| Inclusive Dates |
1775-1891 |
| Bulk Dates |
1830-1849 |
| ID No. |
MSS36509 |
| Creator |
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849 |
| Extent |
20,500 items |
| Extent |
155 containers plus 20 oversize |
| Extent |
39 linear feet |
| Extent |
67 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.ms009178 |
| LCCN Permalink |
LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm73036509 |
| Summary |
United States president, Speaker of the House and representative from Tennessee, and governor of Tennessee. General correspondence, presidential letterbooks, diaries, account and memorandum books, drafts and copies of speeches and messages, family papers, financial and legal papers, and printed matter relating primarily to Polk's political career in Tennessee and on the national level. |
| Online Content |
The papers of James K. Polk are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000058. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available. |