James Graham Phelps Stokes papers, 1779-1960, bulk 1884-1960

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, financial records, memorabilia, and printed materials. The papers relate to numerous organizations--social, political, civic, and philanthropic--with which he was associated. Among these organizations are Legal Aid Society; Prison Association of New York; Outdoor Recreation League; Socialist Democratic League and National Party; American Alliance for Labor and Democracy; Constitutional Democracy Association; National Security League; YMCA, etc. Included among the papers are his journals and diaries, 1884-1950. An incomplete set of his letterbooks 1905-1960 and some family papers relating to real estate and financial matters

Among the more than 1,600 cataloged letters there is correspondence with people associated with organizations to which Stokes also belonged, such as Marcellus Hartley Dodge and May Matthews of Hartley House; Samuel Barrows and William Marshall Fitts Round of the Prison Association of New York; William Henry Baldwin and Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute; Charles Edward Russell, John Spargo and William English Walling of the Social Democratic League; and Charles B. Stover of the Outdoor Recreation League. There are also letters from Pearl Buck; John Dewey; Theodore Dreiser; Hamlin Garland; Sol Hurok; Helen Keller; Rockwell Kent; Robert Moses; Anna Pavlova; Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair; and Lillian Wald.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Readers must use microfilm of materials sepecified above.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Graham Phelps Stokes 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.

Alternate Form Available

Pearl S. Buck letters are on: microfilm.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of J. G. Phelps Stokes, 1959.

Gift of Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes, 1984.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Stokes, J. G. Phelps. Method of acquisition--Gift & purchase.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Entered in AMC 12/04/90.

Subject Headings

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Socialist and philanthropist. (Columbia University. College of P&S, M.D. 1896).