Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Nicholas Longworth papers, 1782-1931 |
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Span Dates | 1782-1931 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1915-1930) |
ID No. | MSS55129 |
Creator | Longworth, Nicholas, 1869-1931 |
Extent | 1,800 items |
Extent | 4 containers plus 2 oversize |
Extent | 2.4 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.ms006041 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79055129 |
Summary | Lawyer, congressman, and speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia consisting chiefly of speeches made during Longworth’s servce in the House of Representatives. Includes a series of letters to Theodore Roosevelt concerning the nomination of an African American to be surveyor of customs for the Port of Cincinnati; a group of letters by Longworth's grandfather, Nicholas Longworth (1782-1863); and an album of letters of speakers of the United States House of Representatives. |