Guide to the Gail And Stephen Rudin American Presidential Collection,
1860-2009.

Collection Number: 6844

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
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Date completed:
May 2009
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, May 2009
Evan Earle, October 2009
Date modified:
RMC Staff, October 2012

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Gail and Stephen Rudin American presidential collection, 1860-2009.
Collection Number:
6844
Creator:
Stephen, Rudin
Quantity:
6 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Memorabilia, Newspapers, Printed Materials
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Historical letters, documents and ephemera relating to American presidential campaigns from Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Historical letters, documents and ephemera relating to American presidential campaigns from Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama. Newspapers include issues of the New York Times from Nov. 23-26, 1963, focusing on the assassination of President Kennedy and its aftermath.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Rudin, Stephen,
Kennedy, John F. -- (John Fitzgerald), -- 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Other Presidential letters can be found in the Frank Thilly Papers, #14-21-623, Wilson, Taft; Johnson family papers, #4928, Adams; Jared Sparks Collection of Autographs, #4600 Bd. Ms. 548 ++, Washington.
Cite As:
Gail and Stephen Rudin American presidential collection, #6844. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Abraham Lincoln
Documents
Letters, Envelopes, and Postcards
Ribbons, Badges, Medals, and Tokens
Songs
Miscellaneous Objects
Newspapers

Series II. Other U.S. Presidents (alphabetic)


CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
5/22/1849
Lincoln, Abraham
Office held: As U.S. Representative from Illinois
Physical description: Bound volume
Lincoln's patent to lift boats over shoals, written while Lincoln served as a representative in the Illinois legislature. See separated materials below.
Rudin # L-1
September 26, 1862
Lincoln, Abraham
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington D.C.
Box 1 Folder 1
1 page
General Orders No. 141: Suspension of Habeas Corpus.
Rudin # L-1C
April 16, 1863
Lincoln, Abraham
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington D.C.
Box 1 Folder 2
1 page
General Orders No. 89: Dishonorable dismissal of Lt. J.M. Garland.
Rudin # L-1B
July 31, 1863
Lincoln, Abraham
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington D.C.
Box 1 Folder 3
1 page
General Orders No. 252: Order threatening the execution of prisoners.
Rudin # L-1D
April 16, 17, 1865
Meade, Gen. George and Ruggles, Gen. George
Writer's location: Headquarters of the Army of the Potomoc
Box 1 Folder 4
2 pages
General Orders No. 15 and No. 16: Announcements of Lincoln's death and the details of official mourning ceremonies.
Rudin # L-1A
1860
Envelope
Box 1 Folder 5
Envelope advertising the Lincoln-Hamlin campaign of 1860, depicting beardless Lincoln splitting rails.
Rudin # L-4A
February 27, 1861
Parks, Samuel C.
Writer's location: Lincoln, Illinois
Addressee: Robert B. Lantham
Box 1 Folder 6
1 page
Letter describing Lincoln's nighttime trip into Washington to avoid assassination after his election. Sent from Lincoln, Ill.
Rudin # L-2B
September 4, 1863
"William"
Writer's location: Metropolitan Hotel, Washington D.C.
Addressee: My dear Mother
Box 1 Folder 7
4 pages
Letter describing a visit with Lincoln in the Oval Office.
Rudin # L-2
1864
Envelope
Box 1 Folder 8
Envelope advertising the Lincoln-Johnson campaign of 1864, with jugate images of candidates in profile.
Rudin # L-4B
between 1861 and 1865
Envelopes
Box 1 Folder 9
5 envelopes
Series of envelopes with political cartoons of Lincoln and Jefferson Davis fighting a boxing match.
Rudin # L-4E
between 1861 and 1865
Postcards
Box 1 Folder 10
19 postcards
Postcards depicting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Rudin # L-5
between 1861 and 1865
Postcards
Box 1 Folder 11
3 postcards
Postcards related to the Gettysburg Address.
Rudin # L-5A
between 1861 and 1865
Envelope
Box 1 Folder 12
Civil War envelope, depicting a hand-colored image of beardless Lincoln.
Rudin # L-4C
1865
Envelope
Box 1 Folder 13
Envelope for 1860 campaign, depicting beardless Lincoln and topped with a liberty cap between flags.
Rudin # L-4D
April 17, 1865
Leaming, James
Writer's location: Bridgeton, N.J.
Addressee: Reuben Learning (writer's brother)
Box 1 Folder 14
4 pages
Letter discussing the death of Lincoln and what it means to the country. Sent from Bridgeton, N.J.
Rudin # L-2C
April 17, 21, 1865
"James"
Addressee: My dear Wife
Box 1 Folder 15
2 letters, 4 pages total
Letters giving first-hand accounts of events just after Lincoln's assassination.
Rudin # L-2A
May 31, 1865
Envelope
Writer's location: Cincinnati, OH
Addressee: James G. Barnwell
Box 1 Folder 16
Envelope printed with mourning cover and portrait in honor of Lincoln's death.
Rudin # L-4
Postcards
Box 1 Folder 17
7 postcards
Postcards related to Lincoln's assassination.
Rudin # L-5B
Postcards
Box 1 Folder 18
30 postcards
Postcards depicting busts, statues, and monuments of Lincoln.
Rudin # L-5C
96 postcards
Box 8 Folder 12-13
Postcards of Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, and various scenes.
1860
Ribbon
Box 1 Folder 19
Ribbon advertising the 1860 Lincoln-Hamlin campaign.
Rudin # L-6
1864
Token and ribbon
Box 1 Folder 20
Artifacts promoting Lincoln's 1864 campaign.
Rudin # L-6A
1864
Badge
Box 1 Folder 21
Badge with Lincoln's portrait promoting his 1864 campaign.
Rudin # L-6B
1865
Ribbon
Box 21
Framed
Ribbon worn after Lincoln's assassination.
Rudin # L-6C
1865
Ribbon
Box 1 Folder 22
Mourning ribbon reading, "In Memoriam - Our Country's Martyr," worn after Lincoln's assassination.
Rudin # L-6D
1865
Badge
Box 1 Folder 23
Mourning ribbon reading, "In Memory of Abraham Lincoln - Died April 15, 1865."
Rudin # L-6E
1865
Ribbon
Box 1 Folder 24
Mourning ribbon reading, "True in Life, True in Death - Our Country Mourns the Loss of her Best Son."
Rudin # L-6F
1864
Medal
Box 1 Folder 25
Medal advertising the Lincoln-Johnson campaign of 1864, with jugate images of candidates in profile.
Rudin # L-7
1860
Tokens
Box 1 Folder 26
2 tokens
Campaign tokens advertising Lincoln's 1860 candidacy.
Rudin # L-7A
1965
Two key chains
Box 8 Folder 14
Two bicentennial memorial key chains.
between 1860 and 1864
Song sheet
Box 10
Song sheet printed with lyrics to "Abe Lincoln's Union Wagon," by C. Magnus.
Rudin # L-8
1860
Songbook
Box 2 Folder 1
Paper booklet
Campaign songbook entitled, "The Wide-Awake Vocalist; or, Rail Splitter's Song Book."
Rudin # L-8C
1865
Song sheet
Box 2 Folder 2
Song sheet printed with lyrics to "The Nation Mourns."
Rudin # L-8A
1865
Song sheet
Box 10 Folder 2
Song sheet printed with lyrics to "President Lincoln's Funeral March."
Rudin # L-8B
1865
Song sheet
Box 10 Folder 1
Song sheet printed with lyrics to "Rest Noble Chieftain - Song on the Death of Abraham Lincoln."
Rudin # L-8D
20th and 21st century
Coins
Box 14
One penny in plastic enclosure; canvas bag of assorted other pennies.
Lincoln penny from 1909 with sculptor's initials, V.D.B., plus a one-pound bag of assorted Lincoln pennies.
Rudin # L-9
1860
Ballot
Box 2 Folder 3
1 document
Ballot from the 1860 election.
Rudin # L-10
November 8, 1864
Ballot
Box 2 Folder 4
1 document
Ballot from the 1864 election.
Rudin # L-10A
February 9, 1864
Carte de Visite
Box 2 Folder 5
1 card
Visiting card with Matthew Brady's photograph of Lincoln later used for the image on the penny.
