St. George Leakin Sioussat Papers

Finding Aid for the St. George Leakin Sioussat Papers, 1784-1929

MS-0216

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 19, 2006.

Summary Information

Title: St. George Leakin Sioussat Papers

Date/Date Range : 1784-1929

Extent: 16.0 linear feet

Abstract:
St. George Leakin Sioussat was a historian, professor and Chief of the Manuscripts division of the Library of Congress. The collection contains copies of notes, correspondence, records, bibliography and other research papers collected largely in preparation of a biography of Andrew Johnson and other prominent Tennesseans.

Call number: MS-0216

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use

Aquisition Information:
Julia Richardson Sioussat donated these papers to the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library in 1961.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], St. George Leakin Sioussat Papers, MS-0216. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of sixteen boxes.

Biography / History

St. George Leakin Sioussat was born to Albert Willis and Annie Middleton Leakin Sioussat in Baltimore, Maryland on March 13, 1878. He was educated at Johns Hopkins University, graduating with his A.B. in 1896 and Ph.D. in 1899. He also held an honorary Doctor of Letters, which was conferred by Lehigh University in 1947. Sioussat taught history and economics at a number of colleges and universities, including Smith College (1899-1904), the University of the South (1904-1911), Vanderbilt University (1911-1917), Brown University (1917-1920), and the University of Pennsylvania (1920-1938). After leaving the University of Pennsylvania, he became the Chief of the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress, a position he held from 1938 until his retirement in 1948. After his retirement, he continued to serve the Library of Congress as an honorary consultant in American historiography until his death.

Sioussat was married twice. His first marriage was to Alma Dailey Cleveland (1878-1929) on December 19, 1906. After her death, he married Julia T. Richardson (1919-1967) on December 21, 1940. Sioussat died at his home in Washington, DC at the age of 82 on August 31, 1960.

Collection Scope and Content Note

St. George Leakin Sioussat was a historian, professor and Chief of the Manuscripts division of the Library of Congress. The collection contains copies of notes, correspondence, records, bibliography and other research papers collected largely in preparation of a biography of Andrew Johnson and other prominent Tennesseans.

Subject Terms

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 -- Homes and haunts -- Tennessee -- Greeneville.

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.

Tennessee -- History.

