Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Charles P. Taft papers,

Title

• Charles P. Taft papers,

Summary

• Part I consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, reports, subject files, family papers, financial records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Taft's role in Cincinnati politics, municipal reform, law practice, business interests, church activities, and state and national Republican Party politics. Main topics include his service with the War Relief Control Board and the Dept. of State, the promotion of international trade, and activities with the World Council of Churches, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and the Episcopal Church. Other topics include the Committee for Economic Development, Committee for a National Trade Policy, elections of 1936, 1940, and 1952, Fair Campaign Practices Committee, reciprocal trade agreements of 1934, tariffs, and U.S. Federal Security Agency.
• Taft, Herron, and Chase family papers include correspondence with such family members as Helen Herron Taft, Robert A. Taft, and William H. Taft. Other correspondents include Dean Acheson, Jacob Billikopf, Ray C. Bliss, John W. Bricker, Joseph E. Davies, Sherwood Eddy, John Chipman Farrar, John B. Hollister, Catherine H. Jones, Lawrence S. Kubie, Alfred M. Landon, Frank J. Lausche, Henry R. Luce, Robert Moses, Reinhold Niebuhr, Francis B. Sayre, and William Allen White.
• Part II consists of correspondence, a political diary, speeches, reports, statements, and other papers relating to Taft's service on the Cincinnati City Council, the Charterite movement, and family and business interests. Includes letters of Taft's daughter, Eleanor Kellogg Taft Hall, and son and daughter-in-law, Seth Chase Taft and Frances Bradley Prindle Taft.
• Part III consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, notebooks, family papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Taft's youth and family life; the Taft family vacation home and the Murray Bay Protestant Church in La Malbaie, Québec province, Canada; the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut; Yale University; Taft's service in the U.S. Army during World War I; and Taft's work as an attorney. Includes letters of Taft's sister, Helen Taft Manning, his parents Helen Herron and William Howard Taft, his wife, Eleanor Chase Taft, and her mother, Elizabeth Kellogg Chase.

Names

• Taft, Charles P. (Charles Phelps), 1897-1983.

Headings

• -  Acheson, Dean,--1893-1971--Correspondence
• -  Billikopf, Jacob,--1883-1950--Correspondence
• -  Bliss, Ray C.--Correspondence
• -  Bricker, John W.--(John William),--1893-1986--Correspondence
• -  Davies, Joseph Edward--Correspondence
• -  Eddy, Sherwood,--1871-1963--Correspondence
• -  Farrar, John Chipman,--1896-1974--Correspondence
• -  Hall, Eleanor Kellogg Taft,--1918-2004--Correspondence
• -  Hollister, John B.--(John Baker),--1890-1978--Correspondence
• -  Jones, Catherine H.--Correspondence
• -  Kubie, Lawrence S.--(Lawrence Schlesinger),--1896-1973--Correspondence
• -  Landon, Alfred M.--(Alfred Mossman),--1887-1987--Correspondence
• -  Lausche, Frank John,--1895-1990--Correspondence
• -  Luce, Henry Robinson,--1898-1967--Correspondence
• -  Manning, Helen Taft,--1891-1987--Correspondence
• -  Moses, Robert,--1888-1981--Correspondence
• -  Niebuhr, Reinhold,--1892-1971--Correspondence
• -  Sayre, Francis Bowes,--1885-1972--Correspondence
• -  Taft, Frances Bradley Prindle,--1921-2017--Correspondence
• -  Taft, Helen Herron,--1861-1943--Correspondence
• -  Taft, Robert A.--(Robert Alphonso),--1889-1953--Correspondence
• -  Taft, Seth Chase,--1922-2013--Correspondence
• -  Taft, William H.--(William Howard),--1857-1930--Correspondence
• -  White, William Allen,--1868-1944--Correspondence
• -  Chase family
• -  Heron family
• -  Taft family
• -  Cincinnati (Ohio).--City Council
• -  United States.--Army--Officers
• -  United States.--Department of State
• -  United States.--Federal Security Agency
• -  United States.--President's War Relief Control Board
• -  Committee for a National Trade Policy (U.S.)
• -  Committee for Economic Development
• -  Episcopal Church
• -  Fair Campaign Practices Committee
• -  Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
• -  Murray Bay Protestant Church (La Malbaie, Québec)
• -  National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
• -  Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
• -  Taft School--Students
• -  World Council of Churches
• -  Yale University--Students
• -  City councils--Ohio--Cincinnati
• -  Commercial treaties
• -  Elections--United States--1936
• -  Elections--United States--1940
• -  Elections--United States--1952
• -  Family life--Ohio--Cincinnati
• -  Family vacations--Québec (Province)--La Malbaie
• -  International trade
• -  Municipal government--United States
• -  Practice of law--Ohio--Cincinnati
• -  Protestant churches--Québec (Province)--La Malbaie
• -  Protestantism
• -  Reciprocity (Commerce)
• -  Tariff--United States
• -  World War, 1914-1918
• -  World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--United States
• -  Cincinnati (Ohio)--Church history
• -  Cincinnati (Ohio)--Politics and government--20th century
• -  Cincinnati (Ohio)--Religious life and customs
• -  La Malbaie (Québec)--Religious life and customs
• -  La Malbaie (Québec)--Social life and customs
• -  Ohio--Politics and government
• -  Québec (Province)--Social life and customs

Notes

• -  Arranged in three parts composed of twenty-three series.
• -  Part I arranged in twelve series. Series 1: Diaries, 1941-1945; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1824-1969; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1908-1972; Series 4: Church Activities, 1930-1972; Series 5: Foreign Affairs, 1937-1969; Series 6: Government File, 1937-1971; Series 7: Political File, 1936-1972; Series 8: Public Affairs, 1937-1972; Series 9: General Subject File, 1840-1972; Series 10: Speeches and Writings File, 1908-1971; Series 11: Miscellany, 1860-1972; and Series 12: Oversize, 1886-1937.
• -  Part II arranged in five series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1831-1983; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1942-1983; Series 3: Personal Office File, 1909-1983; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1857-1978; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1816-1971.
• -  Part III arranged in six series. Series 1: Diaries, 1915-1983; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1908-1957; Series 3: Family Papers, 1911-2002; Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1900-1981; Series 5: Subject File, 1854-1980; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1880-1970.
• -  Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Charles P. Taft Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  Gift, Charles P. Taft, 1974.
• -  Gift, estate of Charles P. Taft, 1983.
• -  Audio and other recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
• -  Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
• -  Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
• -  Lawyer, Protestant lay leader, and mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Son of U.S. President William H. Taft.
• -  Collection material in English.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010303

Medium

• 189,000 items.
• 492 containers plus 3 oversize.
• 197.8 linear feet.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm79042218

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79042218

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record