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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 Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), lawyer, judge, governor of New Hampshire, United States Senator, secretary of the navy, secretary of the treasury, and Supreme Court justice, along with those of his son, Charles Levi Woodbury (1820-1898), lawyer, were presented to the Library of Congress between 1929 and 1972 by Gist Blair, Edith Blair Staton, William E. Smith, Robert S. Pace, and others. The Library also purchased materials 1903-1965.
Material related to the Woodbury family is also included in the Blair Family Papers in the Manuscript Division.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of the Levi Woodbury family in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of the Levi Woodbury family 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.
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on forty-four reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Levi Woodbury Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
(A Genealogical table expressing relationship to Levi Woodbury is also available.)
The Levi Woodbury Family Papers include correspondence, diaries,
speeches and writings, financial and legal papers, genealogical notes, an
autograph collection, scrapbooks, clippings, and other material relating to
The largest segment of the papers is the
General
Correspondence
file. A major portion of the file documents Levi
Woodbury's cabinet service, especially as secretary of the
Correspondence dealing with national politics also figures prominently
in the file. Letters received during Woodbury's cabinet and senatorial years
(circa 1824-1845) concern the presidential elections of 1824 and 1828, the
nomination of
Significant correspondents include
Woodbury's national government service is also documented in
memoranda, notes, reports, and speeches in the
Speeches and
Writings
file; diary entries relating to his years as secretary of the
navy, in the
Journals and
Diaries
file; and in clippings and scrapbooks of clippings in the
Miscellany.
There is relatively little in the papers pertaining to Woodbury's years on the
The
Family
Correspondence
series and the
Family Papers:
Administrative and Financial File
contain material written by or relating
to Woodbury's extended family. The most numerous and important letters in the
Family Correspondence are those exchanged by Woodbury and his wife. Woodbury's
letters, many of which are in draft form, are concerned with personal, family
and political matters and cover much of his courtship and married life. Also
important in these files are letters written by
The
Genealogical
Notes
series consists chiefly of notes on the Woodbury and related
families. Largely the work of
The
Miscellany
series includes an autograph collection compiled by
The papers of
Charles L.
Woodbury
contain his
general
correspondence,
subject
files,
and
speech and
writings files.
Two scrapbooks and clippings associated with
The collection is arranged in nine series:
Journals, diaries, ship logs, and diary notes and reflections. All material is ascribed to Levi Woodbury unless otherwise noted.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Letters sent and received by family members.
Arranged alphabetically by name of family member and thereunder chronologically.
Financial and estate papers, cancelled checks and stubs, account and bank books, contracts, and a deed.
Arranged alphabetically by name of family member and thereunder by type of material.
Chiefly letters received, with copies and letterpress copies of letters sent.
Arranged chronologically with a separate file of letterpress copies.
Autobiographical sketch, compositions, poetry, memoranda, speech drafts and notes, proclamations, reports and analyses, rough notes, statements, extracts from other authors, court dockets, and printed material.
Arranged by type of material and thereunder chronologically.
Letters received and letterpress copies of letters sent.
Arranged chronologically.
Correspondence, notes, legal documents, cancelled checks and stubs, an account book and court dockets.
Arranged by subject and thereunder chronologically.
Chiefly drafts and notes of articles written on various subjects, with printed matter and material written by Montgomery Blair, Woodbury Lowery, and John McG. Woodbury.
Arranged by subject.
Notes relative to the Woodbury, Clapp, and related families, printed pedigree charts, and a published work on the Woodbury family by Robert S. Rantoul.
Arranged alphabetically by family name.
Autograph collection, printed biographical and other material, envelopes, invitations, naval documents, letter fragments, scrapbooks, clippings, appointments and citations, and uncatagorized material.
Arranged by type of material and thereunder chronologically.
Appointments and citations.
Arranged by name and chronologically thereunder.