Detailed Description of The Collection
Series I: Letters and Diary, 1857-1936
Box 1 / Folder 1-12
Typescript copies of letters from Burke A. Hinsdale to James A. Garfield, 1857-1877
Box 2 / Folder 1-3
Typescript copies of letters from Burke A. Hinsdale to James A. Garfield, 1878-1881
Box 2 / Folder 4-12
Photocopies of letters from James A. Garfield to Burke A. Hinsdale, 1857-1872
Box 3 / Folder 1-9
Photocopies of letters from James A. Garfield to Burke A. Hinsdale, 1873-1881
Box 4 / Folder 1
Group of letters from James A. Garfield to Jesse Baldwin, 1866
Box 4 / Folder 1
Letter from James A. Garfield to N. P. Bowler, 1868
Box 4 / Folder 1
Group of letters from James A. Garfield toDavid Fording, 1879-1880
Box 4 / Folder 1
Two copies of a facsimile of a letter from James A. Garfield to Mrs. Eliza Garfield during his last illness, 1881
Box 4 / Folder 1
Letter from James A. Garfield to C. W. Haddock and others, 1880
Box 4 / Folder 1
Letter from James A. Garfield to Captain P. M. Hitchcock, 1866
Box 4 / Folder 1
Group of letters from James A. Garfield to Frederick Kinsman, 1867-1880
Box 4 / Folder 1
Letter from James A. Garfield to O. J. Hodge, 1880
Box 4 / Folder 1
Letter (copy) from James A. Garfield to John Sherman, 1867
Box 4 / Folder 1
A group of envelopes addressed to A. P. Webb, some autographed by James A. Garfield, dates vary
Box 4 / Folder 1
Group of letters from James A. Garfield to Charles Whittlesey, 1860-1880
Box 4 / Folder 1
Letter from James A. Garfield to Ralph Worthington, 1880
Box 4 / Folder 2
Four letters written to James A. Garfield, 1866-1875
Box 4 / Folder 3
Nine letters written by Lucretia Garfield, 1874-1900
Box 4 / Folder 4
Rudolph family letters, written to Eunice Ballard of Hiram, Ohio, 1865-1901
Box 4 / Folder 5
Several miscellaneous letters unrelated to James A. Garfield but formerly included in Garfield items, mainly other correspondence
of N. L. Chaffer, dates vary
Box 4 / Folder 6
Manuscript diary of James A. Garfield, May-August 1873
Box 4 / Folder 7
Petition of the citizens of Conneaut, Ohio, to the United States Secretary of the Treasury concerning the appointment of lighthouse
keeper at Conneaut, recommended by James A. Garfield and others, 1869
Box 4 / Box 1
Box of invitations issued by the officers and trustees of the Western Reserve Historical Society on the opening of Lawnfield,
the home of President and Mrs. James A. Garfield at Mentor, Ohio, as a memorial museum, 1936
Box 10
Oversize package: reprint from the New York Herald of the pretended "Garfield Letter," a letter from General Garfield supposedly
written, December 25, 1879
Series II: Papers Relating to Garfield's Assassination, Death, Funeral, and Cleveland Memorial, 1873-1890
Box 5 / Folder 1
Letter written to John Sherman concerning the condition of President Garfield during his last illness and a bulletin signed
by Dr. Willard Bliss announcing the death of James A. Garfield, 1881
Box 5 / Folder 2
"The Dead President" by Mary Clemens, September 20, 1881
Box 5 / Folder 3
Remarks made by United States Senator Henry E. Burnham of New Hampshire on the death of President James A. Garfield, 1881
Box 5 / Folder 4
Souvenirs of the funeral and memorial services for President James A. Garfield and a number of letters and telegrams from
officials of American cities concerning the funeral, 1881
Box 5 / Folder 5
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Memorial Fun, including the plans for the memorial and leaflets and pamphlets relating
to fundraising occassions, 1882-1890
Box 5 / Folder 6
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Memorial Fund, including a copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Garfield National
Monument Association, 1882
Box 5 / Folder 7
Acknowledgements of invitations to the dedication of the Garfield Memorial in Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, held on
May 30, 1890, 1890
Box 6 / Folder 1
Letters received by General James Barnett, Chairman of the Garfield Monument Committee, relating to Committee business, Cist,
Henry M., 1881-1887
Box 6 / Folder 2
Letters received by General James Barnett, Chairman of the Garfield Monument Committee, relating to Committee business, Corbin,
H. C., 1881-1887
Box 6 / Folder 3
Letters received by General James Barnett, Chairman of the Garfield Monument Committee, relating to Committee business, Endicott,
William H.; Grosvenor, C. H.; Keifer, J. Warren; McCook, A. G.; Nussey, R. D.; and Parkhurst, J. G, 1873-1887
Box 6 / Folder 4
Letters received by General James Barnett, Chairman of the Garfield Monument Committee, relating to Committee business, Robinson,
W. A., 1881-1887
Box 6 / Folder 5
Letters received by General James Barnett, Chairman of the Garfield Monument Committee, relating to Committee business, Ruhm,
John; Sheridan, P. H.; Smith, J. C.; Underwood, A. B.; Ward, J. L. A.; and Wilson, John M., 1880-1888
Box 6 / Folder 6
Letters received by General James Barnett, Chairman of the Garfield Monument Committee, relating to Committee business, miscellaneous,
including one letter from John Sherman, 1882-1887
Series III: Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks, 1877-1882
Box 7
Two scrapbooks, 1880-1881
Box 8
Two scrapbooks, 1881
Box 9
Two scrapbooks, including extracts from The Nation, 1877-1882
Volume 1
Scrapbook, 1881-1881