Edwin B. Janes collection, 1746-1900

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Summary

Creators:
Janes, Edwin B., 1901-1943
Abstract:
A collection of material assembled by Edwin B. Janes, Ohio autograph and manuscript collector.
Extent:
3.75 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Edwin B. Janes collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 238 items which consists of manuscripts and letters assembled by Edwin B. Janes. The first series of miscellaneous manuscripts contains individual letters by American political, military, and literary figures of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Included in this material is a leaf from the docket of the court in Painesville, Ohio, detailing the conviction of Joseph Smith, Jr., of assault and battery of his brother-in-law Calvin W. Stoddard (April 21, 1835), also documents relating to slavery and abolitionism, a small group of correspondence of John Stuart Skinner, and a group of letters and military records related to the Civil War in Ohio. The second series, arranged alphabetically by author, is the professional and political correspondence of Albert Gallatin Riddle, chiefly letters addressed to him from 1847 to 1870. The third series, arranged chronologically, contains personal, professional, and political correspondence of Andrew J. Williams (1852-1900).

Biographical / historical:

Edwin B. Janes (1901-1943) was an autograph and manuscript collector of Cleveland, Ohio. He lived in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, for about 10 years. He died on 16 May 1943, in Los Angeles, California. Albert Gallatin Riddle (1816-1902), was a lawyer, Republican legislator, and author. Riddle served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1848-1850) and then as the state representative in the Thirty-seventh Congress. In 1863-1864, he was consul at Matanzas, Cuba. After the Civil War, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. and was retained by the State Department to aid in the prosecution of the assassins of President Lincoln. From 1877 to 1889, he served as law officer of the District of Columbia. Andrew J. Williams (1829-1901), was an Ohio lawyer, Democratic politician, and amateur historian. In 1861, he briefly served as 2nd Lieutenant of Company D of the 7th Ohio Infantry regiment; in 1864 he was drafted and served as U. S. Army paymaster. After the war, he practiced law in Missouri, and by 1880, he had moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Williams was one of the leaders of the city's Early Settlers' Association.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Edwin B. Janes, in memory of his wife Isabelle Kelley Janes, 1942 and 1943.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1945. In 2021, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy in-house summary report.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following series: 1. Miscellaneous manuscripts (1746-1895); 2. Correspondence of Albert Gallatin Riddle (1842-1870); 3. Correspondence of Andrew J. Williams (1852-1900).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Edwin B. Janes collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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