Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of William Wirt, lawyer, politician, United States attorney general, and biographer, were obtained through gift and purchase from various individuals, principally Alexander Randall and James F. Meegan, between 1909 and 1957.
Processing History
The papers of William Wirt were processed by Allan Teichroew and microfilmed in 1983. Bound volumes of correspondence and other papers were reprocessed in 2002 by John R. Monagle, at which time the items were removed from the volumes and rehoused in folders, but filed in the exact order of their previous arrangement in the volumes. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Related Materials
The Maryland Historical Society houses a larger body of William Wirt papers which have been reproduced on microfilm and are available for use at the Library of Congress.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of these papers is available on four reels for purchase from the Library's Photoduplication Service subject to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). This microfilm edition may also be requested on interlibrary loan through the Library's Loan Division. A copy of the 1983 finding aid is available on reel one of the microfilm edition.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, William Wirt Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.