LIBRARY OF CONGRESS – MANUSCRIPT DIVISION
Manuscript Division, 101 Independence Ave., SE, James Madison Building, LM 101, Washington, D.C. 20540
Entry #1
Author: Hale, Everett, Hill, and Sears Families.
Title: Hale Family Papers, 1698-1916 (bulk 1810-1909).
Description: 7500 items. 34 containers.
Summary: Correspondence, biographical material, business records, writings, legal documents, memorabilia, and genealogies of the Hale, Everett, Hill, and Sears families. Correspondence of Nathan Hale II concerns his business interests, particularly the Boston Daily Advertiser, which he published, Boston & Worcester Railroad, of which he was president, and the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, in which he had a financial interest.
Location: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 101 Independence Ave., SE, James Madison Building, LM 101, Washington, D.C. 20540.
Source: NUCMC/RLG.
Entry #2
Author: Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980.
Title: Papers of William O. Douglas, 1801-1980 (bulk 1923-1975).
Description: 634,000 items. 1783 containers plus 7 oversize plus 1 classified. 715.6 linear feet.
Summary: CLASSIFIED, in part. Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and professor of law. Correspondence, speeches and writings, subject files, Supreme Court files, financial papers, family papers and genealogy, printed material, photographs, and other papers documenting Douglas's legal career, his concern for the environment, and other interests. Supreme Court files (1938-1975) comprise the bulk of the collection; other papers pertain to his career prior to his Supreme Court appointment, particularly as advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Environmental files include material on conservation, C&O Canal, wildlife, preservation of wilderness areas, and pollution of air and water.
Location: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 101 Independence Ave., SE, James Madison Building, LM 101, Washington, D.C. 20540.
Source: NUCMC/RLG.
Entry #3
Author: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
Title: Records of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1828-1830.
Description: 350 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear ft.
Summary: Records concerning loan from Holland.
Location: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 101 Independence Ave., SE, James Madison Building, LM 101, Washington, D.C. 20540.
Source: www.loc.gov.
Entry #4
Author: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
Title: Records of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1836-1840.
Description: 1 v. (59 p.). 1 microfilm reel.
Summary: Copied extracts (1836 June 6 – 1839 May 11) of the meetings of the stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, with Peter Force, mayor of Washington, D.C., presiding as chairman. Includes detailed reports by George C. Washington, president of the company, on the progress of the canal and its financing by the State of Maryland, the Corporation of Washington, the Corporation of Alexandria, and the U.S. Government. Copy certified and sealed (5 Mar. 1840) by John Ingle, clerk.
Location: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 101 Independence Ave., SE, James Madison Building, LM 101, Washington, D.C. 20540.
Source: NUCMC/RLG and www.loc.gov.
Entry #5
Author: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
Title: Records of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1859.
Description: 1 v (119 p.): illus.
Summary: Illustrated memoir of several months working on the C&O Canal. Includes comments on the Maryland countryside, towns, and natural history.
Location: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 101 Independence Ave., SE, James Madison Building, LM 101, Washington, D.C. 20540.
Source: www.loc.gov.
Entry #6
Author: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
Title: Collection, 1830-70.
Description: 16 items.
Summary: 16 items related to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Part of the Library’s Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
Location: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 101 Independence Ave., SE, James Madison Building, LM 101, Washington, D.C. 20540.
Source: www.loc.gov.
|