Sherman, Lawrence Y. (1858-1939) Papers, 1871-1939 [1912-1920] 75 linear feet (180 manuscript boxes and 1 oversize folder) Republican U.S. Senator (1913-1921) and League of Nations opponent. Illinois State Representative from twenty-eighth (1897-1902) and thirty-second (1903-1904) districts; Speaker of the House (1899-1902). Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1905-1908). Collection contains correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and leaflets, magazine articles, and speeches documenting Sherman’s tenure in the U.S. Senate, his opposition to American participation in the League of Nations, early political activities in Illinois, campaign strategies, family life, and personal business affairs. American relations with Mexico, United States enter into World War I, the post war peace settlement, and other foreign policy issues of Woodrow Wilson’s administration are also illustrated. Other topics include national politics, labor, military and naval affairs, railroads, and revenue. Major correspondence is Sherman advisors Edward Brundage (Chicago lawyer) and Charles G. Dawes (Chicago financier); U.S. Senator from Illinois, Ruth Hanna McCormick; Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roebuck and Company; and Michael Lux who handled Sherman’s personal business. Approximately four linear inches of pamphlets, leaflets, broadsides, programs, and other printed items were transferred out of the collection. Access: Open for Research Acc. No.: 64-15 Processed by: Paul Spence and Cheryl Schnirring, 1974; Merleen Dibert, August 1981
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Sherman, Lawrence Y. (1858-1939)
Papers, 1871-1939 [1912-1920]
75 linear feet (180 manuscript boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Republican U.S. Senator (1913-1921) and League of Nations opponent. Illinois State
Representative from twenty-eighth (1897-1902) and thirty-second (1903-1904) districts; Speaker
of the House (1899-1902). Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1905-1908).
Collection contains correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and leaflets,
magazine articles, and speeches documenting Sherman’s tenure in the U.S. Senate, his opposition
to American participation in the League of Nations, early political activities in Illinois, campaign
strategies, family life, and personal business affairs. American relations with Mexico, United
States enter into World War I, the post war peace settlement, and other foreign policy issues of
Woodrow Wilson’s administration are also illustrated. Other topics include national politics, labor,
military and naval affairs, railroads, and revenue. Major correspondence is Sherman advisors
Edward Brundage (Chicago lawyer) and Charles G. Dawes (Chicago financier); U.S. Senator from
Illinois, Ruth Hanna McCormick; Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roebuck and Company; and
Michael Lux who handled Sherman’s personal business.
Approximately four linear inches of pamphlets, leaflets, broadsides, programs, and other printed
items were transferred out of the collection.
Access: Open for Research
Acc. No.: 64-15
Processed by: Paul Spence and Cheryl Schnirring, 1974; Merleen Dibert, August 1981
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Biographical Sketch
Lawrence Yates Sherman, Republican U.S. Senator (1913-1921), was born November 8, 1858 in
Miami County, Ohio. His parents Nelson and Maria (Yates) Sherman, first moved to McDonough
County, Illinois in 1859 and eventually settled in Jasper County in 1867. Sherman attended public
school and the Lees Academy in Coles County. In order to pay for a college education he
alternately taught school in Effingham and Jasper counties and attended McKendree College at
Lebanon, Illinois.
Sherman graduated from McKendree College in 1882. In that same year he was admitted to the
bar and began practicing law in Macomb (McDonough County), Illinois. Besides being a partner
in the law firm of Sherman, Tunnicliff and Gumbart, Sherman was elected Macomb city attorney
in 1885. From 1886 to 1890, he served as McDonough County Judge. In 1896 Sherman was
elected to the Illinois House of Representatives from the twenty-eighth district. He represented the
twenty-eighth district from 1897 to 1902 and the thirty-second district from 1903 to1904. During
the 41st (1899-1900) and 42nd (1901-1902) General Assemblies, Sherman served as Speaker of the
House. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1904 and served during the first
administration of Charles Deneen (1905-1908). After leaving the Lieutenant Governorship,
Sherman who had made Springfield his home, ran unsuccessfully for mayor. From 1909 to 1913
he was president of the Illinois State Board of Administration, which controlled seventeen state
charities.
On March 26, 1913 the Illinois General Assembly elected Sherman to fill the unexpired term
(1913-1915) of William Lorimer, who had been expelled. Sherman was reelected to the Senate in
1914. During his senatorial career, Sherman vigorously opposed ratification of Woodrow Wilson’s
proposal for a League of Nations. He was chairman of the Committee for the District of Columbia
and a vocal critic of President Wilson. In 1915, Sherman was considered as a potential candidate
for the 1916 Republican Presidential nomination. He also served as a member of the Republican
National Committee from 1916 to 1924 and was a delegate to the Republican National
Conventions in 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1928. Sherman did not seek reelection in 1920 because of a
hearing problem. Following his Senate retirement in 1921, he practiced law in Springfield.
In 1924, Sherman moved to Daytona Beach, Florida where he also practiced law. He was among
the organizers of the First Atlantic National Bank of Daytona Beach in 1924 and served as its
president in 1925. He later became chairman of the bank board and when it merged with the
Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville in 1930, Sherman served as a director of the new
institution until his retirement in 1933.
Sherman was married briefly to Ella M. Crews, who died in 1893 after two years of marriage. In
1908 he married Estelle Spitler, a niece of his first wife. Their only child Virginia (Mrs. Marion H.
