The Coolidge family papers are a collection of correspondence, financial and legal papers, and photographs of the Coolidge family of Plymouth, Vermont, 1802-1932. The focus of the papers is John Coolidge (1845-1926), but other family members and generations are represented as well. Most significant of these is John's son, President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). There is also a substantial amount of material of John's father, Calvin Galusha Coolidge (1815-1878), and, because of the family's involvement in local government and politics, there are many papers concerning the town of Plymouth.
The collection is stored in ten document boxes, Doc 215-221, 390-392, and has oversize material in MS Size B, C, and D.
Calvin Galusha Coolidge was born September 22, 1815, in Plymouth, Vermont, the son of Calvin and Sarah (Thompson) Coolidge. He married Sarah Almeda Brewer in 1844. They had two children: John Calvin (1845-1926) and Julius Caesar (1851-1870). Calvin G. Coolidge served as justice of the peace, town agent, constable, and selectman for the town of Plymouth. He also represented the town in the General Assembly of Vermont, 1860-1861. He died in 1878.
Sarah Almeda Brewer was the daughter of Israel C. and Sally C. Brewer. She had several brothers and sisters, among them Martha, Rebecca, and F. A. Brewer. In the 1850s some of the family, including Sarah's parents, moved west to Wisconsin. Widowed in 1878, Sarah married George W. Putnam in 1893. Putnam was Rebecca Brewer's widower.
Calvin G. Coolidge had a sister, Sally Maria Coolidge (b. 1822), who married Benjamin Barton Smith Billings in 1846. They had two children: Barton (1848-1872) and Sally Maria (1849-1922). Benjamin Billings went to California during the gold rush in 1848 and died in 1850 without returning to Vermont. His wife died in 1849, and the orphaned children were raised by Calvin G. and Sarah Coolidge. Sally Billings married Henry Leslie; they had four children. Letters and other documents of the Billings and Leslie families are part of the collection.
There are also a few papers of Calvin G. Coolidge's father, Calvin (1780-1853), uncle Oliver (1787-1863), and grandfather John (ca. 1756-1822).
Calvin G. Coolidge's son John C. Coolidge was born in November 1845. He married Victoria Josephine Moor in 1868, and they had two children: John Calvin, known as Calvin (1872-1933), and Abigail Grace (1875-1890). Victoria died in 1885 and Abigail died in 1890. A year later John married Carrie Athelia Brown.
Beginning in 1868, John Coolidge operated a store and post office out of his house in Plymouth. In 1875 he formed a partnership with his first wife's brother, F. C. Moor, and after a few years he sold out to Moor. His other activities included service as justice of the peace, deputy sheriff, representative of the town of Plymouth in the state legislature (1872-1878), Windsor County senator (1910-1912), and vice president of the Ludlow Savings Bank. His papers also indicate that he was executor of several estates, served as overseer of the poor, was an agent for the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and was treasurer of the Plymouth Cheese Factory.
John's son (John) Calvin attended Plymouth schools until 1886, when he enrolled at Black River Academy at Ludlow, Vermont. Upon graduation in 1890, he intended to enter Amherst College but delayed and instead spent the spring 1891 semester at St. Johnsbury Academy in St. Johnsbury, Vermont , beginning at Amherst in the fall. Although named for his father, he was always known as Calvin and while in college dropped the John from his name completely. In 1895 Coolidge graduated from Amherst College and studied law at the office of Hammond and Field in Northampton, Massachusetts. He almost immediately became involved in politics and held a succession of public offices that eventually led to the presidency of the United States in 1923. His first elected position was in the city council in 1898, and from 1899 to 1902 he was city solicitor. He then was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1906, became mayor of Northampton in 1910, then state senator in 1911 and president of the Senate in 1913. In 1915 he was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts and became governor in 1918. Coolidge was elected vice president of the United States under President Warren G. Harding in 1920 and upon Harding's death in 1923 became president. He was reelected to that position in 1924 and chose not to run in subsequent elections.
In 1905 Calvin Coolidge married Grace Goodhue from Burlington, Vermont, and together they had two sons, John (1906-) and Calvin (1908-1924). The younger son died while living with his parents at the White House. After leaving the presidency, Coolidge returned to Northampton and served as director of New York Life Insurance Company, president of the American Antiquarian Society, and life trustee of Amherst College. He published his autobiography in 1929 and wrote a syndicated column on current affairs in 1930-1931. Calvin Coolidge died in January 1933.
The papers came to the Vermont Historical Society from John C. Coolidge by way of Dartmouth College, where they had been on deposit.
The Vermont Historical Society acquired an addendum to this collection in 1995. It is filed as MSA 183-184 and has its own finding aid. Click here for other Coolidge websites.
Other related materials can be found in the Brigham Index and card catalog at the Vermont Historical Society. Published items of particular interest are The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929); and Your Son, Calvin Coolidge: A Selection of Letters from Calvin Coolidge to His Father, edited by Edward Connery Latham (Vermont Historical Society,1968). More photographs may be found in the picture files (F-PO-Coolidge, Calvin) and in the postcard collection (P-PO-Coolidge, Calvin). The VHS also has a duplicate set of photographs from the Violet Pelkey Collection of Plymouth Notch Views owned by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation; it is in FB-48 and includes some photographs of the Coolidge family. Printed posters with Coolidge's picture are located in the broadside collection. There are also Coolidge-related items in the VHS museum collection.
