Claiborne Pell, Family Papers (MsG. 71.10)

The Pell Family Papers are a collection of correspondence, legal documents, writings, military documents, photographs, prints, realia and miscellaneous antique items that document the Pell family’s history. The papers are organized separately from the Senatorial Papers of Claiborne Pell, but share the same manuscript designation (MsGr. 71).

The collection includes correspondence from Pell’s immediate and extended family that span the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The collections also contains records from Senator Pell’s early and higher education, military service, foreign officer service and Democratic National Committee campaign work before he became a United States Senator in 1960.