Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Part I of the papers of the Benjamin B. French Family, including the papers of Benjamin B. French, New Hampshire politician, clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and Commissioner of Public Buildings in Washington, D.C., were given to the Library of Congress by Daniel Chester French, Henry H. French, Prentiss French, Margaret French Cresson, and S. LeRoy French between 1922 and 1974. Additional items were obtained by gift and purchase from various sources from 1924 to 1975. Part II comprises additional papers of Benjamin B. French and other family members including Francis O. French, banker, and Amos Tuck, congressman, and were given to the Library by Peter S. and Katherine P. French between 1991 and 1994. Additional items in Part II were transferred from the National Archives and Records Administration in 1985 and purchased in 2006.
Processing History
Part I of the papers of the Benjamin B. French Family was arranged and described by Allan Teichroew in 1980. Additional material received between 1985 and 1994 was processed as Part II by Michael Spangler in 2000. Material received in 2006 was processed as an Addition to Part II by Laney Stevenson in 2019. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Transfers
Most prints and photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of Part I of these papers is available on thirteen reels for purchase from the Library's Photoduplication Service subject to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) An additional microfilm edition consisting of only the journals in Part I is also available on three reels for purchase subject to the same conditions. These microfilm editions may also be requested on interlibrary loan through the Library's Loan Division. No more than ten reels may be requested at a time for a loan period of one month. A copy of an early version of the finding aid for Part I of the Benjamin B. French Family Papers is available on reel one of the microfilm edition of Part I.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Roman numeral designating the Part followed by colon and container number, Benjamin B. French Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.