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Author/Creator:Babb, James E. (James Elisha), 1864-1934.
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Title:James E. Babb Memorial collection, 1847-1942 (inclusive).
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Physical Description:1.5 linear ft. (4 boxes, 1 folio)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Yale Holdings
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Notes:Gift of James T. Babb, 1942-1968.
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Organization:Arranged in two series: I. Correspondence. II. Writings and Memorabilia.
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Access and use:The collection is open for research. Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
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Biographical / Historical note:James Elisha Babb practiced law in Chicago, 1882-1892; in 1892 he moved to Lewiston, Idaho and praticed law there.
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Summary:A double collection of the papers of James Elisha Babb, a lawyer prominent in Idaho politics and of his father-in-law, Charles Johnson Tinkham. Babb's correspondence which was devoted largely to politics included both local and nationally prominent figures. Among the most important were William E. Borah with whom he corresponded from 1898 to 1933 on issues such as women's suffrage, the League of Nations and the Roosevelt Administration, and William Jennings Bryan who wrote between 1880 and 1924. Of particular interest are Bryan's early letters explaining his reasons for entering politics and his letters in the 1920s defending fundamentalist Christianity. Charles Johnson Tinkham's papers are significant for his own Civil War letters and those from his fellow soldiers and officers in the Union Army. Included also in his papers are miscellaneous official documents relating to his war service and an autograph collection.
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Indexes/Finding aids:The finding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet.
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Cite as:James E. Babb Memorial Collection (MS 44). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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Subjects:Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, Duke of, 1823-1900.
Babb, James E. (James Elisha), 1864-1934.
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894.
Barnard, J. G. (John Gross), 1815-1882.
Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940.
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964.
Capen, Nahum, 1804-1886.
Chafee, Adna Romanza, 1884-1941.
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1827-1892.
Dupont, Pierre, 1821-1870.
Fergus, Robert Collyer.
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903.
Headley, J. T., 1813-1897.
Heyburn, Weldon Brinton, 1852-1912.
Jay, John, 1817-1894.
Jolson, Al, 1886-1950.
Lyon, Caleb, 1822-1875.
McKinley, William, 1843-1901.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Tinkham, Charles Johnson, 1825-1891.
Wilson, Edgar, 1861-.
League of Nations.
Women--Suffrage.
Idaho--Politics and government.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--Politics and government.
West (U.S.)
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Genre/Form:Autographs.
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Occupation:Lawyers.
Politicians.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/613756