Graham) was born in 1909. Estelle Sherman died in 1910. Sherman died in Daytona Beach,
Florida, on September 15, 1939.
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Scope and Content
The Lawrence Y. Sherman papers, 1871-1939, consist of 75 cubic feet and 1 oversize folder, of
family and legislative correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and leaflets,
magazine articles, and speeches. Most of this material dates from 1912 to 1920. The collection
primarily documents Sherman’s tenure in the U.S. Senate from 1913 to 1921, particularly with
regard to United States entry into World War I and the debate concerning American participation
in the League of Nations. Sherman’s early political career, including his two terms as Speaker of
the Illinois House and his term as Lieutenant Governor, is also documented. Personal papers detail
his courtship of Estelle Spitler and other family matters. There is little material from Sherman’s
post-senatorial years.
The collection was originally stored in letterboxes and had been used by a researcher before it
arrived at the Historical Library. Some letters had been damaged by insects, water, and rusty pins
and paperclips, and many of the newspaper clippings were deteriorating. Over the years, a number
of Historical Library employees have worked to organize parts of the collection. The current effort
to process the complete collection resulted in a re-boxing of the material. The outlines of what
appear to be the original order of the papers have been maintained so far as they could be
determined, but certain decisions regarding processing (such as the removal of all pamphlets,
leaflets, broadsides, and printed items from the correspondence files) had been made before
current arrangement work had begun. Although the folder titles that identified the contents of the
collection with it arranged at the Historical Library occasionally appear to be misleading
(particularly in the subject files and foreign affairs and foreign nations files), they have been
retained pending further analysis.
The collection is arranged into nine files; Correspondence, 1871-1933 and 1936-1938;
Correspondence Filed by Person, 1885-1933; Family Correspondence, 1874-1926 and 1939;
Foreign Affairs and League of Nations File, 1917-1920; Foreign Nations File, 1915-1920; Subject
File, 1913-1924; Small Subject File, 1913-1920; Speech File, 1884-1932; and Clippings,
Pamphlets and Ephemera, 1888-1938.
The Correspondence, 1871-1933 and 1936-1938 (Boxes 1-55) is arranged chronologically and
contains personal, political, general business and constituent letters; telegrams; and newspaper
clippings. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1912 to 1918. Major topics include Illinois
state politics, legal matters, legislative committee appointments, Sherman’s election to the U.S.
Senate, his campaign for the 1916 Republican Presidential nomination, Prohibition, and Woodrow
Wilson’s administration. Correspondents include Illinois State Senator Orville F. Berry, Chicago;
lawyer and Sherman advisor Edward Brundage; U. S. Senator from Illinois, Shelby M Cullom;
lawyer Clarence Darrow; Charles Fairbanks (Vice-President under Theodore Roosevelt);
Republican and Progressive party politician Harold L Ickes; John H. Kellogg (superintendent of
Battle Creek Sanitarium and founder of the local health food industries); U.S. Congresswoman
from Illinois Ruth Hanna McCormick; Thomas R. Marshall (Vice-President under Woodrow
Wilson); Andrew Mellon (financier and secretary of the U.S. Treasury); Illinois Lieutenant
Governor John G. Oglesby; Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roebuck and Company; Chicago mayor
William Hale Thompson; law partner George Tunnicliff; Chicago businessman William Wrigley,
Jr.; and Illinois Governor Richard Yates II.
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Scope and Content
The Correspondence Filed by Person, 1885-1933 (Boxes 56-62) contains letters, telegrams and
newspaper clippings arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Most of the correspondence dates
from 1913 to 1920. Family matters, politics, and campaign strategies are discussed. Major
correspondents include Will Colvin (superintendent of Pardons and Parole for the Illinois
Department of Public Welfare); Charles G. Dawes (president of Central Trust Company of Illinois
and a Sherman advisor); George E. Keys (a Sherman political advisor); Michael Lux (who
managed some of Sherman’s personal business affairs); and Francis Ralson Welsh (Philadelphia
investment bonds). There is also correspondence with Charles S. Deneen, Warren G. Harding,
Charles Evans Hughes, Samuel Insull, William Lorimer, Frank O. Lowden, William B. McKinley,
John J. Pershing and Woodrow Wilson.
The Family Correspondence, 1874-1926 and 1939 (Boxes 62-64 and oversize manuscripts 1-
26), contains letters and a few telegrams, greeting cards and clippings. The courtship of Sherman
and Estelle Spitler, the birth of their daughter Virginia, Estelle Sherman’s death, and Sherman’s
funeral are documented. Major correspondents are Sherman’s sisters Jennie and Sylvia, and Cora
Spitler, Estelle’s sister.
The Foreign Affairs and League of Nations File, 1917-1920 (Boxes 65-85) is arranged
chronologically within groupings by document type and contains constituent correspondence,
telegrams, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and a few circulars, federal documents, and magazine
articles. Most material is dated 1919. Issues in American foreign affairs, especially concerning the
League of Nations are documented. Major topics include U.S. relations with Mexico, American
entry into World War I, food prices following the war, Woodrow Wilson’s trip to Versailles, the
League of Nations (particularly reconstruction of Europe and reaction to Sherman’s June 20, 1919
speech on the potential influence of the Vatican in the proposed league of nations), and the
Geneva Peace Conference. Significant correspondents include the League to Enforce the Peace,
U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, George Harvey of Harvey’s Weekly, and inventor and League
of Nations opponent Henry Wise Wood.