Contents List

Box 1		Campbell Papers Index. Two trays of cards arranged by Sioussat, undated
Box 2	Folder A	Sioussat correspondence, indexes, and notes relating to Campbell Papers, undated
Box 2	Folder B	Two articles with duplicate copies; one by Edmund Cooper concerning William B. Campbell during the Civil War period and the other by John Lellgatt concerning William B. Campbell's Union sentiments, undated
Box 2	Folder C	Material relating to Senator John Bell, undated
Box 2	Folder D	Copies of some of the Donelson papers, and some material pertaining to that collection, undated
Box 2	Folder E	Photostatic copies of W.B. Campbell correspondence, 1862-1866
Box 2	Folder F	18 letters, 1803-1841 Scope Note: 12 copies, with carbons, of letters to David Campbell from Archibald Roane, James Campbell, John Campbell (April 20, 1803), William B. Campbell (October 29, 1839), and W.C. Preston. 4 copies, with carbons, of letters from W.C. Rives to Gov. Campbell (May 22, 1837 to May 3, 1841). 1 letter from David Campbell to John Campbell (April 16, 1832). 1 copy, with carbon, of letter from John Campbell to .
Box 2	Folder G	13 Letters, 1786-1843 Scope Note: 1 copy, with carbon, of letter from Arthur Campbell to Archibald Stuart, February 27, 1786. 2 copies, with carbons, of letters from William Blount to David Campbell, December 11, 1793; May 23, 1794. 6 letters from Andrew Jackson to David Campbell. December 29, 1797 to July 12, 1843. 1 letter from Andrew Jackson to Mrs. Mary H. Campbell, June 29, 1837. 1 copy, with carbon, of letter from St. George Tucker to David Campbell, December 22, 1823. 1 copy of Release of Mr. John Bradley by Santa Anna. [n.d.]
Box 3	Folder A	115 copies of letters from David Campbell to Mary Campbell, 1800-1842
Box 3	Folder B	Duplicate Copies of Box 3, Folder A, 1800-1842
Box 3	Folder C	88 copies of letters from David Campbell to Ed Campbell, John Campbell, Arthur Campbell, James Campbell, David Campbell, and James Carrell, 1802-1850
Box 3	Folder D	Duplicate Copies of Box 3, Folder C, 1802-1850
Box 3	Folder E	64 copies of letters from David Campbell to different people, 1799-1857
Box 3	Folder F	Duplicate Copies of Box 3, Folder E, 1799-1857
Box 4	Folder A	109 copies of letters from W.C. Rives to Governor Campbell, 1837-1853
Box 4	Folder B	Duplicate Copies of Box 4, Folder A, 1837-1853
Box 4	Folder C	62 copies of letters from John Campbell to Col. Robert Campbell, Wm. S. Archie, Edward Campbell, James Campbell, and Elizabeth Campbell, 1810-1861
Box 4	Folder D	Duplicate Copies of Box 4, Folder C, 1810-1861
Box 4	Folder E	80 copies of letters from John Campbell to David Campbell, 1802-1814
Box 4	Folder F	Duplicate Copies of Box 4, Folder F, 1802-1814
Box 5	Folder A	113 copies of letters from John Campbell to David Campbell, 1818-1832
Box 5	Folder B	Duplicate Copies of Box 5, Folder A, 1818-1832
Box 5	Folder C	Pilcher Group, 1832-1856 Scope Note: 29 letters from M.P. Gentry to W.B. Campbell, April 4, 1841 to June 12, 1856. 7 letters from Ephraim H. Foster to W.B. Campbell, January 16, 1840 to August 16, 1851. 2 letters from John Bell to W.B. Campbell, July 23, 1839 and 1849. 1 letter from Ephraim H. Foster to D. Allen, July 2, 1832.
Box 5	Folder D	Duplicate Copies of Box 5, Folder C, 1832-1856
Box 6	Folder A	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1834
Box 6	Folder B	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1835-1837
Box 6	Folder C	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1839-1840
Box 6	Folder D	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1840-1842
Box 6	Folder E	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1843
Box 6	Folder F	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1844-1845
Box 6	Folder G	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1845-1848
Box 6	Folder H	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1849-1851
Box 6	Folder I	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1851-1852
Box 6	Folder J	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1853-1856
Box 6	Folder K	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1857-1860
Box 6	Folder L	Notes and apparent preliminary typescript for Sioussat biography of Andrew Johnson, 1862-1866
