Candler (Jane Porter) papers concerning the Wilson Family

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Candler (Jane Porter) papers concerning the Wilson Family

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Box 1, Folder 1

Stockton Axson letters to Jane Porter Candler HM 48327 (1-2) 1916, 1921

Biographical / Historical

Stockton Axson (1867-1935) was brother of Ellen Axson Wilson.

Scope and Contents

Items include one typescript letter signed (1916) and one autograph letter signed (1921), with addressed envelope, regarding personal matters. The 1916 letter discusses the recent presidential election and the rumors surrounding Wilson. Also included are a clipping and a circular about Wilson's family life written by Axson.

Box 1, Folder 2

Helen Woodrow Bones letters to Jane Porter Candler HM 48328 (1-5) 1913-1918

Biographical / Historical

Helen Woodrow Bones (1874-1951) was cousin to Woodrow Wilson and served as Ellen Wilson's personal secretary in the White House. She became a "surrogate First Lady," along with Wilson's daughter Margaret, following Ellen Wilson's death in August 1914.

Scope and Contents

Six autograph letters signed, two with addressed envelopes, on White House or President's Cottage letterhead. Bones discusses Wilson family activities and Ellen Wilson's health. A later letter mentions Edith Wilson.

Box 1, Folder 3

Isabella L. Hagner letters to Jane Porter Candler HM 48329 (1-2) 1914

Biographical / Historical

Isabella "Belle" Hagner James (1875-1943) served as social secretary in the Wilson White House.

Scope and Contents

Two typescript letters signed, with addressed envelopes, regarding the Wilson family in the aftermath of Ellen Wilson's death and the health of Helen Bones. Written on White House mourning stationery.

Box 1, Folder 4

Jessie Wilson Sayre letters to Jane Porter Candler HM 48331 (1-2) 1923, 1924

Biographical / Historical

Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre (1887-1933) was the second daughter of Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Axson Wilson.

Scope and Contents

Two autograph letters signed, with addressed envelopes, regarding her travels to and from Siam (Thailand) for her husband Francis Sayre's position as advisor to the royal government. One letter written on letterhead for the Cunard ship R.M.S. Andania.

Box 1, Folder 5

Mary R. Smith letter to Jane Porter Candler HM 48332 1915

Biographical / Historical

Mary R. Smith was a friend of Ellen Axson Wilson and the Wilson family.

Scope and Contents

One autograph letter signed regarding the rumors about Woodrow Wilson's affair with Mary Allen Peck (Hulbert), which Smith denies happened.

Box 1, Folder 6

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson letters to Jane Porter Candler HM 48333 (1-7) 1919-1928

Biographical / Historical

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872-1961) was married to Woodrow Wilson from 1915 until his death in 1924.

Scope and Contents

Six autograph letters signed, three with addressed envelopes; one typescript letter signed (written and signed by a secretary). Letters mention Wilson family activities with one discussing Woodrow Wilson's health. Also one loose addressed envelope.

Box 1, Folder 7

Ellen Axson Wilson letters to Jane Porter Candler HM 48334 (1-7) 1911-1914

Biographical / Historical

Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914) was married to Woodrow Wilson from 1885 until her death in the White House on August 6, 1914.

Scope and Contents

Seven autograph letters signed, four with addressed envelopes, primarily detailing the activities of herself, her daughters, and mutual friends, with a few mentions of Woodrow Wilson. The first five letters were sent mostly from New Jersey; the last two were written during the Wilson presidency and are on White House stationery.

Box 1, Folder 8

Margaret Woodrow Wilson letters to Jane Porter Candler HM 48335 (1-2) 1914, 1918

Biographical / Historical

Margaret Woodrow Wilson (sometimes seen as Margaret Axson Wilson) (1886-1944) was the oldest daughter of Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Axson Wilson. She served as "surrogate First Lady" in the White House following her mother's death in August 1914.

