Albert J. Beveridge papers, 1788-1943 (original) (raw)

Collection Summary

Title Albert J. Beveridge papers, 1788-1943
Inclusive Dates 1788-1943
Bulk Dates 1886-1927
ID No. MSS12591
Creator Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927
Extent 98,000 items
Extent 390 containers plus 28 oversize
Extent 167.4 linear feet
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.ms011132
LCCN Permalink LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78012591
Summary United States senator from Indiana, lawyer, historian, and biographer. Correspondence, diary notes, addresses, drafts of writings, research material, records of interviews, printed matter, photographs, and miscellaneous material documenting Beveridge's career from his early law practice in Indiana to his career in the Senate, espousal of the Progressive Party, experience as a war correspondent in Europe, and his later work as historian and biographer. Includes source material used in writing biographies of Abraham Lincoln and John Marshall.