The Papers of Gideon Welles (1802-1878) span the period 1777-1911, with the core of the material concentrated in the years 1820-1878. The papers include diaries, correspondence, writings, naval records, and scrapbooks reflecting all phases of Welles's career as a newspaper editor, politician, and naval administrator. Welles was a gifted diarist, correspondent, and essayist, and his papers are a rich source of primary materials for the study of the political and social history of the United States in the nineteenth century. The Diaries series includes a fifteen-volume diary, 1862-1869, written when Welles was secretary of the navy, and a three volume retrospective narrative, 1861-1869, plus notes and journal entries for earlier periods in his life. Welles's Civil War diaries were excerpted and edited by his son, Edgar Thaddeus Welles, for publication in a three-volume set in 1911, drafts of which are also included in the series.The Letterbooks record the day-to-day operational and administrative policies enacted by the Navy Department during the Civil War including those related to the establishment of blockades, ship construction and naval ordnance, the outfitting of ironclads, naval engagements and tactical maneuvers, and the pursuit and capture of Confederate cruisers and subsequent rewarding of prize money. In addition to the Diaries and Letterbooks, the papers also include a series of Navy Department records collected by Edgar Thaddeus Welles while he was chief clerk of the Navy Department, 1865-1869. See sample links below.
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Guide to the Gideon Welles Papers
Addition I, Correspondence; General; 1860-1865
1866-1868
Correspondence, 1820-1878
1860 Feb - 1861 Mar 27
1861 Mar 28 - July 8
1861, July 9 - 1862, Mar.-May
1862 June - 1863 Mar
1863 Apr - 1864 Sep
1864 Oct. - 1866 Jun
1866, July - 1868 Jun
1868, July - 1874, Feb
Correspondents other than Welles; 1861, May-1885, Dec., undated
Correspondents other than Welles; 1861, May-1885, Dec., undated
Diaries - 1862-1869
1862, July 13-Oct. 25
1862, Nov. 1-1863, Apr. 21
1863, Apr. 22-July 27
1863, July 27-1864, Jan. 30
1864, Feb. 1-July 22
1864, July 25-Dec. 10
1865, May 8-Dec.30
1866, Dec. 24-1867, June 20
1866, Jan. 1-June 15
1866, June 18-Dec. 21
1867, Dec. 24-1868, May 29
1867, June 20-Dec. 2 0
1868, June 1-1869, Jan. 18
1869, Jan. 18-June 6
July 27-1863, Jan. 30-1864
Diary of Gideon Welles, handwritten and typescript drafts, circa 1910
Diary of Gideon Welles, handwritten and typescript drafts, circa 1910
Letterbooks, 1862-1869
1862, June 21-Oct. 4
1862, Oct. 4-1863, Feb. 2
1863, Feb. 2-May 22
1863, July 25-1864, Mar. 17
1864, Dec. 10-1865, Mar. 3, and appendix
1864, June 27-Dec. 10
1864, Mar. 17-June 27
1865, Mar. 3-1869, Feb. 26
Records of the Navy Department
1864, Dec.-1878, Feb., undated
Retrospective narrative, 1861-1867
retrospective narrative; Vol. 1
retrospective narrative; Vol. 2
retrospective narrative; Vol. 3
Welles, Gideon. Diary of Gideon Welles, Vol. 1, 1911
Welles, Gideon. Diary of Gideon Welles, Vol. 2, 1911
Welles, Gideon. Diary of Gideon Welles, Vol. 3, 1911
Scrapbooks, 1834-1900
Vol. 1, 1834-1899
Vol. 2, 1842, Feb.-1860, June
Vol. 4, 1862, Oct.-1863, Dec
Vol. 5, 1864, Jan.-1865, Jan
Vol. 6, 1865, Jan.-1868, Dec
Vol. 7, 1869, Feb.-1872, Nov
Vol. 8, 1873, Apr.-1900, Jan
Welles, Edgar T., correspondence; 1861, Mar.-1868, June
Welles, Edgar T., correspondence; 1861, Mar.-1868, June
Welles, Edgar T., correspondence; 1868, July-1911, Jan., undated
Welles, Edgar T., correspondence; 1868, July-1911, Jan., undated
Welles, Mary Hale, correspondence, 1859-1883, undated
Welles, Mary Hale, correspondence, 1859-1883, undated
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