Albert Sidney Burleson papers

LC control no.	mm 78014365
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Burleson, Albert Sidney, 1863-1937. » More like this
Main title	Albert Sidney Burleson papers, 1845-1943 (bulk 1902-1943).
Description	13,000 items. 37 containers. 9 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	Arranged in 2 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1845-1943; and Series 2: Miscellany, 1896-1938.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	U.S. representative from Texas, postmaster general in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, and Democratic Party leader.
Summary	Correspondence, memoranda, articles, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Burleson's service as an aide to President Woodrow Wilson, U.S. postmaster general in Wilson's administration, and U.S. representative from Texas. Subjects include the federal takeover of telegraph, telephone, and cable facilities during World War I; wartime censorship; the Treaty of Versailles, 1919; political campaigns from 1894 to 1936; postal rates, parcel post facilities, and air mail service; and agricultural interests of Texas. Includes correspondence and memoranda (1912-1920) of Woodrow Wilson relating, in part, to postmasterships and to his illness in 1919. Burleson's correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, Ray Stannard Baker, Henry Breckinridge, William Jennings Bryan, Newcomb Carlton, George Creel, Josephus Daniels, Thomas Watt Gregory, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, Cordell Hull, William V. Judson, Robert Lansing, W.G. McAdoo, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Daniel C. Roper, and Theodore Newton Vail.
Notes	Collection material in English. MSS14365
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010052>
Acquisition source	Gift, Mrs. Albert Burleson, 1944.
Subjects	Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937--Correspondence. » More like this Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946--Correspondence. » More like this Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960--Correspondence. » More like this Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925--Correspondence. » More like this Carlton, Newcomb, 1869-1953--Correspondence. » More like this Creel, George, 1876-1953--Correspondence. » More like this Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948--Correspondence. » More like this Gregory, Thomas Watt, 1861-1933--Correspondence. » More like this Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence. » More like this House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938--Correspondence. » More like this Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955--Correspondence. » More like this Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923--Correspondence. » More like this Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928--Correspondence. » More like this McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941--Correspondence. » More like this Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence. » More like this Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence. » More like this Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943--Correspondence. » More like this Vail, Theodore Newton, 1845-1920--Correspondence. » More like this Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. » More like this Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence. » More like this United States. Post Office Dept. » More like this Democratic Party (U.S.) » More like this Treaty of Versailles (1919) » More like this Agriculture--Texas. » More like this Air mail service--United States. » More like this Parcel post--United States. » More like this Postal rates--United States. » More like this Postal service--United States. » More like this Presidents--United States--Election. » More like this Telegraph--Law and legislation--United States. » More like this Telephone--Law and legislation--United States. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Censorship--United States. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Communications. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Peace. » More like this Texas--Politics and government. » More like this United States--Politics and government--1901-1953. » More like this Cabinet officers. Representatives, U.S. Congress--Texas.
Local shelving no.	0629H
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010052> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010052.3>