The papers are organized in the following series and subseries:
I. Coolidge family papers A. Genealogical notes B. John Coolidge (ca. 1756-1822) papers C. Oliver Coolidge (1787-1863) papers D. Miscellaneous poetry, essays, recipes, etc. II. Calvin G. Coolidge (1815-1878) papers A. Correspondence, ca. 1840-1892 B. Business and financial papers, 1825-1877 C. Community service papers, 1843-1876 D. Personal papers, 1823-1877 E. Other family members 1. Julius Caesar Coolidge papers, 1857-1870 2. George Putnam diaries, 1895-1896, 1898 3. Rebecca Brewer Putnam papers, n.d., 1847, 1854 III. John C. Coolidge (1845-1926) papers A. Correspondence, ca. 1855-1926 B. Business and financial papers, 1840-1926 C. Community service papers, 1860-1925 D. Personal papers and miscellaneous, 1819-1926 E. Other family members 1. Victoria Josephine Moor Coolidge papers, 1864-1875 2. Abbie Coolidge papers, 1881-1889 3. Carrie A. Brown Coolidge papers, 1878-1920 IV. Plymouth, Vermont, records A. Highway records, ca. 1838-1912 B. School records, ca. 1837-1916 C. Post office records, 1868-1909 D. Accounts, receipts, town reports, 1855-1898 V. Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) papers A. Correspondence, 1884-1932 B. Education papers, ca. 1886-1896 C. Financial records, 1890-1932 D. Miscellaneous VI. Photographs, ca. 1920s A. Subjects B. With... C. At... D. Chronological E. Other VII. Miscellaneous A. Printed ephemera B. Newspaper clippings C. Collector's itemsSeries Descriptions
I. Coolidge Family Papers
The first series includes the papers of the early Coolidge generations of John (1756-1822) and Oliver (1787-1863), as well as some Coolidge family genealogy notes. There are also recipes, poetry, essays, and some unidentified correspondence presumably written by members of the family.
II. Calvin G. Coolidge Papers
This series is made up of the papers of Calvin Galusha Coolidge (1815-1878). The papers are arranged in five subseries. The first subseries is correspondence to Calvin G., 1845-1879, and letters addressed to Calvin's wife, Sarah, or to both of them. The letters to Calvin include some personal correspondence but are primarily letters dealing with Plymouth town affairs, legal matters, and his mercantile business. The letters to Sarah are from friends and family, particularly Sarah's parents, Israel and Sally Brewer, her siblings, her sons John and Julius, and her grandchildren. Some of the letters from the Brewers are written from Wisconsin, where the family moved in the early 1850s. For October 1862 and August 1864, there are letters to the Coolidges from Sarah's brother, F. A. Brewer, who was fighting in the Civil War, and for 1862 there are letters from Ira Chamberlin, A. H. Cheney, Alonzo B. Whitney, and L. D. Miner, also soldiers in the war.
Calvin G. Coolidge died in 1878, and Sarah married G.W. Putnam in 1893. Letters after that date are addressed to her as Sarah Putnam.
The second subseries is Calvin G. Coolidge's business and financial papers. There are deeds and leases, 1854-1862; agreements, receipts, and accounts of the Farmers' Store operated by Coolidge in partnership with eight other men, ca. 1858; insurance policies, 1855-1876; legal papers for cases in which Coolidge was principally involved, 1853-1868; miscellaneous legal papers; and notes and receipts, 1825-1877. Also there are papers accumulated as the result of Coolidge's position as executor, guardian, or overseer of the Billings family, J. P. Brown, George Cheney, Calvin Coolidge (his father), Luther Franklin, C. C. Sawyer, and the Wheeler family. Included with the Billings papers are not only those created by Coolidge as guardian of his niece and nephew, but a letter to Barton Billings from his father and a few letters from Billings in California to his wife, Sally Coolidge Billings.
The third subseries has papers resulting from the Coolidges' community service to Plymouth, Vermont. Calvin's papers include legal forms he signed as constable, 1843-1865; justice of the peace, 1846-1876; and overseer of the poor, 1848-1875; and his commissions to serve as justice of the peace, 1853-1874. There are also a few ballots and circulars from the Republican party, ca. 1862. Sarah Coolidge was involved with the Plymouth Baptist Church and acquired some of their records as their secretary. They include a minute book, 1833-1898, and miscellaneous records, 1840-1890.
The fourth subseries is personal papers of Calvin G. and Sarah Coolidge. Included are accounts from the Black River Academy, a report card for Sarah as a student at the school, and rewards of merit for Sarah and Calvin. There are also invitations and tickets for various social events and an 1877 dog license.
The last subseries is comprised of papers of affiliated family members: Calvin G. and Sarah's son Julius Caesar Coolidge; Sarah's sister Rebecca Brewer Putnam; and Rebecca's widower and Sarah's second husband, George W. Putnam. Julius's papers include a diary from 1866; correspondence, ca. 1857-1885; notes of the Plymouth Notch Debating Club, 1869-1971; and school papers, ca. 1869. George Putnam's papers are diaries, 1895-1896, 1898. Rebecca Putnam's papers are from 1847 and 1854.
