Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | James Wadsworth family papers, 1730-1959 |
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| Span Dates | 1730-1959 |
| ID No. | MSS44297 |
| Creator | Wadsworth, James, 1768-1844 |
| Extent | 7,000 items |
| Extent | 39 containers plus 12 oversize |
| Extent | 22 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.ms997014 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78044297 |
| Summary | Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers of the family of James Wadsworth (1768-1844) and his brother, William Wadsworth (1761-1833), who settled in Geneseo, N.Y., in 1790 and endowed schools and libraries there. |
| Online Content | A Civil War photograph album is available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc051. |