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Noble E. Dawson papers

 Collection
Identifier: USGPL-NED
 

Noble E. Dawson papers

 Collection
Identifier: USGPL-NED

The Noble E. Dawson papers contains correspondence, transcripts, scrapbooks, ephemera, and photographs related to Dawson's position and a transcriber and stenographer for Ulysses S. Grant as Grant was writing his Personal Memoirs. The collection contains correspondence with many members of the Grant family, including Fred Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., Nellie Grant, and Jesse Grant. It also includes correspondence with Robert Todd Lincoln, sculptor Karl Gerhardt, General Grenville Dodge, and many others. Ephemera includes programs from Grant memorials, banquets, and wedding invitations. The materials in this collection range from 1860 to 1920.

Dates
Majority of material found within 1860 - 1920
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Related Names
Dawson, Noble E., -1916
Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902
Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929
Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912
Grant, Jesse Root, 1858-1934
Sartoris, Nellie Grant, 1855-1922
Language of Materials
English

Letter in Shorthand, 1879

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Telegraph to Wills, August 30, 1880

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Josie to Noble E. Dawson, August 10, 1885

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10