James D. Richardson Papers, 1898.

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Richardson, James D. (James Daniel), 1843-1914.
Abstract:

Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee, 1885-1905. Letters received by Richardson from members of Congress, newspaper editors, and other prominent individuals, answering his request, after publication of the first six volumes, for written opinions on the value of the work, "Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897" (1917), which he edited.

Extent:
450 items (Two volumes)
Language:
Materials in English

Background

Biographical / historical:

Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee, 1885-1905.

Scope and content:

Letters received by Richardson from members of Congress, newspaper editors, and other prominent individuals, answering his request, after publication of the first six volumes, for written opinions on the value of the work, "Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897" (1917), which he edited.

Acquisition information:

Purchase 1964

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2022

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the James D. Richardson Papers, #3700, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765