The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center 
Spiegel Grove
Fremont, OH 43420

 

Dickinson, James A.
Papers, 1863-1864

Civil War diary of James A. Dickinson who kept a daily account of life as a cabin boy on board USS Tawah from May 1863 to May 1864.

0.125 feet

 

Garvin, John
Papers, 1865-1886

Correspondence of Lieutenant John Garvin who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and continued his naval career throughout his life. Although he spent most of his life at sea, Garvin taught mathematics at the Academy for a time.  These papers are found in the Garvin/Day Families Collection.

0.25 feet

 

Greene, Marie R.
Papers, 1867-1870

Contains approximately one-half dozen identified carte de visite images of U.S. Naval Academy graduates from 1867 to 1870.

0.25 feet

 

Harrington, Purnell F.
Papers, 1879-1920

0.5 feet

 

Hayes, Rutherford B.
Papers, 1829-1897

The Rutherford B. Hayes Papers, the heart of the manuscript collections, include Hayes' diaries, his personal and political correspondence, speeches, news clippings, government records, legal notes, business papers, and military records, occupying 170 linear feet.  Extending from his school days until his death in 1893, the Hayes Papers offer a reflection of the nineteenth president's public and private life as well as his scholarly interests: politics, the presidency, American and Ohio history, education, prison reform, veterans' interests, genealogy, and literature.

170 feet

 

Hayes, Walter S.
Papers, 1914-1923

2 volumes

 

Hayes II, Webb C.
Papers, 1904-1957

The Admiral Webb C. Hayes II Collection consists primarily of the admiral's personal, military, civic, and business papers. Also included are personal correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and other material concerning the life and activities of his wife, Martha Baker Hayes Wilder.

22.25 feet

 

Moorhead, William G.
Papers, 1848-1849

Papers of William G. Moorhead, U.S. Consul and Naval Agent at Valparaiso, Chile, can be found in the Eleutheros Cooke Family papers.

 

O'Neil, Charles
Papers, 1871-1899

0.5 feet

 

Thompson, Richard W.
Papers, 1877-1889

5 feet

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8 June 2002