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BOX I:A1-A365 REEL 1-237 Part I: Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) Papers, 1795-1961
BOX I:A1-A2 REEL 1-2 Diaries, 1853-1912
Typewritten diary related to the Spanish-American War peace negotiations of 1898; pocket diaries containing engagements and memoranda; and lists of persons met and entertained, with occasional comment.
Arranged by type of diary and therein chronologically.
BOX I:A1 REEL 1 Pocket diaries, 1853-1912
(35 vols.)
BOX I:A2 REEL 2 Diaries, 1898, 1905-1912
(11 vols.)
BOX I:A3-A69 REEL 3-118 Letterbooks, 1869-1912
Copies of letters, cablegrams, and telegrams sent by Reid or his office.
Arranged chronologically. Each volume, except those during his ambassadorship to France, contains an index of correspondents. For the period 1869-1893, private correspondence and office correspondence are in separate volumes.
BOX I:A3 REEL 3-3A Vol. 1, Office, 11 Jan.-20 Sept. 1869
Vol. 2, Private, 20 Sept. 1869-10 Feb. 1870
BOX I:A4 REEL 4-5 Vol. 3, Private, 2 July 1869-30 May 1875
Vol. 3A, Private, 10 Oct. 1870-9 Jan. 1881
BOX I:A5 REEL 5-6 Vol. 4, Office, 10 Feb.-12 July 1870
Vol. 5, Private, 21 July -21 Nov. 1870
BOX I:A6 REEL 7-8 Vol. 6, Private, 6 Nov. 1870-26 June 1871
Vol. 7, Private, 31 May 1870-25 Jan. 1871
BOX I:A7 REEL 9-10 Vol. 8, Private, 26 Jan.-1 Oct. 1871
Vol. 9, Office, 19 June 1871-29 Jan. 1872
BOX I:A8 REEL 11-12 Vol. 10, Private, 25 Sept. 1871-24 Apr. 1872
Vol. 11, Office, 29 Jan.-1 July 1872
BOX I:A9 REEL 13-14 Vol. 12, Office, 7 July-2 Oct. 1872
Vol. 13, Private, 24 Apr.-21 Nov. 1872
BOX I:A10 REEL 15-16 Vol. 14, Office, 3 Oct. 1872-27 Mar. 1837
Vol. 15, Private, 21 Nov. 1872-22 Apr. 1873
BOX I:A11 REEL 17-18 Vol. 16, Office, 27 Mar.-21 Aug. 1873
Vol. 17, Private, 25 Apr. 1873-12 Mar. 1874
BOX I:A12 REEL 19-20 Vol. 18, Office, 22 Aug. 1873-23 Jan. 1874
Vol. 19, Office, 23 Jan.-17 June 1874
BOX I:A13 REEL 21-22 Vol. 20, Office, 17 June-20 Nov. 1874
Vol. 21, Office, 20 Nov. 1874-22 Mar. 1875
BOX I:A14 REEL 23-24 Vol. 22, Office, 23 Mar.-4 July 1875
Vol. 22A, Private, 12 Mar.-13 Oct. 1874
BOX I:A15 REEL 25-26 Vol. 23, Private, 15 Oct. 1874-3 Mar. 1875
Vol. 24, Office, 4 July-28 Oct. 1875
BOX I:A16 REEL 27-28 Vol. 25, Office, 28 Oct. 1875-13 Feb. 1876
Vol. 26, Office, 13 Feb.-10 Oct. 1876
BOX I:A17 REEL 29-30 Vol. 27, Office, 15 Oct. 1876-9 July 1877
Vol. 28, Private, 7 Mar. 1876-18 Nov. 1877
BOX I:A18 REEL 31 From Florida, Oregon, and South Carolina, 1876
BOX I:A19 REEL 31-32 Vol. 29, Private, 10 Oct. 1876-29 Nov. 1877
Vol. 30, Office, 12 July 1877-13 Mar. 1878
BOX I:A20 REEL 33-34 Vol. 31, Private, 20 Nov. 1877-17 May 1879
Vol. 32, Office, 14 Mar.-28 Oct. 1878
BOX I:A21 REEL 35-36 Vol. 33, Office, 28 Oct. 1878-20 Aug. 1879
Vol. 34, Office, 20 Aug. 1879-10 Aug. 1880
BOX I:A22 REEL 37 Vol. 35, Private, 19 May 1879-11 Oct. 1880
BOX I:A23 REEL 38-39 Vol. 36, Private, 10 Aug. 1881-9 Jan. 1882
Vol. 37, Office, 28 Apr. 1881-4 Feb. 1885
BOX I:A24 REEL 40-41 Vol. 38, Private, 11 Oct. 1880-16 Apr. 1881
Vol. 39, Private, 18 Apr. 1881-13 Sept. 1882
BOX I:A25 REEL 42-43 Vol. 40, Office, 7 Jan.-4 Dec. 1882
Vol. 41, Private, 13 Sept. 1882-30 June 1883
BOX I:A26 REEL 44-45 Vol. 42, Office, 4 Dec. 1882-26 June 1883
Vol. 43, Office, 3 Jan. 1883-23 July 1884
BOX I:A27 REEL 46-47 Vol. 44, Office, 27 June 1883-7 Jan. 1884
Vol. 45, Private, 30 June 1883-18 Feb. 1884
