James A. Garfield papers, 1775-1889 (original) (raw)
Collection Summary
| Title | James A. Garfield papers, 1775-1889 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1775-1889 |
| Bulk Dates | 1850-1881 |
| ID No. | MSS291956 |
| Creator | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 |
| Extent | 80,000 items |
| Extent | 462 containers plus 26 oversize |
| Extent | 117.6 linear feet |
| Extent | 177 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.ms008147 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm75021956 |
| Summary | United States president, army officer, lawyer, and educator. Family, personal, and official correspondence including records of Garfield's Civil War military service, diary (1848-1881), speeches and other public statements, legal papers, genealogical material, college notebooks, tributes, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other material relating primarily to Garfield's career and death. |
| Online Content | The James A. Garfield Papers are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000082. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available. |