The Foreign Nations File, 1915-1920 (Boxes 86-94) is arranged alphabetically by individual
country name and contains correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, magazine articles,
and petitions relating to American foreign policy with respect to specific countries of groups of
countries. Major topics include nationalistic homelands, boarder affairs with Mexico, Japanese
expansionism, Irish Freedom, the Bolshevik revolution and recognition of the Soviet Union by the
United States. American obligations to World War I allies, legislative efforts to revoke the charter
of the National German-American Alliance and limit the distribution of German-language
publications, and ratification of the Columbian Treaty (settlement of differences over the Panama
Canal Zone) are documented in the foreign policy issues section at the end of this file. Significant
correspondents include H.J. Hainsworth, who wrote detailed reports concerning border relations
with Mexico.
The Subject File, 1913-1924 (Boxes 95-136) is arranged alphabetically by topic and contains
constituent correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, and reports
documenting the views of Sherman and his constituents on legislative issues debated by Congress.
Major topics include banking (Federal Reserve Act; coal (strike of 1919); daylight savings time;
espionage; the Gore Resolution (limitation of American travel on vessels of belligerent nations);
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Scope and Content
The Subject File, 1913-1924-cont. Federal Trade Commission, finance Henry Ford (war profits
and bid for Senate seat), government ownership of telegraphs and telephones. Insurance, labor
(particularly relating to the “Industrial Workers of the World” a 1920 anti-sedition bill, and 1916
“Gompers Law” – Sherman’s Opinion of Samuel Gompers and eight-hour-day legislation for
railroad employees), oil, military and naval affairs, merchant shipping, meat packing, politics
(women’s suffrage, direct election of the president, elections), postal matters, the President’s
Peace League, prohibition, pure food, railroads, revenue, shipping, socialism, strikes, tariffs,
waterways, and Woodrow Wilson.
The Small Subject File, 1913-1920 (Boxes 137-149) is arranged alphabetically by topic and
contains constituent correspondence, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings regarding Chaffee et al
vs. Sherman (a suit filed against Sherman for payment of board and entertainment bills), the
Illinois legislature, labor (Samuel Gompers), the League of Nations, legislation, postal (Madden
Bill), and the influence of the Vatican.
The Speech File, 1884-1932 (Boxes 150-161) is arranged chronologically and primarily contains
speeches, speech fragments, and notes. A few statements, articles, editorials, resolutions,
interviews, and press releases are also included. The bulk of the speeches are dated between 1914
and 1920. Most of them relate to national holidays, special occasions, legislation being debated in
the Senate, and political campaigns.
The Clippings, Pamphlets, and Ephemera, 1888-1938 (Boxes 162-180) are arranged
chronologically within groups by document type and consist primarily of newspaper clippings,
pamphlets, leaflets, personal and campaign financial statements, diaries, and appointment books.
There are also a few cartoons, advertising circulars, programs, and ballots. An estimated four
linear inches of pamphlets, broadsides, leaflets, programs, invitations, and other printed items
from this file and from other sections of the collection were transferred to the Historical Library’s
printed collection or cataloguing.
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Container List
Box Folder
Correspondence 1871-1933 and 1936-1938
1 1 Correspondence, 1871-1885
2 Correspondence, 1886
3 Correspondence, January-June 1887
4 Correspondence, July-December 1887
5 Correspondence, January-March 1888
6 Correspondence, April-June 1888
7 Correspondence, July-December 1888
8 Correspondence, 1889-1893
9 Correspondence, 1894-1896
2 1 Correspondence, January 1897
2 Correspondence, February 1897
3 Correspondence, March 1897
4 Correspondence, April 1897
5 Correspondence, May-December 1897
6 Correspondence, 1898
7 Correspondence, January-March 1899
3 1 Correspondence, April-December 1899
2 Correspondence, Notes on Committee Appointments 1899
3 Correspondence, 1900
4 Correspondence, January 1-10, 1901
5 Correspondence, January 11-22, 1901
6 Correspondence, January 23-31, 1901
4 1 Correspondence, February-April 10, 1901
2 Correspondence, April 11-15, 1901
3 Correspondence, April 16-29, 1901
4 Correspondence, May-September 1901
5 Correspondence, October 1901
5 1 Correspondence, November 1901
2 Correspondence, December 1901
3 Correspondence [Committee Appointments] 1901
4 Correspondence, January 1902
5 Correspondence, February-March 1902
6 Correspondence, April 1902
6 1 Correspondence, May-July 1902
2 Correspondence, August 1902
3 Correspondence, September 1902
4 Correspondence, October 1902
5 Correspondence, November 1902
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7 1 Correspondence, December 1902
2 Correspondence, January 1903
3 Correspondence, February-April 1903
4 Correspondence, May 1903
