Union League archives Archives Last updated on January 09, 2012. Union League of Philadelphia 2011.03.01 Union League archives Table of Contents Summary Information....................................................................................................................................4 Biography/History..........................................................................................................................................5 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 5 Administrative Information........................................................................................................................... 6 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................7 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8 Architectural drawings.............................................................................................................................8 Books......................................................................................................................................................69 Broadsides.............................................................................................................................................. 69 Charters.................................................................................................................................................. 70 Cards.......................................................................................................................................................70 Circulars................................................................................................................................................. 70 Clippings................................................................................................................................................ 73 Diaries.................................................................................................................................................. 209 Documents............................................................................................................................................209 Files...................................................................................................................................................... 219 General files.........................................................................................................................................221 Ephemera..............................................................................................................................................221 Invitations.............................................................................................................................................226 Letters...................................................................................................................................................226 Manuscripts.......................................................................................................................................... 239 Memorabilia......................................................................................................................................... 239 Menus...................................................................................................................................................240 Minutes.................................................................................................................................................241 - Page 2 - Union League archives Newspapers.......................................................................................................................................... 280 Notices..................................................................................................................................................280 Pamphlets............................................................................................................................................. 280 Playbills................................................................................................................................................281 Papers................................................................................................................................................... 281 Print, photographic...............................................................................................................................283 Prints and Drawings............................................................................................................................ 284 Publications.......................................................................................................................................... 285 Receipts................................................................................................................................................ 285 Records.................................................................................................................................................286 Reports................................................................................................................................................. 481 Scrapbooks........................................................................................................................................... 482 Slides.................................................................................................................................................... 483 Stock Certificate...................................................................................................................................483 Subscriptions........................................................................................................................................ 483 Tapes.................................................................................................................................................... 483 Telegrams.............................................................................................................................................484 Tickets.................................................................................................................................................. 484 Tracts....................................................................................................................................................485 - Page 3 - Union League archives Summary Information Repository Union League of Philadelphia Creator Union League of Philadelphia. Title Union League archives Call number Archives Date [inclusive] 1833-2010 Extent 1643 items Language English Abstract Founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln, the Union League of Philadelphia laid the philosophical foundation of other Union Leagues across a nation torn by Civil War. From its founding to the present, the League has been a leading civic organization and has played an important role in the history of our country and the City of Philadelphia. Over the past 150 years, this service has ranged from raising troops during the Civil War and lobbying for enforcement of the “freedom” amendments during Reconstruction, to feeding the hungry during the Great Depression, to finding jobs for returning veterans after World War II. The Union League archives houses a wide variety of records related to the general administration of the Union League, its mission, building and history. Additionally, researchers will find a small sampling of papers more generally related to the Civil War, including some letters written by Abraham Lincoln. Dating from 1833 to 2010, the collection holds architectural drawings; broadsides, circulars and other ephemera; clippings; correspondence; meeting minutes; photographs and drawings; and annual reports. - Page 4 - Union League archives Biography/History Founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln, the Union League of Philadelphia laid the philosophical foundation of other Union Leagues across a nation torn by Civil War. From its founding to the present, the League has been a leading civic organization and has played an important role in the history of our country and the City of Philadelphia. Over the past 150 years, this service has ranged from raising troops during the Civil War and lobbying for enforcement of the “freedom” amendments during Reconstruction, to feeding the hungry during the Great Depression, to finding jobs for returning veterans after World War II. The Union League has hosted U.S. presidents, heads of state, industrialists, entertainers and visiting dignitaries from around the globe. It has also given loyal support to the American military in each conflict since the Civil War, and continues to be driven by its founding motto, "Love of Country Leads." The classic French Renaissance-styled League building, with its brick and brownstone façade and dramatic twin circular staircases leading to the main entrance on Broad Street, dates to 1865. Additions to the building in the Beaux Arts style, designed