Box 7	Folder A	Lists of Johnson Letters at the New York Historical Society, the Bancroft Manuscripts (Massachusetts Historical Society), Pennsylvania Historical Society Collection, Huntington Library Collection, Johnson Manuscripts, Stan V. Henkels Catalogue (Nos. 1267, 1272, 1280, 1342, and 1439), American Art Association Catalogue, and Thomas F. Madigans Autograph Bulletin, 8 West 47th Street, New York, undated
Box 7	Folder B	Huntington Library photostats "People who worked for Andrew Johnson," 1831-1842
Box 7	Folder C	Photostatic Copies, 1845-1867 Scope Note: "Letter of Andrew Johnson of Tennessee to his constituents" Two notes written from Executive mansion to Swain and Worth of North Carolina.
Box 7	Folder D	Copies and Photostats of letters, 1784-1874 Scope Note: Huntington Library: Letter of Andrew Johnson to his son Robert (Oct. 20, 1859). Huntington Library: Letter of Andrew Johnson to D.J. Patterson. (May 13, 1844). Typewritten copies of two letters from Andrew Johnson to Major Sam Milligan (December 28, 1852). Copy of Allan B. Magruder to Judge J.S. Black (July 27, 1874). Copy of George W. Jones to John Letcher (May 3, 1874). Copy of Andrew Johnson to David T. Patterson (Feb. 27, 1844). Copy of William Temple Franklin to Monsieur Ross (Aug. 3, 1779). Copy of William Temple Franklin to Monsieur Dumas (Aug. 1, 1784).
Box 7	Folder E	Typewritten and photostatic copies of letters from Andrew Johnson to Nicholson, Milligan, and Reynolds in the New York Historical Society, undated
Box 7	Folder F	Two chronological and 3 alphabetical lists of names in Andrew Johnson's tailor book (Sioussat notes attached to 1 alphabetical list), undated
Box 7	Folder G	Typewritten copies of miscellaneous letters to and from Andrew Johnson and others, mainly pertaining to the Reconstruction Period in the South (1861-1866), undated
Box 7	Folder H	Typewritten and photostatic copies of letters (Originals in Raleigh, North Carolina Archives), 1865-1866 Scope Note: Letter from W.R. Hill to D.L. Swain. (Oct. 26, 1865). Letter from B.F. Perry to D.L. Swain. (June 27, 1866).
Box 7	Folder I	Three typewritten copies of letter from Gideon Welles to Andrew Johnson, 1869 July 27
Box 7	Folder J	Typewritten copies of letters from Carl Schurz to Andrew Johnson, including clipping from Montgomery, Alabama newspaper, 1865
Box 7	Folder K	Copies of letters and other items of T. Butler King, Commissioner of Georgia, undated
Box 7	Folder L	Typewritten copies of letters, 1832-1861 Scope Note: Letter from Andrew Johnson to Robert Johnson (April 8, 1860). Letter from Andrew Johnson to Robert Johnson (?) January 15, 1860). Letter from Andrew Johnson to (July 22, 1846). Letter from H.L. Smith to Andrew Johnson (1860). Letter from Andrew Johnson to C.H. Bowmand (April 23, 1859). Letter from J. Catron to A.J. Donelson (January 4, 1839). Letter from William P. Johnson to Andrew Johnson (December 2, 1860). Letter from P.S. Physick to Judge Overton (October 30, 1832). Letter from Andrew Johnson to D.T. Patterson (May 13, 1844). Letter from Andrew Johnson to B. McDannel (January 10, 1847). Letter from Andrew Johnson to Carlyle Murray (Aug. 14, 1861). Letter from Andrew Johnson to Amos A. Lawrence (July 31, 1861). Letter from Andrew Johnson to George W. Jones (December 25, 1836).
Box 7	Folder M	Typewritten copies of letters to Judge John Overton, 1825-1832
Box 7	Folder N	Photostatic copy of Andrew Jackson letter to Capt. Richard K. Cole, 1822 March 25
Box 7	Folder O	Typewritten copies of several Andrew Jackson letters to Cave Johnson and Felix Grundy, 1835-1843
Box 7	Folder P	Typewritten copies of 15 Andrew Jackson letters to John Overton; one Martin Van Buren letter to Overton, 1798-1831
Box 7	Folder Q	Typewritten copies of two Andrew Jackson letters to Brigadier General J.G. Swift, 1817
Box 7	Folder R	Sketch of Andrew Jackson's life through his retirement from the army, apparently by Brabson, undated
Box 8	Folder A	"Photographs of articles recently sold to a Nashville dealer by Andrew Johnson Bachman, son of Sarah (Stover) Bachman, grandson of Mary (Johnson) Stover, great grandson of Andrew Johnson," and copy of original plan for Greeneville as laid out for Robert Kerr in 1786, undated
Box 8	Folder B	Newspaper clippings concerning Andrew Johnson, undated
