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Washington, D.C.
2010

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2011 Finding aid written in English.
Collection Summary John Russell Young Papers circa 1840-1959 (bulk 1858-1898) MSS46854 Young, John Russell, 1841-1899 28,000 items 46 containers plus 1 oversize 12.4 linear feet 3 microfilm reels Collection material in English Manuscript Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Journalist, editor, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress. Correspondence, diaries, writings, biography with annotations, Dow family papers, scrapbook, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Young’s career as a journalist and association with Ulysses S. Grant.
Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

People Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910--Correspondence. Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886--Correspondence. Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887--Correspondence. Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922--Correspondence. Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873--Correspondence. Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910--Correspondence. Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888--Correspondence. Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905--Correspondence. Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899--Correspondence. Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897--Correspondence. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Correspondence. Dow family. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Correspondence. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Correspondence. Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881--Correspondence. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Correspondence. George, Henry, 1839-1897--Correspondence. Gordon, James B. (James Byron), 1822-1864--Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872--Correspondence. Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901--Correspondence. Hay, John, 1838-1905--Correspondence. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894--Correspondence. Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909--Correspondence. Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920--Correspondence. Latrobe, Osmun--Correspondence. Li, Hongzhang, 1823-1901. Longfellow, Charles Appleton--Correspondence. Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891--Correspondence. McCook, Anson G. (Anson George), 1835-1917--Correspondence. McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Correspondence. Mills, Stephen Crosby, Mrs.--Correspondence. Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883--Correspondence. Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884--Correspondence. Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912--Correspondence. Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906--Correspondence. Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888--Correspondence. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Correspondence. Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914--Correspondence. Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931--Correspondence. Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904--Correspondence. Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874--Correspondence. Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878--Correspondence. Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921--Correspondence. White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918--Correspondence. Young, Dorothy Mills--Correspondence. Young, G. R. (Gordon Russell), 1891- --Correspondence. Young, John Russell, 1840-1899. Young, Mary Dow Davids. Mary Dow Davids Young correspondence and diaries. Organizations Library of Congress--Officials and employees. United States Military Academy--Students. Subjects Journalism--United States. Voyages around the world--History--19th century. Places United States--Politics and government--19th century. Occupations Diplomats. Editors. Journalists. Librarians of Congress.
Administrative Information Provenance

The papers of John Russell Young, journalist, editor, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Mary Dow Davids Young, their son, G. R. Young, and his wife, Dorothy Mills Young, 1924-1927. Additional material was given by the District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, D.C., 1937. Some items from the initial accessions were transferred after their receipt to the papers of Ulysses S. Grant.

Processing History

A portion of the Young Papers was processed in and bound in 1925. Other portions were arranged and described in 1965-1967, with additional material incorporated into the collection in 1978. The finding aid was revised in 2010.

Related Material

The papers of Ulysses S. Grant in the Manuscript Division include material removed from the Young collection and placed in Series I, Subseries B of the Grant Papers. The items may be identified by the notation “AC.2994" placed in the lower right-hand corner of each page.

Copyright Status

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

Access and Restrictions

The papers of John Russell Young are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

Microfilm

A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on three reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan

Preferred Citation

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Biographical Note Date Event 1840, Nov. 20 Born, Dunnamanna, County Tyrone, Ireland 1841 Emigrated to U. S. with parents 1856 Apprenticed to printing office in Philadelphia, Pa. 1861 Private secretary to John W. Forney, Washington, D.C. Published first account of Battle of Bull Run 1862 One of the founders of Union League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. 1864 Joined staff of General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Red River Campaign 1865 Established Morning Post Joined firm of Jay Cooke & Co. 1866-1869 Managing editor, New York Tribune Admitted to New York bar 1869-1870 Founded New York Standard 1870 Special agent of the secretary of the treasury in Europe. 1871 Sent to Europe on confidential mission by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish 1872 In Paris, France, where he joined the New York Herald 1877 In London, England, where he joined Ulysses S. Grant on world tour 1879 Published Around the World with General Grant 1882-1885 United States minister to China 1888 Sent to London, England, to establish an English edition of New York Herald 1891 Director, Union League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. 1897 Appointed Librarian of Congress 1899, Jan. 17 Died, Washington, D.C. Scope and Content Note

