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Collection SummaryTitle: Moorfield Storey PapersSpan Dates: 1876-1929 ID No.: MSS41632 Creator: Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929 Extent: 2,500 items; 22 containers; 10.8 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: Author, civil rights leader, and lawyer. Correspondence, articles, lecture notes, petitions, press releases, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Storey's years as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and his interest in the Anti-Imperialist League. Selected Search TermsThe 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, Charles Francis, 1835-1915. Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940. Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948. Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. King, Judson, 1872-1958. McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941. Ovington, Mary White, 1865-1951. Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939. Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929. Sutherland, George, 1862-1942. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955. Wickersham, George W. (George Woodward), 1858-1936. Organizations Anti-Imperialist League (Boston, Mass.) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Subjects Anti-imperialist movements. Civil rights. Locations Philippines--Foreign relations--United States. United States--Foreign relations--Philippines. Related Names Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Papers of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Occupations Authors. Civil rights leaders. Lawyers. Administrative InformationProvenance:The papers of Moorfield Storey, author, civil rights leader, and lawyer, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1930 and 1931 by his son, Richard C. Storey. In 1967 photocopies of selected Storey correspondence from a private collection were donated to the Library by Flint Kellogg. Processing History:The papers of Moorfield Storey were arranged and described in 1981. The collection was expanded and revised in 1996, and additions and revisions were made to the finding aid in 2008. Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Moorfield Storey is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).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, Moorfield Storey Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note
Scope and Content NoteThe papers of Moorfield Storey (1845-1929) span the years 1876-1929 and include letters received and a few copies of letters sent, scrapbooks, articles, lecture notes, petitions, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous papers. Only a small part of Storey's career is represented in the collection. Documented in the papers are his interest in the Anti-Imperialist League, which opposed United States ownership of the Philippine Islands, and his support of minority groups, shown in his service as president of the NAACP from 1910 to 1929 and his leadership of the opposition to excluding African-Americans from freshman dormitories at Harvard College in 1922-1923. The papers are organized into the following series: General Correspondence, Subject File, Writings, and Miscellany. The Subject File includes typed excerpts from the diary of Fiske Warren, paper manufacturer and associate of Storey's in the Anti-Imperialist League, relating principally to United States foreign policy toward the Philippines between 1903 and 1907. The file relating to Edward Brown concerns efforts by the Harvard Medical College to deny Brown residence in university housing. Of particular interest among the Writings series is Ralph Waldo Emerson's journal, "Wo--Liberty." The journal, once presumed lost, contains excerpts from two of Emerson's speeches and partial drafts of other speeches, essays, poems, and quotations on the history of liberty and higher law. The journal was used by Storey while preparing lectures for the commemoration in 1903 of the centenary of Emerson's birth. A fuller explanation of the journal, its contents, and its use by Storey is contained in "Emerson and Moorfield Storey: A Lost Journal Found," by John C. Broderick, American Literature, v. 38 (May 1966). Over half of the collection consists of printed speeches and articles by Storey and pamphlets, journals, and congressional documents and reports collected by Storey for his book coauthored with Marcial P. Lichauco, The Conquest of the Philippines by the United States, 1898-1925. Storey's service as secretary to Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, during which he participated in the attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson, and his presidency of the American Bar Association are not documented in the collection. Among Storey's correspondents are Charles Francis Adams, William E. Borah, Charles Evans Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Judson King, William Gibbs McAdoo, Mary White Ovington, Joel E. Spingarn, George Sutherland, William Howard Taft, Walter White, and George W. Wickersham. Arrangement of the PapersThis collection is arranged in four series: Description of Series
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