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John W. Weeks papers

 Collection
Identifier: ML-1
ML-1

  • Staff Only

Description

The papers of John Wingate Weeks contain personal and professional correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, written speeches, articles and biographical materials chronicling his political career as a member of Congress and as Secretary of War under Presidents Harding and Coolidge. Correspondents include Calvin Coolidge, Woodrow Wilson, Newton D. Baker, Edwin A. Filene, Warren G. Harding, Sinclair Weeks, Henry Cabot Lodge, William H. Taft, Theodore Roosevelt and Charles G. Washburn. Some genealogical material of the Weeks family is also included.

Dates

  • 1843 - 1976

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission from Dartmouth College required for publication or reproduction.

Extent

60 linear ft. (43 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926), banker, congressman and Secretary of War. The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, scrapbooks with clippings, photographs, written speeches, articles and biographical materials chronicling his political career as a member of Congress and as Secretary of War. Some genealogical material of the Weeks family is also included.

Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
6065 Webster Hall
Hanover NH 03755 USA

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