Rudin # L-10J
March 4, 1865
Invitation
Box 2 Folder 6
1 document
Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson inaugural ball.
Rudin # L-10B
April 19, 1865
Order of Funeral Procession
Box 2 Folder 7
1 sheet
Booklet describing the order and customs for Lincoln's funeral procession.
Rudin # L-10F
April 23, 1865
Carte de Visite
Box 2 Folder 8
1 card
Visiting card depicting Lincoln's funeral procession in Philadelphia.
Rudin # L-10G
April 25, 1865
Stationary
Box 2 Folder 9
1 sheet
Stationary with tinted letterhead depicting Lincoln's funeral procession in New York.
Rudin # L-10H
1865
Stereoview
Box 2 Folder 10
1 card
Stereoview of Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
Rudin # L-10D
1865
Stereoview
Box 2 Folder 11
1 card
Stereoview of the Customs House in Boston, Mass., displaying mourning drape after Lincoln's death.
Rudin # L-
Rudin # L-10E
Dish
Box 18
A milk glass souvenir dish with a split-rail pattern.
Rudin # L-10K
ca. 1920
Bust
Box 14
A profile bust of Lincoln made from macerated pennies.
Rudin # L-10L
1865
Relief portrait
Box 14
A relief portrait of Lincoln's profile, set in its original case.
Rudin # L-10M
ca. 1916
Tile
Box 21
A framed ceramic pottery tile depicting an image of Lincoln.
Rudin # L-10N
April 23, 1865
Engraving
Box 14
A framed wooden engraving of Lincoln's image.
Rudin # L-10P
late 1800s
Gravy boat
Box 15
A Staffordshire gravy boat depicting Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address.
Rudin # L-10Q
April 14, 1865
Broadside
Box 13 Folder 4
1 large sheet
Broadside from Ford's Theater, advertising the show the night Lincoln was shot.
Rudin # L-10C
1865
Lithograph
Box 12 Folder 9
Hand-colored lithograph depicting the Lincoln Memorial.
2009
Stamps
Box 2 Folder 12
200th anniversary commemorative stamp and coin set.
1959, 2008, 2009
Stamps
Box 2 Folder 13
Etching with 1-cent and 3-cent stamp, 4-cent printed stamp on note card, 2008 commemorative stamp folio sheets, 200th anniversary first day of issue stamps.
1909, 1954, 1940
Stamps
Box 2 Folder 14
1954 envelope with 4-cent stamps, 1940 13th amendment stamp, four 1909 2-cent stamps.
1959
Stamps
Box 2 Folder 15
Commemorative envelopes with sheets of 4-cent, 3-cent, and 1-cent stamps
1954-1963
Stamps
Box 2 Folder 16
Commemorative envelopes with 4-cent, 5-cent, and 25-cent airmail stamps.
2006-2009
Stamps
Box 2 Folder 17
Various Lincoln stamps from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Marshall Islands, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Democratic Republic of Congo, and 1989 World Stamp Expo.
1861
Stamp and envelope
Box 8 Folder 15
Postal-used Lincoln patriotic cover with three-cent stamp.
May 26, 1860
Harper's Weekly
Box 12 Folder 1
Coverage of Lincoln's announcement that he will become a presidential candidate.
Rudin # L-3H
November 30, 1860
New York Tribune
Box 12 Folder 2
Coverage of the South's secession from the Union.
October 4, 1862
Harper's Weekly
Box 12 Folder 3
Coverage of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Rudin # L-3E
December 6, 1862
National Anti-Slavery Standard
Box 21
Coverage of compensated emancipation.
Rudin # L-3K
January 3, 1863
The New York Times
Box 12 Folder 4
Coverage of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Rudin # L-3F
September 3, 1863
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Box 13 Folder 1
Coverage of the Emancipation Proclamation and slavery.
Rudin # L-3J
March 28, 1864
New York Tribune
Box 13 Folder 2
Coverage of Lincoln's amnesty proclamation.
Rudin # L-3I
February 1, 1865
The New York Times
Box 12 Folder 5
Coverage of passage of the 13th Amendment.
Rudin # L-3G
April 15, 1865
The New York Herald
Box 13 Folder 3
Reprint of Lincoln assassination coverage.
Rudin # L-3
April 17, 1865
The New York Times
Box 12 Folder 6
Lincoln assassination coverage.
Rudin # L-3A
April 19, 1865
The New York Times
Box 12 Folder 7
Lincoln assassination coverage.
Rudin # L-3B
May 6, 1865
Harper's Weekly
Box 12 Folder 8
Lincoln assassination coverage.
Rudin # L-3D
American President stamps
Box 10
Binder, "The Presidential First Day Cover Collection"
American Presidents
Box 8 Folder 16
Foreign stamp sheets of U.S. presidents.
1938
Adams, John
Box 3 Folder 1
Stamps
Envelope with 4 6-cent Adams stamps, note card with stamped 6-cent stamp, 4 6-cent stamps.
October 11, 1775
Adams, John
Office held: As member of Massachusetts Governor's Council
Box 3 Folder 1A
Pages: 1
Original 10/11/1775, correction 8/16/1776. Appointing Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. All references to King George III and Great Britain are crossed out.
Rudin # P-1
October 19, 1840
Adams, John Quincy
Office held: While representing Massachusetts in the House of Representatives
Addressee: Solomon Lincoln, Josiah Brigham, Joseph Richards
Writer's location: Quincy, MA
Box 12 Folder 11
Pages: 1 1/2
Conduct in campaigning for the Presidency.
Rudin # P-2
September 25, 1876
Arthur, Chester
Office held: Customs Collector for the Port of New York
Addressee: Commander of the USS Alaska
Writer's location: New York
Box 3 Folder 2
Pages: 1
Smuggling of Wines, Cigars and Silks.
Rudin # P-3
March 10, 1845
Buchanan, James
Office held: As Secretary of State
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 3 Folder 3
Pages: 1
Announces his appointment as Secretary of State by President Polk. Dated his first day in office.
Rudin # P-4
December 10, 1847
Buchanan, James
Office held: As Secretary of State
Addressee: John Wadman
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 3 Folder 4
Pages: 4 (3 pages blank)
Seeking the 1848 nomination for President.
Rudin # P-5
December 5, 1851
Buchanan, James
Office held: No elective office held
Addressee: John M. Jones
Writer's location: Wheatland near Lancaster, PA
Box 3 Folder 5
Pages: 1
Supporting the wrong candidate for office might damage his chances for the 1852 Presidential nomination.
Rudin # P-6
June 14, 1852
Buchanan, James
Office held: No elective office held
Addressee: Barnabas Bates, Assistant Postmaster
Writer's location: Wheatland near Lancaster, PA
Box 3 Folder 6
Pages: 1
After failing to gain the Democratic Presidential nomination.
Rudin # P-7
March 5, 1857
Buchanan, James
Office held: As President
Addressee: William L. Marcy, Secretary of State
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 3 Folder 7
Pages: 1
On his first full day as President.
Rudin # P-8
March 21, 1990
Bush, George, H.W.
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Dr. Ray S. Cline - Chairman, U.S. Global Strategy Council"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 8
Pages: 1
Discusses our policy toward China.
Rudin # P-9
March 22, 1990
Bush, George, H.W.
Office held: As President
Addressee: Giulio Andreotti, Prime Minister of Italy
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 9
Pages: 1
"I valued our substantive discussions - our transatlantic ties have never been better".
Rudin # P-10
January 16, 1991
Bush, George H.W.
Office held: As President
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 9 Folder 4
Pages: 3
Announcing the beginning of the 1991 war against Iraq. From the Forbes Collection - Part 3.
Rudin # P-11
January 17, 1991
Bush, George W.
Box 13 Folder 8
Newspaper
New York Times coverage of Iraq war.
July 16, 1993
Bush, George, H.W.
Office held: As Ex President
Addressee: Ron Weekes
Writer's location: Kennebunkport, ME
Box 3 Folder 10
Pages: 1
Describing his state of mind and the goal of the Presidency.
Rudin # P-12
June 12, 1996
Bush, George, H.W.
Office held: As Ex President
Addressee: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Senator
Writer's location: Houston, TX
Box 3 Folder 11
Pages: 1
Discusses Most Favored Nation Trade Status for China.
