Noble E. Dawson papersUSGPL.NED This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on October 06, 2020. Mississippi State University Libraries P.O. Box 5408 Mississippi State 39762 [email protected] URL: http://library.msstate.edu/specialcollections Noble E. Dawson papersUSGPL.NED Table of Contents Summary Information ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical Note ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Scope and Content Note ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................... 4 Controlled Access Headings ............................................................................................................................... 4 Collection Inventory ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Series 1: Correspondence ................................................................................................................................. 5 Series 2: Transcriptions .................................................................................................................................... 7 Series 3: Ephemera ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Series 4: Bound Materials ................................................................................................................................ 9 - Page 2 - Noble E. Dawson papersUSGPL.NED Summary Information Repository: Mississippi State University Libraries Creator: Dawson, Noble E., -1916 Source: Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902 Source: Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929 Source: Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912 Source: Grant, Jesse Root, 1858-1934 Source: Sartoris, Nellie Grant, 1855-1922 Title: Noble E. Dawson papers ID: USGPL.NED Date [bulk]: 1860-1920 Physical 1 Cubic Feet Description: Language of the English . Material: ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical Note Noble Edmunds Dawson was born in Iowa on March 17, 1843. During the Civil War he served in he 19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, enlisting as a Corporal in July 1862 and mustering out as a Seconf lieutenant in 1865. He was taken prisoner in September 1862 in Atchfalaya, Louisiana and released in July 1865. After the war, he worked as a stenographic reporter for the United States House of Representatives. In 1881, he accompanied former President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia Grant on a business trip to Mexico as a private secretary. Through this relationship he remained in the President's service as a secretary as Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs until the end of his life. Dawson became a lawyer, living in Washington, DC. He was married to Laura G. dawson and they had five children. One of his sons, Claude I. Dawson, joined the Foreign Service as Consul to Mexico, Spain, and Brazil. Dawson died July 8, 1916. - Page 3- Noble E. Dawson papersUSGPL.NED ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Content Note The Noble E. Dawson papers contains correspondence, transcripts, scrapbooks, ephemera, and photographs related to Dawson's position and a transcriber and stenographer for Ulysses S. Grant as Grant was writing his Personal Memoirs. The collection contains correspondence with many members of the Grant family, including Fred Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., Nellie Grant, and Jesse Grant. It also includes correspondence with Robert Todd Lincoln, sculptor Karl Gerhardt, General Grenville Dodge, and many others. Ephemera includes programs from Grant memorials, banquets, and wedding invitations. The materials in this collection range from 1860 to 1920. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Mississippi State University Libraries P.O. Box 5408 Mississippi State 39762 [email protected] URL: http://library.msstate.edu/specialcollections ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Railroads--Mexico • General Grant National Memorial (New York, N.Y.) • Autobiography • Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902 • Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929 • Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912 - Page 4- Noble E. Dawson papersUSGPL.NED • Grant, Jesse Root, 1858-1934 • Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 • Sartoris, Nellie Grant, 1855-1922 Collection Inventory Series 1: Correspondence Title/Description Instances Letter in Shorthand, 1879 box 1 folder 1 Telegraph to Wills, August 30, 1880 box 1 folder 2 Ulysses S. Grant to Robert Todd Lincoln and reply, March 25, box 1 folder 3 1881 Note Robert Todd Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant corresponding with one another on the same sheet of paper. Walker Hearn to