5 Correspondence, June-July 1903
8 1 Correspondence, August-September 1903
2 Correspondence, October 1903
3 Correspondence, November 1903
4 Correspondence, December 1-19, 1903
5 Correspondence, December 20-25, 1903
9 1 Correspondence, December 26, 1903-January 6, 1904
2 Correspondence, January 7-17, 1904
3 Correspondence, January 18-31, 1904
4 Correspondence, February 1-11, 1904
5 Correspondence, February 12-29, 1904
10 1 Correspondence, March 1904
2 Correspondence, April 1904
3 Correspondence, May-June 4, 1904
4 Correspondence, June 4-10, 1904
5 Correspondence, June-July 1904
11 1 Correspondence, August 1904
2 Correspondence, September 1904
3 Correspondence, October 1904
4 Correspondence, November 1904
5 Correspondence, December 1904-January 25, 1905
6 Correspondence, January 26-February 13, 1905
12 1 Correspondence, February 14-28, 1905
2 Correspondence, March 1905
3 Correspondence, April 1905
4 Correspondence, May 1905
5 Correspondence, June 1905
13 1 Correspondence, July-September 1905
2 Correspondence, October-December 1905
3 Correspondence, January-May 1906
4 Correspondence, June-December 1906
5 Correspondence, March 1907
6 Correspondence, April 1907
7 Correspondence, May 1907
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14 1 Correspondence, June-September 1907
2 Correspondence, October 1907
3 Correspondence, November-December 1907
4 Correspondence, January 1908
5 Correspondence, February-April 1908
6 Correspondence, May-June 1908
15 1 Correspondence, July-August 1908
2 Correspondence, September-November 1908
3 Correspondence, December 1908
4 Correspondence, January 1909
5 Correspondence, February 1909
6 Correspondence, March 1909
16 1 Correspondence, April-May 1909
2 Correspondence, June-July 1909
3 Correspondence, August-September 1909
4 Correspondence, October-November 1909
5 Correspondence, December 1909
17 1 Correspondence, January 1910
2 Correspondence, February-March 1910
3 Correspondence, June-September 1910
4 Correspondence, October-November 1910
5 Correspondence, December 1910
18 1 Correspondence, February 1911
2 Correspondence, March-April 1911
3 Correspondence, June-November 1911
4 Correspondence, December 1-8, 1911
5 Correspondence, December 11-31, 1911
6 Correspondence, January 1912
19 1 Correspondence, February 1-17, 1912
2 Correspondence, February 18-20, 1912
3 Correspondence, February 21-22, 1912
4 Correspondence, February 23-25, 1912
5 Correspondence, February 26-29, 1912
6 Correspondence, March 1912
20 1 Correspondence, Itinerary, March [1912]
2 Correspondence, Lists, March [1912]
3 Correspondence, April-May 6, 1912
4 Correspondence, May 7-18, 1912
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20 5 Correspondence, May 20-31, 1912
6 Correspondence, June 1-11, 1912
7 Correspondence, June 12-July 10, 1912
21 1 Correspondence, July 12-18, 1912
2 Correspondence, July-October 1912
3 Correspondence, November 2-13, 1912
4 Correspondence, November 14-23, 1912
5 Correspondence, November 25-December 1912
6 Correspondence, January-February 5, 1913
22 1 Correspondence, February 6-20, 1913
2 Correspondence, February 21-March 20, 1913
3 Correspondence, March 21-April 1, 1913
4 Correspondence, April 2-3, 1913
5-6 Correspondence, April 3, 1913
23 1 Correspondence, April 3, 1913
2 Correspondence, April 3-13, 1913
3 Correspondence, April 14-25, 1913
4 Correspondence, April 26- May 6, 1913
5 Correspondence, May 7-31, 1913
24 1 Correspondence, June 2-18, 1913
2 Correspondence, June 19-30, 1913
3 Correspondence, July 1-10, 1913
4 Correspondence, July 11-15, 1913
5 Correspondence, July 16-23, 1913
6 Correspondence, July 24-August 8, 1913
25 1 Correspondence, August 9-22, 1913
2 Correspondence, August 23-30, 1913
3 Correspondence, September 1-12, 1913
4 Correspondence, September 13-30, 1913
5 Correspondence, October 1913
6 Correspondence, November 1913
26 1 Correspondence, December 1913
2 Correspondence, January 1914
3 Correspondence, February 1914
4 Correspondence, March 1914
5 Correspondence, April 1914
27 1 Correspondence, May 1914
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27 2 Correspondence, June 1-19, 1914
3 Correspondence, June 20-24, 1914
4 Correspondence, June 25-29, 1914
5 Correspondence, July 1914
6 Correspondence, August 3-20, 1914
28 1 Correspondence, August 21-31, 1914
2 Correspondence, September 1-10, 1914
3 Correspondence, September 11-16, 1914
4 Correspondence, September 17-23, 1941
5 Correspondence, September 24-30, 1914
29 1 Correspondence, October 1914
2 Correspondence, November 1-11, 1914
3 Correspondence, November 12-19, 1914
4 Correspondence, November 20, 1914
5 Correspondence, November 21-30, 1914
30 1 Correspondence, December 1-7, 1914
2 Correspondence, December 8-11, 1914
3 Correspondence, December 12-21, 1914
4 Correspondence, December 22-30, 1914
5 Correspondence, January 2-13, 1915
31 1 Correspondence, January 14-30, 1915
2 Correspondence, February 1-19, 1915
3 Correspondence, February 20-March 9, 1915
4 Correspondence, March 10-26, 1915
5 Correspondence, March 27-April 2, 1915
32 1 Correspondence, April 3-22, 1915
2 Correspondence, April 23-May 7, 1915
3 Correspondence, May 8-11, 1915
4 Correspondence, May 12-31, 1915
33 1 Correspondence, June 1-22, 1915
2 Correspondence, June 23-July 5, 1915
3 Correspondence, July 6-12, 1915
