INVENTORY Series 1. Correspondence (Indexed and Calendared) Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5 Box 6 Box 7 Box 8 Box 9 Correspondence (Indexed and Calendared) Correspondence, 1841-1861 (12f) Correspondence, 1862-1864 (September) (15f) Correspondence, 1864 (October)-1870 (April) (17f) Correspondence, 1870 (May)-1871 (April) (15f) Correspondence, 1871 (May)-1871 (December) (15f) Correspondence, 1872 (January-September) (19f) Correspondence, 1872 (October)-1874 (February) (19f) Correspondence, 1874 (March)-1875 (April) (16f) Correspondence, 1875 (May)-1876 (July) (19f) Box 10 Box 11 Box 12 Box 13 Box 14 Correspondence, 1876 (August)-1877 (21f) Correspondence, 1878-1879 (October) (20f) Correspondence, 1879 (November)-1881 (January) (20f) Correspondence, 1881 (February)-1883 (March) (20f) Correspondence, 1883 (April)-1888 (19f) 10
Series 1. Correspondence (Indecsed and Calendared) (cont.) Box 15 Box 16 Correspondence, 1889-1893 (February) (20f) Correspondence, 1893 (March)-1898 (April) (20f) Undated, n.d. Series 2. Files Relating to U.S. Consulate, Rio de Janeiro Subseries 1. Ledgers Box 17 [Oversize] (Top of RNG 39) Files Relating to U.S. Consulate, Rio de Janeiro Ledgers, 1861-69 (4 volumes) Subseries 2. Papers and Records Box 18 Files Relating to U.S. Consulate, Rio de Janeiro Cash Book, 1863-69 E.W. Metcalf Case (Insurance Claims), n.d. H.E. Peck (Consulate for Haiti) Insurance Claims, 1867 Miscellaneous Papers (see listing in box), 1862-70 Series 3. Files Relating to Political Service Subseries 1. Files Relating to State Government (Ohio) Box 19 Files Relating to State Government (Ohio) "Amendment to the Habeas Corpus Act," n.d. "The Fugitive Slave Law," 1856 Miscellaneous Records, c.1850s-62 11
Series 3. Files relating to Political Service (cont.) Subseries 2. Files Relating to U.S. Congress Box 20 Files Relating to U.S. Congress Bills, 1870-81 (3f) Electoral Count, 1873-77 Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty, 1875-76 Japanese Indemnity Fund (Bills), 1872-78 Suspension of the Rules (Bills), 1877-79 Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society, 1870-73 Committee on Education and Labor Petitions and Memorials, 1874-75 Cornell University, 1874 William and Mary College, 1873-78 Department of Police (Washington D.C.), n.d. Deputy Collector of Customs (Removal from Office), 1869-71 Hereditary Criminals (mss), n.d. Pension Petitions, 1867, 1871-79 Post Office Petitions, 1871-80 (9f) Miscellaneous Petitions, 1865-81 Taxation and Tariffs (printed), 1867, 1870-79 Temperance/Liquor Traffic, 1874-79, n.d. Miscellany, 1870-80 Box 21 Box 22 Canvass Material, 1874-82, 1884 (8f) Also in Case 1, Drawer 25 Clippings (copies and originals), 1856-79 (3f) Scrapbooks, 1871-75, 1877-82 Series 4. Files Relating to Ministerial Career Box 23 Files Relating to Ministerial Career Sermons Sandusky, Ohio, c.1849 Sermons (on specific texts), c.1853-59, n.d. (6f) "Influence of the Bible Upon Human Civilization," n.d. "The Cultivation of Religious Sensibility", c.1850 Bible Class Papers, 1884-92, n.d. Marriage Licenses, c.1848-61 12
Series 5. Talks, Speeches, and Addresses Subseries 1. Thursday Lectures Box 24 Thursday Lectures "The Early Abolitionists" (3f) "My First Legislative Experience" I. Work in the Legislature (mss), 1888 II. Reception by the People (typescript), n.d. "A Journey to Virginia in December, 1859" (typescript), n.d. "Special Duties of Consuls of the United States During the Civil War," (typescript) n.d. "William H. Seward and the Foreign Affairs of the United States," (partial mss, galley proof) 1892 "The Hayes-Tilden Electoral Commission" (offprint from The Atlantic Monthly), 1893 "Leading Speakers in Congress from 1871-1881" (mss, typescript), n.d. "Joseph as a Statesman Gen. 41:38-40," (mss), n.d. "Consular Experiences in Brazil," (mss), n.d. Persons to Whom Lectures and Books Sent Subseries 2. Manuscript Addresses and Speeches Box 25 Manuscript Addresses and Speeches (chronological) "Human Brotherhood", Aug. 1, 1840(?) "Moral Heroism," (Commencement Address) 1846 "Importance of the Study of Rhetoric," 1850 Address on O. S. Fowler, Phrenologist, 1852, 1854 "Substance of an Oration," July 4, 1853 Slavery, c. 1855 (updated 1858) "Some Remarks on Clay Soils," Sept. 28-30, 1858 Speech at Elyria, Ohio (Decoration Day), 1870 Speech at Brunswick, Ohio, July 4, 1870 Remarks at Oberlin, May 30, 1871 Remarks at Hudson, Ohio, May 30, 1873 Agriculture, July 4, 1873 Ruggles Grove, August 3, 1878 National Concerns, July 3, 1880 "What Can Farming do to Educate a Man?," February 15, 1882 "College Honors," December 4, 1883 "The Rhetorical Work of the College," May 10, 1887 "Claims of the Republican Party," November 6, 1888 "Remarks on the value of great minds of the past," February 22, 1889 "The One Hundredth Anniversary of Washington's First Inauguration," April 30, 1889 13
