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1. www.loc.gov › collections › james-k-polk-papersProvenance of the James K. Polk Papers - Library of Congress

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   How did the James K. Polk papers come to the Library of Congress? This essay, originally written for the Index to the James K. Polk Papers (Washington, D.C., 1969), pp. v-xiv, tells the story. The papers of James K. Polk (1795-1849), 11th President of the United States (1845-49), have been described by his major biographer as a "magnificent ...

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2. www.loc.gov › collections › james-k-polk-papersAbout this Collection | James K. Polk Papers | Digital ...

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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 ...

3. www.jstor.org › stable › 42623431The James K. Polk Papers - JSTOR

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   Presidential appointments, correspondence, accounts, White. House invitations, and other papers provide new insights into the. life and times of the eleventh President of the United States, James Knox Polk. 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 ...

4. ir.law.utk.edu › aall_websites › 75"James K. Polk Papers" by James K. Polk and Library of ...

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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 ...

5. polkproject.utk.edu › library-of-congressLibrary of Congress Digitizes Polk Papers | The James K. Polk ...

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   Aug 21, 2017 · The Library of Congress has digitized its James K. Polk Papers, the world’s largest archival collection of documents related to the eleventh president. On the library’s site, users can view thousands of original letters, speeches, diaries, and other papers. This new resource is an excellent companion to the Correspondence of James K. Polk, which features

6. guides.loc.gov › james-k-polk › digital-collectionsJames K. Polk: A Resource Guide - Library of Congress

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   Aug 5, 2024 · James K. Polk Papers 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.

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   Who augmented the Polk papers?

   • Sadie Fall Gardner Grant (Mrs. Rollin P. Grant), a daughter of Sarah Polk’s niece, augmented the Polk papers with a significant donation of materials in 1927. Between the years 1954 and 1973, the Library of Congress produced a microfilm edition of the materials in series 1-9 and 11, with a related index published in 1969.

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   Who inherited the Polk papers?

   • Upon Sarah C. Polk’s death in 1891, her niece, Sally Polk Jetton Fall (Mrs. George W. Fall), inherited the Polk Papers. The Library of Congress acquired approximately 10,000 items from Mrs. Fall in 1903. The Chicago Historical Society transferred additional correspondence and the bulk of Polk’s diaries to the Library of Congress in 1910.

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   When was the Polk papers enlarged?

   • The first substantial augmentation of the Library's Polk Papers occurred in 1910, when Herbert Putnam, in a letter to Franklin H. Head, president of the Chicago Historical Society, raised the question of "concentrating two collections of the papers of Presidents of the United States," those of Madison and Polk.

   Provenance of the James K. Polk Papers - Library of Congress

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   What is the James K Polk papers index?

   • The Index to the James K. Polk Papers (PDF and page view), created by the Manuscript Division in 1969 after the bulk of the collection was microfilmed, provides a full list of the correspondents and notes the series number and dates of the items indexed. This information is helpful in finding individual letters or documents in the online version.

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   What happened to Polk's papers in 1927?

   • In 1927 Library officials, who had long been under the impression that the Polk collection had been virtually completed by the addition of the Chicago manuscripts, were startled to learn that a large body of Polk's papers was still outstanding. Dr. J.

   Provenance of the James K. Polk Papers - Library of Congress

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   How many items are in the Polk papers?

   • There are approximately 20,500 discrete items in the Polk Papers. See the "Description of the Papers" that immediately follows this essay. The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSL&A) has, in its Archives Division, an important group of papers of the gubernatorial period, including two letterbooks and a number of letters received.

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8. www.loc.gov › rr › programJames K. Polk: A Resource Guide - Library of Congress

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   James K. Polk: A Resource Guide. The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with James K. Polk, including the James K. Polk Papers. This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Polk such as manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, and images that are ...