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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                    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