Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | William Dudley Foulke papers, circa 1470-1952 |
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Span Dates | circa 1470-1952 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1868-1935) |
ID No. | MSS21170 |
Creator | Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935 |
Extent | 2,500 items |
Extent | 12 containers plus 1 oversize |
Extent | 5.2 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001001 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78021170 |
Summary | Lawyer, public official, and author from Indiana. Correspondence, diaries, journals, copybook, speeches, writings, notes, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers, including a late fifteenth century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland. The bulk of the collection consists of Foulke's correspondence reflecting his literary career and public service, including letters from Theodore Roosevelt discussing civil service reform, the Progressive movement, Woodrow Wilson, the World Court (Permanent Court of International Justice), and pacifism. |