III. John C. Coolidge Papers
The largest series in the collection is the papers of John Coolidge (1845-1926). His papers are subdivided like his father's into correspondence, business and financial records, community service papers, personal papers, and papers of other family members.
The correspondence is made up of letters to John Coolidge from family and business associates, 1855-1925. Letters from his first wife, Victoria, 1872-1876; his second wife, Carrie, 1909 and 1919; and son Calvin, 1887-1926, have been filed separately.
John Coolidge's business papers include the partnership agreement establishing the Coolidge and Moor Mercantile in 1875 with F. C. Moor. Related to the mercantile business are excise tax records, 1868-1874; receipts and correspondence for butter sales, 1870-1878; and correspondence with fur dealers. At the end of this subseries are receipts and bills from wholesale companies from whom Coolidge purchased goods to sell in the store. John Coolidge was involved in many legal affairs such as settling estates and bankruptcy, and these cases are filed alphabetically by last name. In the cases of Isaac Churchill and Marshall Dimmick, Coolidge seems to have acquired some of their personal papers. There are diaries of Churchill, 1865, 1872, 1873, 1877, and diaries kept by Marshall Dimmick, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1909. A large portion of the business papers are receipts, assessments, and correspondence of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company, for whom Coolidge served as an agent. There are also some records of the Plymouth Cheese Factory. Coolidge's personal financial records, such as bank statements, checkbooks, tax records, accounts, and receipts, are filed in this subseries.
John Coolidge's community service records comprise constable records, 1872-1913; justice of the peace records, 1915-1916, 1925; sheriff records, 1901-1916, 1917, 1923; and militia records for the 10th Vermont Militia, Company K, 1860-1869. Also included here are papers of the Union Church of Plymouth and papers concerning Plymouth's involvement in the Liberty Loan drive of World War I.
The last two subseries are John Coolidge's personal papers and papers of other family members. The personal papers comprise invitations, 1918-1920, and miscellaneous notes. The papers of other family members include correspondence to Victoria Coolidge, 1864-1875; a diary of Victoria's father, H. D. Moor, 1872; correspondence and school papers of John and Victoria's daughter, Abbie Coolidge, ca. 1883-1888; and papers and correspondence to Carrie Coolidge, including letters written by her stepson, Calvin, 1891-1920.
IV. Plymouth, Vermont, Papers
This series contains records of the town of Plymouth, probably collected by several generations of Coolidges because of their active involvement in town government. The papers are arranged chronologically in five subseries. The first subseries is made up of tax records, 1858-1917. The second is highway records, including receipts and accounts for work done on the highway. The third subseries is school accounts, 1837-1916, and includes a group of advertisements for school texts and supplies sent to the town's school commissioner. The fifth subseries spans the years 1855-1878 and is accounts and receipts for town business and drafts of annual town reports. The last subseries is the records of the Plymouth post office. The post office was in the building where the Coolidges lived though they did not always operate it. The records include quarterly returns, 1868-1877, and correspondence and accounts, 1868-1909. Reflected in the correspondence is debate about the rural delivery routes in 1903 and controversy in 1909 about Carrie Coolidge's ability and dedication to the position of postmaster.
V. Calvin Coolidge Papers
Calvin Coolidge's papers are divided into four subseries: education, correspondence, financial records, and personal papers. The education papers are from Black River Academy, St. Johnsbury Academy, and Amherst College and include report cards, receipts and bills, and school essays and papers. There is also a copy of the 1894 Amherst yearbook, Olio.
The correspondence includes letters to Calvin, 1884-1932; letters from Calvin to Grace before they were married, 1904-1905, and in 1929-1932 when Calvin was traveling; letters from Calvin to his son John, 1919-1932; and one letter to his son Calvin, 1920. There are also a few letters written to Grace, including two from Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
The financial papers are tax records, miscellaneous accounts, and accounts of White House expenses, 1924-1928.
VI. Photographs
There are 1093 photographs in this series, most taken during Calvin Coolidge's presidency. They are divided into five subseries: I. Subjects; II. Calvin Coolidge with individuals, groups, or things; III. Calvin Coolidge at different places or events; IV. Dated photographs arranged chronologically, 1920-1925; V. Other.
