Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Caleb Cushing papers, circa 1785-1906 |
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Span Dates | circa 1785-1906 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1820-1878) |
ID No. | MSS17509 |
Creator | Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879 |
Language | Collection material in English |
Extent | 120,000 items ; 420 containers plus 4 oversize ; 190 linear feet ; 9 microfilm reels |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | United States cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches, notes, notebooks, legal file, business papers, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, maps, photographs, and other papers reflecting Cushing's role in national and international affairs of the mid-nineteenth century. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000002 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78017509 |