Rudin # P-13
November 17, 1998
Bush, George H.W.
Office held: As Ex President
Addressee: Melville & Lizanne Chapin
Writer's location: Houston, TX
Box 3 Folder 12
Pages: 1
On the gubernatorial elections of his two sons.
Rudin # P-14
July 14, 2000
Bush, George, H.W.
Office held: As Ex President
Addressee: Dear Helen
Writer's location: Houston, TX
Box 3 Folder 13
Pages: 1
Not interested in writing a memoir, "Thanks for your support of George W. He's a good man and he won't let you down."
Rudin # P-15
March 2, 1996
Bush, George W.
Office held: As Governor of Texas
Addressee: Bill Christiansen
Writer's location: Austin, TX
Box 3 Folder 14
Pages: 1
"every Texan has a key role in making Texas a greater state".
Rudin # P-16
October 5, 1998
Bush, George W.
Office held: As Governor of Texas
Addressee: Ralph Benson
Writer's location: Austin, TX
Box 3 Folder 15
Pages: 1
Concerning running for President.
Rudin # P-17
August 23, 1999
Bush, George W.
Office held: As Governor of Texas
Addressee: Bill Christiansen
Writer's location: Austin, TX
Box 3 Folder 16
Pages: 1
About the direction of our youth and the teaching of morals and values.
Rudin # P-18
August 22, 2000
Bush, George, W.
Office held: As Governor of Texas
Addressee: Chip Freundt
Writer's location: Austin, TX
Box 3 Folder 17
Pages: 2
Describes his feelings for his father.
Rudin # P-19
2001
Bush, George W.
Box 20
Newspapers
Two newspapers on 9/11 and the Bush administration.
April 2, 2003
Bush, George, W.
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Kevin C. Jenkins, Mayor Rhinelander, Wisconsin"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 18
Pages: 1
"We can create an environment where small business flourishes and Americans... can find jobs".
Rudin # P-20
No Date
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As Ex President
Addressee: Bruce Becker
Writer's location: Plains, GA
Box 3 Folder 19
Pages: 1
Re: Religion.
Rudin # P-21
ca. 1976
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As Candidate for President
Addressee: Jimmy Carter
Box 3 Folder 20
Pages: 1
Notes from speech writer Pat Anderson.
Rudin # P-22
1976
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As Candidate for President
Addressee: Al Smith Dinner
Writer's location: New York
Box 3 Folder 21
Pages: 15
"Two weeks before Election Day 1976." Draft of speech for Al Smith Dinner.
Rudin # P-23
January 12, 1977
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As President-Elect
Addressee: Congressman Del Clausson
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 3 Folder 22
Pages: 1
Increasing the effectiveness of the Executive Branch.
Rudin # P-24
May 12, 1978
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As President
Addressee: Robert P. Griffin, Senator
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 23
Pages: 2
Encourages the sale of military aircraft to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Rudin # P-25
March 26, 1979
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As President
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 24
Pages: 1
Excerpt from Carter's speech as the Camp David Peace Treaty was signed.
Rudin # P-26
May 9, 1979
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As President
Addressee: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Senator
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 25
Pages: 2 1/3
Re: The Salt Treaty.
Rudin # P-27
1982
Carter, Jimmy
"Keeping Faith. Memoirs of a President" Bantam Books, New York, NY. Signed copy. See separated material below.
Rudin # P-28
May 21, 1982
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As Ex President
Writer's location: New York
Box 3 Folder 26
Pages: 1
Contract for "Keeping Faith" between President Carter and Bantam Books.
Rudin # P-29
October 8, 1982
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As Ex President
Addressee: Robert Garcia, Congressman
Writer's location: Atlanta, GA
Box 3 Folder 27
Pages: 1
Re: Creating a national holiday on Martin Luther King's Birthday.
Rudin # P-30
February 25, 1991
Carter, Jimmy
Office held: As Ex President
Addressee: Larry Ervin Clevenger
Writer's location: Plains, GA ?
Box 3 Folder 28
Pages: 1
Will not run for President in 1992. Will dedicate himself to humane issues and The Carter Center.
Rudin # P-31
April 29, 1885
Cleveland, Grover
Office held: As President
Addressee: John E. Develin
Writer's location: "Executive Mansion Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 29
Pages: 3 1/2
The disappointments, pressures and frustrations of being a new President.
Rudin # P-32
May 10, 1889
Cleveland, Grover
Office held: Period between his two Presidencies
Addressee: Don M. Dickinson, Former Postmaster General
Writer's location: New York
Box 3 Folder 30
Pages: 3
Though pleased by "the cheers of the people for me...I am enjoying my release from official care more than I can tell you".
Rudin # P-33
March 20, 1890
Cleveland, Grover
Office held: Period between his two Presidencies
Addressee: Henry Watterson
Writer's location: New York
Box 12 Folder 12
Pages: 4
His feelings about having been President and what the future of the Party may be. Includes a large etching.1
Rudin # P-34
November 28, 1890
Cleveland, Grover
Office held: Period between his two Presidencies
Addressee: Charles Krichbaum, President Young Men's Democratic Club of Canton, Ohio
Writer's location: New York
Box 3 Folder 31
Pages: 5
Government must merit the people's trust. (With an unrelated letter to Krichbaum from Tom L. Johnson).
Rudin # P-35
June 7, 1896
Cleveland, Grover
Office held: As President (Second Term)
Addressee: Reverend William Neal Cleveland (His brother)
Writer's location: "Executive Mansion Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 32
Pages: 4
Discusses how he might help financially in a difficult family situation.
Rudin # P-36
April 29, 1987
Clinton, William
Office held: As Governor of Arkansas
Addressee: Jim Coish
Writer's location: Little Rock, AK
Box 3 Folder 33
Pages: 1
Prepares for a possible 1988 Presidential run.
Rudin # P-37
April 29, 1987
Clinton, William
Office held: As Governor of Arkansas
Addressee: "Sandra Adair Vaughn, Virginia Board of Education"
Writer's location: Little Rock, AK
Box 3 Folder 34
Pages: 1
Urges the hiring of black teachers.
Rudin # P-38
July 1, 1993
Clinton, William
Office held: As President
Addressee: "William H. Natcher, Congressman - Chairman of the Comm. on Appropriations"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 3 Folder 35
Pages: 1
Promoting foreign policy measures in support of a democratic Russia.
Rudin # P-39
January 25, 1999
Clinton, William
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 3 Folder 36
Senate Pass for Impeachment Proceedings.
Rudin # P-40
February 13, 1999
Clinton, William
Box 13 Folder 9
Newspaper
New York Times coverage of Clinton acquittal.
September 24, 1919
Coolidge, Calvin
Office held: As Governor of Massachusetts
Writer's location: "Executive Chamber Boston, MA"
Box 9 Folder 5
Pages: 1
Response to the Boston Police Strike.
Rudin # P-41
March 10, 1920
Coolidge, Calvin
Office held: As Governor of Massachusetts
Addressee: "Wendell P. Stafford, Justice - Supreme Court, District of Columbia"
Writer's location: State House, Boston
Box 3 Folder 37
Pages: 1 1/4
The law and his handling of strikes. "The real remedy for strikes will be the conviction that they do not pay".
Rudin # P-42
August 4, 1923
Coolidge, Calvin
Office held: As the new President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 10 Folder 3
Pages: 1
His first official proclamation as President declaring a day of mourning for Harding. From the Forbes Collection - Part 2.
Rudin # P-43
July 26, 1924
Coolidge, Calvin
Office held: As President
Addressee: Delegates of the Boy Scouts of America
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 9 Folder 6
Pages: 1
Speech discussing the three fundamentals of Scouting.
Rudin # P-44
December 31, 1925
Coolidge, Calvin
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 3 Folder 38
Presidential Pay Check.
Rudin # P-45
March 31, 1943
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Office held: As Commander-in-Chief
Addressee: Mamie Eisenhower
Writer's location: Algiers
Box 3 Folder 39
Pages: 1 3/4
Loving letter to his wife, Mamie.
Rudin # P-46
March 8, 1952
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Office held: As Supreme NATO Commander
Addressee: "Clifford R. Hope, Congressman"
Writer's location: Supreme Hdqtrs Allied Powers, Europe
Box 4 Folder 1
Pages: 2 1/2
Considerations for the 1952 Presidential campaign. From the Forbes Collection - Part 4.
