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Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. (7)
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. (6)
James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) (6)
Rudolph family. (6)
Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918. (5)
Presidents -- United States -- Family. (5)
Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. (4)
Newell family. (4)
Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941. (4)
Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863-1942. (3)
Rudolph, Joseph. (3)
Ballou family. (2)
Deaf -- Means of communication. (2)
Garfield, Abram, 1872-1958. (2)
Garfield, Eliza Ballou, 1801-1887. (2)
Garfield, Irvin McDowell. (2)
Hearing impaired -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Hearing impaired -- United States. (2)
Hill family. (2)
Newell, John. (2)
Stanley-Brown family. (2)
Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield, 1867-1947. (2)
Western Reserve Historical Society (2)
Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
American Hearing Society. (1)
Architecture. (1)
Cabinet officers -- United States. (1)
Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing. (1)
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center. (1)
Dodge family. (1)
Europe -- Description and travel -- Views. (1)
Feis family. (1)
Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972. (1)
Feis, Ruth Stanley-Brown. (1)
Garfield & Garfield (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
Garfield, Edwina Glenn, 1895- (1)
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination. (1)
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), II, 1894- (1)
Glenn family. (1)
Hearing impaired children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Hearing impaired children -- United States. (1)
Lake Erie School of Speech Reading. (1)
Law firms -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Mason family. (1)
Mentor (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. (1)
Mourning customs -- United States. (1)
National parks and reserves -- Ohio. (1)
Political campaigns -- United States. (1)
Poor family. (1)
Presidents -- Dwellings -- Ohio -- Mentor. (1)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) (1)
Robinson family. (1)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. (1)
Rudolph, Adelaide, 1858-1953. (1)
Rudolph, Elizabeth. (1)
Stanley-Brown, Margaret. (1)
Stanley-Brown, R. (Rudolph), 1889-1944. (1)
Strong family. (1)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. (1)
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1865) (1)
United States. Dept. of the Interior. (1)
Women -- United States. (1)
Women authors. (1)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. (1)
Wyatt family. (1)
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1Title:  Joseph Stanley-Brown Papers     
 Creator:  Stanley-Brown, Joseph 
 Dates:  1874-1930 
 Abstract:  Joseph Stanley-Brown (1858-1941) was the secretary to President James A. Garfield who married the president's daughter, Mollie, in 1888. He also served as stenographer to Major John W. Powell on a geologic survey of the Rocky Mountains, and as a member of the Bering Sea Arbitration Commission. The collection consists of letters to Stanley-Brown, "Reminiscences" by him, letters to the James A. Garfield family, and a Christmas card from Ida Tarbell. 
 Call #:  MS 3722 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941. | Garfield family.
 
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2Title:  James Mason Family Papers     
 Creator:  Mason, James Family 
 Dates:  1832-1941 
 Abstract:  The Mason family resided in Cleveland, Ohio, and had ties to the Garfield, Robinson and Strong families. The collection consists of land contracts and other legal papers of Mr. & Mrs. James Mason (1817-1885), poems and other writings of Mary L. Mason (d. 1899), and family correspondence of the Mason, Garfield, Robinson and Strong families. 
 Call #:  MS 3254 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Mason family. | Garfield family. | Robinson family. | Strong family.
 
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3Title:  Adelaide Rudolph Papers     
 Creator:  Rudolph, Adelaide 
 Dates:  1839-1951 
 Abstract:  Adelaide Rudolph (1858-1953) was a niece of President and Mrs. James A. Garfield who was a teacher and librarian at Columbia University. After her retirement, she worked on a history of Hiram, Ohio, at the Cleveland Public Library. Her father, Joseph Rudolph, was a soldier in Company A, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of letters, a journal, genealogical data, and newspaper clippings of the Garfield and Rudolph families. 
 Call #:  MS 3353 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Rudolph, Adelaide, 1858-1953. | Garfield family. | Rudolph family. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1865) | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
 
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4Title:  Abram Garfield Papers     
 Creator:  Garfield, Abram 
 Dates:  1886-1972 
 Abstract:  Abram Garfield (1872-1958) was the son of president James A. Garfield who became a Cleveland, Ohio, architect, co-founder and president of the School of Architecture (later a part of Western Reserve University), and member of the Regional Association of Cleveland. The collection consists of sketchbooks, diaries, and miscellaneous papers, including drawings, paintings, sketches, and writings. Also included are two autograph books of Marshall Van Horn. A major subject of the artwork is views of Europe. Topics of the diaries include architecture and World War II. 
 Call #:  MS 3695 
 Extent:  1.20 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Garfield, Abram, 1872-1958. | Garfield family. | Architecture. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. | Europe -- Description and travel -- Views.
 
