Title	Finding aid for Collection of Henry Cabot Lodge, 1871-1925.
Creator	Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924.
Extent	300 pieces. 6 boxes.
Biographical Note	Henry Cabot Lodge, American statesman, Republican political leader, author and historian; he was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 12, 1850, a member of the influential New England Lodge and Cabot families. Lodge attended Harvard College, eventually graduating with a Ph.D. in Political Science, he then attended Harvard Law School from which he graduated in 1874. Lodge was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1880-1881, then served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1893, and in the Senate from 1893 to 1924; he is credited with being the first (unofficial) Senate Majority Leader from 1920 to 1924. He suffered a severe stroke on November 8, 1924, and died four days later at the age of 74.
Scope and Content	The collection consists entirely of correspondence and a small amount of printed ephemera. The correspondence includes a small number of letters by other authors, including Anna J. Bird, William Cooper Hunneman, Carl A. Loeffler, Elihu Root and William Howard Taft. The majority of the letters in the collection are by Henry Cabot Lodge; these include a very small number of personal letters but are mainly letters by Lodge to other political letters of the time or to his Massachusetts constituents.
Notes	For any questions about the collection, including specific reproduction requests, please contact the Curator of American Historical Manuscripts.
Date	1871-1925.
Provenance	Gift of John A. Schutz, May, 5, 2006.
Subject	Cabot, George, 1752-1823. Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 -- Archives. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) North American review. Treaty of Versailles (1919) League of Nations -- United States. Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- 20th century.
Form/Genre	Business letters United States 19th century. (aat) Business letters United States 20th century. (aat) Ephemera United States 19th century. (aat) Ephemera United States 20th century. (aat) Letters (correspondence) United States 19th century. (aat) Letters (correspondence) United States 20th century. (aat)
Contributors	Bird, Anna J., b. 1855. Hunneman, William Cooper. Loeffler, Carl A. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Call Number	mssHM 73270-73569
Accession Number	mss 02384.
Physical Collection	Henry Cabot Lodge Collection.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	21 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-11-14.
Date Digital	2011-11-14.
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson, July 8, 2010.
Citation Information	Finding aid for Henry Cabot Lodge Collection, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
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Cataloging Notes	Organized in the following manner: 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-6); 2. Ephemera (Box 6); arranged alphabetically.