VII. Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous items are filed in the last series of the collection. Included are printed ephemera such as programs, catalogs, and so on, for various schools the family was involved with, and newspaper clippings. Also a part of this series are some "collector's items" which may have been sent to President Coolidge by admirers. Included are a dollar bill issued by the Jersey Bank in 1836, signed by B. Coolidge, vice president; a one-dollar Virginia treasury note from 1862; a one-dollar bill in mint condition of the Columbian National Bank of Boston, signed by John T. Coolidge as president; manifest for the master of a schooner, The Swallow, of Plymouth signed by G. Washington as president and Timothy Pickering as secretary of state in 1796; a similar manifest from 1797, signed by John Adams as president and Timothy Pickering as secretary of state; a letter from 1708 or 1709 signed by Lords Stamford and Herbert to the Earl of Sunderland complaining about a breach of the Acts of Trade and Navigation, by three American ships from Carolina to Portugal; sale of a lot in Groton, Massachusetts, by Fairbank Moor to Seth Walker in 1740 for 260 pounds; bond by Edward and William Park of Boston to Henry Coolidge of Cambridge, 1748-1749, for 200 pounds; letter in French by the man who later became Napoleon III; document signed by Napoleon I while first consul of the republic of France on the 25th day of the 12th year of the republic; bill receipted in 1787 by Joseph Coolidge, on the back of which is an account of an accident in Lancaster, Virginia, 1827; copy of a letter from 1813 from Admiral Cochrane to the Duke of Gloucester recounting the destruction of Washington.
I. Coolidge Family Papers Doc 215:1 Genealogy 2 Coolidge, John (ca. 1756-1822). Papers, 1802-1818 3 Coolidge, Oliver (1787-1863). Papers, 1805-1858 4 Recipes, n.d. 5 Poetry, essays 6 _____. 7 _____. 8 Unidentified correspondence, 1851, 1858, n.d. II. Calvin G. Coolidge Papers A. Correspondence 9 To Calvin G., n.d. 10 _____, 1845-1849 11 _____, 1850-1859 12 _____, 1860-1865 (includes Civil War letter Oct. 18, 1862, from Ira Chamberlin and Oct. 28, 1862, from A. H. Cheney.) 13 _____, 1866-1867 14 _____, 1868 15 _____, 1869 16 _____, 1870-1874 17 _____, 1875-1879 18 To Sarah Coolidge (or to Sarah and Calvin jointly), n.d. 19 _____, 1841-1849 20 _____, 1850-1854 21 _____, 1855-1857 22 _____, 1858-1859 23 _____, 1860-1862 (includes Civil War letters Feb. 27, Aug. 11, and Sept. 17, 1862, from Ira Chamberlin; Aug. 7, from F.A. Brewer; Oct. 15, 1862, from Alonzo B. Whitney; and Nov. 23, 1862, from L. D. Miner) 24 _____, 1863-1869 (includes Civil War letter Aug. 1864 from F. A. Brewer) 25 _____, 1870-1873 26 _____, 1874-1879 27 _____, 1880-1906 B. Business and financial records 28 Deeds and leases, 1854-1862 MS Size B _____, 1861-1862 Doc 215:29 Farmers' Store, ca. 1858 MS Size B _____, 1855 Doc 215:30 Insurance, 1855-1876 31 Legal papers, 1853-1868 MS Size B _____, 1862, 1866 Doc 215:32 Legal papers, miscellaneous, 1844-1876 33 Barton Billings family papers, ca. 1848-1872 34 _____, _____. MS Size B _____, 1860, 1864, 1870 Doc 215:35 _____, 1872. 36 Brown, J. P., ca. 1853-1868 37 Cheney, George, ca. 1873 38 Coolidge, Calvin (father). Estate papers, 1853-1863 39 Franklin, Luther. Estate papers, 1862 MS Size B _____, ca. 1862 Doc 215:40 Sawyer, C. C., 1867 41 Wheeler family. Estate papers, ca. 1839-1868 42 _____, _____. 43 Receipts, notes, etc., n.d. 44 _____, 1825-1839 45 _____, 1840-1842 46 _____, 1843-1845 47 _____, 1846-1848 48 _____, 1849-1850 49 _____, 1851-1852 50 _____, 1853-1854 51 _____, 1855-1856 52 _____, 1857-1858 53 _____, 1859-1860 54 _____, 1861-1862 55 _____, 1863-1864 56 _____, 1865-1869 57 _____, 1870-1874 58 _____, 1875-1877 C. Community service papers Doc 216:1 Constable papers, n.d. 2 _____, 1843 3 _____, 1844 4 _____, 1845 5 _____, 1854, 1859-1865 MS Size B _____, 1864 Doc 216:6 Justice of the peace papers, 1846-1852 7 _____, 1853-1855 8 _____, 1856-1857 9 _____, 1858-1861 10 _____, 1862-1863 MS Size B _____, 1862 Doc 216:11 _____, 1864-1865 MS Size B _____, 1865 Doc 216:12 _____, 