Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Daniel Webster, lawyer, orator, congressman, senator, and secretary of state, were assembled through gift and purchase, 1901-1984, the largest group coming from Charles P. Greenough in 1903.
Processing History
The papers of Daniel Webster were arranged and described in 1975. Additional material was incorporated into the collection in 1978 and in 1997, when this register was expanded and revised.
Related Material
Also available for consultation in the Manuscript Division Reading Room is a comprehensive microfilm edition reproducing about seventeen thousand Webster and Webster related manuscripts copied from collections in scores of repositories in the United States and abroad. The microfilm has four components: correspondence, business papers, congressional documents, and State Department records. It is the product of a collaboration between the Dartmouth College Library and University Microfilms. An accompanying Guide and Index to the Microfilm (1971) was edited by Charles M. Wiltse.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on eight reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Daniel Webster Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.