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1. Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

   14,250 items. 57 containers plus 27 oversize. 26.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

2. Sayles Jenks Bowen papers, 1836-1882

   1,000 items. 5 containers. 1.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Public official and mayor of Washington, D.C. Family and general correspondence and business and legal papers, chiefly 1876-1882. Topics include the elections of 1876 and 1880, the presidential administration of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, and political support for James Gillespie Blaine, James A. Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur.

3. Thomas C. Reeves papers, 1850-1975

   700 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. 4 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian and biographer of Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886). Correspondence, manuscripts, genealogical material, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Reeves's research on Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886), Chester Alan Arthur (1901-1972), and other members of the Arthur family.

4. Chester Alan Arthur papers, 1843-1960

   4,400 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 10.4 linear feet. 10 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. president. Correspondence, financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers chiefly relating to Arthur's presidency, his service as collector or customs for the Port of New York, and the New York Republican State Committee.

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5. Charles Pinkerton collection of Arthur and Herndon family papers, 1822-1938

   700 items. 1 container. .4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, genealogical material, notes, press clippings, and other papers relating to Pinkerton's father-in-law, Chester Alan Arthur, and to other members of the Arthur and Herndon families.

6. Vernon Boyce Hampton papers, 1872-1971

   275 items. 3 containers. 1.0 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian and biographer. Correspondence, photostatic copies of Chester Alan Arthur's correspondence, writings, bibliographical material, and clippings relating primarily to Hampton's writings.

7. Walter Quintin Gresham papers, 1857-1932

   12,000 items. 48 containers plus 1 oversize. 10 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States secretary of state, secretary of the treasure, postmaster general, jurist, statesman, and soldier. Correspondence, letterbooks, and printed matter relating mainly to Gresham's service as postmaster general in the administration of Chester Alan Arthur and judge and secretary of state in the administration of Grover Cleveland. Also includes letters Gresham wrote to his wife during the Civil War.

8. Joseph Stanley-Brown papers, 1730-1941

   2,000 items. 9 containers plus 1 oversize. 3.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Presidential secretary, civil servant, and banker. Correspondence, family papers, notes, reports, briefs, printed material, and miscellany relating to Stanley-Brown's genealogical studies, his service as private secretary to Presidents James A. Garfield and Chester Alan Arthur, and career in diplomacy and business.

9. James Gillespie Blaine family papers, 1777-1945

   7,000 items. 48 containers. 20 linear feet. 21 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States secretary of state, United States representative and senator from Maine, and journalist. Family and general correspondence, speeches, writings, diaries, memoirs, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting Blaine's public career.

10. Grover Cleveland papers, 1743-1945

    108,200 items. 626 containers plus 1 oversize. 236.2 linear feet. 164 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    President of the United States, governor of New York, and lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, messages to Congress, speeches, writings, printed matter, and other papers primarily relating to the Cleveland presidency and presidential campaigns.

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