Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Breckinridge family papers, 1752-1965 |
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Dates | 1752-1965 |
ID No. | MSS13698 |
Creator | Breckinridge family |
Extent | 205,000 items ; 871 containers plus 2 oversize ; 263 linear feet ; 37 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Family prominent in Kentucky and national politics and government. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and articles, subject files, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, and other papers of various members of the Breckinridge family. The bulk of the collection is composed of the papers of John Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, John Cabell Breckinridge, William C. P. Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Mary Desha, Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Madeline (McDowell) Breckinridge, and Henry Breckinridge. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997003 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79013698 |