J. Franklin Jameson Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2014 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms014036 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78027649 Prepared by Manuscript Division Staff Revised by Nan Thompson Ernst Collection Summary Title: J. Franklin Jameson Papers Span Dates: 1604-1994 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1900-1930) ID No.: MSS27649 Creator: Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 Extent: 61,000 items ; 206 containers plus 2 oversize ; 40.7 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Historian and librarian. Correspondence, diaries, writings, lecture notes, biographical material, family papers, reports, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Jameson's work as an historian, his role in the founding and early history of the American Historical Association and the American Historical Review, the movement for the establishment of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, the Dictionary of American Biography, and his work as director of the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Adams, Henry, 1838-1918--Correspondence. Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922--Correspondence. Donnan, Elizabeth, 1883-1955, ed. An historian's world; selections from the correspondence of John Franklin Jameson. Donnan, Elizabeth, 1883-1955. Elizabeth Donnan papers. Doysié, Abel, 1886-1973--Correspondence. Farrand, Max, 1869-1945--Correspondence. Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941--Correspondence. Gibbons, James, 1834-1921--Correspondence. Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908--Correspondence. Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943--Correspondence. Hill, Roscoe R., 1880-1960--Correspondence. Jameson family. Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937. Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932--Correspondence. Leland, Waldo Gifford, 1879-1966--Correspondence. McLaughlin, Andrew C. (Andrew Cunningham), 1861-1947--Correspondence. Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937--Correspondence. Stock, Leo Francis, 1878-1954 ed. An historian's world; selections from the correspondence of John Franklin Jameson. Stock, Leo Francis, 1878-1954 ed. Proceedings and debates of the British parliaments respecting North America. Stock, Leo Francis, 1878-1954. Leo Francis Stock papers. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence. Organizations American Council of Learned Societies. American Historical Association. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Historical Research. Great Britain. Parliament. Library of Congress--Officials and employees. United States. National Archives and Records Administration--History. J. Franklin Jameson Papers 2 Subjects Debates and debating--Great Britain. Historians--Correspondence. History--Research. Librarians--Correspondence. Places Great Britain--Colonies--Administration. Great Britain--Colonies--America. United States--Archival resources. Titles American historical review. Dictionary of American biography. Occupations Historians. Librarians. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of John Franklin Jameson, historian and librarian, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1935 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Numerous gifts, deposits, and transfers from various sources have been added to the collection from 1937 to 2004. Processing History The papers of J. Franklin Jameson were described in 1957. Additions were made in 1989, 2003, and 2004. The finding aid was revised in 2014. Transfers Some photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as a part of these papers. Copyright Status The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of J. Franklin Jameson is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Access and Restrictions The papers of J. Franklin Jameson are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, J. Franklin Jameson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1859, Sept. 19 Born, Somerville, Mass. 1879 B.A., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. J. Franklin Jameson Papers 3 1879-1880 Teacher, Worcester High School, Worcester, Mass. 1882 Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. (first Ph.D. in history awarded by Johns Hopkins) 1882-1888 Assistant and associate professor of history, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 1884 Co-founded the American Historical Association 1887 Published William Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies. New York: Putnam's 1888-1901 Professor of history, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 1889 Edited Essays in the Constitutional History of the United States in the Formative Period, 1775-1789. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1891 Published The History of Historical Writing in America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1893 Married Sara Elizabeth Elwell 1894 Published Dictionary of United States History, 1492-1894. Boston: Puritan Publishing Co. 1895-1901 First managing editor, American Historical Review 1895-1899 Chairman, Historical Manuscripts Commission, American Historical Association 1900 Edited Correspondence of John C. Calhoun, vol. 2 of American Historical Association's Annual Report of 1899. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1901-1905 Chairman, history department, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1905-1928 Director, Department of Historical Research, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. 1905-1928 Managing editor, American Historical Review 1906-1917 Editor, Original Narratives of Early American History, vols. 1-19. New York: Scribners 1907 President, American Historical Association 1923 Editor, Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period. New York: Macmillan 1926 Published The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press 1928-1937 Chief, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 1937, Sept. 28 Died, Washington, D.C. J. Franklin Jameson Papers 4 Scope and Content Note The papers of John Franklin Jameson (1859-1937) span the years 1604-1994, with the bulk of the material dating from 1900 to 1930. The papers are organized into nine series: Diaries, Family Papers, General Correspondence, Personal Miscellany, Office Files, Biographer's Papers, Miscellany, Additions, and Oversize. The papers include personal, family, and professional material. There are some papers relating to Jameson's academic careers at Brown University and the University of Chicago, but most concern his achievements in the establishment and early existence of institutions that helped to professionalize the field of American history in the twentieth century. These include the American Historical Association, American Historical Review, United States National Archives and Records Administration, and the Dictionary of American Biography. The largest portion of the papers consist of Jameson's files as director of the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (1905-1928). Also in the papers are guides to and copying of material pertaining to American history in foreign repositories and files kept by Leo Francis Stock for the publication of Proceedings and Debates of the British Parliaments respecting North America. The following note by John Beverley Riggs, written in 1956, pertains primarily to the Office Files of the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. REPORT ON THE PAPERS OF J. FRANKLIN JAMESON At the request of officials of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the following report on the files of the Department of Historical Research is submitted. With the attached inventory, it forms a record memorandum of materials which are being transferred to the Division of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress, under a special instrument of gift. These files contain the official record of the Department of Historical Research (originally created as the Bureau of Historical Research on February 18, 1903). Besides the correspondence of Andrew C. McLaughlin, its first director (October 1, 1903-October 1905), and his successor, John Franklin Jameson (October 1905-June 1928), they contain a substantial body of material that antedates the existence of the Carnegie Institution itself. The pattern of the files indicates that much of this earlier material was interfiled when Jameson succeeded to the directorship 1905. Possibly as a matter of convenience in conducting his own correspondence, Jameson blended his files (particularly those for his years at Brown University and at the University of Chicago) with that which McLaughlin had left by