Gideon Welles papers, 1777-1911

Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in ten series:

• Diaries, 1824-1869
• Letterbooks, 1862-1869
• Correspondence, 1820-1878
• Records of the Navy Department, 1805-1878
• Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878
• Scrapbooks, 1834-1900
• Miscellany, 1777-1911
• Henry B. Learned Papers, 1899-1911
• Additions, 1822-1877
• Oversize, 1842-1860