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Waldo Gifford Leland papers, 1844-1966

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BOX 1-4 Diaries and Notebooks, 1895-1960
Miscellaneous notebooks and notes of Leland, followed by intermittent diaries and appointment books. Also diaries of Leland's wife.
Arranged chronologically within the two groupings.
BOX 1 Leland, Waldo Gifford
Miscellaneous notebooks and notes
BOX 2 Diaries and appointment books
1895-1942
BOX 3 1940-1960
BOX 4 Leland, Gertrude Dennis (wife)
BOX 5-14 Family Papers, 1844-1966
Family correspondence, including between Waldo and his wife, and material concerning the family and the settling of family estates. Also includes personal papers of Leland's father, Luther E. Leland, his mother, Nellie M. Gifford Leland, and his sister, Minerva E. Leland.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 5 Correspondence
Chronological
1844-1885
BOX 6 1886-1898
BOX 7 1899-1904
BOX 8 1905-1909
BOX 9 1910-1921
BOX 10 1922-1938
BOX 11 1939-1966
BOX 12 Between Leland and his wife, Gertrude Dennis Leland, 1898-1956
BOX 13 Undated and unidentified
Documents concerning passports of Leland
Medical documents
Material concerning family property
Ancestry
Will, 1928
Estate of Minerva E. Leland (sister)
Estate of Luther E. Leland (father)
BOX 14 Writings, diaries, and other papers of Luther E. Leland, Nellie M. Gifford Leland (mother), and Minerva E. Leland
BOX 15-29 General Correspondence, 1890-1966
Personal and professional correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, with invitations and letters of authorization filed at the end of the series. See also a partial listing of major correspondents in the Appendix.
BOX 15 A-Bl
BOX 16 Boa-Cha
BOX 17 Che-Doysie
BOX 18 Doysie-F1
BOX 19 Fo-Hark
BOX 20 Harr-Jameson
BOX 21 Jameson-Ki
BOX 22 Kl-Man
BOX 23 Mar-Ne
BOX 24 Ni-Pi
BOX 25 Pl-Sa
BOX 26 Sch-Sq
BOX 27 Sta-V
BOX 28 Wa-Z and unidentified
BOX 29 Unidentified
Invitations
Letters of authorization
BOX 30-119 Subject File, 1908-1966.
Correspondence and other material concerning the various organizations, advisory boards, and projects with which Leland was associated.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 30 Advisory Committee on the history of Washington project, 1954-1960
BOX 31 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Council on Education, 1961
American Council of Learned Societies
1919-1929
BOX 32 1928-1958
BOX 33 1959-1966
Miscellaneous
Undated
“The ACLS Executive Offices and the Organization of its Records”
Committee on American Native Languages, 1942-1951
Committee on the Distribution of American Learned Periodicals, 1919-1925
Dictionary of American Biography
1952-1956
BOX 34 1957-1966
Miscellaneous
Publicity
Clippings
American Historical Association, 1957-1963
American Peace Society, 1953-1961
American Philosophical Society
General
Library reports
Membership
BOX 35 Membership
Miscellaneous printed matter
1932-1959
BOX 36 1960-1966
Meetings
Library Bulletin Committee
Laurens papers project
Nominations, committee on
Franklin, Benjamin, papers
Adams papers
Members in Dictionary of American Biography
Undated and unidentified
Clippings
Anglo-American Conference of Historians, 1927, 1931, 1957
Brown University, Providence, R.I.
1912-1936
BOX 37 1935-1953
BOX 38 1954-1965
Brown University Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.
Century Association
Committee for the Recovery of Archaeological Remains, 1947-1965
Copyright
American Council of Learned Societies, copyright, 1954, 1961
Universal Copyright Convention, 1954
General
Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
Admissions, 1915-1954
General
to 1960
BOX 39 1960-1966
Increasing revenues, 1956-1958
Special Committee on Admissions Policies and Procedures, 1953-1954
Revision of Bylaws, 1963-1964
Dante celebration, 3 Oct. 1921
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y., 1938-1947
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, 1962-1964
French libraries
Illinois archives, 1912-1913
International Committee of Historical Sciences
Activities
Addresses
BOX 40 Notes and undated material
Friis, Aage
Dopsch, Alfons
Ford, Guy Stanton
Haskins, Charles H.
Pirenne, Henri
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