| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Theodore E. Burton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Burton, Theodore E. | | | | Dates: | 1869-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Theodore E. Burton (1851-1929) was a United States Representative (1889-1891, 1895-1909, and 1921-1928) and Senator (1909-1915 and 1928-1929) from Cleveland, Ohio. While in Congress, Burton was involved in a number of important issues of the day, and was also a prominent figure in Republican Party politics. He maintained a lifelong involvement in the international peace movement. Burton was a candidate in the 1907 Cleveland mayoral election, losing to Democrat Tom L. Johnson. A bachelor, he was close to his niece, Grace Burton, who became a political confidant, housekeeper, and companion to him in his later years. The collection consists of diaries, journals, appointment books, correspondence, reports, bills and government documents, minutes, notes and other memoranda, pamphlets, printed public remarks, speeches, articles, manuscripts, notebooks, account books, receipts, income tax returns, programs and other memorabilia, passports, address files, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. Legislative issues Burton was involved with are well represented in the collection. These include inland waterways; the Inland Waterways Commission; financial, banking, and currency legislation; immigration restriction; postal, trade and tariff issues; the Panama Canal; political patronage; veterans' and pension affairs; and labor legislation. Local Cleveland, Ohio, issues are represented in the collection. These include the 1907 Cleveland mayoral race, construction of a federal building, local and Ohio politics, and the flood of 1913. Burton's dedication to the international peace movement is documented in the collection. The important role played by his niece Grace Burton is illustrated in her correspondence with her uncle, often demonstrating her own deep interest in local and national politics. Burton's own writings, especially research materials and manuscripts for his two major works, Financial Crises and John Sherman, make up a significant portion of the collection. | | | | Call #: | MS 3469 | | | | Extent: | 58.01 linear feet (58 containers, 64 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Burton, Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah), 1851-1929. | Burton, Grace. | Sherman, John, 1823-1900. | American Peace Society. | Emigration and immigration law -- United States. | Harbors -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Waterways -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Currency question -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Cuban question -- 1895-1898. | Floods -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Peace -- Societies, etc. | Legislators -- United States -- Archives. | Civil service reform -- United States. | Tariff -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Spanish-American War, 1898. | Panama Canal (Panama). | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Warner M. Bateman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bateman, Warner M. | | | | Dates: | 1837-1897 | | | | Abstract: | Warner M. Bateman (1827-1897), noted Cincinnati, Ohio, lawyer, pursued a long and distinguished career not only in the field of law, but also in the world of nineteenth century Republican politics. Bateman served as an Ohio state senator 1865-1868, and as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio 1869-1877. He played a prominent role at the 1880 Republican National Convention, heading the campaign of John Sherman as Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States. The collection consists of journals, notebooks, speeches, letters, bound volumes of correspondence, account books, dockets, checks, receipts, deeds, dividends, tax records, agreements, invitations, business cards and advertisements, notes, souvenirs, notebooks containing notes for Republican Party lectures, and eight volumes of newspaper clippings relating to legal and political matters. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters relating to various legal, personal, political, and professional matters associated with Bateman's activities as lawyer, politician, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio (1869-1877), and manager (1880) of John Sherman's political interests. Notable correspondents include John Sherman, Salmon P. Chase, James A. Garfield, Marcus A. Hanna, Rutherford B. Hayes, William T. Sherman, and William H. Taft. A calendar of correspondence is included in Appendix I in the register to the collection. | | | | Call #: | MS 2900 | | | | Extent: | 8.80 linear feet (22 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bateman, Warner M. (Warner Mifflin), 1827-1897. | Sherman, John, 1823-1900. | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854-) -- History. | Republican Party (Ohio) -- History. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Correspondence. | Government attorneys -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
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