Research Catalog
Worthington Chauncey Ford papers
- Title
- Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, bulk (1880-1925).
- Author
- Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927.
- Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915.
- Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
- Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949.
- Bemis, Samuel Flagg, 1891-1973.
- Bigelow, John, 1817-1911.
- Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927.
- Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933.
- Bradford, Gamaliel, 1831-1911.
- Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931.
- Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937.
- Faunce, William Herbert Perry, 1859-1930.
- Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902.
- Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943.
- Hunt, Galliard, 1862-1924.
- Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960.
- Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924.
- Lowell, A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence), 1856-1943.
- Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901.
- Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955.
- Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927.
- Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947.
- Swift, Lindsay, 1856-1921.
- Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923.
- Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941.
- Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972.
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949.
- Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921.
- Description
- 75 linear feet (130 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, writings, notes and transcripts, student notes and notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and printed matter.
- Printed matter consists of clippings, periodicals, pamphlets, and materials concerning the Lincoln forgeries.
- Subjects
- Editors
- Archivists
- Historians
- Scrapbooks
- Diaries
- Photographs
- United States > Economic conditions > 1865-1918
- United States > Economic conditions > To 1865
- United States > History > 1865-1898
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > History > 1783-1865
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- International economic relations
- Finance > Statistics
- Economic history
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Library of Congress
- United States > Department of the Treasury > Bureau of Statistics
- United States > Department of State > Bureau of Statistics
- Boston Public Library
- American Historical Association
- Fowler family
- Chauncey family
- Ford family
- Wells, David A (David Ames), 1828-1898
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Diaries.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- Source (note)
- Ford, Worthington C.; Ford family
- Biography (note)
- Worthington Chauncey Ford (1858-1941), the eldest son of Gordon Lester Ford and Emily Fowler Ford, first worked as a cashier for the Long Island Railroad and wrote articles on economics and civics. In 1885 he was appointed chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the U.S. State Dept., then in 1893 he became chief of the Treasury Dept. Bureau of Statistics. He was head of the Boston Public Library's Dept. of Documents and Statistics from 1897 to 1902, chief of the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress from 1902 to 1909, editor of the Massachusetts Historical Society until 1929, and director of the European mission for the Library of Congress, 1929-1935. Ford wrote and edited historical works and was considered an expert on George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and the economist David Wells.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 1044
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A194
- Author
- Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941.
- Title
- Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, bulk (1880-1925).
- Additional Formats
- Letters from Barrett Wendell, 1909-1920, available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Worthington Chauncey Ford (1858-1941), the eldest son of Gordon Lester Ford and Emily Fowler Ford, first worked as a cashier for the Long Island Railroad and wrote articles on economics and civics. In 1885 he was appointed chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the U.S. State Dept., then in 1893 he became chief of the Treasury Dept. Bureau of Statistics. He was head of the Boston Public Library's Dept. of Documents and Statistics from 1897 to 1902, chief of the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress from 1902 to 1909, editor of the Massachusetts Historical Society until 1929, and director of the European mission for the Library of Congress, 1929-1935. Ford wrote and edited historical works and was considered an expert on George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and the economist David Wells.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on the internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Historians.Archivists.Editors.
- Added Author
- Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927.Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915.Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949.Bemis, Samuel Flagg, 1891-1973.Bigelow, John, 1817-1911.Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927.Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933.Bradford, Gamaliel, 1831-1911.Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931.Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937.Faunce, William Herbert Perry, 1859-1930.Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902.Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943.Hunt, Galliard, 1862-1924.Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960.Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937.Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924.Lowell, A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence), 1856-1943.Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901.Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955.Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927.Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947.Swift, Lindsay, 1856-1921.Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923.Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941.Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972.Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949.Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1044