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
Draft of and notes on inaugural address, March 4, 1913, in Wilson's shorthand script
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5 - Page 6 - Page 7
Holograph Manuscript
Manuscript Division (55)

Carriage Police Pass, Inaugural, March 4, 1913
Printed circular pass
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (56)
Invitation to Inauguration Ceremonies, March 4, 1913

Printed invitation
Manuscript Division (57)

Official Program, March Fourth 1913
Printed program
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (57A)

William Howard Taft to Helen Taft Manning, April 13, 1924
Page 2 - Page 3
Manuscript letter.
Manuscript Division (57F)

"I Do Not Choose to Run for President in Nineteen Twenty Eight."
Holograph note
Manuscript Division (57D)

Clifford Berryman (1869-1949), artist
Choosin' to run isn't as restful as this, 1928
Pen-and-ink over graphite under drawing on paper
Published in The Evening Star, Washington D.C.: August 13, 1928
Prints & Photographs Division (57E)
LC-USZ62-14230
[acd 2a06168]

Clifford Berryman (1869-1949)
All set for the campaign! 1932
Pen and ink over graphite under-drawing on paper
The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.:, July 21, 1932
Prints & Photographs Division (58)
LC-USZ62-14164
[acd 2a06397]

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover in Convertible Automobile on the Way to U.S. Capitol for Roosevelt's Inauguration, March 4, 1933]
Copyprint
Prints & Photographs Division (59)
LC-USA7-18241 [ppmsc 02895]

Invitation to White House luncheon buffet, March 4, 1933
Printed invitation
Manuscript Division (61)

David Rankin Barbee (1874-1958)
"Inaugural Balls of the Past" in the Inaugural Program, March 4, 1993.
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5
Washington, D.C.: Ramsdell Incorporated, 1933
Printed booklet
Manuscript Division (62)

President-elect John F. Kennedy Shakes Hands with Father Richard J. Casey, the Pastor, after Attending Mass at Holy Trinity Church . . . prior to Inauguration Ceremonies, January 20, 1961.
Copyprint
Prints & Photographs Division (63)
LC-USZ62-70671 [ppmsc 02884]

Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Dedication, 1961
Page 2
Holograph manuscript
Manuscript Division (65)

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