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Henry Cabot Lodge Collection: Finding Aid http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hm5fk8 No online items Henry Cabot Lodge Collection: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson, July 8, 2010. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2010 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Henry Cabot Lodge Collection: mssHM 73270-73569 1 Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: Henry Cabot Lodge Collection Dates (inclusive): 1871-1925 Collection Number: mssHM 73270-73569 Creator: Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924. Extent: 300 pieces in 6 boxes Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection consists of correspondence and a small amount of printed ephemera of American statesman Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924). The majority of the letters are by Lodge; these include a very small number of personal letters but are mainly letters by Lodge to other political leaders of the time or to his Massachusetts constituents. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Henry Cabot Lodge Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Gift of John A. Schutz, May, 5, 2006. Cataloging Decision A large number of the letters and ephemera were originally pasted down or mounted into albums by previous owners. The letters and ephemera, in most cases, have been removed from the original pages and mountings; but, some evidence of the original locations (old glue, tabs, etc.) remain on the letters. It was decided that, unless it was a paper mounted letter, this original evidence would not be noted on the folders. Biographical Note on John Schutz John A. Schutz (1919-2005), was a professor, author and long-time Huntington Library reader in colonial American history. Schutz began his teaching career in 1945 at the California Institute of Technology, followed by Whittier College, and, from 1965 to 1991, at the University of Southern California. After Schutz's death, the material he had collected over the years was donated to the Huntington Library, on May 5, 2006, as part of the John A. Schutz Bequest. The Bequest included the William Ewart Gladstone Collection, Henry Cabot Lodge Collection, and the John A. Schutz Miscellany Collection. Biographical Note on Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge, American statesman, Republican political leader, author and historian; he was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 12, 1850, a member of the influential New England Lodge and Cabot families. Lodge attended Harvard College, eventually graduating with a Ph.D. in Political Science, he then attended Harvard Law School from which he graduated in 1874. Lodge was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1880-1881, then served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1893, and in the Senate from 1893 to 1924; he is credited with being the first (unofficial) Senate Majority Leader from 1920 to 1924. He suffered a severe stroke on November 8, 1924, and died four days later at the age of 74. Bibliography Garraty, John A. Henry Cabot Lodge: A Biography (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953). Lodge, Henry Cabot. Early Memories (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1913). Henry Cabot Lodge Collection: mssHM 73270-73569 2 Finding Aid Schriftgiesser, Karl. The Gentleman from Massachusetts: Henry Cabot Lodge (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1944). Zimmermann, Warren. First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country A World Power (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002). Scope and Content This collection consists entirely of correspondence and a small amount of printed ephemera of Henry Cabot Lodge. The papers consist of the following series: 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-6) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes a small number of letters by other authors, including Anna J. Bird, William Cooper Hunneman, Carl A. Loeffler, Elihu Root and William Howard Taft. The majority of the letters in the collection are by Henry Cabot Lodge; these include a very small number of personal letters but are mainly letters by Lodge to other political leaders of the time or to his Massachusetts constituents. The political letters deal with the important people or topics of the time: Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, the Spanish-American War, World War I, the League of Nations and Paris Peace Conference, as well as Women’s Suffrage. The letters to his constituents often deal with more local Massachusetts issues and concerns, or are requests for Lodge to use his political power to help them obtain a job or another politician’s favor. 2. Ephemera (Box 6) is arranged by subject and type of material. This series is mainly printed material, as well as a small number of autograph notes by Lodge. Arrangement Organized in the following manner: 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-6); 2. Ephemera (Box 6); arranged alphabetically. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects Cabot, George, 1752-1823. Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 -- Archives. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) North American review. Treaty of Versailles (1919) League of Nations -- United States. Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- 20th century. Forms/Genres Business letters -- United States -- 19th century. Business letters -- United States -- 20th century. Ephemera -- United States -- 19th century. Ephemera -- United States -- 20th century. Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century. Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century. Additional Contributors Bird, Anna J., b. 1855. Hunneman, William Cooper. Loeffler, Carl A. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. • American Constitutional League of New York. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Henry S. Carr, (1918, Oct. 8). HM 73305. Henry Cabot Lodge Collection: mssHM 73270-73569 3 Finding Aid • Arbitration Treaty. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Robert Treat Paine, 1835-1910, (1897, Jan. 16). HM 73475. • Armenia -- History -- 1900-1923. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to George L. Paine, (1922, June 1). HM 73472. • Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, Earl of, 1848-1930. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to [Mr.] C---- H---- Dalton, (1903, Nov. 23). HM 73321. • Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Clarence Walworth Alvord, 1868-1928, (1919, Jan. 7). HM 73281. • Cabot, George, 1752-1823. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to [Miss] ----- Lowell, (1876, Apr. 9). HM 73440. • Cabot, George, 1752-1823. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to John Lowell, 1824- 1897, (1876, Feb. 4). HM 73441. • Cabot, George, 1752-1823. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to [Dear Sir], (1879, Feb. 8). HM 73506. • Chamberlain, Frederick Carleton. The Philippine Problem, 1898-1913. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Little, Brown and Company, (1913, Apr. 28). HM 73433. • Conference on the Limitations of Armament (1921-1922 : Washington, D.C.). In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Alfred C. (Alfred Church) Lane, b. 1863, (1921, Nov. 17). HM 73423. • Copyright -- United States. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letters to Robert Underwood Johnson, 1853-1937, (1922-1923). HM 73414-73415. • Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letters to Carl A. Loeffler, (1923). HM 73436-73438. • Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923. In [Carl A. Loeffler], letters to Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, (1923). HM 73564-73565. • Emigration and immigration -- United States. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to William Cooper Hunneman, (1914, Mar. 16). HM 73402. • Emigration and immigration -- United States. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Eben Putnam, (1924, Apr. 3). HM 73488. • Emigration and immigration -- United States. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Walter L. Spaulding, (1914, Jan. 27). HM 73522. • Fryatt, Charles Algernon, d. 1916. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Denys P. (Denys Peter) Myers, b. 1884, (1916, Nov. 3). HM 73465. • Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount, 1862-1933. Recreation. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to [Houghton Mifflin and Company], (1923, Dec. 31). HM 73394. • Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924, letter to Margaretta Farrar-Smith, (1923, Nov. 20). HM 73345. • Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. In Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1924,
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