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Newspaper clippings relating to the career, life, activities, and political milieu of Chester A. Arthur, compiled for him while he was president, and covering only the period of his presidency. The clippings are mounted in 76 volumes and were gathered from both the major New York papers had local and specialized journals from all over the country. The volumes are grouped in several sequences as follows: 45 volumes labelled "Current Comment" 1881-1885; 6 volumes "Presidential Predictions, 1883-1884; 7 volumes "Canal and foreign questions" 1881-1885; 2 volumes "Personal" 1882-1883; 3 volumes "Appointments" 1882-1885; 3 volumes "Conventions" 1881-1884; 2 volumes "Civil Service" 1881-1885; 2 volumes "Mormonism" 1881-1885; 2 volumes "Southern" 1881-1884; 1 volume "Financial and Statistical" 1881-1885; 1 volume "Tariff discussions" 1884-1885; 1 volume "Social" 1884-1885; 1 volume "Miscellaneous notes" 1884-1885.
Chronological within each volume.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alan Chester Arthur papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Purchase ca. 1949. Accession number--M55-01.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processed by RBML staff in January 1955.
Surveyed Christina Hilton Fenn 03/24/89.
2009-06-26 File created.
2010-01-20 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
President of the United States, 1881-1885.
Chester A. Arthur was elected vice president in 1880. After the assassination of President James A. Garfield in 1881, he became president on 19 September of that year. As president, Arthur distanced himself from the Stalwarts and attempted to deal with government corruption. He launched investigations of the civil service and the post-office and was instrumental in helping to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883. After losing the support of the Stalwarts and failing to make new political alliances with reformers, he was not nominated by his party for the presidency in 1884. He died of Bright's disease on 18 November 1886.
Box 1 Volume 1-2
Box 2 Volume 3-4
Box 3 Volume 5 & 6
Box 4 Volume 7 & 8
Box 5 Volume 9 & 10
Box 6 Volume 11 & 12
Box 7 Volume 13 & 14
Box 8 Volume 15 & 16
Box 9 Volume 17 & 18
Box 10 Volume 19 & 20
Box 11 Volume 21 & 22
Box 12 Volume 23 & 24
Box 13 Volume 25 & 26
Box 14 Volume 27 & 28
Box 15 Volume 29 & 30
Box 16 Volume 31 & 32
Box 17 Volume 33 & 34
Box 18 Volume 35 & 36
Box 19 Volume 37 & 38
Box 20 Volume 39 & 40
Box 21 Volume 41 & 42
Box 22 Volume 44 & 45
Box 23 Volume 1 & 2
Box 24 Volume 3 & 4
Box 25 Volume 5 & 7
Box 26 Volume 8
Box 26 Volume 1
Box 27 Volume 2 & 3
Box 28 Volume 1 & 2
Box 29 Volume 1
Box 29 Volume 1
Box 30 Volume 1-2
Box 31 Volume 1
Box 31 Volume 1
Box 32 Volume 1 & 2
Box 33 Volume 1 & 2
Box 34 Volume 3 & 4
Box 35 Volume 5 & 6
Box 36 Volume 7
Box 36 Volume 1
Box 37 Volume 2 & 3
Box 38 Volume 1 & 2