Rudin # P-47
March 27, 1953
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Robert P. Skinner, Ambassador (Retired)"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 4 Folder 2
Pages: 1
Discusses activities of Voice of America abroad.
Rudin # P-48
September 29, 1953
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Office held: As President
Addressee: Francis Case, Senator
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 4 Folder 3
Pages: 1
Regarding government spending.
Rudin # P-49
August 27, 1965
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Earl Mazo
Writer's location: Gettysburg, PA
Box 4 Folder 4
Pages: 1
"Comments on the Bay of Pigs, Guatemala and his view of the presidency." Included is Mazo's TLS to Eisenhower dated 8/25/1965.
Rudin # P-51
July 5, 1966
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: "Tom H. Parks"
Writer's location: Gettysburg, PA
Box 4 Folder 5
Pages: 1 1/2
"A discussion of our national morals." With Free Franked Envelope.
Rudin # P-52
June 9, 1848
Fillmore, Millard
Office held: As Comptroller of New York State
Addressee: Hiram C. Day
Writer's location: Albany, NY
Box 4 Folder 6
Pages: 1 1/4
Having just heard of his nomination for Vice President on the 1848 ticket of Taylor/Fillmore. Included is a one page letter dated 5/8/1890 from Hiram Day sending this letter to a Rev. Charles C. Pierce who had requested a Fillmore autograph.
Rudin # P-53
July 7, 1848
Fillmore, Millard
Office held: As Whig candidate for Vice President
Addressee: Joshua R. Giddings
Writer's location: Albany, NY
Box 4 Folder 7
Pages: 1
Concedes the right of the public to examine and criticize his past political conduct.
Rudin # P-54
January 1, 1860
Fillmore, Millard
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Lydia H. Sigourney, Poet
Writer's location: Buffalo, NY
Box 4 Folder 8
Free Franked Envelope.
Rudin # P-55
October 20, 1860
Fillmore, Millard
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Baltimore political committee
Writer's location: Buffalo, NY
Box 4 Folder 9
Pages: 2
Gives his reasons for not speaking at a rally for Bell & Everett but he will give them his vote.
Rudin # P-56
2006, 2007
Ford, Gerald
Box 4 Folder 10
Stamps
Ford memorial envelopes, sheet of 41-cent stamps, first day of issue envelope with 41-cent Ford stamp.
February 7, 1967
Ford, Gerald
Office held: As Congressman
Addressee: Thomas E. Goertner
Writer's location: Congress, Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 11
Pages: 1
"Concerning Communist teaching in New York schools." With Free Franked Envelope.
Rudin # P-57
April 20, 1970
Ford, Gerald
Office held: As Congressman
Addressee: Ed Hornburg
Writer's location: Congress, Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 12
Pages: 1 1/3
On impeaching Justice Douglas, postal rates, space exploration, and corruption among high government officials ("even high officers...are subject to prosecution when they violate their trust").
Rudin # P-58
February 5, 1973
Ford, Gerald
Office held: As Congressman
Addressee: Ms. Joyce Veneklase
Writer's location: Congress, Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 13
Pages: 1
Comments on abortion.
Rudin # P-59
May 15, 1975
Ford, Gerald
Office held: As President
Addressee: Press Release
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 4 Folder 14
Pages: 1
S.S. Mayaguez Affair.
Rudin # P-60
February 21, 1976
Ford, Gerald
Office held: As President
Addressee: Henry Bellmon, Senator
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 4 Folder 15
Pages: 1 1/2
Outlines his economic policies and his budget proposals.
Rudin # P-61
1979
Ford, Gerald
"A Time To Heal" Harper and Row, New York, NY, Signed copy. See separated material below.
Rudin # P-62
March 27, 1980
Ford, Gerald
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Neil Bogart
Box 4 Folder 16
Pages: 1
Discusses the possibility of a candidacy for President.
Rudin # P-63
February 3, 1997
Ford, Gerald
Office held: As ex-President
Writer's location:
Box 4 Folder 17
Pages: 1
Warren Commission conclusions.
Rudin # P-64
2006
Ford, Gerald
Box 20
Newspaper
The New York Times reporting Ford's death.
December 22, 1863
Garfield, James
Office held: As Congressman
Addressee: Mr. E.B. Taylor
Writer's location: Washington. D.C.
Box 4 Folder 18
Pages: 3 1/2
Expresses sympathy for a friend's financial difficulties and offers a loan. Talks about the loss of his child. Tells of his first term in Congress.
Rudin # P-65
October 25, 1871
Garfield, James
Office held: As Congressman
Addressee: Mr. A.B. Newburgh, Secy Bd of Public Works, Columbus, Ohio
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 19
Pages: 1 1/4
He is grateful to receive examples of his father's handwriting.
Rudin # P-66
June 11, 1872
Garfield, James
Office held: As U.S. Representative from Ohio
Addressee: Mrs. John A. Dahlgren
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 20
Pages: 3
Assails the influence of money in politics.
Rudin # P-67
June 15, 1880
Garfield, James
Office held: As U.S. Senator and Presidential Candidate
Addressee: "John D. Long, Governor of Massachusetts"
Writer's location: Mentor, Ohio
Box 4 Folder 21
Pages: 1 1/4
"The nomination was unsought and unexpected".
Rudin # P-68
September 20, 1881
Garfield, James
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Long Branch
Box 4 Folder 22
Pages: 1
"President Garfield Dead" Broadside.
Rudin # P-69
June 10, 1872
Grant, Ulysses S.
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 12 Folder 10
Pages: 2, framed
Convenes the Congress to consider pressing matters. Original proclamation.
Rudin # P-70
August 31, 1880
Grant, Ulysses S.
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: H.A. Mumard?
Writer's location: Galina, IL
Box 4 Folder 23
Pages: 1 1/4
Calls for universal suffrage.
Rudin # P-71
December 30, 1908
Harding, Warren
Office held: No elective office held
Addressee:
Box 4 Folder 24
Pages: 17
Handwritten speech manuscript about the ethics of bankers and the need for regulations.
April 1, 1909
Harding, Warren
Office held: No elective office held
Addressee: Mrs. J.F. Dunbaugh
Writer's location: Frankfurt, Germany
Box 4 Folder 25
Pages: 1
Humorous comment on his European church visits.
Rudin # P-72
August 25, 1917
Harding, Warren
Office held: As U.S. Senator
Addressee: Howard N. Bible
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 26
Pages: 1 1/4
Discusses Presidential war authority.
Rudin # P-73
July 6, 1920
Harding, Warren
Office held: As Presidential candidate
Addressee: Dr. H.M. Dunlap
Writer's location: Marion, Ohio
Box 4 Folder 27
Pages: 1 1/2
Maps out the "front porch" strategy for his 1920 Presidential run. From the Forbes Collection Part 4.
Rudin # P-74
May 26, 1922
Harding, Warren
Office held: As President
Addressee: Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Republican National Committee
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 28
Pages: 1
Harding is politely chauvinistic in considering a woman to head the Dept. of Welfare.
Rudin # P-75
March 5, 1923
Harding, Warren
Office held: President
Addressee: Harry Wilson Walker
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 29
Pages: 1
Defends his choice of Harry New as Postmaster General.
Rudin # P-76
August 3, 1923
Harding, Warren
Office held: As deceased President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 30
Pages: 1
Navy Department General Orders No. 111 announcing the death of Harding and the appointment of Calvin Coolidge as resident.
Rudin # P-77
February 2, 1889
Harrison, Benjamin
Office held: President-Elect
Addressee: Senator John Sherman
Writer's location: Indianapolis, IN
Box 4 Folder 31
Pages: 2 1/2
Harrison struggles to fill his Cabinet posts with the right men. Included is a TLS in answer from Senator Sherman.
Rudin # P-78
June 1892
Harrison, Benjamin
Office held: As President
Addressee: Gov. McKinley and Gentlemen of the Committee
Writer's location: Washington or Indianapolis?
Box 9 Folder 7
Pages: 7
Incumbent Harrison accepts the Republican Presidential nomination. From the Forbes Collection Part 3.