4 Correspondence, July 13-17, 1915
5 Correspondence, July 17-22, 1915
6 Correspondence, July 23-27, 1915
34 1 Correspondence, July 28-31, 1915
2 Correspondence, August 1-9, 1915
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34 3 Correspondence, August 10-17, 1915
4 Correspondence, August 18-30, 1915
5 Correspondence, August 31, 1915
35 1 Correspondence, September 1-9, 1915
2 Correspondence, September 10-15, 1915
3 Correspondence, September 16-24, 1915
4 Correspondence, September 25-30, 1915
5 Correspondence, October 1-19, 1915
36 1 Correspondence, October 20-22, 1915
2 Correspondence, October 22-31, 1915
3 Correspondence, November 1915
4 Correspondence, December 1-13, 1915
5 Correspondence, December 14-31, 1915
37 1 Correspondence, January 1916
2 Correspondence, February 1916
3 Correspondence, March 1916
4 Correspondence, April 1916
5 Correspondence, May 1916
6 Correspondence, June-July 1916
38 1 Correspondence, August-December 1916
2 Correspondence, January-March 10, 1917
3 Correspondence, March 11-30, 1917
4 Correspondence, April-July 1917
5 Correspondence, August 1917
6 Correspondence, September 1-18, 1917
39 1 Correspondence, September 19-30, 1917
2 Correspondence, October 1-10, 1917
3 Correspondence, October 11-22, 1917
4 Correspondence, October 23-31, 1917
40 1 Correspondence, November 1-10, 1917
2 Correspondence, November 11-23, 1917
3 Correspondence, November 24-December 10, 1917
4 Correspondence, December 11-20, 1917
5 Correspondence, December 21-31, 1917
6 Correspondence, January 1-14, 1918
41 1 Correspondence, January 15-31, 1918
2 Correspondence, February 1-15, 1918
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41 3 Correspondence, February 16-29, 1918
4 Correspondence, March 1-6, 1918
42 1 Correspondence, March 7-12, 1918
2 Correspondence, March 13-20, 1918
3 Correspondence, March 21-30, 1918
4 Correspondence, April 1-16, 1918
5 Correspondence, April 17-26, 1918
43 1 Correspondence, April 27-May 1, 1918
2 Correspondence, May 9-21, 1918
3 Correspondence, May 22-31, 1918
4 Correspondence, June 1-20, 1918
44 1 Correspondence, June 21-30, 1918
2 Correspondence, July 1-12, 1918
3 Correspondence, July 13-22, 1918
4 Correspondence, July 23-31, 1918
5 Correspondence, August 1-17, 1918
45 1 Correspondence, August 18-30, 1918
2 Correspondence, September 1918
3 Correspondence, October 1918
4 Correspondence, November 1918
5 Correspondence, December 1918
6 Correspondence, January 1-15, 1919
46 1 Correspondence, January 16-February 10, 1919
2 Correspondence, February 11-28, 1919
3 Correspondence, March-May 1919
4 Correspondence, June 1919
5 Correspondence, July-September 1919
6 Correspondence, October 1919
47 1 Correspondence, November 1919
2 Correspondence, December 1919
3 Correspondence, January 1920
4 Correspondence, February-April 1920
5 Correspondence, June-July 10, 1920
6 Correspondence, July 11-31, 1920
48 1 Correspondence, August-November 1920
2 Correspondence, December 1-20, 1920
3 Correspondence, December 21-31, 1920
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48 4 Correspondence, January 1921
5 Correspondence, February 1-20, 1921
6 Correspondence, February 21-March 10, 1921
7 Correspondence, March 11-20, 1921
49 1 Correspondence, March 21-31, 1921
2 Correspondence, April 1921
3 Correspondence, May 1-18, 1921
4 Correspondence, May 19-June 10, 1921
5 Correspondence, June 11-30, 1921
6 Correspondence, July 1921
50 1 Correspondence, August 1921
2 Correspondence, September 1921
3 Correspondence, October 1921
4 Correspondence, November 1921
5 Correspondence, December 1-23, 1921
51 1 Correspondence, December 24-30, 1921
2 Correspondence, January 1-23, 1922
3 Correspondence, January 24-February 14, 1922
4 Correspondence, February 15-28, 1922
5 Correspondence, March 1922
6 Correspondence, April-May 1922
7 Correspondence, June-September 1922
8 Correspondence, October-December 1922
52 1 Correspondence, January-May 1923
2 Correspondence, September-November 1923
3 Correspondence, December 1923
4 Correspondence, January 1924
5 Correspondence, February 1924
6 Correspondence, March 1924
7 Correspondence, April 1924
8 Correspondence, May 1924
53 1 Correspondence, June 1924
2 Correspondence, July-September 1924
3 Correspondence, October-November 1924
4 Correspondence, December 1924
5 Correspondence, January-March 1925
6 Correspondence, April 1925
54 1 Correspondence, May-June 1925
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54 2 Correspondence, July 1925
3 Correspondence, August-October 1925
4 Correspondence, November-December 1925
5 Correspondence, January-March 1926
6 Correspondence, September-December 1926
7 Correspondence, 1927
55 1 Correspondence, 1928
2 Correspondence, February-October 1929
3 Correspondence, 1930
4 Correspondence, 1932
5 Correspondence, 1933
6 Correspondence, 1936-1938
Correspondence Filed By Person, 1885-1933
56 1 Anonymous
2 Arges, A. Mae [Sylvia’s Nurse]
3 Arthurs, W.C.
4 Bainum, Noah C
5 Berry, O.F.
6 Blair, Francis G
7 Bowen, A.L.
8 Brown, Daniel A.
9 Brown Frank I [Dayton Ohio, Meeting 1918]
10 Buck, Clarence
11 Butterworth, William
12 Children’s Letters
13 Chiperfield, B.M.
14 Clifford, Edward
15 Colvin, Will
57 1 Colvin, Will
2 Couffer, Clint
3 Dallam, Philip
4 Davidson, C.A.
5 Dawes Family
6-8 Dawes, C.G.
