Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: Personal and professional correspondence; 1876-1926
- Subseries 1a: General correspondence; 1876-1926
- Subseries 1b: Letterpress books; 1885-1926
- Series 2: Financial papers; 1893-1925
- Subseries 2a: Banking correspondence; 1893-1925
- Subseries 2b: Bank statements, check books, and income tax returns; circa 1909-1925
- Subseries 2c: Investments; 1900-1925
- Series 3: Philanthropic papers; 1907-1926
- Series 4: Writings; undated, 1898-1925
- Subseries 4a: Manuscripts; undated, 1887-1924
- Subseries 4b: Printed; undated, 1900-1925
- Subseries 4c: Collected; 1887-1923
- Series 5: Personal papers; circa 1825-1927
- Series 6: Business papers; 1865-1925
- Subseries 6a: Bacon Tract records; 1865-1925
- Subseries 6b: Belanger’s Incorporated records; 1909-1925
- Subseries 6c: Phoenix Linen Company records; 1915-1920
- Subseries 6d: Solvay Process Company records; 1868-1924
- Subseries 6e: Southern Realty Company records; 1899-1925
- Subseries 6f: Ward Lumber Syndicate records; circa 1919-1925