Rudin # P-79
July 29, 1892
Harrison, Benjamin
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 4 Folder 32
Pages: 1
Delineation of U.S. boundary with Canada.
Rudin # P-80
April 26, 1805
Harrison, William H.
Office held: As Governor of Indiana Territory
Addressee: Col. James Henry
Writer's location: Vincennes
Box 4 Folder 33
Pages: 2 3/4
Harrison prepares to acquire massive land holdings in Indiana Territory.
Rudin # P-81
December 2, 1825
Harrison, William H.
Office held: As Senator - Chairman of Senate Committee on Military Affairs
Addressee: James Barbour, Secy of War
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 10 Folder 4
Pages: 1
Concerning unclaimed bounty lands due officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Rudin # P-82
February 1, 1877
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Office held: As Presidential candidate
Writer's location: House of Representatives
Box 5 Folder 1
Pages: 1
Counting of the vote for President and Vice President.
Rudin # P-83
June 12, 1879
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 2
Pages: 1 1/2
Presidential pardon for a man convicted of manslaughter. Countersigned by William M. Everts, Secretary of State.
Rudin # P-84
August 8, 1892
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: William Clark
Writer's location: Fremont, Ohio
Box 5 Folder 3
Pages: 1
Discusses his activities during his retirement.
Rudin # P-85
June 25, 1920
Hoover, Herbert
Office held: As Chairman of American Relief Administration
Addressee: Kent Perkins, Director of Publicity for Mass.
Writer's location: New York, NY
Box 5 Folder 4
Pages: 1
Hoover says it is an honor to be thought of as a possible President. Outlines his political philosophy.
Rudin # P-86
November 6, 1930
Hoover, Herbert
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Dr. Richard L. Weil, University of Wisconsin"
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 9 Folder 2
Pages: 1
Presidential Proclamation of Thanksgiving Day. Also included is a Hoover medallion.
Rudin # P-87
January 5, 1933
Hoover, Herbert
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 9 Folder 9
Pages: 1
Proclamation announcing the death of Calvin Coolidge. Countersigned by Henry Stimson, Secretary of State.
Rudin # P-88
April 28, 1933
Hoover, Herbert
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Henry L. Stoddard
Writer's location:
Box 5 Folder 5
Pages: 1
Reacts eight weeks after surrendering The White House to FDR.
Rudin # P-89
November 5, 1942
Hoover, Herbert
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: "Wheeler McMillen,Editor of The Farm Journal"
Writer's location: The Waldorf Astoria, NY
Box 5 Folder 6
Pages: 7
States his views in support of a food administrator during WWII, preferably the Secretary of Agriculture. Includes Hoover cover letter, Hoover statement, and statement, "The Importance of Food in this War" from H.B. Frese to Mr. Pate.
Rudin # P-90
February 9, 1950
Hoover, Herbert
Office held: As ex-President
Writer's location: The Waldorf Astoria, NY
Box 5 Folder 7
Pages: 3 1/2.
Reading copy of speech given when receiving the Moles Award. "The Moles 10th Annual Award Dinner".
Rudin # P-91
July 26, 1814
Jackson, Andrew
Office held: As Major General
Addressee: Samuel Justice
Writer's location: Fort Jackson
Box 5 Folder 8
Pages: 1 1/4
Remitting the death sentence on a deserter.
Rudin # P-92
February 23, 1817
Jackson, Andrew
Office held: As Major General
Addressee: Samuel Carswell
Writer's location: Nashville, TN
Box 5 Folder 9
Pages: 1
Regarding his nephew's admission to West Point.
Rudin # P-92A
1954, 1968, 1976
Jefferson, Thomas
Box 5 Folder 10
Stamps
Two commemorative envelopes with 6 first day of issue 1-cent stamps, one commemorative envelope with four 2-cent stamps, one envelope with four 13-cent stamps.
August 2, 1790
Jefferson, Thomas
Office held: As Secretary of State
Writer's location: New York, NY
Box 5 Folder 10A
Pages: 1, framed
Act of Congress pertaining to the procuring of seals for the Court system.
Rudin # P-93
May 8, 1866
Johnson, Andrew
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 21
Pages: 1, framed
Commissioning Edward D. Townsend as Brevet Major General.
Rudin # P-94
April 11, 1868
Johnson, Andrew
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 14
Pages: 1, framed
Impeachment Ticket.
Rudin # P-95
1868
Johnson, Andrew
Box 11
Newspaper
New York Times paper on impeachment acquittal.
July 22, 1957
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As Senate Majority Leader
Addressee: "Robert K. Pepper - News Editor, Fort Meyers News Press"
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 11
Pages: 2
Discusses how to handle Russia. See Nixon letter of 5/14/57 also written to Pepper.
Rudin # P-96
September 1, 1959
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As Senator
Addressee: H. Lane Chandler
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 12
Pages: 1
Explains what America means to him.
Rudin # P-97
1960-1965
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As President
Addressee: "James Roosevelt, House of Representatives"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 13
Pages: 1
The issue of equal rights for African Americans.
Rudin # P-98
November 17, 1960
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As Senate Democratic Leader
Addressee: James Roosevelt
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 13
Pages: 1
Grateful for your warm message. (Johnson had just won the Vice Presidency under Kennedy).
Rudin # P-101
December 1963
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As President
Addressee: James Roosevelt
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 13
Pages: 1
Birthday Congratulations to Roosevelt.
Rudin # P-100
Oct. 1964
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As President
Addressee: James Roosevelt
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 13
Pages: 1
Election campaign letter. (Johnson is running for President).
Rudin # P-99
No Date
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As President
Addressee: James Roosevelt
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 13
Pages: 1
Thanks Roosevelt for his birthday greeting.
Rudin # P-102
December 16, 1966
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Eugene G. Mattison Jr., Administrative Director, Plans for Progress"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 14
Pages: 1
Discusses "providing equal opportunity for all our citizens".
Rudin # P-103
June 19, 1967
Johnson, Lyndon
Office held: As President
Addressee: Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 15
Pages: 1
Regarding nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court.
Rudin # P-104
1961, 1964, 1967
Kennedy, John F.
Box 5 Folder 16
Stamps
JFK "Life in Stamps" envelopes and stamps, photograph with 5 cent stamp, inauguration envelope and stamp.
February 1, 1954
Kennedy, John F.
Office held: As Senator
Addressee: Mr. C.P. Cronk
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 17
Pages: 1
Concerning the Bricker Resolution and congressional salaries.
Rudin # P-105
February 21, 1957
Kennedy, John F.
Office held: As Senator
Addressee: "Mrs. A.E. Cassidy, Chairman Mass. State Fed. of Women's Clubs"
Writer's location: "U.S. Senate Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 18
Pages: 1
"I most emphatically favor non-discriminatory treatment of women".
Rudin # P-105A
July 31, 1957
Kennedy, John F.
Office held: As Senator
Addressee: Arthur Krock, N.Y. Times and William E. Dugan
Writer's location: "U.S. Senate Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 19
Discussing his stands and those of his father. See also Bishop Fulton Sheen letter to William E. Dugan in collection #6875.
Rudin # P-105B
July 11, 1960
"Kennedy, John F. (Janet Travell, M.D.)"
Office held: As Senator
Addressee: Dr. Janet Travell to Robert F. Kennedy
Writer's location:
Box 5 Folder 20
Pages: 1
Re: John F. Kennedy's health.
Rudin # P-106
January 21, 1961
Kennedy, John F.
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 21
Pages: 3
President Kennedy's schedule of appointments during his first day in office.
Rudin # P-107
October 11, 1961
Kennedy, John F. (Janet Travell, M.D.)
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Leonard Lyons, New York Post"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 22
Pages: 1
Reacting to the market for his signature.
Rudin # P-108
April 11, 1963
Kennedy, John F.
Office held: As President
Addressee: Speaker of the House of Representatives
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 5 Folder 23
Pages: 1
Amendment to the budget (for foreign assistance) for fiscal year 1964.
Rudin # P-109
November 22-25, 1963
Kennedy, John F.
Box 19 Folder 5, 6
9 sheets of various lengths, approx 8 1/2" wide by approx 99" in total length
66 apx. 8 1/2" x 11" photos
Original Associated Press Teletypes. Mainly of the events of Nov. 24, 1963. Photos show events from Nov. 22 to Nov. 25, 1963.
