Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address: Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH 43420-2796
Phone: (419) 332-2081
Fax: (419) 332-5424
E-mail: tculbertson@rbhayes.org
Web page: http://www.rbhayes.org
Executive Director: Thomas J. Culbertson
Online Finding Aid:
Archivists (principal contacts for advice on the collection):
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[edit] Collection Summary
Manuscript and printed materials for research in the history of the Gilded Age focus on such areas as Civil War and Reconstruction, the Spanish-American War, civil service reform, monetary and prison reform, education, African Americans, American Indians, Ohio, and genealogy. Of particular importance is the collection of personal papers belonging to Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States (1877–81). The collection includes Hayes and Webb family genealogies, diaries, law and campaign notebooks, incoming and outgoing correspondence, White House records, Civil War records, business papers, and speeches and messages.
The Hayes Presidential Center is the first presidential library in the United States, with 75,000 volumes and over 4,500 linear feet of manuscript and photographic material pertaining to the Gilded Age and local history.
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