1866-1868 13 _____, 1869-1876 MS Size B _____, 1872 Doc 216:14 Commissions for justice of the peace, 1853-1874 15 Overseer of the poor correspondence and accounts, 1848-1875 MS Size B _____, 1872 Doc 216:16 Political tickets and ballots for Democratic and Republican parties and letter from Republican party, 1862 17 Plymouth Baptist Church minute book, 1833-1898 18 _____, papers, 1840-1900 D. Personal papers 19 Personal papers of Calvin and Sarah A. Coolidge, 1823-1846. Black River Academy accounts and report card for Sarah Brewer, rewards of merit for Calvin and Sarah, tickets, invitations, 1877 dog license E. Other family members 20 Coolidge, Julius Caesar. Diary, 1866; correspondence, ca. 1857-1869; Plymouth Notch Debating Club notes, 1869-1870; school papers, ca. 1869. 21 Putnam, George W. Diaries, 1895-1896, 1898 22 Putnam, Rebecca. Papers, n.d., 1847, 1854 III. Coolidge, John C. A. Correspondence 23 To John, n.d. 24 _____, 1855-1864 (includes Civil War letter from Ira Chamberlin, Dec. 31, 1863) 25 _____, 1867 26 _____, 1868 27 _____, 1869 28 _____, January-May, 1870 29 _____, June-December, 1870 30 _____, January-August, 1871 31 _____, September-December, 1871 32 _____, January-April, 1872 33 _____, May-August, 1872 34 _____, September-December, 1872 35 _____, 1873 36 _____, 1874 37 _____, 1875 38 _____, January-April, 1876 39 _____, May-August, 1876 40 _____, September-December, 1876 41 _____, January-March, 1877 42 _____, April-June, 1877 43 _____, July-September, 1877 44 _____, October-December, 1877 Doc 217:1 _____, January-March, 1878 2 _____, April-June, 1878 3 _____, July-September, 1878 4 _____, October-December, 1878 5 _____, 1879 6 _____, 1880-1889 7 _____, 1890-1899 8 _____, 1900-1909 9 _____, 1910 10 _____, 1911-1914 11 _____, 1915-1916 12 _____, 1917-1919 13 _____, 1920 14 _____, 1921-1923 15 _____, 1924-1925 16 To John from Calvin Coolidge (son), 1887-1891 17 _____, 1892 18 _____, 1893 19 _____, 1894 20 _____, 1895 21 _____, 1896-1897 22 _____, 1898-1899 23 _____, 1900-1908 24 _____, 1909-1912 25 _____, 1913-1914 26 _____, 1915-1916 27 _____, 1917-1919 28 _____, 1920 29 _____, 1921-1922 30 _____, 1923-1924 31 _____, January-June, 1925 32 _____, July-December, 1925 33 _____, 1926 34 To John from Victoria Coolidge, ca. 1868-1876 35 To John from Carrie Brown Coolidge, 1909, 1919 B. Business and financial papers 36 Coolidge and Moor Mercantile, 1875 37 Advertisements, A-F 38 _____, G-K 39 _____, L-P 40 _____, R-Z MS Size B Advertisements MS Size C _____. MS Size D _____. Doc 218:1 Trade cards 2 _____. 3 Butter sales, 1870-1878 4 Excise tax, 1868-1874 5 Fur dealers, 1870-1873 6 License for sugar producer, 1891-1893 7 Ayers, William S. Papers, 1903-1919 8 Brown, James. Papers, 1885 9 _____. 10 Churchill, Isaac. Papers, 1855-1883 11 _____, 1868-1884 12 _____, ca. 1887 13 _____, diaries, 1865, 1872, 1873, 1877 14 Coolidge, Calvin. Estate, ca. 1879 15 Dimmick, Marshall A. Diaries, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1909 16 _____, 1877, 1884 17 _____, papers, 1864-1907 18 Hubbard and Moor receivership, 1893-1899 19 Potter, Warren. Papers, 1916-1918 20 _____. MS Size D _____, n.d. Doc 218:21 Priest, James G. estate, 1880-1896 22 Putnam, Sarah estate, 1906-1907 23 Taylor, Nathaniel estate, ca. 1874 24 Taylor, Warren R. and Reuben. Papers, 1877-1922 25 _____. 26 Plymouth Cheese Factory papers, 1895-1924 27 _____, bank statements, 1915-1919 28 Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance, n.d. 29 _____, 1875-1882 MS Size D _____, 1875 Doc 218:30 _____, 1883-1884 MS Size D _____, 1883, 1884 Doc 219:1 _____, 1885-1889 2 _____, 1890-1894 3 _____, 1895-1899 4 _____, 1900-1902 5 _____, 1903-1905 6 _____, 1906-1909 7 _____, 1910-1913 8 _____, 1914-1917 9 _____, 1918-1921 10 _____, 1922-1923 11 _____, 1924-1925 12 Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance assessment, 1885-1890 13 _____, 1906, 1915-1919 14 _____, 1920, 1921, 1923 15 Printed advertising from insurance companies MS Size C Map of Vermont published by insurance agency Doc 219:16 Deeds and leases, 1865-1885 17 Deeds and leases, 1886-1923 MS Size D _____, 1876, 1889-1922 Doc 219:18 Estate papers, ca. 