Box 8	Folder C	Material concerning Andrew Johnson and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, undated
Box 8	Folder D	Henderson Notes, concerning parentage of Andrew Johnson; various correspondence in regard to ancestry of Andrew Johnson, undated
Box 8	Folder E	Notes on Clay Collection, Bancroft Manuscripts, and other small collections; notes from newspapers on Tennessee affairs and Johnson; small group of miscellaneous notes, undated
Box 8	Folder F	Notes from British Foreign Office and Russell Papers (concerning Andrew Johnson), undated
Box 8	Folder G	Notes from French Archives (concerning Andrew Johnson), undated
Box 8	Folder H	Miscellaneous longhand notes, undated
Box 8	Folder I	Group of notes typewritten and long hand (source unknown), undated
Box 9	Folder A	Reports of Tennessee County Schools (1831-32) Tennessee Historical Society; Statistics of railroads in Tennessee (1859); "30th Congress 1847-1849" by R.C. Folger; Business conditions in Tennessee in the decade before the Civil War, 1831-1859
Box 9	Folder B	Table of Contents to unknown title on reconstruction, undated
Box 9	Folder C	"Syllabus of Civil War from Southern Standpoint," undated
Box 9	Folder D	Maps, 1906-1908 Scope Note: Soil and Geological Map of Tennessee (1906) Economic Map of Tennessee (1908)
Box 9	Folder E	Lecture on and picture of Davy Crockett. (Apparently by Sioussat), undated
Box 9	Folder F	Photographs of Nashville buildings, undated
Box 9	Folder G	"Andrew Johnson, as Senator from Tennessee" report by Ruth M. Wells, undated
Box 9	Folder H	Material concerning Andrew Johnson, A Study in Courage by Lloyd Paul Stryker. Reviews, etc., undated
Box 9	Folder I	Copies of Newspaper Articles, 1866-1929 Scope Note: Editorial from Scott's Monthly Magazine concerning Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction (January 1866). Editorial from Southern Christian Advocate concerning Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction (January 1866). Article on impeachment of Andrew Johnson from The Confederate Veteran (1890). Article from Nashville Banner concerning Governor Taylor and Andrew Johnson in election of 1875. (March 1922). Article on Greeneville Masonic Lodge of which Andrew Johnson was a member from the Greeneville Democrat (December 19, 1929). Article from Newport Plain Talk concerning Andrew Johnson (July 13, 1928).
Box 9	Folder J	"The political career of Andrew Johnson from his retirement from presidency to his death" by F.W. Brabson. (Typescript), undated
Box 9	Folder K	"How Reconstruction Began in Tennessee" by (Long hand copy), undated
Box 9	Folder L	Article on Tennessee history. Author and title unknown. Page 13 missing, undated
Box 9	Folder M	Typescript of Colonel W.S. Moore's (Private Secretary to Andrew Johnson) Notes, undated
Box 9	Folder N	Article on politics in Alabama during Andrew Johnson's administration by George Bauetlein, Jr., undated
Box 9	Folder O	Material concerning Sioussat's "Andrew Johnson and the Homestead Bill," undated
Box 9	Folder P	Folder assembled by Sioussat labeled "~Andrew Johnson," undated
Box 9	Folder Q	Folder assembled by Sioussat labeled "Greeneville," undated
Box 9	Folder R	Biographical sketch of Andrew Johnson, presumably by Sioussat, undated
Box 9	Folder S	(?) Photostat of plate describing Andrew Johnson Monument, undated
Box 10	Folder A	D.A.B. Article on Andrew Johnson. Original 4 revised, undated
Box 10	Folder B	D.A.B. Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder C	Drafts on D.A.B. article, undated
Box 10	Folder D	Brabson Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder E	Correspondence with Dodd, Mead & Co. and Mr. Nevins concerning Andrew Johnson biography, undated
Box 10	Folder F	Correspondence concerning purchase of Johnson home by U.S. Government, undated
Box 10	Folder G	John H. DeWitt Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder H	Mrs. William S. West Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder I	George Fort Milton Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder J	Miscellaneous Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder K	Gailliard Hunt Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder L	Patterson Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder M	F.H. Hodder Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder N	Pearl Williams Kelley Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder O	Swint and Lord Correspondence, undated
