Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | History of the Collection | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | James A. Garfield papers, 1775-1889 |
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| Span Dates | 1775-1889 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1850-1881) |
| ID No. | MSS291956 |
| Creator | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 |
| Extent | 80,000 items ; 462 containers plus 26 oversize ; 117.6 linear feet ; 177 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Summary | United States president, army officer, lawyer, and educator. Family, personal, and official correspondence including records of Garfield's Civil War military service, diary (1848-1881), speeches and other public statements, legal papers, genealogical material, college notebooks, tributes, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other material relating primarily to Garfield's career and death. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008147 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm75021956 |