Beschreibung:

Extensive collection of 100+ items related to President William Howard Taft (1857-1930), his family, and career, the highlights being 20 items signed or annotated by Taft and 5 items signed by his wife, Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943), plus an additional 10 signatures from cabinet members, Taft's children, and other family, along with photographs, postcards, first day covers, and campaign pins. Including the following items signed by Taft: •Partially printed Certificate of Membership for the Washington, D.C. University Club, signed by Taft as Club President, but otherwise blank, 8.5 x 11 in. •DS, U.S. Internal Revenue Distillery Warehouse receipt, blank, ca 1890s, 3 x 7 in. •TLS as Acting Attorney General, on DOJ, Washington, D.C. letterhead. 01/20/1891. •3 TLsS as Secretary of War, Washington, D.C.: 05/01/05; 07/10/06; 04/22/08. •3 items signed as President, including 2 TLsS on White House stationery, 01/28/11 and 07/07/11; plus signed printed White House card, 4 x 2.75 in.; and unsigned telegram, with envelope, inviting Hon. Howard C. Hollister to stay at the White House. •5 TLsS as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.: 11/21/24 TLS to President of Norwich University, in which Taft states that because of his health he is not accepting non-Supreme court efforts; 12/25/26 TLS to Hon. Richard Child; 03/17/27 TLS to Prof. Alfred Diebolt; 09/03/29 TLS from Pointe-au-Pic, Canada, revealing that he had 3 "health attacks" during his vacation. He passed away on March 8, 1930, 6 months after this letter; 09/21/29 TLS from Pointe-au-Pic, to the mayor of Dallas, TX, saying how much he thought of the city. •3 personal TLsS and 1 DS: 10/09/08 TLS on Cincinnati, OH stationery; 09/22/14 TLS from Pointe-au-Pic; 11/14/14 TLS from New Haven, CT; and canceled check, New Haven, CT, 12/20/20. Plus Who's Who printer's proof with Taft's handwritten corrections, 10/23/23. The items signed by First Lady Helen H. Taft include: signature on 3.25 x 4 in. page from a book of verses; signature on mourning stationery, 10/29/30; franked envelope, postmarked Pointe-au-Pic, P.Q., 08/26/33. Mrs. Taft's free franking privilege was within the U.S. and should not have been honored in Canada, but it was; franked postcard, 09/30/39; card signed, Washington, D.C., August 26, 2.5 x 3.5 in. The collection also features the following signed items: typed biography on Taft, probably written by him, with 1p TLS on White House stationery from Taft's Secretary, F.W. Carpenter, 08/10/09; TLS on White House stationary from Taft's Secretary, Charles D. Hilles, 06/19/11; clipped signature from Taft's Secretary of the Interior, Richard Ballinger, ca 1910; TLS, Taft's Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, expressing sorrow over Taft's death, ca early 1930s. Plus, signatures from Taft's children, including Robert, ALS and signed card, Helen, signed card, and Charles, signed card and FDC, along with a photograph signed by Taft's grandson, Robert Taft, Jr. Additional items related to the 27th President of the United States include: Underwood & Underwood stereoview of Taft in the Executive Office; 15 miscellaneous cachets, FDCs, including recent gold stamps and 18 uncanceled stamps; 7 engravings/lithographs; 22 campaign and presidential postcards; and 2 campaign pinbacks. A detailed inventory of the contents of the collection is available upon request.