Catalog Record:
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.
The papers of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, poet, fiction writer, and magazine editor, were received by the Library of Congress through the gifts of Leonard Kebler, E. R. Meyer, and Elizabeth S. Stevens, 1917-1985, and by purchase, 1943-1952.
The papers of Thomas Bailey Aldrich were arranged and described in 1998 and the finding aid revised in 2007.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Thomas Bailey Aldrich 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.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Thomas Bailey Aldrich Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) span the years 1873-1901 and consist of correspondence and a bound volume containing both a holograph and typescript of "Monody on the Death of Wendell Phillips." The correspondence contains letters sent by Aldrich and his wife concerning personal and social matters. Most of the correspondence is to Aldrich's friend, Edward Howard House.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.