]> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001001 William Dudley Foulke A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress Prepared by Wilhelmena B. Curry and Paul G. SiftonRevised by Connie L. Cartledge Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
1997

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2001 Finding aid written in English. 2004-08-26 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Collection Summary Papers of William Dudley Foulke ca. 1470-1952 (bulk 1868-1935) MSS21170 Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935 2,500 items 12 containers plus 1 oversize 5.2 linear feet Collection material in English Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Lawyer, public official, and author from Indiana. Correspondence, diaries, journals, copybook, speeches, writings, notes, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers, including a late fifteenth century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland. The bulk of the collection consists of Foulke's correspondence reflecting his literary career and public service, including letters from Theodore Roosevelt discussing civil service reform, the Progressive movement, Woodrow Wilson, the World Court (Permanent Court of International Justice), and pacifism. Selected Search Terms

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 Names: Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935 Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Cates family Cates family--Correspondence Faulk family Faulk family--Correspondence Reeve family Reeve family--Correspondence Shoemaker family Shoemaker family--Correspondence Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915--Correspondence Addams, Jane, 1860-1935--Correspondence Ade, George, 1866-1944--Correspondence Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924--Correspondence Adler, Felix, 1851-1933--Correspondence Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906--Correspondence Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927--Correspondence Blackwell, Henry Brown, 1825-1909--Correspondence Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921--Correspondence Bowers, Claude Gernade, 1879-1958--Correspondence Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922--Correspondence Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947--Correspondence Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931--Correspondence Eastman, Max, 1883-1969--Correspondence Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926--Correspondence Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918--Correspondence Fiske, John, 1842-1901--Correspondence Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950--Correspondence Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909--Correspondence Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902--Correspondence Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924--Correspondence Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932--Correspondence Gresham, Walter Quintin, 1832-1895--Correspondence Hammond, John Hays, 1888-1965--Correspondence Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904--Correspondence Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901--Correspondence Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943--Correspondence Hay, John, 1838-1905--Correspondence Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893--Correspondence Higginson,Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911--Correspondence Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909--Correspondence Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910--Correspondence Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952--Correspondence Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899--Correspondence Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937--Correspondence Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945--Correspondence Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931--Correspondence Kennan, George, 1845-1924--Correspondence La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953--Correspondence Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 1866-1944--Correspondence Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909--Correspondence Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924--Correspondence Low, Seth, 1850-1916--Correspondence McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949--Correspondence McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Correspondence Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914--Correspondence Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922--Correspondence Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918--Correspondence Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943--Correspondence Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902--Correspondence Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916--Correspondence Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948--Correspondence Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence Root, Elihu, 1845-1937--Correspondence Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941--Correspondence Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906--Correspondence Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947--Correspondence Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908--Correspondence Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893--Correspondence Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929--Correspondence Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Correspondence Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949--Correspondence Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905--Correspondence Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Correspondence White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918--Correspondence White, William Allen, 1868-1944--Correspondence Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence Permanent Court of International Justice Morrisson, Mary Foulke. Scrapbooks of Mary Foulke Morrison Reeves, Arthur Middleton, 1856-1891. Papers of Arthur Middleton Reeves Reeves, Mark E. Papers of Mark E. Reeves Subjects: American literature Civil service reform International law Icelandic literature Pacifism Progressivism (United States politics) Sagas Egypt--Description and travel Europe--Description and travel Indiana--Politics and government Palestine--Description and travel United States--Politics and government--1865-1921 United States--Politics and government--1901-1953 Occupations: Authors Lawyers Public officials Administrative Information Provenance:

The papers of William Dudley Foulke, lawyer, public official, and author, were given to the Library of Congress by Foulke in 1931. Additions to the papers were given to the Library by other family members from 1936 to 1968.

 Processing History:

The papers of William Dudley Foulke were initially arranged and described in 1980. This register was revised in 1997.

 Transfers:

Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. A map has been transferred to the Geography and Map Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the William Dudley Foulke Papers.

