Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of George Washington, United States president, United States Army officer, and patriot, were purchased by the Library of Congress from the Washington family in 1834 and 1849. Other material was received by gift, deposit, exchanges, transfers, reproduction with permission, and purchases between circa 1867 and 1998, including Washingtoniana formerly cataloged as part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.
Processing History
The George Washington papers were arranged, indexed, and microfilmed in 1964. Subsequent additions were arranged and described in 1973, 1979, and 1985, and a finding aid to the additions was revised and expanded in 1999. In 2009 the finding aid was expanded by including description of the main collection from the published index. The finding aid was revised in 2015.
Related Material
A George Washington diary for 1762 (Kislak MS 190) is available online at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.0886.1.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on 125 reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Online Content
The papers of George Washington are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000010. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.