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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78045435
Collection material in English, with some French and German
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 Brand Whitlock, author, lawyer, diplomat, and mayor of Toledo, Ohio, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Ella Brainard Whitlock, from 1936 to 1938. Additional items were given by James L. Brainerd in 1948 and by the Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Ill., in 1984.
The collection was processed in 1956 and expanded circa 1985. The finding aid was revised in 2011. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Brand Whitlock is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Brand Whitlock 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 negative microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on twenty-nine reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Brand Whitlock Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Brand Whitlock (1869-1934) span the years circa 1890-1934 and relate to Whitlock's career in writings, politics and diplomacy. The collection contains a wide variety of material and is organized into fifteen series: Journals , General Correspondence , Letterbooks , Family Correspondence , Miscellaneous Correspondence , Subject File , Speeches and Addresses , Literary File , Biographer's Notes , Scrapbooks , Photographs , Printed Matter , Financial Records , Memorabilia , and Oversize .
Included is a journal begun in July 1914 and apparently kept until May 1934 relating to the German occupation of Belgium in World War I. Parts of the journal are not in the collection, however, including accounts Whitlock may have recorded for some of 1915 and most of 1916-1921.
The correspondence in the Whitlock Papers is large, covering 1893-1934, with the heaviest concentration in the years 1907, 1910, 1913, and 1919. Letterbooks in the collection, which are indexed, span the period 1906-1913 and contain carbons of letters sent. Among the prominent correspondents are Newton Diehl Baker, Nicholas Murray Butler, George Creel, Clarence Darrow, Hamlin Garland, Norman Hapgood, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, William Dean Howells, Tom Loftin Johnson, Albert Bigelow Paine, Louis F. Post, Lincoln Steffens, and Owen Wister.
A Literary File in the collection contains notes and manuscripts of several of Whitlock's writings as well as reviews and comments about him and his work. A Subject File series consists of material relating to Toledo, Ohio, and Belgium, with most headings under Toledo pertaining to city government and reform and the files on Belgium focusing on American relief during the First World War, on conditions relating to the conflict, and on America's entry in the war.
Scrapbooks of clippings in the papers span the years 1889-1934, with the emphasis on the period of Whitlock's mayoralty of Toledo, 1905-1912.
The collection is arranged in fifteen series:
Journals, with volumes missing for 1 Nov. 1915-1 Aug. 1919; 25 Oct. 1919-29 Dec. 1921; and 26 Nov. 1925-17 Nov. 1926.
Arranged chronologically except that a journal of 1919 relating to the tour of the United States by George V, King of Great Britain, and Mary, Queen, consort of George V, is filed at the end.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by month.
Letterbooks of letters sent with indexes.
Arranged chronologically.
Letters of Whitlock's wife and other family members. Letters and telegrams of condolence on Whitlock's death. Also contains correspondence of others concerning Whitlock.
Unarranged correspondence and duplicate letters sent and received.
Organized in separate groups.
File pertaining to Belgium and Toledo, Ohio.
Printed and typewritten speeches and talks.
Arranged chronologically.
Manuscripts of novels and short stories and literary notes, reviews, and comments on Whitlock and his work.
Arranged alphabetically by title of writing.
Correspondence and notes on Whitlock as mayor of Toledo, Ohio, and some notes on the content of the papers.
Arranged by type of material.
Bound volumes of clippings.
Arranged chronologically.
Photographs and illustrated material.
Unsorted.
Foreign and United States newspapers, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, magazines, broadsides concerning the German occupation of Belgium, calling cards, invitations, passes, and post cards.
Much of the material is unsorted.
Receipts, royalty statements, and contracts with publishers.
Unsorted.
Medals, awards, honors, decorations, pins, remembrances, and albums and related matter.
Unsorted.
Souvenir album from Belgium.