Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of James Monroe, United States president, secretary of state, secretary of war, and diplomat, delegate to the Continental Congress from and governor of Virginia, consist of material received through gift, transfer from the United States State Department, and purchase by the Library of Congress during the years 1901-2001.
Processing History
The James Monroe Papers were arranged, indexed, and microfilmed in 1958-1960. Subsequent additions were arranged and described in 1979, and a finding aid to the additions was revised and expanded in 1985 and 1996. In 2009 the finding aid was expanded by including description of the main collection from the published index. The 2014 addition incorporated microfilm made in 1952 and an accession from 2001. The finding aid was also revised and expanded in 2014. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Other Repositories
Microfilm of James Monroe papers in the New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., and a microfilm produced by the University of Virginia Library of records in the Virginia State Archives and other Virginia repositories are available for consultation in the Manuscript Division reading room.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on thirteen 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 James Monroe are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000029. 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, James Monroe Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.