Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Huntington Cairns papers, 1780-1984 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1780-1984 |
| Bulk Dates | 1925-1984 |
| ID No. | MSS14746 |
| Creator | Cairns, Huntington, 1904-1985 |
| Extent | 58,450 items |
| Extent | 165 containers plus 15 oversize |
| Extent | 73.1 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.ms001024 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79014746 |
| Summary | Author, government official, and lawyer. Correspondence, manuscripts and galley proofs of writings, speeches, subject and research files, family papers, printed material, scrapbooks, and other papers concerning Cairns's career with the U.S. Bureau of Customs as a federal censor of imported books and films, as a lawyer with the Maryland Tax Revision Commission (1938-1941), and as a writer on the arts, law, literature, and philosophy. |