1926 19 Insurance policies, 1908-1918 20 Legal papers, 1850-1916 21 Legal, miscellaneous, 1858-1916 22 Bank statements, 1916-1917 23 _____, 1918-1919 24 _____, 1920-1921 25 _____, 1922-1923 26 _____, 1924-1925 27 Checkbook, 1910-1913 28 _____, 1924-1926 29 Bankbooks, 1890-1893, 1900-1911 30 Tax returns, 1891-1909 31 Accounts, ca. 1877-1878, n.d. 32 _____, 1881 33 _____, 1887-1920 34 _____, 1871-1924 35 Receipts, notes, etc., n.d. 36 _____, 1863-1877 37 _____, 1878 38 _____, 1879-1880 39 _____, 1881-1882 Doc 220:1 _____, 1883-1886 2 _____, 1887-1890 3 _____, 1891-1892 4 _____, 1893-1894 5 _____, 1895-1899 6 _____, 1900-1905 7 _____, 1906-1910 8 _____, 1911-1925 C. Community service papers 9 Constable papers, 1872-1913 MS Size C _____, 1873, 1913 MS Size D _____, 1913 Doc 220:10 Justice of the peace papers, 1915-1916, 1925 11 Sheriff papers, 1901, 1916, 1917, 1923 MS Size C _____, 1917 Doc 220:12 Commissions, 1878-1917 MS Size D _____, 1865, 1866, 1900 (militia); 1917 (justice of the peace) Doc 220:13 Militia, 10th Vermont , Company K, 1860-1869 14 _____. MS Size C _____, 1861, 1865-1867 MS Size B _____, 1865 Doc 220:15 Politics, n.d., 1870, 1908 MS Size C _____, 1916 Doc 220:16 Politics, Republican party, 1870-1918 17 Union Church of Plymouth papers, 1897-1901 18 Liberty loans, 1919 D. Personal papers and miscellaneous 19 Invitations, 1918-1920 20 Invitations and miscellaneous personal papers, 1874-1926 21 Miscellaneous, 1819-1917 22 _____, n.d. 23 _____, n.d. E. Other family members 24 Coolidge, Victoria. Correspondence, n.d., 1864-1875 25 Moor, Hiram D. Diary, 1872 26 Coolidge, Abbie. Correspondence, 1883-1889 27 _____. School book, ca. 1881 and 1884; report card, 1884; memorial cards, 1890 28 Coolidge, Carrie. Correspondence, 1884-1916 29 _____. Correspondence from Calvin Coolidge (stepson), 1891 30 _____, _____, 1892 31 _____, _____, 1893 32 _____, _____, 1894 33 _____, _____, 1897-1915 34 _____, _____, 1916-1918 35 _____, _____, 1919-1920 Doc 390:1 _____. Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, printed programs, 1880-1882; catalogue of the Vermont Liberal Institute, 1878 2 _____. Notebooks, n.d. IV. Plymouth, Vermont records A.. Tax Records Doc 390:3 Tax records, n.d. 4 _____, 1858-1860 5 _____, 1861-1865 MS Size C _____, 1863 Doc 390:6 _____, 1866-1870 7 _____, 1871-1874 8 _____, 1875 9 _____, 1876-1877 10 _____, 1878-1879 11 _____, 1880-1886 MS Size D _____, 1881 Doc 390:12 _____, 1887 MS Size D _____, 1887 Doc 390:13 _____, 1888 14 _____, 1889-1891 15 _____, 1891-1892 16 _____, 1893-1896 17 _____, 1897 18 _____, 1898 19 _____, 1899 20 _____, 1900 21 _____, 1901-1902 22 _____, 1903-1904 23 _____, 1905 MS Size B _____, 1905 MS Size C _____, 1905 Doc 390:24 _____, 1906-1907 MS Size C _____, 1907 Doc 390:25 _____, 1908-1909 26 _____, 1910-1911 27 _____, 1912 28 _____, 1913-1917 C. Highway records 29 Plymouth, Vermont, highway records, n.d. 30 _____, 1838-1872 MS Size C _____, 1838, 1863 Doc 390:31 _____, 1873 32 _____, 1874 33 _____, 1875 34 _____, 1876 35 _____, 1877-1885 36 _____, 1886-1890 37 _____, 1891-1894 MS Size D _____, 1894 Doc 390:38 _____, 1895 39 _____, 1896 40 _____, 1897 MS Size B _____, 1897 Doc 390:41 _____, 1898-1899 42 _____, 1900 43 _____, 1901 44 _____, 1901 45 _____, 1902 46 _____, 1903 47 _____, 1912 D. School records 48 Plymouth, Vermont, school records, n.d. 49 _____, 1837, 1856-1861, 1870 50 _____, 1875-1879 MS Size C _____, 1877 Doc 390:51 _____, 1880-1884 52 _____, 1885 53 _____, 1886 54 _____, 1887-1888 55 _____, 1889 56 _____, 1890-1894 57 _____, 1895 58 _____, 1895 59 _____, 1896 60 _____, 1897 61 _____, 1898 62 _____, 1899 Doc 391:1 _____, 1900-1910 2 _____, 1911 3 _____, 1912-1915 4 _____, 1916 MS Size B _____, n.d. Doc 391:5 Advertisements for textbooks and school supplies 6 _____. E. Post Office records 7 Plymouth, Vermont, post office records, quarterly returns, 1868-1874 MS Size C _____, 1867-1870 8 _____, 1875-1877 Doc 391:9 Plymouth, Vermont, post office records, 1868-1875 MS Size C _____, 1866-1875 Doc 391:10 _____, 1876-1894 11 _____, 1903-1905 12 _____, 1909 F. Town receipts, accounts, reports 13 Accounts, receipts, etc., n.d. 14 _____, 1855-1869 15 _____, _____, 1872 16 _____, _____, 1875-1879 17 _____, _____, 1880-1882 18 _____, _____, 1892-1894 19 _____, _____, 1895-1896 20 _____, _____, 1897-1898 21 Checkbooks, 1899-1905 22 _____, 1904-1906 23 Miscellaneous 24 _____. V. Coolidge, Calvin A. Education papers Doc 391:25 The Amherst Olio for 1896 26 St. Johnsbury Academy/Black River Academy, 1886-1890 27 Amherst receipts and bills, 1892-1894 28 Amherst, 1892-1895 29 School essays and papers 30 _____. 