Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Stokes, James Graham Phelps, 1872-1960
- Extent:
- 38 linear feet and 21 letterbooks; 2 ledgers; 19 document boxes; 99 metal correspondence file boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Graham Phelps Stokes papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, financial records, memorabilia, and printed materials. The papers relate to numerous organizations--social, political, civic, and philanthropic--with which he was associated. Among these organizations are Legal Aid Society; Prison Association of New York; Outdoor Recreation League; Socialist Democratic League and National Party; American Alliance for Labor and Democracy; Constitutional Democracy Association; National Security League; YMCA, etc. Included among the papers are his journals and diaries, 1884-1950. An incomplete set of his letterbooks 1905-1960 and some family papers relating to real estate and financial matters
Among the more than 1,600 cataloged letters there is correspondence with people associated with organizations to which Stokes also belonged, such as Marcellus Hartley Dodge and May Matthews of Hartley House; Samuel Barrows and William Marshall Fitts Round of the Prison Association of New York; William Henry Baldwin and Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute; Charles Edward Russell, John Spargo and William English Walling of the Social Democratic League; and Charles B. Stover of the Outdoor Recreation League. There are also letters from Pearl Buck; John Dewey; Theodore Dreiser; Hamlin Garland; Sol Hurok; Helen Keller; Rockwell Kent; Robert Moses; Anna Pavlova; Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, and Lillian Wald.
- Biographical / Historical:
Socialist and philanthropist. (Columbia University. College of P&S, M.D. 1896).
- Acquisition information:
- Papers: Source of acquisition--Stokes, J. G. Phelps. Method of acquisition--Gift purchase.
- Custodial history:
Gift of J. G. Phelps Stokes, June 24 and July 22, 1959.
Gift of Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes, 1984.
- Processing information:
Papers Entered in AMC 12/04/90. Papers processed 1959, revised March 1985 by BRC/RL, and revised June 1988 by JL-W.
- Arrangement:
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Young Men's Christian associations
African Americans -- History
Charities
Socialism
Radicalism
Deeds
Philanthropists
Socialists
Bills (financial)
blueprints (reprographic copies)
Bylaws (administrative records)
Diaries
Financial records
Genealogies (histories)
Insurance policies
Journals
Ledgers (account books)
Letterpress copybooks
Maps (documents)
minutes (administrative records)
Photographs
Reports - Names:
- American Alliance for Labor and Democracy
Constitutional Democracy Association
Correctional Association of New York
Hartley House (New York, N.Y.)
Legal Aid Society (New York, N.Y.)
National Security League
Outdoor Recreation League
Prison Association of New York
Social Democratic League of America
Tuskegee Institute
Baldwin, William Henry, 1863-1905
Barrows, Samuel J (Samuel June), 1845-1909
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
Dewey, John, 1859-1952
Dodge, M. Hartley (Marcellus Hartley), 1881-1963
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940
Hurok, Sol, 1888-1974
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
Matthews, May, 1887-1974
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
Riis, Jacob A (Jacob August), 1849-1914
Round, W. M. F (William Marshall Fitts), 1845-1906
Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
Spargo, John, 1876-1966
Stover, Charles B
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940
Walling, William English, 1877-1936
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Graham Phelps Stokes papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu