Series 8: Letterbooks, 1872-1921
Conditions Governing Access
The papers of William H. Taft are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Scope and Content Note
Copies of outgoing letters that in many instances complement the incoming correspondence in other series, particularly in Series 3, the General Correspondence Series. The letterbooks begin with the period of Alphonso Taft's partnership with his sons and end with the period when William H. Taft became chief justice. A few of the letters are illegible or partially illegible.
Dates
- Creation: 1872-1921
Access and Restrictions
The papers of William H. Taft are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically with some overlapping dates within the following groups:
- Alphonso Taft and Sons. 1872-1877
- Volume 1. 1872-1874
- Volume 2. 1874-1876
- Volume 3. 1876-1877
- Solicitor General. 1890-1891
- Philippine Commission. 1900-1903
- Secretary of War Period. 1904-1909
- Personal Letters. 1904-1909
- Semiofficial. 1904-1908
- Presidential Letterbooks. 1909-1913
- Yale Letterbooks, 1913-1921
Container Range
Reel: 462-562
Part of the Manuscript Division Repository
Manuscript Reading Room
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James Madison Building, LM 101
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