Brand Whitlock papers

LC control no.	mm 78045435
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. » More like this
Main title	Brand Whitlock papers, circa 1890-1934.
Description	40,000 items. 168 containers plus 3 oversize. 29 microfilm reels. 65.4 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	Arranged in 15 series. Series 1: Journals, 1914-1934; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1893-1934; Series 3: Letterbooks, 1906-1913; Series 4: Family Correspondence, 1894-1934; Series 5: Miscellaneous Correspondence; Series 6: Subject File, circa 1890-1922; Series 7: Speeches and Addresses, 1893-1924; Series 8: Literary File, circa 1895-1933; Series 9: Biographer's Notes; Series 10: Scrapbooks, 1889-1934; Series 11: Photographs; Series 12: Printed Matter; Series 13: Financial Records; Series 14: Memorabilia; and Series 15: Oversize.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Author, lawyer, diplomat, and mayor of Toledo.
Summary	Correspondence; diaries; journals; speeches; addresses; manuscripts of novels, short stories, and other works; literary notes; reviews; biographical material; financial records; scrapbooks; clippings; printed matter; memorabilia; photographs; and other papers relating chiefly to Whitlock's career as a writer, diplomat, and politician. Documents Whitlock's interest in civic progress, municipal administration, improved methods in law enforcement, and conditions in Belgium during World War I, with emphasis on American relief work. Includes Whitlock's journal of a visit by the King and Queen of Belgium to America (1919). Correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, Nicholas Murray Butler, George Creel, Clarence Darrow, Hamlin Garland, Norman Hapgood, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, William Dean Howells, Tom Loftin Johnson, Albert Bigelow Paine, Louis F. Post, Lincoln Steffens, and Owen Wister.
Notes	Collection material in English, with French and German. MSS45435
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011163>
Acquisition source	Gift, Mrs. Brand Whitlock, 1936-1938. Gift, James L. Brainerd, 1948. Gift, Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1984.
Additional formats	Microfilm edition of a portion of the collection available, no. 20,471. Microfilm produced by Library of Congress Photoduplication Service from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Subjects	Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1875-1934. » More like this Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937--Correspondence. » More like this Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947--Correspondence. » More like this Creel, George, 1876-1953--Correspondence. » More like this Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938--Correspondence. » More like this Elisabeth, Queen, consort of Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1876-1965. » More like this Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940--Correspondence. » More like this Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937--Correspondence. » More like this Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence. » More like this House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938--Correspondence. » More like this Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920--Correspondence. » More like this Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911--Correspondence. » More like this Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937--Correspondence. » More like this Post, Louis F. (Louis Freeland), 1849-1928--Correspondence. » More like this Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936--Correspondence. » More like this Wister, Owen, 1860-1938--Correspondence. » More like this Civic improvement. » More like this Law enforcement. » More like this Municipal government. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Belgium. » More like this Belgium--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Ohio--Politics and government. » More like this Toledo (Ohio)--Politics and government. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Belgium. » More like this Authors. Diplomats. Lawyers. Mayors--Ohio--Toledo.
Local shelving no.	0555F Oversize 0114N Microfilm 20,471-29N
Language code	eng fre ger
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.ms011163> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011163.3>