Series 5. Talks, Speeches and Addresses (cont.) Subseries 2. Manuscript Addresses and Speeches (cont.) Box 25 (cont.) Manuscript Addresses and Speeches (cont.) "Convention of Soldiers and Sailors in Lorain County," September 1, 1889 "Civil Service Reform," November 28, 1889 "The Conservative Higher Criticism," May 25, 1893 (High) School in Oberlin, 1895 "The Emancipation Proclamation," January 1, 1896 "Account of Method in Teaching a Bible Class of Adults," November 10, 1896 "Some Advanced Doctrines of International Law in Regard to War," 1898 Box 26 Manuscript Addresses and Speeches (undated) "The Conservatism of Oberlin", c.1870s "Diplomatic Service," c.1880s "Farming in Brazil," c.1870 "The Law of Reform," c.1880s "Popular Errors in Regard to Congress and Congressmen," c.1880s "The Relations of Learning to National Prosperity," c.1880s "Salmon P. Chase," c.1875 "The Theories of Mr. Henry George as found in `Progress and Poverty,'" c. 1882 "What Law Has Done for Labor," n.d. Speeches used in Fall Canvass, 1870-82 (2f) Miscellaneous, c. 1850s-1890 Subseries 3. Printed Addresses and Speeches Box 27 Printed Addresses and Speeches "Bill to Repeal an Act to Prohibit the Confinement of Fugitives from Slavery in the Jails of Ohio," 1858 "Bill to Repeal the Habeas Corpus Act of 1856," 1858 Campaign speech at Elyria, 1871 Series 5. Talks, Speeches and Addresses (cont.) Subseries 3. Printed Address and Speeches (cont.) Box 27 (cont.) Printed Addresses and Speeches (cont.) "Financial Policy of Grant's Administration," 1872 "Remarks on Subjects of Interest During the First Session of the Forty-Third Congress," 1874 "The National Government and Popular Education," 1875 "Remarks Upon the Character of Hon. Michael C. Kerr, Late Speaker of the House," 1876 14
Series 5. Talks, Speeches and Addresses (cont.) Subseries 3. Printed Address and Speeches (cont.) Box 27 (cont.) Printed Addresses and Speeches (cont.) "Counting the Electoral Votes," 1877 "Present Wants of the Nation," 1877 "Bill to Repeal the Third Section of the Resumption Act" and "Joint Resolution in Relation to the Paris Exposition," 1877 "The Silver Dollar," 1878 "Remarks on Subjects of Interest During the Third Session of the Forty-Fifth Congress," 1879 "The Value of the Diplomatic Service," 1880 "The Republican Party and the Reforms," 1881 Baccalaureate Address, 1891 "The Divine Origin of the Religion of the Bible; or How a Layman Thought out his Evidences," 1896 Series 6. Teaching Materials Box 28 Teaching Materials Miscellaneous Lectures, n.d. "English Constitution and Government", n.d. "Lectures in Modern History", n.d. "Practical Lectures on Rhetoric", n.d. Lecture on Political Economy (Bank of Brazil), n.d. Political Economy Lectures, c.1890, 1891 (2f) Political Economy (Volunteer Club and Advanced Class), 1887-94 (2f) Series 7. Miscellaneous Files Box 29 Miscellaneous Files Accounts, Deeds, and Receipts Accounts and Subscription Books, 1851-54, 1859, 1881-86 (11 vols) Deeds, Mortgages and Transfers, 1852-76 Receipts, 1852-1893 (5f) Biographical Material, [1821] 1837-69, 1896 (2f) Invitations and Calling Cards, 1871-93 15
Series 7. Miscellaneous Files (cont.) Box 30 [oversize] Miscellaneous Files (cont) American Missionary Association Certificate, 1858 Certificate appointing Monroe as U.S. Consul to Rio de Janiero (signed by Abraham Lincoln), 1862 Certificate naming Monroe as U.S. Consul (signed by William Seward), 1862 Certificates of Election, 1874, 1876 Diploma, Elizabeth Maxwell, 1846 Diploma, James Monroe, 1846, 1850, 1856 Marriage License (Job Monroe and Phoebe Collins), 1819 Republican Meeting Handbill, 1880 Map Case II, Drawer 24 New Railway Map of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, 1875 (encapsulated) Map of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad and Connections, 1871 16