Grover Cleveland papers

id
8614
origination
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
date statement
1864-1908
key date
1864
identifier (local_mss)
17893
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 17893
b-number
b19840613
total components
9
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-08-01 21:37:35 UTC
updated
2018-06-05 04:33:47 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"17893", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1864-1908", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1864/1908"}
date_inclusive_start
1864
date_inclusive_end
1908
keydate
1864
unittitle
{"value"=>"Grover Cleveland papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".25 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. The collection consists of presidential papers; correspondence and professional papers; ephemera; photographs; and clippings."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Grover Cleveland Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms, 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Some material in the collection was originally received as part of the Levi P. Morton papers, the Montague collection, and the Ford collection.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of presidential papers; correspondence and professional papers; ephemera; photographs; and clippings.</p> <p>Presidential papers are limited, and document only part of his first term, 1885 to 1886. Present are reports from the Secretary of State and the United States Consul in Switzerland, and messages from Cleveland to Congress. Correspondence and professional papers are also limited, but include a Sheriff's Deed signed by Cleveland in his capacity as Sheriff of Erie County, New York, and a letter confirming his nomination for Governor of New York in 1882, along with Cleveland's letter of acceptance.</p> <p>Photographs, both candid and formal, are of Cleveland and of his wife Frances Folsom (Preston) Cleveland. Also present is a photograph album containing images of Cleveland, members of his family, his homes and haunts, his colleagues, the inauguration of William Mckinley; and an undated tintype.</p> <p>Ephemera includes material from Cleveland's 1885 inaugural ball; a printed pamphlet, \"The Imaginary Conversations of His Excellency and Dan,\" 1888; an 1892 resolution giving him \"Freedom of the City of Detroit;\" and a resolution granting honorary membership in the fraternity of Sigma Chi. Additionally, there is a manuscript poem about fishing written by Cleveland for Dr. John H. Finley in 1902.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Material is arranged by subject.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Various gifts and purchases.</p>"}
physloc
{"value"=>"MssCol 17893", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Kit Messick.</p>"}
extent_statement
.25 linear feet (1 box)
date_start
1864
date_end
1908

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