Elihu Root letters and photographs, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
A small quantity of letters and photographs of American statesman Elihu Root. Letters are brief, and consist mainly of letters of introduction or acknowledgment. Photographs are formal portraits or shots staged for press purposes.
Elihu Root (1845-1937) was United States Secretary of War from 1899 to 1904.
A small quantity of letters and photographs of American statesman Elihu Root. Letters are brief, and consist mainly of letters of introduction or acknowledgment. Photographs are formal portraits or shots staged for press purposes.
Some material was originally received as part of the Ford collection.
John Pierpont Morgan, with additional gifts, purchase, and transfers.
Compiled by Kit Messick, 2014