Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Thomas G. Corcoran, lawyer, administrator in the Treasury Department and Reconstruction Finance Corporation, special assistant to the president, and former law secretary to Justice Oliver W. Holmes, were deposited in the Library of Congress by Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., in 1983, and one item was transferred from the Library's Copyright Office to the Manuscript Division that same year. The deposit was converted to a gift to the Library by the Corcoran Fund in 1984. An addition was given by Robert Sweeney in 1997.
Processing History
The papers of Thomas G. Corcoran were arranged and described by Paul D. Ledvina with the assistance of Paul Colton, Sherralyn McCoy, and Brian McGuire in 1985. Additional material received in 1997 was processed as an addition in 1999 by Connie L. Cartledge with the assistance of John R. Monagle. After the expiration of restrictions, material from the Special Restricted File was refiled with the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed and the finding aid was revised in 2010 by Cartledge with the assistance of Thomas Bigley.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Maps have been transferred to the Library's Geography and Map Division. Motion picture films and sound recordings have been transferred to the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. The majority of the photographs received with the collection have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. An illustrated leaf from a nineteenth century Persian book has been transferred to the African and Middle Eastern Division. Books have been transferred to the Library's general collection and seven issues of Upton Sinclair's EPIC News have been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. All of the items transferred are identified as part of these papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Thomas G. Corcoran Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.