Adee Family Papers

A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Harry G. Heiss

Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2009

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009154

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Collection Summary

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Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Administrative Information

The papers of the Adee family were given to the Library of Congress by the District of Columbia Public Library in 1925, with additions received from Carroll Stansbury, Joan Carroll Stansbury, and George S. Hunsberger in 1965-1984 and a transfer from the Library of Congress Preservation Microfilming Office in 1979.

The papers of the Adee family were arranged and described in 1998. A letter to Alvey A. Adee formerly cataloged under graf S. I͡U. (Sergeĭ I͡Ulʹich) Vitte letter, 1893, as part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection, was added to the Adee family papers in 1998. The finding aid was revised in 2009.

Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Adee Family Papers.

The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Adee family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

The papers of the Adee family are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Adee Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of the Adee family span the years 1824-1966 and consist of awards, catalogs, correspondence, journals, a medical degree, newspaper clippings, poetry, speeches, and writings. The papers are chiefly those of Augustus Alvey Adee (1802-1844), United States Navy surgeon, and his sons David Graham Adee (1837-1901), author and lawyer, and Alvey A. Adee (1842-1924), assistant secretary of state and chief of the Diplomatic Bureau, Department of State.

Material of Augustus Alvey Adee includes correspondence to his wife, Amelia Kinnaird (Graham) Adee, written primarily while he was serving as fleet surgeon on the Potomac (frigate) along the coast of South America, 1840-1841; notes on the Adee family of Scotland; marriage and baptism records of the Adee and Graham families; and catalogs of Adee's book and shell collections.

The David Graham Adee material consists mostly of published writings and poetry and also includes material relating to the Civil War service of Major General George Lucas Hartsuff and his brother, Albert Hartsuff, assistant surgeon in the Union Army.

Papers of Alvey A. Adee include correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning his diplomatic career, a journal of an extensive bicycling trip he made throughout Europe in 1867, and manuscript copies of his writings and poetry. Also in the collection are a book of poems and notes on the Adee and Stansbury families by Lucy A. K. Adee and a master's thesis written by George S. Hunsberger on the diplomatic career of Alvey A. Adee, with references to the Boxer Rebellion.

Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged by name of person.

Container List