Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Chester Alan Arthur, U.S. president, were acquired by the Library of Congress through gift, purchase, bequest, and exchange from various sources, 1902-2015.
Processing History
When the Chester Alan Arthur Papers were organized and filmed in 1961, certain items were omitted as not being integral to the papers. These items, subsequent to the completion of the index and microfilm, were added in 1973, 1979, and 1980 as Series 4, Addition. The bulk of this material, a gift of more than two thousand items, came from Vincent F. Assaiante in 1971. The following year another significant addition was received as a bequest from Chester A. Arthur III, grandson of the president. In 1973 Arthur's biographer, Thomas C. Reeves, who was largely responsible for earlier Arthur acquisitions, donated a large body of Arthur family papers from which items of Chester A. Arthur were incorporated into this collection. Smaller additions received by the Library from 1960 to 1974 were also interfiled with this series, and the entire series was microfilmed in 1984. A rehousing of the material in a larger number of containers in 1999 did not affect the organization as reflected in the microfilm edition. A one item addition was donated in 2015 and was organized as Series 5: Addition II. The finding aid was revised in 2015 to reflect this addition.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on ten 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 Chester Alan Arthur Papers are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000095 . 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: Reel number or Container number, Chester Alan Arthur Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.