Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Lewis H. Machen, clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, and of the members of his immediate family were given to the Library of Congress in 1981 by Arthur W. Machen, Jr., Mary Gresham Machen, and Elizabeth Machen Palmer. Two account books had been purchased by the Library in 1927. Additions, principally of Gresham Family papers, were made 1983-1986, and 1997.
Processing History
The Machen Family Papers were first processed in 1981 by John McDonough; additional material was incorporated into the collection in 1987, 1991, and 1998 by David Mathisen, John McDonough, and Patrick Kerwin respectively.
Transfers
An ambrotype photograph of LeRoy Wiley Gresham has been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where it is identified as part of these papers and is available online.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of account books in Container 26 of these papers is available on one reel. 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.
Online Content
Gresham family material in the Lewis H. Machen Family Papers is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000026.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Lewis H. Machen Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.