Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Bainbridge Colby, United States secretary of state, statesman, and lawyer, were given to the Library of Congress between 1955 and 1963 by his wife, Anne Colby. A substantial addition was received in 1977 from Ernest D. Leet with a smaller addition added in 1982 from the Fenton Historical Society, Jamestown, N.Y.
Processing History
The papers of Bainbridge Colby were arranged and described in 1957. The collection was revised and expanded by David Mathisen in 1964 and again in 1979 with the inclusion of Addition I and in 1984 with Addition II. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
Transfers
Some photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Bainbridge Colby Papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Bainbridge Colby Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.