Rudin # P-110
November 22-25, 1963
Kennedy, John F.
Box 19 Folder 4
100 pages, various sizes
Original Associated Press Teletypes. Mainly of the events of Nov. 22 (Friday), Nov. 23 (Saturday) and Nov. 25 (Monday), 1963.
Rudin # P-111
November 1963
Kennedy, John F.
Box 16
9 rolls
Original Teletype rolls, regarding the assassination.
Rudin # P-112
November 1963
Kennedy, John F.
Box 19 Folder 3
30+ pages, 2 photos
Original UPI/AP Teletypes. Received on teletype machines of the Santa Barbara News-Press. Together with two original AP wire photos as received by the Santa Barbara News-Press.
Rudin # P-113
November 1963
Kennedy, John F.
Box 19 Folder 2
32 pages, various sizes,
Original AP Teletypes regarding the assassination.
Rudin # P-114
November 1963
Kennedy, John F.
Box 19 Folder 1
40 pages, various sizes
Original AP Teletypes regarding the assassination.
Rudin # P-115
November 22, 1963
Kennedy, John F.
Box 17
8 rolls, apx. 100 ft +, 12 individual "tear off" sheets -
Original UPI Teletypes, the entire day of the assassination is chronicled.
Rudin # P-116
November 23-26, 1963; 1964
Kennedy, John F.
Box 11
6 newspapers
6 copies of the New York Times and one copy of the Dallas Times Herald covering the assassination.
September 24, 1804
Madison, James
Office held: As Secretary of State
Addressee: Governor of Massachusetts
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 23A
Pages: 1, framed
Announcement of the passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution.
Rudin # P-117
April 20, 1810
Madison, James
Office held: As President - Also signed by Robert Smith, Secy of State and Caesar Rodney, Atty General
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 10 Folder 5
Pages: 1
Patent for an early form of carbon paper.
Rudin # P-118
June 15, 1815
Madison, James
Office held: As President Also signed by James Monroe, Secy of State
Addressee:
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 23B
Pages: 1, framed
Ship's passport for the Brig Calypso of Boston. See also Tyler for Sea Letter.
Rudin # P-119
July 18, 1890
McKinley, William
Office held: As Congressman
Addressee: Mr. J.N. Taylor
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 24
Pages: 1 1/4
Writes concerning the upcoming campaign.
Rudin # P-120
January 25, 1896
McKinley, William
Office held: As Governor of Ohio
Addressee: "John D. Long, Governor of Massachusetts"
Writer's location: Canton, Ohio
Box 5 Folder 25
Pages: 1
McKinley working on forming his Cabinet almost ten months before being elected.
Rudin # P-121
ca. 1898
McKinley, William
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Honorable C.K. Davis, U.S. Senator"
Writer's location: "Executive Mansion Washington, D.C. "
Box 5 Folder 26
Pages: 1
Soliciting Davis to be a member of Paris Peace Commission to end Spanish American War.
Rudin # P-122
September 1901
McKinley, William
Box 9 Folder 1
Newspapers
New York Tribune and The Franklin Sentinel coverage of assassination of McKinley.
September 14, 1901
McKinley, William
Box 11
Newspaper
The Sun coverage of McKinley's death.
June 26, 1812
Monroe, James
Office held: As Secy of State
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 9 Folder 8
Pages: 3
Privateer Agreement for the ship "Union of Philadelphia".
Rudin # P-123
August 28, 1812
Monroe, James
Office held: As Secy of State
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 5 Folder 27
Pages: 1, framed
Additional instructions to the public and private armed vessels of the United States.
Rudin # P-124
November 27, 1817
Monroe, James
Office held: As President
Addressee: John Gates
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 10 Folder 6
Pages: 1
Land grant rewarded to Private John Gates.
Rudin # P-125
1954, 1958
Monroe, James
Box 5 Folder 28
Stamps
Commemorative envelopes with 5-cent stamps and 3-cent stamps.
Nixon, Richard
Box 5 Folder 29
Stamps
Commemorative and memorial envelopes and stamps.
November 29, 1945
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
Addressee: "Roy O. Day - Chairman 12th Congressional District"
Writer's location: Middle River, Maryland
Box 5 Folder 30
Pages: 1
Prepares for his run for public office.
Rudin # P-126
May 14, 1957
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As Vice President
Addressee: Robert K. Pepper - News Editor, Fort Meyers News Press
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 6 Folder 1
Pages: 2
Discusses how to handle Russia. See Lyndon Johnson letter of 7/22/57, also written to Mr. Pepper.
Rudin # P-127
May 14, 1962
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As candidate for Governor of California
Addressee: Congressman Bob Wilson
Writer's location:
Box 6 Folder 2
Pages: 1
Proper governance demands "political leaders of absolute probity and judgement".
Rudin # P-128
February 3, 1964
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As Lawyer
Addressee: Jimmy Bottoms
Writer's location: New York, NY
Box 6 Folder 3
Pages: 2
Discusses the office of the Vice Presidency.
Rudin # P-129
January 20, 1969
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As President?
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 6 Folder 4
Inauguration Envelope.
Rudin # P-130
April 11, 1970
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As President
Addressee: Senator Jennings Randolph
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 6 Folder 5
Pages: 1
Regarding Carswell appointment to the Supreme Court.
Rudin # P-131
1974
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 6 Folder 6
Official printed ticket to impeachment.
Rudin # P-132
February 20, 1974
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As President
Addressee: Congressman Albert H. Quie
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 6 Folder 7
Pages: 1
Regarding resigning the Presidency.
Rudin # P-133
August 9, 1974
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As Presidential candidate
Writer's location:
Box 6 Folder 8
Pages: 1
Announcing Nixon's resignation and Ford's ascension to office.
Rudin # P-134
August 9, 1974
Nixon, Richard
Box 13 Folder 7
Newspaper
The New York Times coverage of Nixon's resignation.
1985
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As ex-President
Writer's location: New York, NY
"No More Vietnams". Signed copy. Arbor House, New York. Also included is an unsigned copy. See separated material below.
Rudin # P-135
February 22, 1985
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Lee Edwards
Writer's location: New York, NY
Box 6 Folder 9
Pages: 1
Review the American role in Vietnam.
Rudin # P-136
August 16, 1985
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Senator Paul Simon
Writer's location: New York, NY
Box 6 Folder 10
Pages: 1
Regarding exchange programs with Russia.
Rudin # P-137
January 26, 1988
Nixon, Richard
Office held: No elective office held
Addressee: Patrick J. Hillings
Writer's location: New York City
Box 6 Folder 11
Pages: 1
Contains commentary about the media and "beating them".
August 16, 1990
Nixon, Richard
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Writer's location: Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Box 6 Folder 12
Pages: 2
Discusses race relations.
Rudin # P-138
April 23, 1994
Nixon, Richard
Box 13 Folder 10
Newspaper
New York Times coverage of Nixon's death.
Obama, Barack
Box 6 Folder 13
Stamps
Commemorative envelopes with 42-cent stamps, foreign stamps, inaugural covers, and note cards with stamps.
2006
Obama, Barack
Office held:
Addressee:
Writer's location: "Crown Publishers New York, NY"
"The Audacity of Hope". See separated material below.
Rudin # P-138A
2009
Obama, Barack
Box 11
Newspaper
The New York Times special publication of inaugurations, from Washington to Obama.
Rudin # N-16
2008-2009
Obama, Barack
Box 20
Newspapers
Four newspapers/magazines on the election and inauguration.
Rudin # N-16
November 5, 2008
Obama, Barack
Box 21
Press plate announcing Obama's win.
December 23, 1835
Pierce, Franklin
Office held: As Congressman
Addressee: Pierce's Father
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 6 Folder 14
Pages: 3
Concerning his attention to religious service, public and private. Pierce's letter is a continuation of a letter written by his brother, also to their father.
Rudin # P-139
September 26, 1847
Pierce, Franklin
Office held: As Brigadier General
Addressee: Endorses letter of Lt. Col. Joshua Howard
Writer's location: Chapultepec, Mexico
Box 6 Folder 15
Pages: 3
Howard's letter recommends promotions and Certificates of Merit for bravery following the Battle of Churubusco and Chapultepec.
