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Nelson W. Aldrich papers (aldrich)
Providence College
Archives and Special Collections
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Providence, RI 02918
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Inventory
Diaries and Notebooks
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Diaries and social engagement books of Abby Pearce Chapman Aldrich, bound and unbound shorthand letters and notes of Nelson W. Aldrich, a Civil War company roll book, a fraternal lodge address book, minutes of the Senate Finance Committee for Dec. 1863 to June 1864, and a journal relating to the Hepburn Act of 1906.
Arrangement: Arranged by type of material.
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Aldrich, Abby Pearce Chapman - Diaries
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Jan 1904; Jan-May 1912 |
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Aldrich, Abby Pearce Chapman - Engagement books
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1905-1910 |
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Hepburn Act journal, no author
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1927 |
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Civil War roll book
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1863 |
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Fraternal lodge address book
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undated |
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Senate Finance Committee minutes
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Dec 1863-Jun 1864 |
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Bound shorthand letters
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ca. Dec 1882-Jan 1884 |
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Bound shorthand notes
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undated |
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Unbound shorthand letters
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ca. 1882-1909, undated |
General Correspondence
48 reels
Mainly letters received and occasional letters sent by Aldrich, and letters sent and received by staff members of the National Monetary Commission.
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Correspondence
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1777 |
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Correspondence
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1846-Nov 1879 |
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Correspondence
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Dec 1879-May 1880 |
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Correspondence
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Jun 1880-Jan 1881 |
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Correspondence
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Feb-Dec 1881; 1881, no day or month |
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Correspondence
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Jan-Mar 1882 |
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Correspondence
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Apr-Jun 1882 |
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Correspondence
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1-14 July 1882 |
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Correspondence
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15 Dec 1882-19 Jan 1883 |
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Correspondence
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Jan 20-Feb 28 1883 |
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Correspondence
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Mar-Aug 1883 |
Reel 9-10 |
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Correspondence
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1 Sept-26 Dec 1883 |
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Correspondence
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27 Dec 27 1883-29 Feb 1884 |
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Correspondence
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1 Mar-25 Apr 1884 |
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Correspondence
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26 Apr-30 Jun 1884 |
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Correspondence
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Jul-Oct 1884 |
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Correspondence
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1 Nov 1884-21 Jan 1885 |
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Correspondence
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22 Jan-28 Feb 1885 |
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Correspondence
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Mar-Jul 1885 |
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Correspondence
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Aug-Dec 1885; 1885, no day or month |
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Correspondence
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Jan-Feb 1886 |
Reel 16-17 |
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Correspondence
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Mar-Apr 1886 |
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Correspondence
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May-Jun 1886 |
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Correspondence
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Jul-Dec 1886; 1886, no day or month |
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Correspondence
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Jul-Dec 1886; 1886, no day or month |
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Correspondence
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Jan-Apr 1889 |
Reel 19-20 |
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Correspondence
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May-Sept 1889 |
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Correspondence
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Oct 1889-Dec 1890; 1890, no day or month |
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Correspondence
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Jan 1891-Jul 1892 |
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Correspondence
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Aug 1892-Jun 1897 |
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Correspondence
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Jul 1897-May 1899 |
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Correspondence
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Jun 1899-Sept 1900 |
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Correspondence
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Oct 1900-Apr 1902 |
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Correspondence
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May 1902-Jun 1903 |
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Correspondence
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Jul 1903-Sep 1905 |
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Correspondence
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Oct 1905-Dec 1906; 1906, no day or month |
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Correspondence
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Jan 1907-Jan 1908 |
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Correspondence
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Feb-Apr 1908 |
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Correspondence
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May-Aug 1908 |
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Correspondence
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Sep-Dec 1908; 1908, no day or month |
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Correspondence
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1 Jan-8 Feb 1909 |
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Correspondence
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9 Feb-13 Mar 1909 |
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Correspondence
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14-31 Mar 1909 |
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Correspondence
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1-19 Apr 1909 |
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Correspondence
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20 Apr-12 May 1909 |
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Correspondence
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13 May-11 Jun 1909 |
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Correspondence
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13 May-11 Jun 1909 |
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Correspondence
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11 Jul-8 Aug 1909 |
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Correspondence
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9 Aug-22 Sep 1909 |
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Correspondence
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23 Sep-15 Nov 1909 |
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Correspondence
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16 Nov-23 Dec 1909 |
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Correspondence
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24 Dec 1909-31 Jan 1910 |
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Correspondence
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1 Feb-17 Mar 1910 |
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Correspondence
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18 Mar-30 Apr 1910 |
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Correspondence
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May-Jun 1910 |
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Correspondence
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Jul-Sep 1910 |
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Correspondence
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1 Oct-15 Dec 1910 |
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Correspondence
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16 Dec 1910-24 Feb 1911 |
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Correspondence
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25 Feb-31 May 1911 |
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Correspondence
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Jun-Sep 1911 |
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Correspondence
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1 Oct-13 Dec 1911 |
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Correspondence
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14 Dec 1911-30 Apr 1912 |
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Correspondence
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May 1912-Feb 1914 |
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Correspondence
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Mar-Dec 1914; 1914, no day or month |
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Correspondence
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Jan-Jun 1915, undated |
Tariffs
6 reels
Bills, amendments, schedules, petitions, resolutions, reports, statements, and miscellaneous items relating to tariff rates and tariff legislation.
