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