Ulysses S. Grant, June 2 1881 box 1 folder 4 W. R. Rawley to Ulysses S. Grant, June 3 1881 box 1 folder 5 John Kilkeny to Ulysses S. Grant, June 4 1881 box 1 folder 6 Ulysses S. Grant to Noble E. Dawson, February 1, 1885 box 1 folder 7 Frederick D. Grant to Karl Gerhardt, April 25, 1885 box 1 folder 8 W. Wayne Vogdes to Noble E. Dawson, July 3, 1885 box 1 folder 9 Josie to Noble E. Dawson, August 10, 1885 box 1 folder 10 Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. to Noble E. Dawson, October 20, 1889 box 1 folder 11 Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. to Noble E. Dawson, October 31, 1889 box 1 folder 12 Frederick D. Grant to Noble E. Dawson, November 17, 1889 box 1 folder 13 Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. to Noble E. Dawson, December 16, 1889 box 1 folder 14 Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. to Noble E. Dawson, March 13, 1890 box 1 folder 15 Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. to Noble E. Dawson, August 31, 1890 box 1 folder 16 Julia Dent Grant to Noble E. Dawson, November 13, 1898 box 1 folder 17 Noble E. Dawson to Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., March 14, 1900 box 1 folder 18 U. E. L. to Noble E. Dawson, February 10, 1902 box 1 folder 19 - Page 5- Noble E. Dawson papersUSGPL.NED Note U. E. L. and Noble E. Dawson corresponding with one another on the same sheet of paper. Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. to Noble E. Dawson, February 22, 1902 box 1 folder 20 The Bowen-Merrill Co. to Noble E. Dawson, December 26, box 1 folder 21 1902 Frederick D. Grant to Noble E. Dawson, December 29, 1902 box 1 folder 22 Mrs. Sartoris to Noble E. Dawson, June 1, 1903 box 1 folder 23 Note Mrs. Sartoris to Noble E. Dawson corresponding with one another on the same sheet of paper. Frederick D. Grant to Noble E. Dawson, March 24, 1904 box 1 folder 24 Note Frederick D. Grant to Noble E. Dawson corresponding with one another on the same sheet of paper. U. E. L. to Nellie G. Sartoris, April 3, 1904 box 1 folder 25 Frederick D. Grant to Noble E. Dawson, January 25, 1905 box 1 folder 26 Frederick D. Grant to Noble E. Dawson, July 18, 1905 box 1 folder 27 Noble E. Dawson to William Jennings Bryan, August 13, 1906 box 1 folder 28 Note Noble E. Dawson and William Jennings Bryan corresponding with one another on the same sheet of paper. Noble E. Dawson to Frederick D. Grant, September 29, 1909 box 1 folder 29 Frederick D. Grant to Noble E. Dawson, October 19, 1909 box 1 folder 30 Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. to Noble E. Dawson, October 19, 1909 box 1 folder 31 Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. to Noble E. Dawson, January 12, 1911 box 1 folder 32 San Diego chamber of Commerce to Noble E. Dawson, box 1 folder 33 January 21, 1911 Telegraph from Elizabeth Grant to Noble E. Dawson, June box 1 folder 34 3-4, 1913 Nellie Grant to Noble E. Dawson, [?] 20, 1919 box 1 folder 35 Elizabeth Grant to Jean Dawson, May 31 box 1 folder 36 Elizabeth Grant to Noble E. Dawson, June 12 box 1 folder 37 - Page 6- Noble E. Dawson papersUSGPL.NED Note The letter cointains other exchanges between Elizabeth Grant and Noble E. Dawson. Elizabeth Grant to Noble E. Dawson, June 21 box 1 folder 38 Elizabeth Grant to Noble Dawson, June 30 box 1 folder 39 Josie to Noble E. Dawson, August 1 box 1 folder 40 Mrs. Karl Gerhardt to Noble E. Dawson, August 19 box 1 folder 41 Mrs. Karl Gerhardt to Noble E. Dawson, August 26 box 1 folder 42 Mrs. Karl Gerhardt to Noble E. Dawson, August box 1 folder 43 Mrs. Karl Gerhardt to Noble E. Dawson, September box 1 folder 44 Health and Costs of Care of Ulysses S. Grant, No Date box 1 folder 45 [Fred] Grant to Noble E. Dawson, No Date box 1 folder 46 Envelope Addressed to Noble E. Dawson, No Date box 1 folder 47 G. M. Dodge to Noble E. Dawson, No Date box 1 folder 48 ^ Return to Table of Contents Series 2: Transcriptions Title/Description Instances Transcript of Speech and Newspaper Clippings, February 10, box 1 folder 49 1892 Transcript of Speech and Newspaper Clippings, February 10, box 1 folder 50 1892 Notebook, October, 1897 box 1 folder 51 Shorthand Notes and Civil War Experiences, 1928 box 1 folder 52 Newspaper Clippings and Shorthand Notes, No Date box 1 folder 53 Notes in Shorthand and Newspaper Clippings, No Date box 1 folder 54 Shorthand Notebook, No Date box 1 folder 55 Notes in Shorthand and Newspaper Clippings, No Date box 1 folder 56 Noble E. Dawson's notes of Ulysses S. Grant's trip to Mexico, box 1 folder 57 No Date ^ Return to Table of Contents Series 3: Ephemera - Page 7- Noble E. Dawson papersUSGPL.NED Title/Description Instances Army of the Cumberland Reunion, November 19, 1897 box 1 folder 58 Envelope and Invitation for Noble