Collection Summary
Carnegie Institution of
Washington Reproductions Collection
1686-1941
(bulk 1686-1812)
1686-1941
(bulk 1686-1812)
MSS74708
Carnegie Institution of
Washington
5,000
items
38 containers
11 linear feet
English
Dutch
Portuguese
Spanish
Danish
Swedish
Collection material in
English,
Dutch,
Portuguese,
Spanish, with
Danish,
Swedish, and other
Scandinavian languages
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Chiefly transcriptions
and copies of documents in foreign archives and personal collections relating
to the history of the United States, especially the early Spanish period and
British ministers to the United States from 1791 to 1812, collected for
publication projects of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Selected Search Terms
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.
People
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.
Philbrick, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1876-1970.
Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913.
White, John, active 1585-1593.
Organizations
Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Subjects
Diplomatic and consular service, British--United States.
Places
Europe--Foreign relations--United States.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
Spain--Colonies--America.
United States--Foreign relations--Europe.
United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Yucatán (Mexico : State)--History.
Provenance
The Carnegie Institution of Washington gave the Reproductions
Collection to the Library of Congress in 1935. It consisted of transcriptions
of documents related to British ministers to the United States from 1791-1806.
Transcriptions of documents and notes from other printing projects, including
Instructions to the British Ministers to the United States,
1791-1812
, by Bernard Mayo (Washington, D.C., 1941) and
Descriptive Catalogue of the Documents relating to the History of
the United States in the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo
General de Indias at Seville
, by Roscoe R. Hill (Washington, D.C., 1916), were added as a gift in
1941. Some items received with this collection were transferred to other
Manuscript Division collections of reproductions from British repositories as
part of the division’s Foreign Copying Program.
Processing History
The records of Carnegie Institution of Washington were arranged and
described in 1990. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Carnegie
Institution of Washington is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States
(Title 17, U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The records of Carnegie Institution of Washington 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.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The papers in the Carnegie Institution of Washington Reproductions
Collection span the years 1686-1941, with the bulk of the items dated from 1686
to 1812. The transcriptions and copies of documents relating to the history of
the United States, especially the early Spanish period and British ministers to
the United States from 1791-1812, were collected for publication projects of
the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Two of the publications were
Descriptive Catalogue of the Documents relating to the History of the United
States in the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo General de
Indias at Seville
, by Roscoe R. Hill (Washington, D.C., 1916) and
Instructions
to the British Ministers to the United States, 1791-1812
, by Bernard Mayo (Washington, D.C., 1941). The material was chiefly
copied from the British Foreign Office and Public Record Office, archives in
the Netherlands and Scandinavian countries, and from the Archivo General de
Indias in Seville, Spain. Included also in the collection are the notes of
Carnegie Institution of Washington members Reuben Gold Thwaites and Francis S.
Philbrick, and material relating to John White (fl. 1585-1593), the first
English artist to visit American, and John C. Calhoun. Subjects also include
European treaties and Yucatan.
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection is organized largely as received by type of project or
material. Some items were
[transferred](transfer01) from these papers to other collections of
British material in the Manuscript Division
Container List
Container
Contents
1
British ministers project
1
Foreign Office 5 and
115
1
Henry Adams transcriptions,
vols. 50, 55, 58, 61-62, 67, 70-71,
1801-1809
1801-1809
(3
folders)
1
List of enclosures
1
Public Record Office
1
1795-1798
1795-1798
(2
folders)
2
1799-1812
1799-1812
(5
folders)
3
Other collections
3
Archivo General de Indias,
Seville, Spain,
1686
1686
3
Sir James Bland Burges Papers,
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Oxford, England,
1792
1792
3
William L. Clements Collection,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.,
1792-1795
1792-1795
3
Dropmore Papers, British
Library, London, England,
1791-1796
1791-1796
3
Margaret Hammond Papers,
1791-1793
1791-1793
3
Stan. V. Henkels (firm)
Collection,
1809
1809
3
Lord Lascelles Collection,
Chesterfield House, London, England,
1817-1823
1817-1823
3
Library of Congress,
1798
1798
3
Thomas Barclay Papers, Maine
Historical Society, Portland, Maine,
1797-1798
1797-1798
3
Edward Stuart Wortley
Collection,
1812
1812
3
Miscellaneous enclosures,
negative photocopies,
1801-1822
1801-1822
3
Bernard Mayo file
3
Index to correspondence, card
file
(2 folders)
3
List of volumes in Charles
Bagot Papers,
undated
undated
4
Memoranda from Ruth Anna Fisher
on letters copied,
1921-1923, undated
1921-1923, undated
4
Instructions to the British Ministers to the United
States,
1791-1812
1791-1812
4
Rough drafts and editor’s
notes
4
1791-1798
1791-1798
(8
folders)
5
1799-1812
1799-1812
(14
folders)
6
Printer’s copy,
undated
undated
(2 folders)
6
Corrected galley proofs,
1941
1941
7
Miscellaneous copies
7
George Berkeley Papers, Toronto
Public Library, Toronto, Canada, selections from B18,
1806-1807
1806-1807
(2 folders)
7
Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada, selections from vols. 52-54 and 385,
1797-1812
1797-1812
7
Public Archives of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, series G, selections from vol. 537,
1799-1800
1799-1800
7
Simcoe, John Graves,
correspondence,
1792-1796
1792-1796
7
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1792-1822
1792-1822
8-11
British ministers project and
other projects
8-11
Documents in foreign archives
relating to the United States, 18th century
8-11
Netherlands
12
Denmark
13-16
Netherlands and Scandinavian
countries
17
Scotland and Scandinavian
countries
18-26
Descriptive Catalogue of the Documents relating to the
History of the United States in the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba deposited in
the Archivo General de Indias at Seville
, plates and negative prints of documents
27
Spanish and Mexican material
relating to the Yucatán, installments 1-33
28-36
European treaties
37
Notes of Reuben Gold Thwaites and
Francis S. Philbrick
38
John White and John C. Calhoun
material
Transfers
Material in the following list was received with this collection, but
has been filed with the Manuscript Division's collection of copies from British
repositories by archival citation. All are selections.
- British Museum Additional Manuscripts, 37293
- Great Britain Public Record Office
- State Papers, foreign, 225
- Admiralty 1: 492-497, 502
- Colonial Office 23, 37, 42, 137, 188, 217
- Foreign Office 4: 10-11, 14-16
- Foreign Office 5: 1, 4-5, 8-10, 13-14, 18, 22, 25, 29, 32,
35, 38, 41-42, 45, 48-49, 52, 74, and 83
- Foreign Office 353