Arrangement: Arranged by type of material.
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Bills, amendments, and schedules
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ca. 1880-1915 |
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Miscellaneous schedules, petitions, statements, statistics, reports, memoranda, resolutions, and fragments relating to the tariff.
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ca. 1880-1915 |
National Monetary Commission
4 reels
Publications, miscellaneous draft reports, proceedings, statements, statistics, and papers relating to the National Monetary Commission.
Arrangement: Arranged by type of material.
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Publications
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1908-1912 |
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Miscellaneous reports, statements, minutes, lists, memoranda, questionnaires, printed matter, and fragments relating to the work of the commission.
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1908-1912 |
Biographer's Papers
4 reels
Research notes collected by Jeannette Paddock Nichols and Nathaniel W Stephenson for the latter’s biography,
Nelson W. Aldrich, a Leader in American Politics
(1930), supplemented by related correspondence and a few miscellaneous items.
Arrangement: Arranged by type of material and therein chronologically.
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Correspondence
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1924-1930, undated |
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General outline
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Interviews, memoranda, and miscellaneous
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Notes
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1860-1915 |
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Notes
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ca. 1860-1886 |
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Notes
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1887-1893 |
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Notes
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1894-1901 |
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Notes
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1902-1905 |
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Notes
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1902-1905 |
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Notes
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1906-1909 |
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Notes
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1910-1915 |
Financial Records
8 boxes
Box 92-100, not filmed
Checkbooks, checks, statements, bills, receipts, vouchers, occasional correspondence, and miscellaneous items relating to Aldrich’s personal financial affairs and to the financial transactions of the National Monetary Commission.
This series was not microfilmed. The originals are located at the Library of Congress.
Arrangement: Arranged by type of material.
Box 92, not filmed |
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Checkbooks
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no date available |
Box 93-94, not filmed |
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Checks
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no date available |
Box 95, not filmed |
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Checks and statements
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no date available |
Box 96-100, not filmed |
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Miscellaneous bills, receipts, vouchers, statements, and occasional correspondence relating to Aldrich’s personal financial affairs and the financial transactions of the National Monetary Commission.
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no date available |
Speech File
4 reels
Reel 62-64
Holograph, typed and printed speeches by Aldrich, including drafts and related research material.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and by type of material.
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Speeches
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1881-1890 |
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Speeches
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1891-Nov 1909 |
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Speeches
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Nov 1909-Oct 1911 |
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Speeches
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Nov 1911-Oct 1913 |
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Notes for tariff speeches
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undated |
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Notes for monetary speeches
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undated |
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Fragmentary
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undated |
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Fragmentary
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undated |
Serial Publications
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Issues of serial publications and miscellaneous journals.
Arrangement: Arranged by title and therein chronologically.
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Bankers Magazine
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1887-1888 |
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Bankers Magazine
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1908 |
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Bankers Magazine
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1910 |
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Bankers Magazine
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1911-1913 |
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Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association
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1899-1905, 1912 |
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Protectionist
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1902-1914 |
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Protectionist
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1908-1913 |
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Protectionist
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1914-1915 |
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Journal of the American Bankers Association
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1908-1910 |
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Journal of the American Bankers Association
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1911-1912 |
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Bradstreet’s Book of Commercial Ratings
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1885-1886 |
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Bradstreet’s Book of Commercial Ratings
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1886-1887 |
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Bradstreet’s Book of Commercial Ratings
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1891-1894 |
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Bradstreet’s Book of Commercial Ratings
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1896 |
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Bradstreet’s Book of Commercial Ratings
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1898-1899 |
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Miscellaneous journals
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ca. 1885-ca. 1915 |
Printed Matter
3 reels
Reel 65-67
Government documents and bound and unbound printed matter.
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Government documents
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ca. 1885-ca. 1915 |
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Bound printed matter
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Reel 66-67 |
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Unbound printed matter
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ca. 1885-ca. 1915 |
Miscellany
5 reels
Reel 68-72
Bound facsimile letters, biographical information, material relating to Aldrich’s rubber investments, speeches, articles, memoranda, proceedings, legal briefs and cases, contracts, reports, requests for supplies, cards, tickets, scrapbooks of clippings relating primarily to tariff and banking matters, acknowledgments, invitations, loose clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items.
Arrangement: Arranged by type of material.
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Bound facsimiles
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1862-1863 |
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Biographical data
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Rubber-business contracts, reports, and miscellany
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Speeches and articles
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1879-1890 |
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Speeches and articles
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Reel 68-69 |
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Speeches and articles
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1891-1915, undated |
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Memoranda
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Proceedings
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Legal briefs and cases
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Contracts
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Reports
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Requests for supplies
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Cards and tickets
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Reel 68-69 |
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Scrapbooks of clippings mainly regarding tariffs
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1884-1886 |
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Scrapbooks
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Reel 70 |
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Scrapbooks
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1885-1890 |
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Scrapbooks
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1911 |
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Acknowledgments
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Invitations
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Invitations
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Clippings
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no date available |
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Resolutions, certificates, lists, draft bills, fragments, and miscellaneous items
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no date available |