The papers of John Russell Young (1840-1899) span the years circa 1840-1959, with the bulk from 1858 to 1898. The collection includes the correspondence and diaries of Young and his wife, Mary Dow Davids Young; writings; biography with annotations; a scrapbook; photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Young’s career as a journalist. There is Dow family correspondence from the 1840s through the 1880s, including correspondence, 1918-1920, to Mrs. Stephen Crosby Mills from Dorothy Mills (Young), the future wife of Young’s son, G. R. Young. The General Correspondence of John Russell Young relates primarily to political and journalist matters. A topic of particular significance in the series is a visit to the United States in 1896 of Chinese leader Hongzhang Li.

As a result of his tour around the world with ex-President Ulysses S. Grant, John Russell Young was able to obtain many originals of Grant’s incoming and some outgoing correspondence. This material has been removed from the Young Papers and incorporated into the Grant Papers also available in the Manuscript Division.

The Special Correspondence and Miscellany series includes three volumes of mounted manuscripts. The first volume contains twenty-three items from Grant to Young, November 15, 1870-August 25, 1883 and undated. The second volume contains correspondence, September 26, 1864-November 4, 1895, with Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Appleton Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, Wendell Phillips, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), and others. The third volume relates to a planned meeting in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1893 and letters of reply to Young from Edward Porter Alexander, James B. Gordon, O. O. Howard, William Dean Howells, Osmun Latrobe, Hoke Smith, Anson G. McCook, Daniel Edward Sickles, and others.

The Addition includes letters from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Dorothy Mills Young when he was at the United States Military Academy.

Other correspondents include Chester Alan Arthur; James Bryce, viscount Bryce; Salmon P. Chase; Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Roscoe Conkling; Jay Cooke; Augustin Daly; Charles A. Dana; John W. Forney; James A. Garfield; Henry George; Horace Greeley; Benjamin Harrison; John Hay; William McKinley; Edwin D. Morgan; Whitelaw Reid; Carl Schurz; Philip Henry Sheridan; William T. Sherman; Henry M. Stanley; Bayard Taylor; Henry Watterson; and Andrew Dickson White.

Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged in eleven series:

General Correspondence, 1854-1898 Biography of Young Press Clippings, 1854 Miscellany, 1877-1879 General Correspondence, 1897-1920 Special Correspondence and Miscellany, 1864-1899 Dow Family Papers, circa 1840-1890 Diaries of John Russell Young and Mary Dow Davids Young, 1865-1923 Scrapbook, 1843-1850 Addition, 1890-1959 Oversize
http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78046854 Container List Container Contents 1-25 General Correspondence, 1854-1898

Letters sent and received.

Arranged chronologically.

1 1854, Dec. 12-1863, Aug. 12 2 1863, Aug. 20-1865, Nov. 8 3 1865, Nov. 19-1867, Mar. 20 4 1867, Mar. 22-1868, Jan. 23 5 1868, Feb. 1-1868, Aug. 30 6 6 1868, Aug. 31-1869, Jan. 15 7 7 1869, Jan. 16-1869, July 19 8 8 1869, July 20-1873, Mar. 25 9 9 1873, Mar. 27-1875, Jan. 16 10 1875, Jan. 18-1878, Aug. 18 11 1878, Aug.-1879, July 7 12 1879, July 8-1880, Jan. 1 13 1880, Jan. 8-1880, Dec. 27 14 1880, Dec. 28-1882. Mar. 8 15 1882, Mar. 9-1883, May 19 16 1883, May 23-1884, Jan.10 17 1884, Jan. 12-1885, June 4? 18 1885, June 5-1889, Jan. 10 19 1889, Jan. 17-1890, Oct. 13 19A 1890, Oct. 2-1890, Oct. 10 20 1890, Oct. 14-1891, Dec. 20 21 1891, Dec. 21-1893, Feb. 19 22 1893, Feb. 20-1896, Aug. 17 23 1896, Aug. 20-1898, Jan. 3 24 1898, Jan. 5-1898, Dec. 28, undated 25 Undated
26-29 Biography of Young

Annotated and corrected typescript of “John Russell Young, His Life and Correspondence.”

Arranged in bound volumes.