9 Dawes, Henry M. and Rufus C.
10 De Freitas, N.K.
58 1 Deneen, C.S.
2 Dickey, Walter S
3 Doyle, C.J.
4 Drake, Frank A.
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Correspondence Filed By Person, 1885-1933
58 5 Drew, S.J.
6 Dunn, Samuel O.
7 Dunne, Edward F.
8 Emmerich, William
9 Emmerson, L.L.
10 Foreman, Milton J.
11 Galloway, W.C.
12 Ginnaven, D.E.
13 Gumbart, C.G.
14 Harding, Warren G
15 Harlan, John M.
16 Hays, Walter and Clyde
17 Hays, Will H.
18 Heinl, Frank J.
59 1 Hertzberg [Ernst and Sons]
2 Hines, Edward – Broadview Hospital
3 Hirsheimer, L.D.
4 Horton, W.S.
5 Hughes, Charles Evans
6 [Hurley, Edward N]
7 Insull, Samuel
8 Keys, George R
9 La Harpe, Illinois – Finch Letter, September 29, 1914
10 Lewis, Senator J.H.
11 Lorimer, William
12 Lowden, Frank
60 1 Lux, Michael 1911-1914
2 Lux, Michael 1915-1917
3 Lux, Michael 1918-1923
4 McCormick, Robert
5 McCormick, Ruth Hanna
6 McFatrich, J.B. and G.W.
7 McKinley, William B
8 Madden, M.B.
9 Miner, Lewis H
10 Odd Letters
11 Pershing, General John J
12 Porter, James M
61 1 Rockwell, J.H.
2 Rosenfield, W.A.
3 Rundle, Walter
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Correspondence Filed By Person, 1885-1933
61 4 Sherman, L.Y. – Inv[estment] Stock: First Atl[antic National Bank of] D[aytona]
B[each] and A[tlantic] N[ational Bank of] Jac[ksonville, Florida]
5 Sherman, L.Y. – City Attorney, 1885; Court Judge, 1886
6 Smith Frank L
7 Spitler, Clyde
8 Spitler, J.C.
9 Springfield Federation of Labor
10 Sterling, Fred
11 Thompson, J.C.
12 Welsh, Francis Ralson
62 1 [Williams, John Sharp]
2 Wilson, Woodrow
3 Youngman, Elmer H
Family Correspondence, 1874-1926 and 1939
4 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1880-1881
5 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1882-1883
6 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1884
7 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1885
8 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1886-1887
9 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1888-1889
10 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1890-1892
11 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1893-1894
12 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1895-1896
13 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1897-1898
14 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1899
15 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1900-1902
16 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1903-1904
17 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1905-1906
18 Jennie and Sylvia Sherman, 1907-1908
19 Sylvia Sherman Certificates, 1874 and 1878
63 1 Estelle Spitler Certificates, 1900
2 Lawrence and Estelle Spitler Sherman, 1891-1906
3 Lawrence and Estelle Spitler Sherman, January-July 1907
4 Lawrence and Estelle Spitler Sherman, August-December 1907
5 Lawrence and Estelle Spitler Sherman, 1908
6 Congratulations on Birth of Mary Virginia Sherman, February 2, 1909
7 Letters of Condolence (and Clippings) re Estelle Sherman, 1910
8 Family Correspondence, 1904-June 1908
9 Family Correspondence, July-November 1908
10 Family Correspondence, December 1908-1909
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64 1 Family Correspondence, 1910-1919
2 Family Correspondence, 1921-1923
3 Family Correspondence, January-September 1924
4 Family Correspondence, September 1924-1925
5 Family Correspondence, no date
6 Fragile Correspondence, no date
7 L.Y. Sherman Certificates, 1878-1926, and Drawings, no date
8 L.Y. Sherman Funeral – Letters of Condolence, September 1939
9 L.Y. Sherman Sympathy Cards, Memorial Records, and Death Certificate,
September 1939
Oversize Family Correspondence, 1882-1924
Estelle Spitler:
Oversize MS 1 Illinois Common School – Diploma, April 23, 1900
Oversize MS 2 Public High School of Effingham – Diploma, May 28, 1904
Oversize MS 3 Illinois Woman’s College – Diploma, May 29, 1906
Lawrence Y Sherman:
Oversize MS 4 McKendree College – Bachelor of Laws Degree, June 8, 1882
Oversize MS 5 State of Illinois Supreme Court – License as Attorney, June 15, 1882
Oversize MS 6 State of Illinois – Commission as County Judge, December 6, 1886
Oversize MS 7 Marriage Certificate of Lawrence Y Sherman and Ella Crews, May 27, 1891
Oversize MS 8 Illinois House of Representatives, Fortieth General Assembly – Resolution
on the Death of Lawrence Y. Sherman’s Father, April 21, 1897
Oversize MS 9 State of Illinois – Certificate of Election to the House of Representative of
the Forty-Second General Assembly, December 6, 1900
Oversize MS 10 Illinois House of Representatives – Certificate of Election as Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, January 9, 1905
Oversize MS 11 Appointment to 1898 Treat Commission, May 17, 1907 [Signed by
President Theodore Roosevelt]
Oversize MS 12 State of Illinois – Appointment as Delegate to the National Prison Congress,
