Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | J. Franklin Jameson papers, 1604-1994 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1604-1994 |
| Bulk Dates | 1900-1930 |
| ID No. | MSS27649 |
| Creator | Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 |
| Extent | 61,000 items |
| Extent | 201 containers plus 7 oversize |
| Extent | 40.7 linear feet |
| 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.ms014036 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78027649 |
| Summary | Historian and librarian. Correspondence, diaries, writings, lecture notes, biographical material, family papers, reports, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Jameson's work as an historian, his role in the founding and early history of the American Historical Association and the American Historical Review, the movement for the establishment of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, the Dictionary of American Biography, and his work as director of the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. |