William Dudley Foulke Papers

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Description

Correspondence, diaries, journals, copybook, speeches, writings, notes, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers. The bulk of the collection consists of Foulke's correspondence reflecting his literary career and public service. Of special note are letters from Theodore Roosevelt discussing civil service reform, the Progressive movement, Woodrow Wilson, the World Court (Permanent Court of International Justice), and pacifism. The collection also includes diaries and related material documenting the travels of Foulke, Arthur Middleton Reeves, and Mark E. Reeves in Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land (Palestine); correspondence of the Foulke (Faulk) family and related Cates, Reeves (Reeve), and Shoemaker families; a copybook kept by the Shoemaker family; scrapbooks kept by Foulke's daughter, Mary Foulke Morrisson; and a late 15th century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland.

Rights

Cleared

Source

Finding aid: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001001

Alternative Title

William Dudley Foulke Papers