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Description of Series. The James K. Polk Papers are arranged into twelve series. Series 1-9 and 11 were reproduced on 69 reels of microfilm, scans of which comprise the bulk of this online collection. Materials in series 10 and 12 were scanned from the originals, with the exception of published booklets and messages to Congress in series 10.
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- Series 2: General Correspondence and Related Items, 1775-1849
- Series 3: Additional Correspondence and Related Material, 1826-1849
- Series 4: Letterpress Copy Books, 1845-1849
- Series 5: Messages and Speeches, 1833-1849
- Series 6: Notes, 1831-1847
- Series 7: Account and Memoranda Books, 1817-1850
- Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1827-1884
- Series 9: Sarah Childress Polk Papers, 1838-1891
- Series 10: Printed Matter, 1826-1886
- Series 12: Additions, 1775-1885
- Oversize, 1832-1886
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Governors--Tennessee. Presidents--United States. Representatives, U.S. Congress--Tennessee. Speakers of the House, U.S. Congress.
The papers of James K. Polk are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on sixty-seven reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, James K. Polk Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Mainly letters received, with receipts, legal documents, petitions, and other related items. Arranged chronologically.
Letters received and related material. Arranged chronologically.
Copies of Polk's outgoing letters in five volumes. The first four volumes have self-contained indexes. Arranged chronologically.
Drafts by Polk of messages to Congress and speeches, together with some printed copies. Arranged chronologically.
Notes by Polk on a variety of subjects. Arranged alphabetically on numbered mounting sheets and in an "executive record book."
Miscellaneous account and memoranda volumes. Arranged chronologically.
Broadsides and broadsheets, many of which were sent as letters to Polk, and other printed matter or documents pertaining to legal cases and politics, particularly to Democratic Party politics in Tennessee. Additional newspaper clippings are appended. Arranged chronologically.
Letters received, invoices, receipts, checks, and related documents. Arranged chronologically.
Presidential messages to Congress, pamphlets, and speeches by Polk, and booklets and newspapers pertaining to him. Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Correspondence and miscellany including duplicates and fragments, engraved portraits, extracts copied from historic documents, philatelic covers, and a presidential order. Arranged by year of addition and alphabetically by type of material therein.
Printed matter and newsletters. Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
These items are included in a collection of papers from the James K. Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, which have been placed on deposit in the Manuscripts Section of the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Concentrated in the years of Polk's presidential administration and consisting of approximately eight hundred items, these papers span ...
Notes and research files of James K. Polk used for writing his master's thesis, Pensacola Commerce and Industry, 1821-1860. Topics include railroads, slavery, brickmaking, sawmills, shipping, John Innerarity, Joseph Forsyth, Arcadia Mill, descriptions of Pensacola in the 1800s, and notes on businesses and trades in Pensacola, 1820-1860, and excerpts from the Pensacola Gazette.
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The papers of James K. Polk (1795-1849), governor of Tennessee, representative from Tennessee, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and eleventh president of the United States, contain approximately 20,500 items dating from 1775 to 1891, with the bulk falling in the period 1830-1849. The collection includes correspondence, presidential letterbooks, diaries, speeches and messages, account ...
This essay, originally written for the Index to the James K. Polk Papers (Washington, D.C., 1969), pp. v-xiv, tells the story. Timeline A chronology of key events in the life of James K. Polk (1795-1849), eleventh president of the United States. Articles and Essays. Provenance of the James K. Polk Papers.
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