Box 10	Folder P	Miscellaneous Folder, undated
Box 11	Folder A	Notes and bibliography references: Huntington Library Collection, undated
Box 11	Folder B	Notes and bibliography references: Pilcher Papers, undated
Box 11	Folder C	Notes and bibliography references: Mrs. S.B. Larue, Greeneville, undated
Box 11	Folder D	Notes and bibliography references: Nelson Papers, undated
Box 11	Folder E	Notes and bibliography references: Patterson Collection, undated
Box 11	Folder F	Notes and bibliography references: Temple Papers, undated
Box 11	Folder G	Notes and bibliography references: Tennessee State Library, undated
Box 11	Folder H	Notes and bibliography references: Greeneville (Tailor Shop and County Records), undated
Box 11	Folder I	Notes and bibliography references: Stan V. Henkels Catalogue, undated
Box 11	Folder J	Notes and bibliography references: Johnson Manuscripts. (Library of Congress), undated
Box 11	Folder K	Notes and bibliography references: New York Historical Society, undated
Box 11	Folder L	Notes and bibliography references: Mrs. Kelley Collection, undated
Box 11	Folder M	Notes and bibliography references: George Fort Milton Notes, undated
Box 11	Folder N	Notes and bibliography references: Sumner Notes, undated
Box 11	Folder O	Notes and bibliography references: Miscellaneous, undated
Box 11	Folder P	Notes and bibliography references: Miscellaneous, undated
Box 12	Folder A	Typewritten copies of John Sevier documents, undated
Box 12	Folder B	Sources for a study of Tennessee Economic History from the Draper Manuscripts and certain early geographies in the Wisconsin Historical Library, undated
Box 13	Folder A	Reprints from the Tennessee Historical Magazine, undated
Box 13	Folder B	Four copies of "Mexican War Letters of Col. William. Bowen Campbell of Tennessee, written to Governor David Campbell of Virginia, 1846-1847." Introduction and notes by Sioussat, 1915
Box 13	Folder C	One copy of "Diaries of S.H. Laughlin, of Tennessee, 1840, 1843." Introduction and notes by Sioussat, 1916
Box 13	Folder D	Fifteen copies of "Letters of James K. Polk to Andrew J. Donelson 1843-1848." Introduction and notes by Sioussat, 1917
Box 13	Folder E	Ten copies of "Selected Letters, 1844-1845 from the Donelson Papers." Introduction and notes by Sioussat, 1917
Box 13	Folder F	Five copies of "Memphis as a Gateway to the West. A study in the Beginning of Railway Transportation in the Old Southwest" by Sioussat, 1917
Box 13	Folder G	Twenty copies of "John Bell of Tennessee." Introduction and notes by Sioussat, 1917
Box 13	Folder H	Eleven copies of "Selected Letters, 1846-1856 from the Donelson Papers." Introduction and notes by Sioussat, 1917
Box 14	Folder A	Reprints from the Mississippi Historical Review; Fourteen copies of "Tennessee, the Compromise of 1850, and the Nashville Convention." By Sioussat, 1915
Box 14	Folder B	Sixteen copies of "Andrew Johnson and the early phases of the Homestead Bill" by Sioussat, 1918
Box 14	Folder C	Reprint from The Sewanee Review: Nine copies of "Tennessee and the Removal of the Cherokees" by Sioussat, 1908
Box 14	Folder D	Reprints from the American Historical Review, undated
Box 14	Folder E	One copy of "Some Phases of Tennessee Politics in the Jackson Period" by Sioussat, 1908
Box 14	Folder F	Twenty- nine copies of "Notes of Colonel W.G. Moore, Private Secretary to President Johnson, 1866-1868." Introduction and notes by Sioussat, 1913
Box 14	Folder G	Reprints from the Annual Report of the American Historical Association, undated
Box 14	Folder H	Twelve copies of "A Preliminary Report Upon the Archives of Tennessee" by Sioussat, 1906
Box 14	Folder I	Nineteen copies of "Tennessee and National Political Parties, 1850-1860" by Sioussat, 1914
Box 15		State and Federal Publications, undated
Box 16		Other Papers, 1796-1862 Scope Note: Miscellaneous pamphlets, reprints, and other publications. Five trays of "Tennessee Bibliography" arranged by Sioussat. Oversize Manuscripts. Photostatic copies of Andrew Johnson's Proclamations while governor, and "Appeal to the People of Tennessee" by Andrew Johnson. (1862) Tennessee map circa 1796, copy 2 from Sioussat. With Maps in flat file.