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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 Solon J. Buck, historian and archivist, were given to the Library of Congress by Buck and his family in 1956-1968.
The collection was processed in 1962 and revised and expanded in 1976. The finding aid was revised in 2010.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Solon J. Buck in these and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of Solon J. Buck 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, Solon J. Buck Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Solon Justus Buck (1884-1962) span the years 1778-1962, with the bulk from 1934 to 1957, and consist mainly of correspondence and related matter concerning Buck's career at the National Archives and Library of Congress. While director of Research at the National Archives, 1935-1941, Buck served also as secretary of the National Historical Publication Commission, delegate to the Eighth International Congress of Historical Science, and chairman of the United States delegation to the Fourteenth International Federation for Documentation. As archivist of the United States he served in 1948 as representative of the United States at the International Conference of Expert Archivists. The papers testify to these activities and to his wide associations in the fields of scholarship and public affairs. The collection is organized in four series: Correspondence and Other Papers, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Miscellany, and Addition.
During his tenure at the National Archives, Buck corresponded with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt as well with President Harry S. Truman. Other correspondents include James Truslow Adams, Charles Austin Beard, Bernard Augustine De Voto, Everett Dimuson, Morris Fishbein, John Donald Hicks, Harold L. Ickes, William L. Langer, Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982), Douglas C. McMurtrie, Arthur M. Schlesinger (1888-1965), and Robert A. Taft. As chief of the Manuscript Division and assistant librarian of the Library of Congress, Buck corresponded with Oscar Handlin, Burl Ives, Herman Kahn (1907-1975), and Samuel Eliot Morison, among others.
The Buck Papers also contain a partial typescript of his unpublished "Bibliography of American Travel and Description, 1750-1830" and correspondence accumulated during its production, miscellaneous professional papers, a volume of letters of appreciation that he received when he retired from the Library of Congress in 1954, and correspondence following his retirement.
The Addition to the collection contains correspondence and related matter, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous material. The transcript of a journal kept by Lucien Cyrus Boynton, 1835-1853, used as a working copy for an article by Buck, provides information about life in New England and Virginia during that period.
The collection is arranged in four series:
Letters received and copies of letters sent, memoranda, financial and business statements, minutes of meetings, reports, speeches and writings, accounts of proceedings, and printed matter.
Organized alphabetically by name of person, organization, or topic, and therein chronologically.
Letters received and copies of letters sent, memoranda, financial and business statements, minutes of meetings, reports, speeches and writings, accounts of proceedings, and printed matter.
Organized alphabetically by name of person, organization, or topic, and therein chronologically.
Letters received and copies of letters sent, memoranda, financial and business statements, minutes of meetings, reports, speeches and writings, accounts of proceedings, and printed matter.
Organized alphabetically by name of person, organization, or topic, and therein chronologically.
Letters received and copies of letters sent and memoranda.
Arranged chronologically.
Notes, reports, correspondence, bibliographies, printed matter, and card files.
Arranged by type of material.
Letters received and copies of letters sent, memoranda, financial and business statements, minutes of meetings, reports, speech and writing material, accounts of proceedings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, organization, or topic, and therein chronologically.
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of speeches and writings, printed matter, and photocopies of Lucien Cyrus Boynton's journal.
Arranged by type of material.
Awards and commendations, printed matter, and photocopies.
Arranged by type of material.