Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of J. G. Randall, author, historian, and educator, and Ruth Painter Randall, biographer, were given to the Library of Congress by Ruth Painter Randall in 1953, 1955 and 1965. Additional material was received from Ruth Painter Randall's estate via David H. Donald in 1971, and from James G. Randall, also via David H. Donald, in 1981.
Processing History
The papers of J. G. Randall and Ruth Painter Randall were processed in 1967 by Lloyd A. Dunlap. Additions and revisions were made in 1979 by Len Hawley and Paul Colton, by William Parham in 1982, by David Mathisen in 1988, and by John Monagle in 1994. The finding aid was revised in 2010. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, J. G. Randall and Ruth Painter Randall Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.