Scope and Content Note for Additions to the Collection
The Addition to the papers of William H. Taft (1857-1930) spans the years 1838-1973, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1888-1930. It includes correspondence, photocopies of correspondence, notebooks, engagement books, certificates, diplomas, business and property records, legal documents, photographs, genealogical material, and papers of Alphonso Taft, that have been added to the papers as Series 27: Addition. Series 27 is organized according to when the material was added to the collection. Parts A and B consist of material processed before 1984; Part C was processed in 1996 and Part D in 2014. An Oversize file completes the addition.
Part A contains original correspondence, engagement books, notebooks, and miscellany. Part B consists entirely of photocopies of correspondence.
Part C contains family papers, including letters received by Taft's father, Alphonso,while serving as the U. S. Envoy to Austria, and family genealogical letters. Also included are business records, which largely concern portions of Taft's estate transferred to his wife, Helen Herron Taft.
Correspondents include John Proctor Clarke, A. M. J. Cochran, Louise M. Du Rell, Meyer Friedman, Ulysses S. Grant (1881-1968), Howard C. Hollister, Theodore Roosevelt, Anson Phelps Stokes, Helen Herron Taft, Eugene M. Turner, David S. Woodrow, and William Worthington.
Part D contains letters sent by Taft to George E. Hill, a letter received from James Bryce while serving as British ambassador to the United States, and a picture postcard and news clipping.
Series 27: Addition is not included in the microfilm edition of Taft's papers or in the index to this microfilm edition.