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Candler (Jane Porter) papers concerning the Wilson Family
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The Huntington Library
Title: Jane Porter Candler papers concerning the Wilson family
Identifier/Call Number: mssCandler
Physical Description:
.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1890-1928
Abstract: This collection primarily contains correspondence from Woodrow Wilson and various Wilson family members to Jane Porter Candler.
Also present are photographs, ephemera, clippings, and publications sent to or collected by Candler. Material dates from approximately
1890 to 1928.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Jane Porter Candler papers concerning the Wilson family, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown. In library as of 1984.
Jane Porter Candler (1861-1949) lived in Los Angeles and was a close friend of Ellen Axson Wilson from their childhoods in
Rome, Georgia.
Woodrow Wilson (December 28/29, 1856-February 3, 1924), the twenty-eighth president of the United States, was born in Staunton,
Virginia, the son of a Presbyterian minister. In 1885, he married Ellen Axson (1860-1914); the couple had three daughters.
Wilson received a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1886 and taught history, political science, and economics at Bryn Mawr
College, Wesleyan University, and Princeton University. In 1902, he became president of Princeton. Wilson was elected governor
of New Jersey in 1910. In 1912, he was elected president of the U.S. as a Democrat. The early years of his presidency saw
the passage of several acts aimed at financial reform. Wilson's wife Ellen died in August 1914; he married Edith Bolling Galt
(1872-1961) in December 1915.
During Wilson's first term as president, events in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America predominated the U.S.'s foreign
affairs, and World War I began in Europe. He was reelected to a second term in 1916. In April 1917, Wilson called for a declaration
of war against Germany, which was passed by Congress on April 6. Numerous acts dealing with the economy, sedition, and espionage
were passed during the war. In his January 1918 "Fourteen Points" speech, Wilson called for the creation of a League of Nations.
World War I ended in November 1918; a post-war Red Scare over Communism occurred in the U.S., fueled by the 1917 Russian Revolution.
On October 2, 1919, Wilson suffered a stroke and was incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency. He died in Washington,
D.C. at age 67.
This collection primarily contains correspondence from Woodrow Wilson and various Wilson family members, including Ellen Axson
Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, to Jane Porter Candler. Also present are photographs, ephemera, clippings, and publications
sent to or collected by Candler. Material dates from approximately 1890 to 1928. Letters mostly discuss family activities,
health, and the aftermath of the death of Ellen Axson Wilson in August 1914. Woodrow Wilson's four letters to Candler are
brief responses to letters from her. Some items in this collection are annotated, presumably by Jane Porter Candler.
This collection was reprocessed in 2021 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential Papers Project. Previously assigned
item-level call numbers have been retained; material was rehoused during reprocessing. The four Woodrow Wilson letters in
the collection have been described and foldered at the item level. Previously assigned legacy terminology regarding autograph
status was retained; items marked
autograph indicate the item is in the handwriting of the author of the letter or document. Brief biographical notes for Wilson family
members and others represented in the collection appear in the container list.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssHM 48327-48337.
Wilson-McAdoo collection.
Bernath Mss 18. Department of Special Collection, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Collection is arranged by format. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by sender.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Children of presidents -- United States
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Correspondence
Black-and-white photographs
Cabinet photographs
Ephemera -- United States -- 20th century
Clippings (information artifacts) -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Axson, Stockton, 1867-1935
Bones, Helen Woodrow
James, Isabella Hagner, 1875-1943
Sayre, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, 1887-1933
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961
Wilson, Ellen Axson
Wilson, Margaret Woodrow, 1886-1944
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Woodrow Wilson Foundation