September 5, 1907
Oversize MS 13 State of Illinois – Appointment as Delegate to the American Prison
Association, October 8, 1908
Oversize MS 14 State of Illinois – Appointment to Lincoln Centennial Commission,
December 28, 1908
Oversize MS 15 Illinois Senate, Forty Sixth General Assembly – Senate Resolution 19
Thanking the Retiring Lieutenant Governor, January 19, 1909 [With
Attached Letter, February 2, 1909]
Oversize MS 16 State of Illinois – Appointment as Delegate to the National Conference of
Charities and Correction, May 7, 1910
Oversize MS 17 State of Illinois – Appointment as Delegate to the American Prison
Association Congress and the International Prison Congress, September
21, 1910
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Lawrence Y Sherman:
Oversize MS 18 State of Illinois – Appointment as President of the Illinois Board of
Administration, August 1, 1911
Oversize MS 19 State of Illinois – Appointment as President of the Illinois Board of
Administration, July 8, 1912
Oversize MS 20 State of Illinois – Appointment as Delegate to the American Prison
Association Convention, September 21, 1912
Oversize MS 21 Illinois Board of Administration – Resolution of Thanks and
Congratulations to the Board President, April 1, 1913
Oversize MS 22 U.S. Supreme Court – Certificate as U.S. Supreme Court Attorney,
December 19, 1913
Oversize MS 23 Fiume National League of American Citizens of Italian Birth or Descent –
Certificate as Honorary President and Life Member, June 27, 1920
Oversize MS 24 Supreme Court of Florida – Certificate as Florida Supreme Court Attorney,
April 18, 1924
*Oversize MS 25 Cartoon – “The Prescription,” By Berryman
*Oversize MS 26 Cartoon – “It Might Have Been Wiser to Have Closed the Gate First,” by
H.A. Lindsay [Damaged]
*Transferred to the AV Section
Foreign Affairs and League of Nations File, 1917-1920
65 1 Correspondence, January 1917
2 Correspondence, February 1-5, 1917
3 Correspondence, February 6-7, 1917
4 Correspondence, February 8-11, 1917
5 Correspondence, February 12-13, 1917
6 Correspondence, February 14-15, 1917
7 Correspondence, February 16-17, 1917
8 Correspondence, February 18-20, 1917
9 Correspondence, February 21-28, 1917
10 Correspondence, March-August 1917
66 1 Correspondence, January-March 1918
2 Correspondence, April 4-28, 1918
3 Correspondence, [Overman Bill] April 29-30, 1918
4 Correspondence, May 1-15, 1918
5 Correspondence, May 16-30, 1918
6 Correspondence, June-August 1918
66 7 Correspondence, September 2-17, 1918
8 Correspondence, September 18-21, 1918
9 Correspondence, September 22-25, 1918
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67 1 Correspondence, September 26-30, 1918
2 Correspondence, October 1918
3 Correspondence, November 1918
4 Correspondence, December 1918
5 Correspondence, January 1919
6 Correspondence, February 1919
7 Correspondence, March 1-3, 1919
68 1 Correspondence, March 4, 1919
2 Correspondence, March 5, 1919
3 Correspondence, March 6-7, 1919
4 Correspondence, March 8-10, 1919
5 Correspondence, March 11-17, 1919
6 Correspondence, March 18-22, 1919
7 Correspondence, March 24-30, 1919
8 Correspondence, April 1919
69 1 Correspondence, May 1-13, 1919
2 Correspondence, May 14-20, 1919
3 Correspondence, May 21-23, 1919
4 Correspondence, May 24, 1919
5 Correspondence, May 25-26, 1919
6 Correspondence, May 27, 1919
7 Correspondence, May 28, 1919
8 Correspondence, May 29-31, 1919
70 1 Correspondence, June 1-5, 1919
2 Correspondence, June 6-10, 1919
3 Correspondence, June 11-15, 1919
4 Correspondence, June 16-20, 1919
5 Correspondence, [Vatican], June 21-25, 1919
6 Correspondence, [Vatican], June 26-27, 1919
7 Correspondence, [Vatican], June 28-29, 1919
8 Correspondence, [Vatican], June 30, 1919
71 1 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 1-5, 1919
2 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 6-7, 1919
3 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 8, 1919
4 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 9-10, 1919
5 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 11-13, 1919
6 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 14-15, 1919
7 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 16-18, 1919
72 1 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 19-21, 1919
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72 2 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 22, 1919
3 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 23-25, 1919
4 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 26-29, 1919
5 Correspondence, [Vatican], July 30-31, 1919
6 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 1-2, 1919
7 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 3-5, 1919
8 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 6-8, 1919
9 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 9-10, 1919
