Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of John Charles Frémont and Jessie Benton Frémont were acquired by the Library of Congress through purchase in 1903 and 2011 and by transfer in 1930.
Processing History
The 1903 purchase contained three items and formed the John Charles Frémont letters and was part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection until 2011. The 1930 transfer also contained three items and formed the Jessie Benton Frémont Papers and was part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection until 2011. When the Library purchased the John Charles Frémont and Jessie Benton Frémont Papers, which had been at the James S. Copley Library in La Jolla, California, the two previous MMC collections were incorporated into the new collection during processing in 2011. While organizing the papers received from the Copley Library, the Correspondence and Newspapers of Jesse A. Park were separated from the Frémont material and made into its own collection as it had been previously at the Copley Library.
Transfers
Some prints and photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the John Charles Frémont and Jessie Benton Frémont papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, John Charles Frémont and Jessie Benton Frémont Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.