Tyler Dennett Collection Relating to John
Hay
A Register of the Collection in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Kevin J. Keany
Revised by Joseph K.
Brooks
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2008
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2008
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007069
Title: Tyler Dennett Collection
Relating to John Hay
Span Dates: 1861-1937
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1899-1937)
ID No.: MSS51383
Collector:
Dennett, Tyler,
1883-1949
Extent: 200 items;
8 containers;
3.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Historian, editor, and
biographer. Correspondence, research notes, galley proofs, photographs, and
printed matter relating to Dennett's books
John Hay: From Poetry to Politics and
Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John
Hay.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Adams,
Henry, 1838-1918--Correspondence.
Beard,
Charles Austin, 1874-1948--Correspondence.
Dennett,
Tyler, 1883-1949.
Garfield,
James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Correspondence.
Hay, John,
1838-1905--Correspondence.
Hay, John,
1838-1905.
Jameson,
J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937--Correspondence.
Lincoln,
Abraham, 1809-1865.
Louttit,
W. Easton (William Easton), 1904-1973--Correspondence.
McKinley,
William, 1843-1901.
Nevins,
Allan, 1890-1971--Correspondence.
Roosevelt,
Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence.
Roosevelt,
Theodore, 1858-1919.
Subjects
American poetry.
Locations
United
States--Foreign relations--1865-1921.
United
States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Related Names
Dennett, Tyler,
1883-1949. John Hay: from poetry to politics (1933)
Dennett, Tyler,
1883-1949. Lincoln and the Civil War in the diaries and letters of John Hay
(1939)
Occupations
Biographers.
Editors.
Historians.
Provenance:The collection of Tyler Dennett, historian, editor, and biographer,
was given to the Library of Congress by Ellen Wadsworth in 1947.
Processing History:The collection was arranged and described in 1966. The finding aid was
revised in 2008.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in unpublished writings in the Tyler Dennett
Collection Relating to John Hay is governed by the Copyright Law of the United
States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Tyler Dennett Collection Relating to
John Hay, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Tyler Dennett
| Date |
Event |
| 1883, June 13 |
Born, Spencer, Wis. |
| 1904 |
B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. |
| 1908 |
B.D., Union Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y. |
| 1911 |
Married Maybelle Raymond |
| 1924 |
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1924-1929 |
Chief, Division of Publications of the Department of
State
|
| 1929-1931 |
Historical advisor, Department of State |
| 1931-1934 |
Professor of international relations, Princeton University,
Princeton, N.J.
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| 1933-1934 |
Published and received Pulitzer Prize in biography for
John Hay: From Poetry to Politics. New York:
Dodd, Mead & Co., 1933.
|
| 1934-1937 |
President, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. |
| 1939 |
Published
Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of
John Hay. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1939.
|
| 1949, Dec. 29 |
Died, Geneva, N.Y. |
John Hay
| Date |
Event |
| 1838, Oct. 8 |
Born, Salem, Ind. |
| 1858 |
Graduated, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Entered the law office of his uncle, Milton Hay,
Springfield, Ill.
|
| 1861-1864 |
Assistant private secretary to Abraham Lincoln |
| 1864-1965 |
Assistant adjutant general, United States Army |
| 1865-1867 |
Secretary of American legation, Paris, France |
| 1867-1868 |
Charge d'affaires, Vienna, Austria |
| 1869-1870 |
Secretary of American legation, Madrid, Spain |
| 1870-1875 |
Editorial writer,
New York Tribune |
| 1874 |
Married Clara Louise Stone (died 1914) |
| 1879-1881 |
Assistant secretary of state |
| 1897-1898 |
Ambassador to Great Britain |
| 1898-1905 |
Secretary of state |
| 1905, July 1 |
Died, Lake Sunapee, N.H. |
The collection of Tyler Dennett (1883-1949) relating to John Hay
(1838-1905) spans 1861-1937, with the bulk of the collection concentrated in
the period 1899-1937. The collection relates to Dennett's research for his
biography of statesman John Hay,
John Hay: From Poetry to Politics, for which he won a
Pulitzer Prize in 1934, and
Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John
Hay. It includes Dennett's correspondence as well as letters between
Hay and others.
Dennett was a professor and historian specializing in the foreign
relations of the United States with Asia. The subject of his biography, John
Hay, served as secretary of state during the William McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt administrations and in that capacity formulated foreign policy with
Asian countries, particularly China and the Philippines, during the expansion
of American diplomatic, commercial, and military initiatives in the region in
the wake of the Spanish-American War. As a young man, Hay had been assistant
private secretary to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
The collection is grouped into correspondence, galley proofs of
correspondence, transcripts of correspondence, and miscellany. Much of
Dennett's own correspondence is with his editor, Allan Nevins, and relates to
his biography of Hay. Other correspondents include Charles Austin Beard, J.
Franklin Jameson, and W. Easton Louttit.
Correspondence between Hay and others consists mainly of copies of
letters that Dennett transcribed or of printed versions of letters in galleys
of Dennett's books. The collection includes a few original Hay letters.
Correspondents include Henry Adams (1838-1918), James A. Garfield, and Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919).
There is a collection of Tyler Dennett papers at
Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. Major
collections of John Hay papers are at
Brown University, Providence, R.I., and the
Manuscript
Division of the Library of Congress. There is also a substantial
amount of Hay material in the
James
Wadsworth Family Papers in the Manuscript Division of the Library of
Congress.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material with
miscellany filed at the end.
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Correspondence |
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| BOX 1
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Dennett, Tyler,
1928-1937
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(11
folders)
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| BOX 2
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Hay, John |
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| BOX 2
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Abbott, E. W.,
1890
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| BOX 2
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Adams, Henry (1838-1918),
1897
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| BOX 2
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Bigelow, John and Jane Tunis
Poultney,
1867, 1871-1900
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| BOX 2
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Garfield, James A.,
1879-1898
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| BOX 2
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Hopkins, Archibald,
1903
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| BOX 2
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Madrid, Spain, writing as
secretary of the American Legation,
1869-1870
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| BOX 2
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McKinley, William,
1899-1905
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| BOX 2
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Miscellaneous,
1870, 1899, 1900-1904
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| BOX 2
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Nicolay, John G.
1861-1863
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| BOX 2
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Reid, Whitelaw,
1861-1903
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| BOX 2
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Galley proofs of correspondence
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| BOX 2
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1861-1870 |
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| BOX 3
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1885-1905
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| BOX 3
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Transcripts of
correspondence
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| BOX 3
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Card index |
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| BOX 3
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Alaska boundary dispute,
1899-1903
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| BOX 3
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Chronological file |
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| BOX 3
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1869-1870
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 4
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1898-1901
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(7
folders)
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| BOX 5
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1902-1903
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 5
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1904
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Jan.-June
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 6
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July-Dec.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 6
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1905
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 7
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Miscellany |
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| BOX 7
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Deleted pages of correspondence,
1861-1867
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| BOX 7
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Footnotes relating to deleted
pages of correspondence,
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undated |
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| BOX 8
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Notes and background
material
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| BOX 8
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Chapters,
undated
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(9
folders)
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| BOX 8
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Miscellaneous,
1931-1932
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| BOX 8
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Poetry by Hay,
1858, undated
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| BOX 8
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Reid, Whitelaw,
undated
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| BOX 8
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Photographs and cartoons,
undated
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| BOX 8
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Printed matter |
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| BOX 8
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Dennett, Tyler,
1934
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| BOX 8
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Hay, John,
1901-1905
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