Frank Dwight Baldwin Papers: Finding Aid mssBaldwinfd
Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
January 2021
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San Marino, California 91108
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Finding aid last updated on February 14, 2024 by Kelly Kress
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Frank Dwight Baldwin papers
Creator:
Baldwin, Frank Dwight, 1842-1923
Identifier/Call Number: mssBaldwinfd
Physical Description:
41.38 Linear Feet
(34 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1807-1933
Date (bulk): 1869-1920
Abstract: Professional, personal, and family papers of General Frank D. Baldwin.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Frank Dwight Baldwin papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Juanita Baldwin Williams-Foote, June 1943. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin Williams-Foote, May 1970. Gift of Robert Carriker,
October 1972.
Biographical / Historical
Francis Leonard Dwight Baldwin, (1842-1923) was a United States general and recipient of two Congressional Medals of Honor.
During the Civil War, he served with the 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, taking part in the battle of Thompson's Station,
Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and the campaigns of the Carolinas. In 1866, he entered the Regular Army and
served as 2nd and then 1st Lieutenant of the 19th and 37th Regiments of U.S. Infantry before transferring to Col. Nelson A.
Miles' 5th U.S. Infantry in 1869. On January 10, 1867, Baldwin married Alice Blackwood, and they had one daughter, Juanita.
From 1869 to 1889, he served in the West, taking part in the Red River War, the operations against the Sioux from 1876 to
1880, the Nez Percé in 1877, the Apache in 1886, and the wars against the Sioux from 1890 to 1891. Baldwin was also judge
advocate of the Department of Columbia from 1881 to November 1885 and investigated the Wounded Knee tragedy. From 1891 to
October 1894 Baldwin was inspector of small arms practice for the Department of the Missouri, and then served as agent at
the Anadarko Agency in Indian Territory. From 1900 to 1902, he served in the Philippines, first as Lieutenant Colonel of the
4th U.S. Infantry, and then Colonel of the 27th Infantry. In June 1902, he was promoted to Brigadier General, and in February
1903 appointed commander of the Department of the Colorado, a post he held until his retirement in 1906. During the first
World War, he briefly left retirement to serve as Colorado's Adjutant General. Baldwin died in Denver, Colorado, on April
22, 1923.
Scope and Contents
A collection of professional, personal, and family papers of General Frank D. Baldwin. The collection includes Baldwin's correspondence,
military papers, maps, notebooks, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. The correspondence includes both letters
by Baldwin and addressed to him from 1869 to 1920, and deals mostly with his promotions, friends, and the men who served under
his command. The military papers include Baldwin's military records, orders, reports, and communications, which cover his
post-Civil War career, recommendations for promotions, and papers relating to his Medals of Honor. Also included is correspondence
from 1914 to 1915 relating to a motion picture about the last battles and surrender of Native Americans to Gen. Nelson A.
Miles; an incomplete autobiography that starts with General Baldwin's Civil War service and ends in 1879; a group of facsimiles
of letters by John Brown; and a program of the memorial service for Owen Brown. The papers also include an addenda which contains
the correspondence between Frank D. Baldwin and his wife Alice Blackwood Baldwin, his daughter Juanita Baldwin Williams-Foote,
and other members of the Baldwin family. Also included is Baldwin's professional and personal correspondence, military papers,
official correspondence, telegrams, maps, pictures, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, pocket diaries, and appointment books
from 1860 to 1923.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, 1945-1975. In 2021, Brooke Black created a finding aid.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject and format.
Related Materials
A group of photographs related to Frank Dwight Baldwin (photPF 7720-7759) were transferred to the Photo Archive.
General
Former call number: mssBaldwin papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Apache Indians -- Wars, 1883-1886 -- Sources
Black Hills War, 1876-1877 -- Sources
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891 -- Sources
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Sources
Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877 -- Sources
Red River War, 1874-1875 -- Sources
Sherman's March to the Sea -- Personal narratives
Thompson's Station, Battle of, Thompson's Station, Tenn., 1863 -- Personal narratives
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Sources
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
United States -- History, Military -- To 1900 -- Sources
Autobiographies -- United States -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Memoirs -- United States -- 19th century
Military records -- United States -- 19th century
Personal papers -- United States -- 19th century
Professional papers -- United States -- 19th century
Baldwin, Alice Blackwood, approximately 1845-1930
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Brown, Owen, 1824-1889 -- Death and burial
Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
Williams-Foote, Juanita Baldwin
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 4th -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 5th (1815-1957) -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-) -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 27th -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 37th -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Officers -- Archives
Box 1
Personal and family papers; family and personal correspondence; Frank D. Baldwin business correspondence
1807-1920
Box 2
Frank D. Baldwin business correspondence: A-L
1869-1920
Box 3
Frank D. Baldwin business correspondence: M-Z
1869-1920
Box 4
Military correspondence and record
1861-1920
Box 5
Military correspondence and record
1861-1920
Box 6
Maps, clippings, notebooks, John Brown material, ephemera
1871-1904
Box 7
Alice Blackwood Baldwin letters to Frank D. Baldwin
1867-1871
Box 8
Alice Blackwood Baldwin letters to Frank D. Baldwin
1872-1875
Box 9
Alice Blackwood Baldwin letters to Frank D. Baldwin
1876-1892
Box 10
Alice Blackwood Baldwin letters to Frank D. Baldwin
1893-1915
Box 11
Frank D. Baldwin letters to Alice Blackwood Baldwin; small letter books
1874-1900
Box 12
Alice Blackwood Baldwin letters to Juanita Williams-Foote; Frank D. Baldwin letters to Juanita Williams-Foote
1875-1915
Box 13
Juanita Williams-Foote letters to Frank D. Baldwin and Alice Blackwood Baldwin
1879-1897
Box 14
Personal correspondence to members of the Baldwin family
Box 15
Personal and business correspondence addressed to Frank D. Baldwin
Box 16
Personal and business correspondence addressed to Frank D. Baldwin
Box 17
Personal and official correspondence and documents authored by Frank D. Baldwin; other pieces relating to his military career
Box 18
Personal and official correspondence and documents authored by Frank D. Baldwin; other pieces relating to his military career
Box 19
Official and semi-official letters, documents, and articles written by persons other than Frank D. Baldwin and addressed to
various other persons
Box 20
Official and semi-official letters, documents, and articles written by persons other than Frank D. Baldwin and addressed to
various other persons
Box 21
Official letters and documents
1866-1870
Box 22
Official letters and documents
1871-1903
Box 24
Maps, pictures, albums, postcards, clippings, and ephemera
Box 26
Correspondence, manuscripts, ephemera
1874-1933
Box 27
Photographs
approximately 1864-1912
Box 30
Volumes
1897-1923, undated
Box 31
Scrapbooks 1, 2
1870-1919
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, printed material, snapshots, material related to Juanita Baldwin's wedding, professional pictures of
Egypt
Box 32
Scrapbooks 3-6
1870-1919
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, printed material, snapshots, material related to Juanita Baldwin's wedding, professional pictures of
Egypt
Box 33
Photograph albums
1867-1912
Box 34
Photographs and ephemera
1867-1912
Folder 1
L.H. Orleman. Map of parts of Indian Territory Texas and New Mexico
1874