Rudin # P-140
June 2, 1856
Pierce, Franklin
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 6 Folder 16
Pages: 1
Proclamation concerning the boundary between the United States and Mexico.
Rudin # P-141
December 26, 1848
Polk, James
Office held: As President
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 6 Folder 17
Pages: 1, framed
Orders that the battle flags captured during the Mexican War be deposited at West Point.
Rudin # P-142
Reagan, Ronald
Box 6 Folder 18
Stamps
Commemorative envelopes and stamps.
Reagan, Ronald
Office held: Probably as Governor of California
Addressee: Tom Reed
Box 6 Folder 19
Pages: 1
Thinks U.S. foreign policy should be "a little hard nosed".
Rudin # P-143
June 28, 1967
Reagan, Ronald
Office held: As Governor of California
Addressee: Sgt. Ernie A. Siegrist
Writer's location: Sacramento, CA
Box 6 Folder 20
Pages: 2 1/2
Response to an angry serviceman in Vietnam.
Rudin # P-144
October 13, 1967
Reagan, Ronald
Office held: As Governor of California
Addressee: George F. Barrett
Writer's location: Sacramento, CA
Box 6 Folder 21
Pages: 1
Returns a campaign contribution.
Rudin # P-145
August 5, 1969
Reagan, Ronald
Office held: As Governor of California
Addressee: Mike Fitchett
Writer's location: Sacramento, CA
Box 8 Folder 22
Pages: 1
Comments on the reform of the Electoral College.
Rudin # P-146
January 4, 1971
Reagan, Ronald
Office held: As Governor of California
Addressee: Mrs. Donald S. Bolton
Writer's location: Sacramento, CA
Box 6 Folder 23
Pages: 1
Discusses tax relief.
Rudin # P-147
June 9, 1975
Reagan, Ronald
Office held: As ex-Governor of California
Addressee: Lloyd E. Rohrke
Writer's location: Los Angeles, CA
Box 6 Folder 24
Pages: 1
Has soured on being a legislator. "anyway it's not for me."
Rudin # P-148
November 24, 1993
Reagan, Ronald
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: The Honorable and Mrs. James Brady
Writer's location: (Likely California)
Box 6 Folder 25
Pages: 1
Congratulations on the passage of the Brady Bill.
Rudin # P-149
Roosevelt, Franklin
Box 6 Folder 26
Stamps
Commemorative envelopes and stamps
December 4, 1924
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: No public office held
Addressee: Mrs. Teresa Graham
Writer's location: Hyde Park, NY
Box 6 Folder 27
Pages: 2
Outlines his plan for strengthening the Democratic Party.
Rudin # P-150
February 3, 1930
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As Governor of New York
Addressee: Mrs. C.F. Wertz
Writer's location: Albany, NY
Box 6 Folder 28
Pages: 1
The definition of ideal citizenship.
Rudin # P-151
January 14, 1931
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As Governor of New York
Addressee: Mr. H.S. Wellman
Writer's location: Albany, NY
Box 6 Folder 29
Pages: 1
Regarding the Patients Aid Fund at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. From the Dr. Joseph Plaud Collection.
Rudin # P-152
February 15, 1932
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As Governor of New York
Addressee: Walter L. Bennett
Writer's location: Albany, NY
Box 6 Folder 30
Pages: 1
Response to a detractor.
Rudin # P-152A
February 19, 1932
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As Governor of New York
Addressee: Lewis A. Lincoln
Writer's location: Albany, NY
Box 6 Folder 31
Pages: 1
I am a Democrat "by conviction".
Rudin # P-153
February 26, 1932
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As Governor of New York
Addressee: Mr. W.F. Bussell
Writer's location: Albany, NY
Box 6 Folder 32
Pages: 1
Regarding the Square Deal, Democratic Principles, and the suffering American people.
Rudin # P-154
March 4, 1933
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: President

Box 6 Folder 33
Program for the Inaugural Ceremonies.
September 19, 1935
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: "George Creel, Colliers Magazine"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 1
Pages: 1
An early trial balloon in FDR's battle against the Supreme Court. See also FDR letter of 12/18/36.
Rudin # P-155
November 16, 1936
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: Basil O'Connor
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 2
Pages: 1
"The national fight against Infantile Paralysis cannot cease. It must go on!"
Rudin # P-156
December 10, 1936
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Samuel I. Rosenman, Roosevelt's Speech Writer"
Writer's location: On U.S.S. Indianapolis
Box 7 Folder 3
Pages: 1
FDR misses Rosenman's speech writing expertise.
Rudin # P-157
December 18, 1936
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: Basil O'Connor
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 4
Pages: 1
Prepares to manipulate the press. See also FDR letter of 9/19/35.
Rudin # P-158
December 25, 1937
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Norman Thomas, Socialist Party Leader"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 5
Pages: 3
Regarding the export of arms to Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
Rudin # P-159
April 22, 1938
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: William S. Paley, President, Columbia Broadcasting System
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 6
Pages: 1
FDR praises Paley for keeping the radio airwaves open for public and political discussions.
Rudin # P-160
September 3, 1941
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: Heads of All Departments and Independent Establishments
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 7
Pages: 1
Directive relating to the employment of negroes in the Federal Civil Service.
Rudin # P-160A
October 19, 1943
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: Martin C. Sweeney
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 8
Pages: 1
FDR sends sly thanks for a gift of liquor.
Rudin # P-161
December 8, 1944
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As President
Addressee: Dr. Harry L. Hopkins
Writer's location: Warm Springs, GA
Box 7 Folder 9
Pages: 1
FDR pokes fun at Thomas Dewey's mustache. From the Dr. Joseph Plaud Collection.
Rudin # P-162
April 13, 1945
Roosevelt, Franklin
Office held: As deceased President
Writer's location:
Box 7 Folder 10
Pages: 1
Official naval teletype announcing death of FDR.
Rudin # P-164
1845
Roosevelt, Franklin
Box 13 Folder 6
Newspaper
Philadelphia Inquirer coverage of Roosevelt's death and Truman's oath.
Roosevelt, Theodore
Box 7 Folder 11
Stamps
Commemorative stamps and envelopes.
October 15, 1901
Roosevelt, Theodore
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Honorable Morris K. Jessup, President, Chamber of Commerce State of New York"
Writer's location: "Executive Mansion Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 12
Pages: 1
Declines to speak at the Chamber of Commerce "until my message goes before Congress".
Rudin # P-165
May 31, 1911
Roosevelt, Theodore
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: "Mr. O.K. Davis, New York Times"
Writer's location: """The Outlook"" New York, NY"
Box 7 Folder 13
Pages: 1
"No situation could arise which would make it possible for me to accept a nomination next year". See also letter of 12/14/1911 - from the Forbes Collection - Part 6.
Rudin # P-166
October 10, 1911
Roosevelt, Theodore
Office held: As ex-President
Writer's location: New York, NY
Box 7 Folder 14
Pages: 1
Made out to Harvard Alumni Association.
Rudin # P-167
December 14, 1911
Roosevelt, Theodore
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: J.M. Hummel
Writer's location: """The Outlook"" New York, NY"
Box 7 Folder 15
Pages: 1
"I do not want to be nominated for any office". See also letter of 5/31/1911.
Rudin # P-168
July 2, 1912
Roosevelt, Theodore
Office held: As ex-President about to be nominated by the new Progressive Party
Addressee: Lady Gregory
Writer's location: New York, NY
Box 7 Folder 16
Pages: 1
Discusses his feelings as Progressive candidate in the 1912 presidential election. Included is a TLS (secretarially signed) dated 10/19/1912. From the hospital, Roosevelt mentions campaigning and the unsuccessful assassination attempt on his life.
Rudin # P-169
November 7, 1914
Roosevelt, Theodore
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: "Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, Senator from Oregon"
Writer's location: New York, NY
Box 7 Folder 17
Pages: 1
"The public at large had gotten tired of all of us reformers and especially of me".
Rudin # P-170
August 22, 1911
Taft, William H.
Office held: As President
Writer's location:
Box 9 Folder 10
Pages: 24
Archive consisting of two drafts of Taft's "Special Message of the President of the United States, Returning Without Approval House Bill No. 12812. An Act to reduce the duties on Manufacture of Cotton".
