MSS 258 James Family Papers

              OHIO
H I S T O R Y
MSS 258
James Family Papers
2 cubic f e e t
Final inventory
C o l l e c t i o n Synopsis
Provenance: The Ohio I i i s t o r i c a l Society acquired t h e James Fa. mily Papers i n
July 1961. They were. o r i g i n a l l y cataloged as VOL 155- 173. 3farjori. e J. Myers
reprocessed t h e c o l l e c t i o n i n March 1979.
Property r i g h t s : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l Society holds property r i g h t s t o t h e
manuscripts i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
Copyrights: The copyrights to t h i s c o l l e c t i o n have - not been dedicated t o the
p u b l i c . C o n s i d e r a t i o n s o f the requirements o f c o p y r i g h t a r e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
of the author and p u b l i s h e r .
Access: Access to t h i s c o l l e c t i o n is apen under t h e r e g u l a t i o n s of the Archives-
Manuscripts Division, Ohio I I i s t o r i . c a l Society.
C i t a t i o n : A suggested s i t a t i o n f o r t h e manuscripts i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n is: John
H. James t o E l i s h a Whittlesey, 27 Aug 1850, James Family Papers ( MSS 258), box 1,
volume 1, pp. 137- 139, Ohio H i s t o r i c a l Society.
Biographical sketch: John dough James ( 1600- 1881) was t h e % on of Levi and Rachel
Hough James. He married Abby Bailey i n 1825 and t h e i r c h i l d r e n were Ellen Rachel
( b. 1826), Gertrude V. ( b. 1828), Francis B. ( b. 1831), and John Henry ( 1834- 1898).
John Henry James married H a r r i e t Lynch i n 1863 and t h e i r c h i l d r e n included John
Hough James ( 1866- 1950). For a d d i t i o n a l information see: Ophia D. Smith, " The
family of Levi James and i t s a l l i a n c e s , " i n the Ohio H i s t o r i c a l Society B u l l e t i n ,
vol. 8 ( 1950), pp. 171- 200; and William Ernest Smith, A Buckeye Titan ( concerning
John Hough James).
Scope and content: The James Family Papers c o n s i s t of 19 vol. umes and occupy two
cubic f e e t of s h e l f space. The papers date from 1850 through 1904 and a r e arranged
c h r o n o l o g i c a l l y i n t o four s e r i e s . The John Hough James s e r i e s contains f i v e letter-press
boolcs of correspondence, Feb. 11, 1850- April 17, 1858, and one l e t t e r p r e s s
book of miscellaneous h i s t o r i c a l and p o l i t i c a l w r i t i n g s , ca. 1852- 1664. The Urbana
and Champaign Mutual Insurance Company, Urbana, Ohio, s e r i e s c o n s i s t s of one l e t t e r -
press book of correspondence by t h e s e c r e t a r y , E. Glenn, Aug. 13, 1852- March 14,
1859. The John Henry James s e r i e s includes el- even letter press books of correspon-dence
Sept. 21, 1863- Jan. 21, 1884; and July 6, 1886- March 18, 1901. The l e t t e r
book f o r Jan. 1884- July 1886 was not received w i t h t h e c o l l e c t i o n . When John Henry
James died September 23, 1898 h i s son John Hough James c a r r i e d on the business and
correspondence. The John Hough James papers t h e r e f o r e begin during 1898. The John
liough Jaines s e r i e s contains one l e t t e r press book of correspondence, March 1901-
April 13, 1904 which completes t h e c o l l e c t i o n . For a more complete d e s c r i p t i o n of
each volu~ ne see the Collection Inventory which follows.
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