Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1784-1886

Collection Summary

Title	Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1784-1886
Inclusive Dates	1784-1886
Bulk Dates	1850-1883
ID No.	MSS41335
Creator	Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
Extent	27,000 items
Extent	116 containers
Extent	29 linear feet
Extent	57 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78041335
Summary	Lawyer, journalist, governor of Georgia, member of both houses of Congress, and vice president of the Confederate States of America. Correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, legal documents, clippings, and an autobiography and journal reflecting Stephens’s career in government and politics.
Online Content	The papers of Alexander Hamilton Stephens are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000028. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available. A transcription dataset from "'Such Eventful Times': Women and the American Civil War" that includes selected transcripts from the Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers is available online at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2023527887.