Scope and Contents
The James Rockwell Sheffield Papers consist of correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia documenting the political and diplomatic career of James R. Sheffield, a New York City lawyer, Republican Party and civic leader, and ambassador to Mexico during the Coolidge administration. The papers, a 1957 gift of Frederick Sheffield to the Yale University Library, span the dates 1768-1969 and include family memorabilia from Saybrook, Connecticut. The bulk of the papers date from 1893 to 1938.
The papers are arranged in three series: I. CORRESPONDENCE, 1768-1969; II. SCRAPBOOKS, 1893-1940; III. PERSONAL PAPERS, 1868-1938.
Series I includes James R. Sheffield's political and diplomatic correspondence as well as correspondence of other family members. Series II contains scrapbooks which document Sheffield's entire political and diplomatic career. Series III, which is the smallest of the series, is composed of biographical material, memorabilia, subject files, and Sheffield's writings.
Series I, CORRESPONDENCE, is divided into four sections: General; Letterpress copybooks; Family; and Miscellanea. The first two sections span Sheffield's long career in public life and trace his friendships, political training, and party alliances. They also concern Sheffield's civic and Yale alumni interests and personal family business. There are no letters concerning Sheffield's legal practice or the law firm of Sheffield and Betts. Only a few letters to family members appear in the papers. General correspondence is arranged in chronological order and consists of both incoming and outgoing letters, though in the beginning of the section there are only scattered copies of outgoing letters. A list of selected correspondents is included in this register as an appendix. Letterpress copybooks contains bound copies of Sheffield's outgoing letters for the period 1914-1916 and 1920. Each volume contains an index of correspondents.
General files begin with letters from Sheffield's political mentor and close personal friend, Senator William Boyd Allison of Iowa. From the early 1890s, when Sheffield began his law practice in New York City, there are notifications of meetings and political literature showing Sheffield's interest in the Republican Party and the Good Government Club movement. The correspondence throughout the 1890s is dominated by political topics including Sheffield's successful campaign for the New York Assembly (1893), constituent mail and advice from Republican leaders such as Elihu Root, on legislation, particularly civil service re-form (1894), and letters concerning Sheffield's service on the New York City Board of Fire Commissioners (1895-1897).
While Sheffield served on the Fire Commission, he formed a close association with Theodore Roosevelt, who was then on the Police Commission. Letters from Roosevelt date from his service on the Police Commission through two presidential terms. Sheffield wrote Roosevelt regarding New York appointments, tariff reform, the 1904 reelection campaign, and his own desire for a political appointment.
Beginning with folder 27, there are letters showing Sheffield's 1908 campaign efforts to nominate and elect William Howard Taft as Roosevelt's successor. The files from 1908 to the end of the correspondence contain many exchanges with Taft. Letters in folder 33 explain Sheffield's support for Taft's reelection and his break with Roosevelt in 1912.
Folders 33-35 contain many letters from Supreme Court Justice Edward Douglass White. These same folders document Sheffield's service as president of the National Republican Club. Sheffield supported the nomination of Elihu Root in 1916, and the files attest to his work on Root's behalf. He eventually campaigned for the party nominee Charles Evans Hughes. Correspondence with both Hughes and Root continues into the 1930s. Sheffield's outgoing letters during his term as president of the National Republican Club are contained in five letterpress copybooks (boxes 8-9).
Numerous letters from Nicholas Murray Butler, Charles Dewey Hilles, and James R. Wadsworth begin in 1919. In 1920 Sheffield attended the Republican convention as a supporter of Butler for president. He also chaired Wadsworth's successful senatorial campaign. Letters from these years comment on convention politics, campaign issues, and the problems facing Republican politicians over the enforcement of the Volstead Act. One letterpress copybook (folder 79) primarily concerns the Wadsworth campaign.
Beginning with folder 47, the primary subject of the correspondence shifts from Republican politics to American relations with Mexico. In 1924 Sheffield was appointed ambassador to Mexico, a position he held through 1927. The correspondence is most extensive for the years 1926-1927 (folders 49-55). As ambassador Sheffield responded to the Calles government's nationalization of American property, and he staunchly defended American property rights. The correspondence demonstrates Sheffield's efforts to explain the situation to Secretary of State Frank Kellogg and President Calvin Coolidge and his frustration with a perceived lack of support from the Coolidge administration. Frequent correspondents at the time include Chandler P. Anderson, H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, and Yale classmate William Lyon Phelps. Following Sheffield's resignation in 1927, there are exchanges with Robert E. Olds, Alexander W. Weddell, and Sheffield's successor, Dwight Morrow, on the situation in Mexico.
Sheffield held one other diplomatic appointment. In 1930 he served as a special ambassador to Venezuela on the occasion of the dedication of a Henry Clay statue. There are letters concerning travel arrangements and Sheffield's report on the celebration.
