Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Breckinridge family papers, 1752-1965 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1752-1980 |
| ID No. | MSS13698 |
| Creator | Breckinridge family |
| Extent | 206,000 items |
| Extent | 875 containers plus 4 oversize |
| Extent | 265 linear feet |
| Extent | 37 microfilm reels |
| 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.ms997003 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79013698 |
| Summary | Family prominent in Kentucky and national politics and government. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and articles, subject files, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, and other papers of various members of the Breckinridge family. The bulk of the collection is composed of the papers of John Breckinridge, Robert J. Breckinridge, John C. Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Mary Desha, Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell Breckinridge, and Henry Breckinridge. |