 Copyright Status:

The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William Dudley Foulke is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

 Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Dudley Foulke Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

 Biographical Note Date Event 1848, Nov. 20 Born, New York, N.Y. 1869 A.B., Columbia College, New York, N.Y. 1871 LL.B., Columbia Law School, New York, N.Y. 1871-1876 Practiced law, New York, N.Y. 1872 Married Mary Taylor Reeves 1876 Moved to Richmond, Ind. Attorney, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad 1882-1886 Republican member, Indiana state senate 1885 Introduced a bill to establish Indiana civil service system; subsequently organized and became president of the Indiana Civil Service Reform Association 1886-1890 President, American Woman Suffrage Association 1887 Published . . . Slav or Saxon; a Study of the Growth and Tendencies of Russian Civilization (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 148 pp.) 1889 Ceased practicing law 1889-1890 Conducted an investigation into conditions in the federal civil service for the National Civil Service Reform League 1893 Acting chairman, woman's suffrage congress at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. 1893-1921 President, Proportional Representation League 1899 Published Life of Oliver P. Morton, Including His Important Speeches (Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co. 2 vols.) 1900 Published Maya; a Story of Yucatan (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 219 pp.) 1901 Appointed member of the Civil Service Commission by President Theodore Roosevelt 1903 Published Protean Papers (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 197 pp.) 1906-1916 Editor and part owner, Evening Item, Richmond, Ind. 1910-1914 President, National Municipal League 1911 Published Dorothy Day (New York: Cosmopolitan Press. 297 pp.) 1912 Published Masterpieces of the Masters of Fiction (New York: Cosmopolitan Press. 269 pp.) 1916 Published Lyrics of War and Peace (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 119 pp.) 1919 Published Fighting the Spoilsmen; Reminiscences of the Civil Service Reform Movement (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 348 pp.) 1922 Published A Hoosier Autobiography (New York: Oxford University Press. 252 pp.) 1923-1924 President, National Civil Service Reform League 1930 Published Lucius B. Swift, a Biography (Indianapolis: Published for the Indiana Historical Society by Bobbs-Merrill Co. 153 pp.) 1935, May 30 Died, Richmond, Ind. Scope and Content Note

The papers of William Dudley Foulke (1848-1935) span the years ca. 1470-1952, with the majority of the papers concentrated in the period 1868-1935. The first series in the Foulke Papers, consisting of diaries and related material, 1867-1872, mainly concerns European, Egyptian, and Holy Land travels by Foulke, Arthur Middleton Reeves, and Mark E. Reeves, and a copybook kept by the Shoemaker family in 1825. The Family Correspondence series, 1791-1934, contains letters exchanged between members of the interrelated Foulke, Reeves, Cates, and Shoemaker families.

The largest and most important series in the papers is the General Correspondence of William Dudley Foulke. Dated from 1868 to 1935, Foulke's correspondence reflects his public and literary careers. Of particular interest are letters from Theodore Roosevelt discussing civil service reform, the Progressive Movement, Woodrow Wilson, the World Court, pacifism, and other topics. There is also a large number of letters from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Among Foulke's other correspondents are Charles Francis Adams, Jane Addams, George Ade, Alvey A. Adee, Felix Adler, Susan B. Anthony, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Henry Brown Blackwell, Charles J. Bonaparte, Claude Gernade Bowers, Viscount James Bryce, Nicholas Murray Butler, Richard Henry Dana, Max Eastman, Charles William Eliot, Charles W. Fairbanks, John Fiske, James Rudolph Garfield, Richard Watson Gilder, Edwin Lawrence Godkin, Samuel Gompers, Lady Gregory, Walter Quintin Gresham, John Hays Hammond, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Benjamin Harrison, Albert Bushnell Hart, John Hay, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Herbert Hoover, O. O. Howard, Julia Ward Howe, Harold L. Ickes, Robert Green Ingersoll, J. Franklin Jameson, Hiram Johnson, David Starr Jordan, George Kennan, Robert M. La Follette, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Henry Charles Lea, Henry Cabot Lodge, Seth Low, Samuel S. McClure, William McKinley, S. Weir Mitchell, Thomas Nelson Page, Walter Hines Page, William Lyon Phelps, Gifford Pinchot, Thomas Reed, James Whitcomb Riley, Elihu Root, Charles Edward Russell, Carl Schurz, Albert Shaw, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Lucy Stone, Moorfield Storey, William H. Taft, Oswald Garrison Villard, Lew Wallace, Booker T. Washington, Andrew Dickson White, William Allen White, and Woodrow Wilson.

