John Hay papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11290
Subjects: Correspondence; American Diplomatic and consular service; American newspapers; Spanish-American War, 1898; Slavery; Land grants; New York tribune; American poetry; Law; Foreign relations; History
Description: Correspondence and letterbooks, speeches, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, memorabilia, memoranda, and other papers relating chiefly to Hay's service as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain and U.S. secretary of state under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.  Earlier papers deal with his work as a lawyer in Springfield, Ill., his poetry, and his years with the New York Tribune, as well as his years, 1861-1864, as assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln.  Includes material concerning the Spanish-American War.  Also includes correspondence dated 1882-1914 of his wife, Clara Louise Stone Hay (1849-1914), an autograph collection pertaining primarily to slavery in the U.S., and a land grant, 1798, issued by Kentucky to the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln and his heirs.

Correspondents include Brooks Adams, Alvey A. Adee, Joseph Hodges Choate, George B. Cortelyou, Charles William Eliot, Henry James, Clarence King, Henry Cabot Lodge, William McKinley, Baron Julian Pauncefote, William Woodville Rockhill, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, and Mark Twain.
Notes: Open to research.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Microfilm edition of containers 1-39 available, no. 15,213.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.

Gift, Clarence L. Hay and Alice Hay Wadsworth, 1952.

Gift, other Hay family members, 1960-2007.

Other gift, transfer, and purchase, 1910-1942.

transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Statesman, diplomat, historian, journalist, and poet.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003049