John Hay papers (Ms.Hay)
Brown University Library
John Hay Library, University Archives and ManuscriptsBox A
Brown University
Providence, RI, 02912
Tel: 401-863-3723
email:hay@brown.edu
Collection Overview
| Title: | John Hay papers |
| Date range: | 1829-1916 |
| Creator: | Hay, John, 1838-1905 |
| Extent: | 28 linear feet |
| Abstract: | The John Hay papers consists of Hay's correspondence with his family and with literary, diplomatic, and political contemporaries; diaries kept by Hay as Lincoln's White House aide and as Secretary of the Legations in Paris, Vienna, and Madrid, 1866-1870; manuscript poems; galley proofs; personal letterpress copy books; photographs of Hay, his family, and various political figures; political cartoons; sound recordings; and a small collection of objects. Subjects include: Civil War; Lincoln and his administration; Reconstruction; court life in Paris; the bi-metal monetary standard; the Canadian boundary settlement; the fur seal question; Japanese naval activity; Chinese-American relations; the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars; British and American politics. |
| Language of materials: | English. |
| Repository: | John Hay Library |
| Collection number: | Ms.Hay |