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5Title:  James R. and Helen N. Garfield Papers     
 Creator:  Garfield, James R. and Helen N. 
 Dates:  1881-1948 
 Abstract:  James Rudolph Garfield was the son of President James Garfield. He became a lawyer and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1907-1909). He married Helen Newell in 1890. The collection consists of genealogical materials, including correspondence, wills, property statements, notebooks, and charts, relating to the Garfield, Rudolph, Newell, Hills, Stanley-Brown, Glenn, Dodge and Wyatt families. 
 Call #:  MS 3314 
 Extent:  1.60 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Garfield family. | Rudolph family. | Newell family. | Hill family. | Stanley-Brown family. | Glenn family. | Dodge family. | Wyatt family.
 
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6Title:  Lawnfield Farm Records     
 Creator:  Lawnfield Farm 
 Dates:  1880-1931 
 Abstract:  Lawnfield Farm, in Mentor, Ohio, was purchased by James A. Garfield in 1876, and was his family's home, as well as his headquarters for the 1880 presidential campaign. His widow, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, lived there until her death in 1918. Her brother, Joseph Rudolph, and his wife Elizabeth joined her there, and he managed the farm. The house was modified in 1885, and the library furnished as a memorial to the late president and as a repository for his papers. It was a working farm until 1939, when the heirs donated the farm, homestead, buildings, and remaining property to the Western Reserve Historical Society. The property, now known as the James A. Garfield National Historic Site, is owned by the National Park Service. The collection consists of farm accounts, cash books, journals, receipts, planting inventory, and check stubs, 1880-1911 for Lawnfield Farm, as well as check stubs and bank statements for the Hollycroft Transportation Company, 1929-1931. 
 Call #:  MS 4574 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield family. | Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918. | Rudolph, Elizabeth. | Rudolph, Joseph. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) | Western Reserve Historical Society | Presidents -- Dwellings -- Ohio -- Mentor. | National parks and reserves -- Ohio. | Mentor (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
 
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7Title:  Helen Newell Garfield Papers     
 Creator:  Garfield, Helen Newell 
 Dates:  1882-1930 
 Abstract:  Helen Newell Garfield was the daughter of John Newell, president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and Julia Poore Hills. She married James Rudolph Garfield, son of President James A. Garfield, in 1890, and had four sons; John N., James A., Rudolph H., and Newell. Helen was an advocate for the education and treatment of deaf children. She herself had become deaf around 1918. She ran the Lake Erie School of Speech Reading, and was an officer of the Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing and the American Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing. Helen Newell Garfield died in 1930. The collection consists of speeches, notebooks, reprints, programs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. One of the scrapbooks was compiled by Helen Newell Garfield on her father, John Newell, detailing his career as president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad and containing many family photographs. The other scrapbook provides a picture of the social life of Helen Newell Garfield as an upper class Chicago, Illinois school girl and debutante. Also included is material detailing her work with the American Federation of Organizations for Hard of Hearing, and her personal notebook on speech lessons. 
 Call #:  MS 4572 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Newell, John. | Garfield family. | Newell family. | American Hearing Society. | Lake Erie School of Speech Reading. | Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing. | Hearing impaired -- United States. | Hearing impaired -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hearing impaired children -- United States. | Hearing impaired children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaf -- Means of communication. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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8Title:  James Rudolph Garfield Papers     
 Creator:  Garfield, James Rudolph 
 Dates:  1879-1909 
 Abstract:  James Rudolph Garfield was the son of United States President James A. Garfield and Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. He graduated from Williams College and Columbia Law School, and practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio, with his brother, Harry Augustus Garfield. James married Helen Newell in 1890. They had four sons; John N., James A., Rudolph, and Newell. He served in the Ohio Senate 1896-1900, and was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to the U.S. Civil Service Commission in 1902, and to the Department of Commerce and Labor, as the first commissioner of Corporations, 1903-1907. He then served as Roosevelt's Secretary of the Interior from 1907-1909. He backed Roosevelt's New Progressive Party in 1912, and was defeated as the reform candidate for Ohio governor in 1914. He resumed his Cleveland law practice, became prominent in local Republican politics, and was a member of several civic organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Western Reserve Historical Society, the Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing, and the Cleveland Foundation. The collection consists of three scrapbooks of photographs, mementos, invitations, programs, reprints, family history, correspondence, newspaper clippings, political cartoons, and cards from his college years, early married life, and life in Washington. The scrapbooks also cover the career of Garfield's father-in-law, John Newell, president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and contain reprints, memorials, and photographs of Poore, Hills, Garfield, Rudolph, and Ballou family members, and of Lawnfield, the Garfield family home in Mentor, Ohio. The scrapbooks provide a picture of Garfield's college life and early career, and of Washington social life during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, as well as cartoon and newspaper commentary of Garfield's activities. 
 Call #:  MS 4573 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. | Newell, John. | Garfield family. | Newell family. | Poor family. | Hill family. | Rudolph family. | Ballou family. | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) | United States. Dept. of the Interior. | Cabinet officers -- United States.
 