26 Vol. 1 27 Vol. 2 28 Vol. 3 29 Vol. 4
30 Press Clippings, 1854

Bound volume of clippings titled “The Press of the U.S. on the Letter Written by Horace Greeley in 1854 to [William H.] Seward When They Were Whigs.”

30 “The Press of the U.S. on the Letter Written by Horace Greeley in 1854 to [William H.] Seward When They Were Whigs,” 1854
31 Miscellany, 1877-1879

Bound volume including memorabilia and holograph text and corrected proofs describing the world tour of Ulysses S. Grant in 1877-1879.

31 World tour with Ulysses S. Grant, memorabilia and written account by Young, 1877-1879
32 General Correspondence, 1897-1920

Correspondence of Young and his wife, Mary Dow Davids Young, and of his daughter-in-law, Dorothy Mills Young, and her mother and their family.

Arranged chronologically within the two groups.

32 Young, John Russell and Mary Dow Davids, 1897, Jan. 29-1908, Aug. 30 32 Young, Dorothy Mills, and others, 1918, Feb. 24-1920, Apr. 25, undated
33 Special Correspondence and Miscellany, 1864-1899

Bound volumes of correspondence addressed to Young from Ulysses S. Grant, 1870-1883; by literary figures of the period, 1864-1895; concerning a reunion at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1893; and miscellaneous letters, 1890-1899. Also invitations and photographs.

Organized by topic or type of material.

33 “Autograph Letters from Charles Dickens and Others,” 1864-1895 33 “Autograph Letters of General Grant,” 1870-1883 33 “Souvenir of a Reunion at Gettysburg,” Gettysburg, Pa., Apr. 28, 1893 33 Miscellaneous letters and cards, 1890-1899 33 Invitation to decoration of Grant’s Tomb, New York, N.Y., and miscellaneous photographs, 1877-1886
34-35 Dow Family Papers, circa 1840-1890

Correspondence, journals and a diary, financial material, photographs, and miscellaneous items.

Arranged in two sets and therein by type of material

34 Set I 34 Correspondence 34 Diary, James G. Dow 34 Envelopes and notes 34 Financial and school papers 34 Journals and diary, Mrs. James G. Dow 34 Photographs 34 Printed matter 35 Set II 35 Correspondence 35 Memorial of James G. Dow 35 Poetry and miscellany
36-39 1-3 Diaries of John Russell Young and Mary Dow Davids Young, 1865-1923

Diaries of Young and his wife.

Arranged in separate groups.

36 1-2 Young, John Russell 37 2-3 1865, 1868-1870, 1872-1873, 1875-1880, 1883, 1886 38 2-3 1887-1893, 1896-1898 38 2-3 Young, Mary Dow Davids 1887-1893, 1896-1898 38 2-3 1891-1892, 18978, 1901, 1906-1912, 1914-1916 39 1917-1923
40 Scrapbook, 1843-1850

Newspaper clippings.

40 Newspaper clippings, circa 1843-1850
41-45 Addition, 1890-1959

Correspondence and miscellany.

Arranged by type of material.

41 Letters to John Russell Young, 1890-1892 41 Letters to Dorothy Mills, from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul A. Hodgson, and George Fenn Lewis, 1914-1915, undated 41 Letters from Gordon Russell Young to Mary Dow Davids ( his mother), 1917-1919, undated 41 Correspondence, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dorothy Mills Young, 1955-1959 41 Miscellany, 1919-1951, undated 41 Clippings 41 Programs 41 Photographs 41 Certificates and awards See Oversize 42-43 Young, Gordon Russell 42-43 Correspondence, memoranda, photographs, and speeches 44 Correspondence with his mother, Mary Dow Davids Young, 1908-1923 45 Published books 45 Around the World with General Grant by Young. 45 The Innocents by Sinclair Lewis. 45 Men and Memories by John Russell Young (2 vols). 45 Our Mr. Wrenn by Sinclair Lewis. 45 The Prince of India by Lew Wallace (2 vols.) 45 The Second Division 45 Unpublished writing, Pettit, H. W., “Life and Adventures of Theophilis Bird, A. D.”
OV 1 Oversize

Certificates and awards.

Arranged and described according to the series and container from which the items were removed.

OV 1 Miscellany OV 1 Certificates and awards (Container 41)
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