Rudin # P-171
November 9, 1912
Taft, William H.

Addressee: Walter Smith
Writer's location: Washington, DC.
Box 7 Folder 18
Pages: 1
Taft discusses his loss to Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election.
September 20, 1913
Taft, William H.
Office held: "As ex-President and Professor of Law, Yale University"
Addressee: S.G. Bayne
Writer's location: New Haven, CT
Box 7 Folder 19
Pages: 1
Discusses losing some of his weight.
Rudin # P-172
August 4, 1918
Taft, William H.
Office held: As ex-President and Joint Chairman of the National War Labor Board
Addressee: "Clarence H. Kelsey, President, Title Guarantee and Trust Co."
Writer's location: Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec, Canada
Box 7 Folder 20
Pages: 1 1/2
Sees a long war continuing, discusses Russia and Germany, calls for a larger American draft.
Rudin # P-173
November 17, 1919
Taft, William H.
Office held: "As ex-President and Professor of Law, Yale University"
Addressee: "Dudley E. Waters, President Grand Rapids Bank"
Writer's location: New Haven, CT
Box 7 Folder 21
Pages: 1
Discusses sound education and the formation of educational funds.
Rudin # P-174
October 6, 1922
Taft, William H.
Office held: As ex-President and Chief Justice of the United States
Addressee: "Clarence H. Kelsey, President, Title Guarantee and Trust Co."
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 7 Folder 22
Pages: 1
Regarding his High Court colleagues.
Rudin # P-175
September 23, 1927
Taft, William H.
Office held: As ex-President and Chief Justice of the United States
Addressee: Honorable Charles G. Washburn
Writer's location: Pointe-au-Pic Quebec, Canada
Box 7 Folder 23
Pages: 2 1/2
Acknowledges his 70th birthday; discusses what he would like to do in his remaining years.
Rudin # P-176
During Mexican War
Taylor, Zachary
Office held: As Major General
Writer's location:
Box Folder
Pages: 1
Part of a Pay Voucher including servants. See also Rudin #84 in the Gail and Stephen Rudin Slavery Collection, collection #4681.
Rudin # P-177
June 29, 1847
Taylor, Zachary
Office held: As Major General
Addressee: Mr. S.C. Holden
Writer's location: Camp near Monterray, Mexico
Box 7 Folder 24
Pages: 1
Citizens of Batavia, NY endorse Taylor for President. He says that there are much better men than himself who are qualified. With newspaper article.
Rudin # P-178
Truman, Harry
Box 7 Folder 25
Stamps
Envelope with stamps.
August 25, 1945
Truman, Harry
Office held: As President
Addressee: Senator Walter F. George
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 26
Pages: 1
Reviews troop redeployment at war's end.
Rudin # P-179
1848
Truman, Harry
Box 13 Folder 5
Newspaper
Chicago Daily Tribune of the election.
July 16, 1948
Truman, Harry
Office held: As President
Addressee: David H. Morgan
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 27
Pages: 1
Ridicules the hypocritical Republican platform.
Rudin # P-180
August 12, 1948
Truman, Harry
Office held: As President
Writer's location: "Cabinet Room The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 28
Pages: 2
Authorizing loan for construction of U.N. Headquarters in N.Y. City.
Rudin # P-181
April 4, 1950
Truman, Harry
Office held: As President
Addressee: Wilbur J. Abell
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 29
Pages: 1
"We have tried to arrange things so that (Margaret) would attain that success on merit".
Rudin # P-182
November 4, 1950
Truman, Harry
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Barney Nover The Denver Post"
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 30
Pages: 1
Refers to his attempted assassination.
Rudin # P-183
April 14, 1951
Truman, Harry
Office held: As President
Addressee: Edward D. McKim
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 7 Folder 31
Pages: 1
On the firing of MacArthur. From the Forbes Collection - Part Six.
Rudin # P-184
June 22, 1959
Truman, Harry
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Paul V. Lutz
Writer's location: Independence, Missouri
Box 7 Folder 32
Pages: 1
Former Presidents are discarded.
Rudin # P-185
January 1960
Truman, Harry
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Winston Norman
Writer's location: Independence, Missouri
Box 7 Folder 33
Pages: 1
Says "No" to running for President in 1960. Included is a copy of a letter from Norman to Truman (1/8/1950) asking him to accept the Presidential nomination. Envelope of Truman letter has a printed Free Frank signature.
Rudin # P-186
October 5, 1960
Truman, Harry
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Honorable Leonor K. Sullivan
Writer's location: Independence, Missouri
Box 7 Folder 34
Pages: 1 1/2
Vigorously campaigns for the Democratic Presidential ticket of John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
Rudin # P-187
August 5, 1970
Truman, Harry
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Robert Lovett
Writer's location: Independence, Missouri
Box 7 Folder 35
Pages: 1
How a teacher should communicate with students. Envelope has printed Free Frank Signature.
Rudin # P-189
December 9, 1970
Truman, Harry
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Miss. Maria Smith
Writer's location: Independence, Missouri
Box 8 Folder 1
Pages: 1
Explains the "S" in his name. Envelope has printed Free Frank Signature.
Rudin # P-190
November 10, 1841
Tyler, John
Office held: As President
Writer's location:
Box 8 Folder 1A
Pages: 1
Four Language Sea Letter for the Bark "Elizabeth" for a whaling voyage.
Rudin # P-191
January 19, 1849
Tyler, John
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Robert Tyler (his son)
Writer's location: Sherwood Forest
Box 8 Folder 2
Pages: 1 1/2
Mourns the loss of his grandson to cholera.
Rudin # P-192
July 13, 1829
Van Buren, Martin
Office held: As Secretary of State
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 9 Folder 3
Pages: 1
Certificate of Copyright for the book "Sketches of Naval Life".
Rudin # P-193
February 14, 1836
Van Buren, Martin
Office held: As Vice President
Addressee: William C. Rives
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 8 Folder 3
Pages: 2
Reports on diplomatic affairs involving France and Great Britain.
Rudin # P-194
June 10, 1856
Van Buren, Martin
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: Henry D. Gilpin
Writer's location: Lindenwald
Box 8 Folder 4
Pages: 4
Political letter on the 1856 Presidential Election, Van Buren's relationship with James Buchanan, and the Democratic Party's chances in New York State.
Rudin # P-195
1939, 1982
Washington, George
Box 8 Folder 5
Stamps
Commemorative stamps.
November 26, 1785
Washington, George
Office held: As ex-Commander of the Continental Army
Addressee: Colonel John Fitzpatrick
Writer's location: Mount Vernon
Box 8 Folder 6
Pages: 1
The toil of a legislator re: the Potomac Company. Not in "Writings" ed. J.C. Fitzpatrick.
Rudin # P-196
September 11, 1900
Wilson, Woodrow
Office held: "As Professor of Law and Politics, Princeton University"
Addressee: Frank Walter Brooks
Writer's location: "Judd Haven, Ontario, Canada"
Box 8 Folder 7
Pages: 3
On the Constitution as a living document. Included with this letter is correspondence regarding its possible sale to Thomas Madigan in 1936. Madigan was a well known autograph dealer of his day who wrote a book titled "Word Shadows of the Great".
Rudin # P-197
March 1916
Wilson, Woodrow
Office held: As President
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 8 Folder 8
Pages: 2 1/2
In the wake of Pershing's pursuit of Pancho Villa, Wilson tries to manage the press. From the Forbes Collection - Part One.
Rudin # P-198
January 29, 1917
Wilson, Woodrow
Office held: As President
Writer's location: "The White House Washington, D.C."
Box 8 Folder 9
Pages: 3
Vote of the Immigration Bill. H.R. 10384.
Rudin # P-199
September 6, 1919
Wilson, Woodrow
Office held: As President
Addressee: "Clarence Dillon, War Industries Board "
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 8 Folder 10
Pages: 1
First "dollar a year men" check. Countersigned by Bernard Baruch.
Rudin # P-200
December 18, 1922
Wilson, Woodrow
Office held: As ex-President
Addressee: "Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (Wilson's Daughter)"
Writer's location: Washington, D.C.
Box 8 Folder 11
Pages: 1
"In spite of breakdown and political persecution, I realize that I am the most fortunate man in the world".
Rudin # P-201

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