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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78016949
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of George B. Cortelyou, public official and presidential secretary, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1942 by his wife, Lily Hinds Cortelyou, and son, George B. Cortelyou, Jr., and converted to a gift in 1966 by various members of the Cortelyou family. An addition to the papers was given by George B. Cortelyou, Jr., in 1966, and other material was added in 1967 and 1973.
The papers of George B. Cortelyou were arranged and described in 1967. The collection was expanded and revised in 1973. The finding aid was revised in 1982 and 2011.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of George B. Cortelyou is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of George B. Cortelyou 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.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, George B. Cortelyou Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Part I of the papers of George Bruce Cortelyou (1862-1940) spans the years 1891-1941, with the bulk of the material dating from 1901 to 1908. The material consists of correspondence, letterpress copybooks, memoranda, and printed matter and is organized into the following series: Letterbooks , General Correspondence , Political Correspondence , Executive File , Subject File , and Miscellany .
The Letterbooks , General Correspondence , and Political Correspondence series contain a few family letters, but relate mainly to the administration of the government departments that Cortelyou headed and to his role as chairman of the Republican National Committee in the presidential campaign of 1904. Politics, political appointments, and personal business affairs are other subjects of the correspondence series. The Executive File contains a great number of letters to or from Theodore Roosevelt and his secretary, William Loeb (1866-1937). The Subject File is principally composed of material assembled for a projected biography of William McKinley.
Principal correspondents in Part I include James Sullivan Clarkson, Charles Gates Dawes, Elmer Dover, Harry S. New, Thomas Collier Platt, and Nathan Bay Scott. Among other prominent correspondents are Alvey A. Adee, Robert Low Bacon, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Cornelius Newton Bliss, Edward William Bok, Charles J. Bonaparte, Nicholas Murray Butler, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Andrew Carnegie, William R. Day, Charles W. Fairbanks, John H. Finley, Moreton Frewen, Richard Watson Gilder, John Hay, Frank H. Hitchcock, Henry Cabot Lodge, Ida Saxton McKinley, James Clark McReynolds, Victor Howard Metcalf, William H. Moody, Henry C. Payne, Jacob A. Riis, Elihu Root, Leslie M. Shaw, Charles Emory Smith, Oscar S. Straus, and William H. Taft.
Part II of the Cortelyou Papers spans the period from 1871-1948, with the material chiefly dating from 1897 to 1902. Part II is organized into the following series: Diaries , Correspondence , Subject File , and Miscellany . Correspondence contains some Cortelyou family correspondence, but more of the letters and memoranda pertain to McKinley's presidential administration. The series includes letters sent and received by McKinley as well as a few items of the presidential correspondence of Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. The bulk of the material in the Subject File concerns the Spanish-American War and related events, although files relating to the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, assassination plots against President McKinley, and presidential protection are also included. Financial ledgers of both Cortelyou and McKinley, press clippings, invitations, and other printed matter are in Miscellany . Significant correspondents include Alvey A. Adee, Andrew Carnegie, William R. Day, Mark Alonzo Hanna, John Hay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), Ida Saxton McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and John Sherman.
This collection is arranged in ten series:
Part I:
Part II:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78016949
Twelve volumes, indexed, of copies of letters sent.
Arranged chronologically.
Letters received and copies of letters sent.
Arranged chronologically in groups of years and therein alphabetically.
Letters received and copies of replies as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Arranged alphabetically.
Presidential correspondence, memoranda and executive orders relating to the White House and the Executive Office, bulletins, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged by type of material or name of person or office.
Correspondence, memoranda, letterbooks, printed matter, press clippings and releases, photographs, reports, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by subject, organization, or type of material.
Receipts, notebooks, photographs, press clippings, cards, printed matter, and a letter written by Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Organized by type of material.
Diaries of Cortelyou, 1897-1901, and engagement books containing records of William McKinley's appointments, 1899-1900.
Arranged by diaries and engagement books and therein chronologically.
Family correspondence, general correspondence, transcriptions, shorthand notes, and telephone messages.
Arranged by type of communication, transcription, or notes.
Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, press clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged by subject and therein chronologically.
Correspondence, financial records, letterbook, notebook, estate papers of William McKinley, press clippings, invitations and calling cards, photographs, and printed matter.
Organized by subject or type of material.