Scope and Contents

One autograph note signed, with addressed envelope, regarding Ellen Wilson soon after her death; one typescript letter signed, with addressed envelope, about Margaret Wilson's potential travel during World War I (1918).

Box 1, Folder 9

Woodrow Wilson letter to Jane Porter Candler HM 48337 (1) 1914 August 22

Scope and Contents

Typescript letter signed, with addressed envelope, regarding Candler's note to Wilson following Ellen Wilson's death. Written on White House stationery. (1 page)

Box 1, Folder 10

Woodrow Wilson letter to Jane Porter Candler HM 48337 (2) 1920 November 6

Scope and Contents

Typescript letter signed, with addressed envelope, regarding his pleasure at receiving Candler's recent message. Written on White House stationery. (1 page)

Box 1, Folder 11

Woodrow Wilson letter to Jane Porter Candler HM 48337 (3) 1922 May 2

Scope and Contents

Typescript letter signed thanking Candler for her letter and reporting on "Mac and Eleanor" (daughter Eleanor and her husband William Gibbs McAdoo). (1 page)

Box 1, Folder 12

Woodrow Wilson letter to Jane Porter Candler HM 48337 (4) 1924 January 5

Scope and Contents

Typescript letter signed, with addressed envelope, thanking Candler for the birthday letter and wishing her a happy new year. (1 page)

Box 1, Folder 13

James Woodrow letter to Jane Porter Candler HM 48336 1899

Biographical / Historical

James Woodrow (1828-1907) was an uncle of Woodrow Wilson.

Scope and Contents

One autograph letter signed mostly regarding a friend of Candler's father.

Box 1, Folder 14

Woodrow Wilson Foundation material HM 48330 approximately 1921

Scope and Contents

Typescript titled "A Splendid Vision" from the editor of the Living Church, probably Frederic Cook Morehouse who was editor of the publication in the 1920s, accepting a committee appointment from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Also includes newspaper clipping about the foundation's founding.

Box 1, Folder 15

Photographs approximately 1890-1914

Scope and Contents

Three photograph portraits of Ellen Axson Wilson, one with daughter Eleanor, approximately 1890-1913; one studio portrait of Woodrow Wilson with the added date 1889 taken by Pach Bros., New York, and one studio portrait of Margaret Wilson and Jessie Wilson Sayre as children, 1890s; a studio portrait of two unidentified young men in uniform is also present, taken in Asheville, North Carolina. In addition, there is a photograph of the family's house in Princeton, New Jersey when Wilson was a professor there signed "'Our House' with love from E.A.W." on the reverse, 1890s; and 10 snapshots of Ellen Axson Wilson's funeral in Rome, Georgia on August 11, 1914, along with a snapshot of her tombstone and a handwritten copy of its inscription, 1914 and undated. Portraits are cabinet cards or mounted photographs. Items did not receive call numbers.

Box 1, Folder 16

Ephemera 1913-approximately 1921

Scope and Contents

Items include an Ellen Wilson memorial calendar for 1916 published by the Ellen Wilson Memorial Association; marriage announcements for Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt, and for Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis Bowes Sayre; three donation receipts to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation; five postcards of Rome, Georgia; loose envelopes; and an empty leather binder. Some items are annotated by Candler. Items did not receive call numbers.

Box 1, Folder 17

Clippings 1912-1944, undated

Scope and Contents

Primarily newspaper and magazine clippings about Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Axson Wilson. Items did not receive call numbers.

Box 1, Folder 18-19

Publications 1917-1926

Scope and Contents

Primarily printed addresses given by Woodrow Wilson, including "The President's War Message" and "The War Message and Facts Behind It" (1917), "The President's Flag Day Address" (1917), and "President Wilson to the American People" (1919). Also includes a Woodrow Wilson Foundation tribute booklet (approximately 1921), and a copy of the journal World's Work (March 1926). Items did not receive call numbers.

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