The Subject File and the Speeches and Writings File include a variety of material related principally to state and federal civil service reform. The Financial Papers and the Miscellany series consist of family items including two scrapbooks kept by Foulke's daughter, Mary Foulke Morrisson. The final item in the papers is a late fifteenth century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland.

 Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in eight series:

Diaries, Journals, Notebook, and Copybook, 1825-1872, n.d. Family Correspondence, 1791-1934 General Correspondence, 1868-1935, n.d. Subject File, 1886-1931, n.d. Speeches and Writings File, 1885-1928 Financial Papers, 1745-1868 Miscellany, ca. 1470-1952, n.d. Oversize, ca. 1470-ca. 1500 Container List Box Contents 1 Diaries, Journals, Notebook, and Copybook, 1825-1872, n.d.

Diaries, journals, notebook, and copybook kept by William Dudley Foulke, Mark E. Reeves, Arthur Middleton Reeves, and the Shoemaker family.

Arranged chronologically by type of material.

 1 Diaries 1867, William Dudley Foulke 1871-1872, Mark E. Reeves Undated, Arthur Middleton Reeves Journals, Arthur Middleton Reeves, 1871-1872 (2 vols.) Notebook, n.d., Arthur Middleton Reeves Copybook, 1825, Shoemaker family 2 Family Correspondence, 1791-1934

Letters exchanged among members of the Foulke, Reeves, and Shoemaker families.

Arranged chronologically.

 2 1791-1831, 1838-1889, 1914-1934 (6 folders) 3-8 General Correspondence, 1868-1935, n.d.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of Foulke.

Arranged chronologically.

 3 1868-1902 (19 folders) 4 8 Jan. 1903-16 Nov. 1915 (26 folders) 5 17 Nov. 1915-28 Aug. 1918 (18 folders) 6 Sept. 1918-Aug. 1923 (17 folders) 7 Sept. 1923-Sept. 1927 (14 folders) 8 Oct. 1927-Nov. 1935, n.d. (15 folders) 9-10 Subject File, 1886-1931, n.d.

Manuscripts, clippings, and other material relating to the Civil Service Reform League, the Ku Klux Klan, and Prohibition.

Arranged alphabetically by topic.

 9 Civil Service Reform League, 1886-1931, n.d. (10 folders) 10 Ku Klux Klan, 1922-1924 Prohibition, 1923-1931 10 Speeches and Writings File, 1885-1928

Manuscript and printed copies of speeches, articles, and notes by Foulke.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

 10 "Abstaining From Political Activity," 1918 "Calumnies in Washington and Roosevelt in Chicago," n.d. "City Government by Experts Under the Competitive System," 1915 "Civil Service Reform," 1885-1889 (2 folders) Civil Service Reform League annual address, 1923 "The Federal Civil Service Act Must Not Be Repealed," 1927 "Good Government," 1907 "Indiana Civil Service Reform Association," 1889 "The Influence of Civil Service Reform," 1893 Interview with Calvin Coolidge, 1923 "Political Life," 1928 "A Proposed Act Providing an Employment System for the Federal Service of the United States Embodying Modern Conceptions of Public Personnel Administration," 1927 "A Reform Administration," 1888 "Removal of Civil Service Employees," 1912 "Some of the Defective and Unconstitutional Provisions of Mr. Telford's Proposed Federal Employment Act," 1928 "Spoils System Still an Active Factor," 1923 "Theodore Roosevelt," 1915 "What Have Civil Service Reformers a Right to Expect From the Republican Party?" 1889 11 Financial Papers, 1745-1868

Abstracts of titles, indentures, and miscellaneous papers.

Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein.

 11 Abstracts of title, 1745-1823 Indentures, 1793-1826 (3 folders) Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1868 12 Miscellany, ca. 1470-1952, n.d.

Printed matter, newspaper clippings, certificates, and two scrapbooks kept by Mary Foulke Morrisson.

Arranged by type of material.

 12 Printed matter, 1866-1952 Clippings, 1884-1928 Certificates, 1837 Scrapbooks, Mary Foulke Morrisson, 1925-1952, n.d. Tristram Saga, ca. 1470-ca. 1500 See Oversize OV 1 Oversize, ca. 1470-ca. 1500

Fragment of the Tristram Saga.

 OV 1 Tristram Saga, ca. 1470-ca. 1500