Call Number:

C0237

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

3 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Grover Cleveland Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1860-1907 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Manuscripts -- 19th century., Photographs -- 19th century., Shorthand -- 20th century., and Speeches, addresses, etc. -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of several holograph addresses, miscellaneous correspondence, and family photographs of American president Grover Cleveland.

A former mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York, Grover Cleveland became the twenty-second (1885-1889) and twenty-fourth (1893-1897) president of the United States. He retired to Princeton, N.J., after leaving the White House.

The collection consists of several holograph addresses of Cleveland, miscellaneous correspondence, and photographs. Over 400 original shorthand letters dictated by Cleveland to Julian B. Beaty, a Princeton student (1902-1906) working his way through college with stenography and typing, with Beaty's typed transcriptions, form a large part of the collection. Beaty grouped the transcriptions under various subject headings. Additional original letters to Beaty by both Cleveland and his wife, Frances, are included.

Among other material are an early letter (1860) by Cleveland to his sister Sue, revealing his devotion and sense of family obligation; a letter (1885) to Cleveland by George Bruski, his substitute in the Civil War, asking for Cleveland to make his life a little easier for the rest of his days; a rational plea from a Sing Sing prisoner to have his case reviewed; and over 200 photographs of mostly family scenes and residences.

Other correspondents of Cleveland and his wife include William L. Patten, Judge William Strong, and Andrew Fleming West.