31 _____. 32 _____. 33 _____. 34 _____. (includes "The Principles Fought for in the American Revolution" for which Coolidge received an award in 1895) B. Correspondence 35 To Calvin Coolidge, n.d. 36 _____, 1884-1890 37 _____, 1891-1900 38 _____, 1913-1928 39 _____, 1929-1932 40 From Calvin Coolidge, 1898, to Mrs. Marcella Brown 42 _____, 1930, to A. H. Billings regarding family genealogy Doc 392:1 To Grace Goodhue Coolidge, June-August, 1904 2 _____, September, 1904 3 _____, October, 1904 4 _____, November, 1904 5 _____, December, 1904 6 _____, January, 1905 7 _____, February, 1905 8 _____, March, 1905 9 _____, April, 1905 10 _____, May, 1905 11 _____, June, 1905 12 _____, 1929-1932 13 To John Coolidge (son), 1919-1924 14 _____, January-June, 1925 15 _____, July-December, 1925 16 _____, 1926 17 _____, 1927-1932 18 To Calvin (son), 1920 19 To Grace Coolidge (not from Calvin), 1927-1932, including two letters from Mrs. Herbert Hoover, one from her son John, and one from Frank Stearns. C. Financial records 20 Financial papers, ca. 1915-1932 MS Size D Massachusetts income tax return for Calvin Coolidge, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 MS Size D Federal tax for Calvin Coolidge, 1921-1928 21 Federal tax returns for John Coolidge, 1925-1926 22 White House expenses, 1924-1928 23 Daily memo books, 1890, 1912, 1916, 1920-1922 24 _____, 1923-1927, 1929 25 _____, 1930, 1932 26 Financial papers re: newspapers articles written by Coolidge, 1930-1932 D. Miscellaneous Calvin Coolidge material 27 Printed speeches of Calvin Coolidge 28 List of medals and decorations; tribute 29 Printed information about Coolidge 38 Deeds, 1900, 1925; speech, 1899; certificate of election, 1906; law license, 1899 (folder is filed in opposite direction in box) MS Size D Election as Massachusetts senator, 1914; appointment as justice of the peace in Northampton, 1897; insurance policy, 1926. 30 Goodhue family papers, 1898, 1920-1924 31 Notes, clippings, bookmarks found in Goodhue family Bible VI. Photographs A. Subjects Doc 221:1 Amherst College [1920?] (7 photos) 2 Aviation (16) 3 Boston University, Grace Coolidge receives honorary degree, 12 Dec. 1924 (6) 4 Christmas (D.C.) (13) 5 Congress, Speeches to (1) 6 Egg Rolling (D.C.) (includes raccoons) (9) 7 Family Pictures, Immediate (13) 8 _____, Distant Relatives (found loose in Coolidge letters) (35) 9 Hollywood, 1931 (10) 10 Inauguration, 4 March 1925 (38) 11 Massachusetts, Lt. Governor of (3) 12 _____, Governor of (Inauguration) (3) 13 "Mayflower" (Presidential Yacht) (12) 14 Northampton, The Beeches (11) 15 _____, 21 Massassit Street (1906-1930) (6) 16 Northampton, U.S.S. launching (26) 17 Plymouth (VT), Calvin Coolidge, doing chores (in overalls) (18) 18 _____, _____, _____ (in smock) (32) 19 _____, _____, fishing (3) 20 _____, _____, haying (9) 21 _____, _____, with horse (6) 22 _____, Grace Coolidge (3) 23 _____, Coolidge Family (23) 24 _____, Coolidge Residence (13) 25 _____, Coolidge Residence, Artifacts (3) 26 _____, First Telephone at Coolidge Residence (2) 27 _____, Coolidge Residence, Trees (2) 28 _____, Coolidge-Dawes (4) 29 _____, Calvin Coolidge with Groups (7) 30 _____, Cemetery (7) 31 _____, Ceremony Honoring Calvin Coolidge (58) 32 _____, Church (7) 33 _____, In Front of Post Office (6) 34 _____, Old Stone School House (3) 35 Portraits, Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 (21) 36 _____, Coolidge, Grace (Goodhue), 1879-1957 (9) 37 _____, Coolidge, Col. John (10) 38 Signing Bills (2) 39 South Dakota (79) 40 Sports (except Baseball) (10) 41 _____, Baseball (10) B. With... 42 American Rug Manufacturers' Assn. (3 photos) 43 Americans, Famous (1) 44 Automobile (4) 