The correspondence from 1930 until Sheffield's death in 1938 includes discussions of Republican prospects in the 1932 and 1936 elections. There are also Sheffield's reminiscences of Senator Allison and Elihu Root which he wrote for biographers. On the occasion of Sheffield's 70th birthday in 1934 there are numerous letters of congratulation from colleagues, friends, and politically prominent people of the day, while folder 71 contains a few letters of condolence after Sheffield's death.
The Family and Miscellanea sections contain correspondence and items relating to Sheffield's family and others. Material relating to Frederick William Hotchkiss, Sheffield's great-grandfather, concerns Saybrook, Connecticut and the Congregational church he led there in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Letters to Sheffield's parents, Frederick William and Sarah Kellogg Sheffield, include several from William Boyd Allison. The files for Sheffield's son Frederick Sheffield contain many letters of greeting to James R. Sheffield on his 70th birth-day. Folders 97-99 consist of letters to non-family members. Some of these are addressed to Oliver Jennings and D. B. Delevan as financial agents in Sheffield's 1893 election campaign. Also included are letters of introduction and testimonials written for a 1915 dinner honoring Sheffield.
Series II, SCRAPBOOKS, is composed of fifteen scrapbook volumes, which begin in 1893 and span Sheffield's subsequent political and diplomatic career. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, as well as campaign publicity, printed material, invitations, correspondence, photographs, and other types of memorabilia. They are particularly thorough in their coverage of the 1893 election, civil service reform legislation authored by Sheffield, the New York City Fire Commission during Sheffield's tenure, and Sheffield's tour of duty as ambassador to Mexico. Folder 117 contains an album of photographs from Mexico and Venezuela as well as family pictures.
Series III, PERSONAL PAPERS, contains biographical material, memorabilia, subject files on New York politics, and Sheffield's writings. Folder 118 includes a 79-page memoir by Sheffield which details his service in Mexico and a 44-page autobiographical sketch. Additional biographical material can be found in the memorials included in folder 119 and the obituaries in folder 136. Folders 131-132 contain political memorabilia similar to that found in the scrapbooks. The series also includes typed and printed copies of Sheffield's writings, primarily his speeches, which affirm his reputation as a toastmaster and banquet speaker.
Dates
- 1768-1969
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Frederick Sheffield, 1957; and James R. Sheffield, 1990, 2002.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in three series: I. CORRESPONDENCE, 1768-1969. II. SCRAPBOOKS, 1893-1940. III. PERSONAL PAPERS, 1868-1938.
Extent
9.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
The papers consist of correspondence, scrapbooks, writings, and photographs documenting the political and diplomatic career of James Rockwell Sheffield. The bulk of the material dates from 1893 to 1938 and concerns either the New York Republican party and its influence on National politics or American diplomatic relations with Mexico during the Coolidge administration. Major correspondents include William Boyd Allison, Nicholas Murray Butler, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, William Howard Taft, and James R. Wadsworth.
Biographical / Historical
James Rockwell Sheffield practiced law in New York City. He was active in Republican politics and served in the New York legislature, on the New York City Board of Fire Commissioners, as president of the National Republican Club, and as a delegate to four Republican national conventions between 1916 and 1936. From 1924 to 1927 Sheffield was United States Ambassador to Mexico.
SELECT LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS TO JAMES ROCKWELL SHEFFIELD
- Abbott, Lawrence Fraser1859-1933
- Adee, George Townsend1874-
- Adler, Julius. Och1896-1935
- Aiken, Alfred Lawrence1870-1946
- Aldridge, George W.
- Alexander, Helen Manice
- Alexander, James W.1839-1915
- Allison, William Boyd1829-1908
- Anderson, Chandler Parson1866-1936
- Angell, James Rowland1869-1949
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley1858-1913
- Austin, George C.
- Baker, Newton Diehl1871-1937
- Baldwin, Elbert Francis1857-1927
- Bannard, Otto Tremont1854-1929
- Barnes, William (Jr.]1860-1930
- Barton, George De Forest
- Basham, Harvey A
- Bates, Lindell Theodore,1890-1937
- Baylor, Theodore T
- Betts, Frederic Henry1843-1905
- Betts, Samuel Rossiter1786-1868
- Bingham, Hiram1875-1956
- Bliss, Conrelius Newton1833-1911
- Bonner, Hugh-1908
- Boswell, Helen Varick
- Bradford, Standish
- Bridgman, Oliver B.
- Bristow, W. B.
- Brock, John W., Jr.
- Brownell, Herbert [Jr.]1904-
- Buell, Raymond Leslie1896-1946
- Bulkley, Sarah Tod
- Bullard, Robert Lee1861-
- Burleigh, George William1870-1940
- Butler, Nicholas Murray1862-1947
- Butler, William Morgan1861-1937
- Cady, J. Cleveland-1919
- Calder, Frederick M.
- Calhoun, Henry Warner1862-1906
- Camp, Walter Chauncey1859-1925
- Campbell, Alexander V.
- Carpenter, Fred Warner1873-
- Carter, Ernest
- Carter, George Robert1866-1933
- Caruna, George J.
- Castle, William R., Jr.