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9Title:  James A. Garfield Family Papers     
 Creator:  Garfield, James A. Family 
 Dates:  1849-1938 
 Abstract:  James Abram Garfield was the twentieth president of the United States. He grew up in Orange, Ohio, graduated from Williams College in 1856, became president of Hiram College in Portage County, Ohio, and was a lay minister of the Disciples of Christ Church. He was elected to the Ohio Senate, and in 1858, married Lucretia Rudolph. Garfield served in the Civil War, as a lieutenant-colonel of the 42nd Ohio regiment. He was a major general when he resigned in 1863 to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives, where he served for 17 years. Nominated in 1880 as a compromise Republican presidential candidate, his campaign was conducted from Lawnfield, his Mentor, Ohio, home. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, and died September 19. He was survived by his widow, Lucretia Garfield, and by his children; Mary, who married his former secretary, Joseph Stanley-Brown, Irvin McDowell, Harry Augustus, who became president of Williams College, James Rudolph, a Cleveland attorney, Republican politician and member of Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet, and Abram, a Cleveland architect. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, deeds, herbariums, receipts, architectural plans, and probate documents. The correspondence represents Garfield's Civil War and political careers, and commentary by Garfield and other family members on politics, the Republican Party, Garfield's assassination, as well as family relationships and management of Lawnfield as a family property. Lucretia R. Garfield's letters and papers cover travel and include details of farm life, remodeling, and management at Lawnfield. Joseph Rudolph, brother of Lucretia, managed the farm at Lawnfield, and also administered the estate of James A. Garfield. Some estate documents are included. Rev. Mark Hopkins, president of Williams College, received almost daily telegrams on the President's medical condition during the weeks after the assassination, which are included in the collection. The diaries of the president's mother, Eliza Ballou Garfield, are also included, and cover such topics as travels, household details, life in the White House, births, deaths, and illness, as well as the war and Garfield's political career. Correspondence and other documents written by Garfield's sons; James Rudolph, Harry Augustus and Irvin Garfield, and by his daughter and son-in-law, Joseph and Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown, are included. Other correspondents include Salmon P. Chase, Sara Williams Garfield, L.W. Whitney, John Newell, Rutherford B. Hayes, W. S. Rosecrans, Carl Schurz, and A. H. Smith. 
 Call #:  MS 4575 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers and 2 rolls of microfilm) 
 Subjects:  Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination. | Garfield family. | Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918. | Garfield, Eliza Ballou, 1801-1887. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863-1942. | Garfield, Irvin McDowell. | Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941. | Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield, 1867-1947. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) | Presidents -- United States -- Family.
 