73 1 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 11-12, 1919
2 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 13-15, 1919
3 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 16-20, 1919
4 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 21-25, 1919
5 Correspondence, [Vatican], August 26-30, 1919
6 Correspondence, [Vatican], September 1-5, 1919
7 Correspondence, [Vatican], September 6-8, 1919
8 Correspondence, September 9-10, 1919
9 Correspondence, September 11-15, 1919
74 1 Correspondence, September 16-18, 1919
2 Correspondence, September 19-20, 1919
3 Correspondence, September 21-25, 1919
4 Correspondence, September 26-29, 1919
5 Correspondence, September 30, 1919
6 Correspondence, October 1-5, 1919
7 Correspondence, October 6-10, 1919
8 Correspondence, October 11-15, 1919
75 1 Correspondence, October 16-19, 1919
2 Correspondence, October 21-25, 1919
3 Correspondence, October 26-31, 1919
4 Correspondence, November 1-5, 1919
5 Correspondence, November 6-10, 1919
6 Correspondence, November 11-30, 1919
7 Correspondence, December 1-5, 1919
8 Correspondence, December 6-10, 1919
76 1 Correspondence, December 11-15, 1919
2 Correspondence, December 16-20, 1919
3 Correspondence, December 21-25, 1919
4 Correspondence, December 26-31, 1919
5-7 Correspondence [1919]
77 1 Correspondence, January 1-7, 1920
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77 2 Correspondence, January 8-20, 1920
3 Correspondence, January 21-31, 1920
4 Correspondence, [Reconsideration], February 1-10, 1920
5 Correspondence, [Reconsideration], February 11-28, 1920
6 Correspondence, [Reconsideration], March 1-15, 1920
7 Correspondence, [Reconsideration], March 16-31, 1920
8 Correspondence, April-May 1920
9 Correspondence, July-October 1920
10 Correspondence, no date
78 1 Letters with Clippings, 1917
2-3 Letters with Clippings, 1918
4 Letters with Clippings, February 1919
5 Letters with Clippings, March 1919
6 Letters with Clippings, May 1919
7 Letters with Clippings, June 1919
79 1 Letters with Clippings, July 1919
2 Letters with Clippings, August 1919
3 Letters with Clippings, September 1919
4 Letters with Clippings, October 1919
5 Letters with Clippings, November 1919
6 Letters with Clippings, December 1919
7 Letters with Clippings, 1920
80 1-7 Clippings
81 1-8 Clippings
82 1-3 Clippings
4-6 Clippings [Vatican]
7-8 Circulars
83 1-2 Federal Documents
3 Magazine Articles
4 Magazines and Newsletters
5 Magazines – Harvey’s Weekly
6 Poems
7 The Villager
8 “Our Boys” – A Public Message to Congress
84-85 - Pamphlets
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Individual Countries:
86 1 Alaska
2 Armenia – Correspondence
3 Armenia – Publications
4 Czecho-Slovaks – Petitions
5 Czecho-Slovaks – Publications
6 Czecho-Slovaks – Newspaper Clippings
7 Egypt – Publications
8 Egypt – Newspaper Clippings
9 Germany – Correspondence, 1918
10 Germany – Magazine Articles and Publications, Pamphlets, 1918
11 Germany – Clippings, 1918
12 Great Britain – Correspondence
13 Great Britain – Publications and Newspaper Clippings
87 1 Greece – Correspondence
2 Greece – Pamphlets and Magazine Articles
3 Greece – Clippings
4 Ireland – [Correspondence], 1919
5 Ireland – Publications, 1919
6 Ireland – Clippings, [1919]
7 Italy – [Correspondence], 1919
8 Italy – Petitions, 1919
9 Italy – Publications, 1919
88 1 Italy – Clippings, 1919
2 Japan – China – Pamphlets
3-5 Japan and China – Pamphlets
89 1 Japan and China – Published Material
2 Japan and China – Publications and Articles
3 Japan and China – Newspaper Clippings, Memos, 1919
4 Mexico – Correspondence, A-G
5 Mexico – Correspondence, G-Z
90 1 Mexico Hainsworth Correspondence
2 Mexico Hainsworth Clippings
3 [Mexico] Resolution re Mexican Atrocities, January 12, 1916
4 Mexico – Magazine Articles and Pamphlets
5 Mexico – Clippings, 1916-1917
91 1 Mexico – Clippings
2 Poland – [Correspondence]
3 Poland – Clippings and Publications
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Individual Countries:
91 4 Russia – Correspondence, 1918-1920
5 Russia – Pamphlets, 1918-1919
6 Russia – Pamphlets and Publications, 1918-1920
92 1 Russia – Pamphlets and Publications, 1918-1920
2 Russia – Clippings, 1918-1920
3 Russia – [Clippings], 1919
Foreign Policy Issues:
4 Allies: German War – Correspondence, 1915
93 1 Allies: German War – Published Material and Pamphlets, 1915
2 Allies: [German War] – Pamphlets, 1915-1916
3 Allies: German War – Published Material and Magazines, 1915
4 Allies: German War – Newspaper clippings, 1915
94 1 American – Russian – Correspondence, 1920
2 American – Russian – Publications, 1920
3 American – Russian – Clippings, 1920
4 German – American Alliance War 1917-1918 – Correspondence, 1918
5 German-American Alliance, War 1917-1918 – Magazine Articles and Publications,
1918
6 German-American Alliance, War 1917-1918 – Clippings, 1918