Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Andrew Jackson Donelson, lawyer, editor, army officer, diplomat, and presidential secretary were acquired in 1917 from Bettie M. Donelson, Nashville, Tenn. Small, but important, additions were between 1919 and 1972 by Robert Dyas, of Nashville, and others. In 1942 Pauline Wilcox Burke gave a group of Emily Tennessee Donelson's papers, and in 1948 an album of Mary Emily Donelson's was acquired from the same source. Burke's own notes, photocopies, and transcripts relating to the Donelsons, as well as some original manuscript letters, were bequeathed to the Library in 1954.
Processing History
The Donelson Papers were processed in 1970 and prepared for microfilming in 1971. One item, a photograph of Bettie M. Donelson tipped into the bound volume of the papers of Emily Tennessee Donelson in Container 21, was added to the collection in 1972 subsequent to filming. The finding aid was revised in 2010 and again in 2011.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on fourteen 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.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Andrew Jackson Donelson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.