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10Title:  James A. Garfield Family Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Garfield, James A. Family 
 Dates:  1871-1937 
 Abstract:  James Abram Garfield was the twentieth president of the United States. He grew up in Orange, Ohio, graduated from Williams College in 1856, became president of Hiram College in Portage County, Ohio, and was a lay minister of the Disciples of Christ Church. He was elected to the Ohio Senate, and in 1858, married Lucretia Rudolph. Garfield served in the Civil War, as a lieutenant-colonel of the 42nd Ohio regiment. He was a major general when he resigned in 1863 to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives, where he served for 17 years. Nominated in 1880 as a compromise Republican presidential candidate, his campaign was conducted from Lawnfield, his Mentor, Ohio, home. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, and died September 19. He was survived by his widow, Lucretia Garfield, and by his children; Mary, who married his former secretary, Joseph Stanley-Brown, Irvin McDowell, Harry Augustus, who became president of Williams College, James Rudolph, a Cleveland attorney, Republican politician and member of Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet, and Abram, a Cleveland architect. The collection consists of correspondence, a quit claim deed, memoirs, certificates of appointments, stock certificates, and genealogical charts. The collection is of interest to students of the Garfield, Rudolph, and Newell families. Certificates of appointment of James Rudolph Garfield signed by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover are included. Helen Newell Garfield, daughter of John and Julia Poore Hills Newell and wife of James Rudolph Garfield, compiled her family's genealogy. Her mother's recollections of the Chicago Fire of 1871 are also included. An unsigned copy of a 1937 quit claim deed transferring Lawnfield to the Western Reserve Historical Society is included. Of interest is a tally sheet made at the telephone of "Uncle Joe" Davidson's general store, Burlington, Ohio, during the 1880 Republican National Convention. Other correspondents include Phillip Holland and W.H. Clapp. A letter of recommendation for Joseph Rudolph, brother-in-law of President Garfield, for service in the Spanish-American War is included, as is a letter signed in 1880 by President Garfield regarding a life insurance policy. 
 Call #:  MS 4579 
 Extent:  0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918. | Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. | Garfield family. | Newell family. | Rudolph family. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Rudolph, Joseph. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) | Western Reserve Historical Society | Presidents -- United States -- Family.
 
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11Title:  James A. Garfield II Family Papers     
 Creator:  Garfield, James A. II 
 Dates:  1869-1965 
 Abstract:  James A. Garfield II was the son of James Rudolph and Helen Newell Garfield, and grandson of United States President James A. Garfield. He was raised with his brothers at Hollycroft, the family home in Mentor, Ohio, next to Lawnfield, residence of Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, the president's widow. He graduated from Williams College in 1916 and served in World War I. He married Edwina Forbes Glenn in 1917. They lived in Cleveland and Mentor, Ohio, while James pursued various business ventures. Edwina moved to Florida with her daughters, Helen Louise and Elizabeth, after the couple divorced in the 1930s. The collection consists of correspondence, an autograph book, scrapbooks, speech reading lessons, drawings, newspaper clippings, and notebooks of President James A. Garfield, James Rudolph and Helen Newell Garfield, and James A. and Edwina Glenn Garfield. The papers relating to President Garfield include a scrapbook compiled in 1874 containing documents which refute charges regarding improprieties in military contract awards, a political tract annotated by President Garfield, and a collection of Garfield "Maxims," as well as commemorative publications and a scrapbook of condolences sent to the family after his death. The collection also contains correspondence and other documents related to James Rudolph and Helen Newell Garfield, including teaching materials for speech reading used by Helen Newell Garfield, and letters of Edwina Glenn Garfield to her husband James A. Garfield II discussing concerns of a young, upper class wife of the 1920s. 
 Call #:  MS 4580 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (6 containers) 
 Subjects:  Garfield, James A. (James Abram), II, 1894- | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield, Edwina Glenn, 1895- | Garfield family. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. | Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center. | Presidents -- United States -- Family. | Hearing impaired -- United States. | Hearing impaired -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaf -- Means of communication. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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12Title:  James A. Garfield Family Papers, Series III     
 Creator:  Garfield, James A. Family 
 Dates:  1859-1990 
 Abstract:  James Abram Garfield was the twentieth president of the United States. He grew up in Orange, Ohio, graduated from Williams College in 1856, became president of Hiram College in Portage County, Ohio, and was a lay minister of the Disciples of Christ Church. He was elected to the Ohio Senate, and in 1858, married Lucretia Rudolph. Garfield served in the Civil War, as a lieutenant-colonel of the 42nd Ohio regiment. He was a major general when he resigned in 1863 to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives, where he served for 17 years. Nominated in 1880 as a compromise Republican presidential candidate, his campaign was conducted from Lawnfield, his Mentor, Ohio, home. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, and died September 19. He was survived by his widow, Lucretia Garfield, and by his children; Mary, who married his former secretary, Joseph Stanley-Brown, Irvin McDowell, Harry Augustus, who became president of Williams College, James Rudolph, a Cleveland attorney, Republican politician and member of Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet, and Abram, a Cleveland architect. The collection consists of correspondence, election tallies, essays, book inscriptions, legal papers, corporate records, scholarly and political notes, a minute book, scrapbooks, receipts, invitations, sympathy cards, calling cards, newspaper clippings, notebooks, pamphlets, phrenology charts, a eulogy, a presentation album, a resolution, a lock of hair, broadsides, programs, poems, sheet music, drawings, lithographs, and paintings. 
 Call #:  MS 4790 
 Extent:  3.10 linear feet (3 containers and 10 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918. | Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863-1942. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941. | Garfield family. | Rudolph family. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) | Garfield & Garfield (Cleveland, Ohio). | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) | Law firms -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Presidents -- United States -- Family. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Mourning customs -- United States.
 
