Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Alfred Mordecai, United States Army officer, engineer, and ordnance expert, were purchased by the Library of Congress between 1941 and 1950. Additional material was given by Mrs. Leslie Ashburner in 1961 and by John D. Miley in 1999.
Processing History
The papers of Alfred Mordecai were arranged and described in 1992. An addition of Mordecai’s letters to his sister, Rosa Mordecai Lazarus, was made to the collection in 2000. The papers were reprocessed at that time and the finding aid was revised in 2010.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some maps have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division, photographs to the Prints and Photographs Division, and printed items to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Alfred Mordecai papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Alfred Mordecai Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.