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Charles Evans Hughes papers, 1914-1930

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0629
Bib ID 4078919 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948
Title Charles Evans Hughes papers, 1914-1930
Physical Description 57 boxes (57 boxes 1 oversize folder)
Language(s) English .
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 6-57. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, reports, and printed material of Hughes. The papers cover primarily the period following Hughes' defeat in the 1916 presidential election up to his appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1930; in most files there is a gap from March 1921 to March 1925, when Hughes was Secretary of State. Some materials relate to the law firm of Hughes, Rounds, Schurman and Dwight (later Hughes, Schurman and Dwight), but primarily concern Hughes' philanthropies and activities in professional organizations. Among these latter associations are the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Legal Aid Society, and the New York State Bar Association. Records for a number of Hughes' cultural, educational, and international philanthropies, such as the Armenian National Union of America and the George Washington Memorial Association, are included as are materials on his participation in the 1918-1924 aircraft investigation, the Sixth Pan American Conference (Havana, 1928), and the Permanent Court of International Justice, the Hague.

Prominent correspondents include Benjamin N. Cardozo, Calvin Coolidge, William H.P. Faunce, Felix Frankfurter, William D. Guthrie, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Jean Jules Jusserand, Frank B. Kellogg, Frances Kellor, Fiorello H. La Guardia, James Grover McDonald, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Leo S. Rowe, Alfred E. Smith, Harlan Fiske Stone, Henry W. Taft, William Howard Taft, Sumner Welles, and George W. Wickersham.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 6-57. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Evans Hughes papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Descendants of Charles Evans Hughes, through William T. Gossett. Date of acquisition--1983. Accession number--M-83.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

Revision Description

2009-03-25 File created.

2014-03-31 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Aircraft industry Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
American Bar Association Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Armenian Americans Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Armenian National Union of America Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Arts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cardozo, Benjamin N (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Charities Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Education Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Faunce, William Herbert Perry, 1859-1930 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
George Washington Memorial Association Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Governmental investigations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Guthrie, William D (William Dameron), 1859-1935 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Harding, Warren G (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hughes, Rounds, Schurman and Dwight (Firm) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hughes, Schurman and Dwight (Firm) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Inter-American conferences Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
International courts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Judges Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Jusserand, J. J (Jean Jules), 1855-1932 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kellogg, Frank B (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kellor, Frances, 1873-1952 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
La Guardia, Fiorello H (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Law -- Societies, etc Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lawyers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Legal Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
McDonald, James G (James Grover), 1886-1964 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
New York State Bar Association Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Permanent Court of International Justice Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rockefeller, John D., Jr (John Davison), 1874-1960 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rowe, L. S. (Leo Stanton), 1871-1946 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Taft, Henry W. (Henry Waters), 1859-1945 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Taft, William H (William Howard), 1857-1930 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Politics and government Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wickersham, George W (George Woodward), 1858-1936 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Columbia University LL.B., 1884; LL.D., 1907.