BOX I:A28 REEL 48-49 Vol. 46, Private, 19 Feb.-30 Aug. 1884
Vol. 47, Private, 1 Sept. 1884-4 Sept. 1885
BOX I:A29 REEL 50-51 Vol. 48, Office, 4 Feb.-10 Sept. 1885
Vol. 49, Private, 10 Sept. 1885-23 Feb. 1886
BOX I:A30 REEL 52-53 Vol. 50, Private, 23 Feb.-3 July 1886
Vol. 51, Private, 6 July-20 Dec. 1886
BOX I:A31 REEL 54-55 Vol. 52, Private, 20 Dec. 1886-7 May 1887
Vol. 53, Private, 7 May-25 Nov. 1887
BOX I:A32 REEL 56-57 Vol. 54, Private, 25 Nov. 1887-3 May 1888
Vol. 55, Private, 4 May-3 Nov. 1888
BOX I:A33 REEL 58-59 Vol. 56, Mergenthaler, 31 Jan. 1888-16 Feb. 1889
Vol. 57, Private, 26 Nov. 1888-2 May 1889
BOX I:A34 REEL 60-61 Vol. 58, Paris, 29 May-29 Oct. 1889
Vol. 59, Paris, 30 Oct. 1889-4 Mar. 1890
Vol. 60, Paris, 5 Mar.-1 Aug. 1890
BOX I:A35 REEL 62 Vol. 61, Paris, 2 Aug.-24 Nov. 1890
Vol. 61A, Paris, 24 Nov. 1890-16 Mar. 1891
BOX I:A36 REEL 63-64 Vol. 61B, Paris, 11 Mar.-30 July 1891
Vol. 62, Paris, 3 Aug.-10 Nov. 1891
Vol. 63, Paris, 10 Nov. 1891-4 Mar. 1892
BOX I:A37 REEL 65 Vol. 64, Campaign, 1 July-29 Aug. 1892
Vol. 65, Campaign, 30 Aug.-11 Oct. 1892
BOX I:A38 REEL 66 Vol. 66, Campaign, 11 Oct. 1892-6 Feb. 1893
Vol. 67, Private, Feb. 1893
Vol. 68, Private, Nov. 1890-Oct. 1893
BOX I:A39 Vol. 69, Office, 9 Apr. 1892-26 May 1894
BOX I:A40 REEL 67 Unnumbered
4 Oct. 1893-22 July 1895
BOX I:A41 REEL 68 22 July 1895-3 Feb. 1896
BOX I:A42 REEL 68-69 3 Feb.-19 Oct. 1896
BOX I:A43 REEL 70 20 Oct. 1896-24 July 1897
BOX I:A44 REEL 71-72 12 June 1897-15 Apr. 1898
BOX I:A45 REEL 73 Apr.-Dec. 1898
BOX I:A46 REEL 74 25 Sept.-14 Dec. 1898 (Spanish-American War peace conference)
BOX I:A47 REEL 75 Peace treaty, bound pamphlets, and correspondence
BOX I:A48 REEL 76-78* Apr. 1899-May 1900
*The letterbook dated Dec. 18, 1899-May 1, 1900, which is Vol. III in Container A48 was not filmed. The letterbook dated Sept. 1-Dec. 31, 1900, which is Vol. II in Container A49, appears on Reels 78, 80, and 81, where it is designated as Container 48, Vol. III, Container 49, Vol. II, and Container 49, Vol. III, respectively.
BOX I:A49 REEL 79-81 May-Dec. 1900
BOX I:A50 REEL 83-84 Jan.-Dec. 1901
BOX I:A51 REEL 85-87 Jan.-9 Aug. 1902
BOX I:A52 REEL 88 10 Aug. 1902-5 June 1903
BOX I:A53 REEL 89-90 6 June 1903-20 Feb. 1904
BOX I:A54 REEL 91-92 26 Feb.-14 Nov. 1904
BOX I:A55 REEL 93-94 14 Nov. 1904-24 May 1905
BOX I:A56 REEL 95-96 June-Dec. 1905
BOX I:A57 REEL 97-98 Jan.-June 1906
BOX I:A58 REEL 99-100 July-Dec. 1906
BOX I:A59 REEL 101-102 Jan.-June 1907
BOX I:A60 REEL 103-104 July-Dec. 1907
BOX I:A61 REEL 105-106 Jan.-June 1908
BOX I:A62 REEL 107 July-Dec. 1908
BOX I:A63 REEL 108 Jan.-June 1909
BOX I:A64 REEL 109 July-Dec. 1909
BOX I:A65 REEL 110 Jan.-May 1910
BOX I:A66 REEL 111-112 June-Dec. 1910
BOX I:A67 REEL 113-114 Jan.-July 1911
BOX I:A68 REEL 115-116 Aug. 1911-Mar. 1912
BOX I:A69 REEL 117-118 Apr.- Dec. 1912
BOX I:A70-A184 REEL 119-193 General Correspondence, 1853-1946
Letters received and sent.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically therein. Indexed in an appendix to the finding aid.
An index of correspondents is available in the Manuscript Reading Room and online as a PDF document.
BOX I:A70 REEL 119 “A” miscellaneous
BOX I:A71-78 REEL 120-127 “B” miscellaneous
BOX I:A79-84 REEL 128-133 “C” miscellaneous
BOX I:A85-87 REEL 134-136 “D” miscellaneous
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