Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Grover Cleveland, lawyer, governor of New York, and president of the United States, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1915 by Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston through John H. Finley. The Library received additional letters through the efforts of Preston and Robert McNutt McElroy and occasionally by purchase during the years 1920-1923. In 1923 the papers on deposit were converted to a gift. Smaller additions have since come to the Library through purchase and gift exchange.
Processing History
The principal portion of the Cleveland Papers was organized in 1929-1931. A microfilm edition of series 1-9G was produced in 1960, and the Index to the Grover Cleveland Papers was published by the Library in 1965. Additions were arranged and described by Wilhelmina Curry in 1979, by David Mathisen in 1984, and by Nan Thompson Ernst in 1997. The finding aid was revised by Karen Linn Femia in 2005 when a sizable addition to the collection was organized, with the assistance of Brian McGuire and Nicholas Newlin, and revised again in 2007 with the addition of material previously withheld for conservation treatment. Small additions were incorporated and the finding aid revised in 2014 by Karen Linn Femia and in 2023 by Katherine Duvall.
Transfers
Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Grover Cleveland Papers. Patrons are encouraged to contact the Prints and Photographs Division in advance of a research visit.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on 164 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
Part of the Grover Cleveland Papers is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000103. 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, Grover Cleveland Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.