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13Title:  Mary (Mollie) Garfield Stanley-Brown Papers     
 Creator:  Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield 
 Dates:  1881-1967 
 Abstract:  Mary (Mollie) Garfield Stanley-Brown was the daughter of President James A. Garfield and Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. She married Joseph Stanley-Brown in 1888 and had three children; Rudolph, Ruth, and Margaret. Joseph Stanley-Brown had served as Garfield's private secretary in Washington, and organized the papers and books in the memorial library dedicated to the late president at the family home, Lawnfield, Mentor, Ohio. Stanley-Brown worked for the United States Geologic Survey, the National Geographic Society, in the railroad industry, and as a banker. The Stanley-Brown family lived first in Washington, and then in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York. Rudolph Stanley-Brown was a partner in Abram Garfield's architectural firm in Cleveland, Ohio, and married Katherine Oliver in 1922. Margaret Stanley-Brown was a surgeon. Ruth Stanley-Brown attended Vassar College, worked in publishing for several years in New York, and married Herbert Feis in 1922. In 1962, Ruth published a children's book, Mollie Garfield in the White House, based on her mother's diaries. The collection consists of correspondence between Mary Stanley-Brown and her daughter, Ruth Stanley-Brown Feis and other Garfield, Stanley-Brown, and Feis family correspondence, including that between Helen Newell and James Rudolph Garfield during their courtship and first year of marriage. Other family correspondents include Joseph Stanley-Brown, Rudolph Stanley-Brown, Margaret Stanley-Brown, and Abram Garfield. The collection also includes manuscripts, verses, plays, stories, memoirs, diaries, lectures, scrapbooks, illustrations, and notebooks of Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown and other family members; genealogical data for the Ballou, Rudolph, Garfield, and Stanley-Brown families; and notes, drafts, and correspondence relating to Ruth Stanley-Brown Feis' children's book, Mollie Garfield in the White House, published in 1962. Also of interest are the travel observations and lectures of Joseph Stanley-Brown, who was widely traveled in the American West, having accompanied John Wesley Powell and the U.S. Geological Survey on several trips. Several family members produced stories, verses, plays, illustrations, and memoirs, which are included. Abram and Rae (Sara) Garfield's illustrated manuscript "Two Portage County Legends" and Joseph Rudolph's memoir of his Civil War service are included. 
 Call #:  MS 4571 
 Extent:  6.80 linear feet (17 containers) 
 Subjects:  Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield, 1867-1947. | Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield family. | Stanley-Brown family. | Ballou family. | Rudolph family. | Feis family. | Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918. | Garfield, Eliza Ballou, 1801-1887. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863-1942. | Garfield, Irvin McDowell. | Rudolph, Joseph. | Feis, Ruth Stanley-Brown. | Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972. | Stanley-Brown, Margaret. | Stanley-Brown, R. (Rudolph), 1889-1944. | Garfield, Abram, 1872-1958. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) | Presidents -- United States -- Family. | Women -- United States. | Women authors.
 
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