45 Boy Scouts (7) 46 Children (16) 47 Dogs (17) 48 Foreign Dignitaries (11) 49 Fraternal Groups (misc.) (5) 50 Girl Scouts (8) 51 Groups, Other, Miscellaneous (47) 52 Hoover, Herbert (6) 53 Indians (at White House) (6) 54 Individuals, Others, Miscellaneous (12) 55 Jolson, Al, and other Actors (White House, 17 Oct. 1924) (3) 56 Masonic Groups (2) 57 Medical Groups, Nursing Groups (5) 58 Musicians, Musical Groups (4) 59 Near East Relief (3) 60 Newspapermen, Editors, etc. (3) 61 Pan-American Groups (5) 62 Patriotic Societies (5) 63 Red Cross Groups (5) 64 Religious Groups (8) 65 Republican Groups, Misc. (6) 66 Salvation Army (2) 67 Senators and Senator's Wives (9) 68 Skis (1) 69 State Groups, City Groups (10) 70 United States Navy (4) 71 Vermonters (1) 72 Veterans Groups, Misc. (9) 73 White House Staff (5) 74 Women's Organizations (misc.) (7) 75 Wood, Admiral, 1927, South Dakota (7) 76 Wounded Veterans, Tom Mix (White House, 21 May 1925) (9) 77 _____, (White House, 3 June 1926) (2) 78 _____, (White House-not 1925, 1926) (2) 79 Youth Groups, Student Groups (misc. ) (4) C. At... 80 Arlington National Cemetery, Memorial Day (7 photos) 81 Army Relief Exposition (3) 82 Asheville, NC, Gove Park Inn, with Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Stearns, Feb. 1921 (3) 83 Carnegie Institute (later People's Institute), Northampton, MA (1) 84 Church (4) 85 Circus (3) 86 Flower Shows (4) 87 Fort Devens, MA (1) 88 Funerals (2) 89 Georgia, "Mr. Coffin's hunting lodge" (4) 89A Haines Point, 31 July 1924 (1) 90 Horse Shows (7) 91 Memorials, Cornerstone layings, other, misc. (8) 92 Mercersburg, PA, June 2, 1924 (1) 93 Minnesota (2) 94 Pan American Meeting, Havana, January, 1928 (via U.S.S. Texas from Key West) (11) 94A Paul Smith's, New York (?) (5) 95 Plymouth Rock (1) 96 Swampscott, MA, "The White House"--Summer residence of Pres. Coolidge, 1925 (13) 97 _____, with Mr. and Mrs. Stearns, 1929 (3) 98 Tomb of Unknown Soldier (5) 99 Walter Reed Hospital (8) 100 Watertown, MA, Graves of John and Mary Coolidge (4) 101 Weddings (2) 102 White House, Pres. and Mrs. Coolidge (12) D. Chronological 103 1920, July 27 (Notification Ceremony, Northampton, of nomination for Vice President) (12 photos) 104 1921, March 3 (2) 105 _____, October 26 (2) 106 1923, March 19 (1) 107 _____, August 4 (1) 108 _____, _____ 14 (1) 109 _____, _____ 25 (1) 110 _____, _____ 31 (2) 111 1923, September 11 (1) 112 1924, February 2 (1) 113 _____, _____ 12 (2) 114 _____, April 9 (1) 115 _____, June 2 (1) 116 _____, _____ 3 (2) 117 _____, _____ 7 (1) 118 _____, July 1 (8) 119 _____, _____ 4 (2) 120 _____, _____ 16 (1) 121 _____, _____ 18 (2) 122 _____, August 14 (notification ceremonies) (10) 123 1924, September 1 (1) 124 _____, _____ 6 (1) 125 _____, _____ 26 (1) 126 _____, October 13 (1) 127 _____, _____ 22 (2) 128 _____, October 23 (2) 129 _____, _____ 30 (9) 130 _____, November 5 (9) 131 _____, _____ 6 (1) 132 _____, December 30 (3) 133 1925, January 8 (1) 134 _____, March 3 (2) 135 _____, _____ 18 (2) 136 _____, May 27 (1) 137 1925, October 28 (1) 138 _____, December 30 (1) 139 1926, February 1 (1) 140 _____, March 25 (2) 141 _____, April 20 (1) 142 _____, _____ 29 (1) E. Other 143 Unidentified (4) 144 Photographs found in Mrs. Goodhue's Bible (8 photographs & 3 photocopies) Photo Album Photos of the Calvin Coolidge Family Large Photo 1 Calvin Coolidge standing across the street from Plymouth Residence 2 Picnic in Plymouth; Calvin Coolidge extreme right; Col. Coolidge third from right 3 Calvin Coolidge (left of center), holding top hat; Grace left of Calvin 4 _____, (right of center), holding hat; Grace left of Calvin FB-33 Abigail (Manning) Andrews, framed photograph Deacon Issachar Andrews, framed photograph Benjamin Goodhue, framed photograph Caroline (Andrews) Goodhue, framed photograph Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge, framed photograph Lemira (Barrett) Goodhue, framed photograph Andrew Issacher Goodhue, ambrotype in case (damaged) VII. Miscellaneous Doc 392:32 Printed ephemera 33 _____. 34 _____, schools 35 Newspaper clippings 36 _____. 37 _____. MS Size C Collector's itemsProcessed by
Eileen O'Brien
1995