- Chittenden, Alice Hill
- Choate, Joseph Hodges1832-1917
- Clark, John Kirkland
- Clarke, John Proctor1856-1932
- Coffin, Henry Sloane1877-1954
- Collis, Charles H.T.1838-1902
- Conkling, Alfred Ronalds1850-1917
- Constantine, Arthur
- Conway, George R. G.
- Coolidge, Calvin, Pres. U.S.1872-1933
- Coolidge, Grace Anna (Goodhue)1879-1957
- Coolidge, Louis Arthur1861-1925
- Cortelyou, George Bruce1862-1940
- Couple, Leo O
- Cowles, William Hutchinson1866-1946
- Crane, Frederick Evan1889-1947
- Cravath, Paul Drennan1861-1940
- Crocker, William Henry1861-1937
- Croker, Edward F
- Cromwell, George1860-1943
- Cross, Wilbur Lucius1862-1948
- Crowder, Enoch Herbert1859-1932
- Crozier, William1855-1942
- Curtiss, Julian Wheeler8-1944
- Cuyler, Thomas DeWitt4-1922
- Daniels, Josephus1862-1948
- Darlington, Henry
- Daugherty, Harry Micajah1860-1941
- Davidson, William C
- Davis, John William1873-1955
- Davis, Manton1876-
- Davison, Charles Stewart1855-1942
- Davison, Henry Pomeroy1867-1922
- Dawes, Charles Gates1865-1951
- Day, Benjamin Mulford1886-
- Day, George Parmly1876-1959
- Depew, Chauncey Mitchell1834-1928
- Doan, John D
- Dwight, Timothy1828-1916
- Dye, Alexander V.
- Eagle, J. Frederick
- Eliot, George Edwin1864-1943
- Fassett, J. Sloan
- Fearson, George Randolph1883-
- Fess, Simeon Davidson1861-1936
- Finch, Edward Riley1873-
- Fish, HamiltonJr. 1849-1936
- Fisher, Irving1867-1947
- Fisher, Henry Johnson1873-
- Fiske, Bradley A1854-1942
- Fitch, Ashbel P.1848-1904
- Fleming, Matthew C.1864-1946
- Fletcher, Henry Prather1873-1959
- Flynn, Edward Joseph1892-
- Foley, James A.1882-1946
- Foote, Arthur E.1853-1937
- Forster, Rudolph
- Fuchs, Emil E.1866-1929
- Furness, L
- Galbraith, Archibald V.
- Gerard, James Watson1867-
- Gilbert, Cass Jr.1858-1934
- Gildersleeve, Virginia Crockeron1877-
- Goodale, John
- Goddard, Henry Warren1876-
- Goodman, Elias
- Grant, DeForest1869-
- Griscom, Lloyd C.
- Guthrie, William Dameron1859-1935
- Hackley, George R.
- Hadley, Arthur Twining1856-1930
- Hadley, Helen Harrison (Morris)1864-1939
- Hagedorn, Hermann1882-
- Ha11, Samuel S., Jr.
- Hammond, John Henry1871-1949
- Harbord, James Guthrie1866-
- Hart, Joseph G.
- Hawkes, McDougall1862-1929
- Hayes, Will H1879-1954
- Hedges, Job Elmer1862-1925
- Herrick, Myron Timothy1854-1929
- Hess, Charles A.
- Hewitt, Abram Stevens1822-1903
- Hibbard, Frederick, P.
- Hibben, John Grier1861-1933
- Higgins, Frank Wayland1856-1907
- Hill, Albert S
- Hill, David Jayne1850-1932
- Hill, George Edwin1864-1916
- Hilles, Charles Dewey1867-1949
- Hinman, George W., Jr.
- Hitchcock, Frank Harris1869-1935
- Hogan, James M.
- Hoover, Herbert Clark, Pres. U.S.1874-
- Houghton; Henry Martyn1856-1910
- House, Edward Mandall1858-1938
- Hoyt, Henry Martyn1856-1910
- Hoyt, John Sherman1869-
- Hughes, Charles Evans1862-1948
- Hughes, Charles Evans, Jr.1853-1911
- Hull, Cordell1871-1955
- Hurd, DeWitt C.
- Hurley, Patrick Jay1883-
- James, Walter B.1858-1927
- Jennings, Oliver Gould1865-1936
- Jennings, Polly Brewster
- Jennings, William Travers1859-1934
- Jerome, William Travers1859-1934
- Johnston, Henry Alan
- Kean, Hamilton Fish1862-1941
- Kean, John1852-1914
- Kean, Julian H
- Kellogg, Frank Billings1856-1937
- Kenlon, John1859-1940
- Ketcham, Henry B
- King, Norman1880-
- Kirk, Alexander
- Knox, Philander Chase1853-1921
- Keonig, Samuel S.1872-
- LaGuardia, Fiorello Henry1882-1947
- Lamm, Lewis
- Lamont, Thomas William1870-1948
- Lane, Arthur Bliss1894-1956
- Laughlin, John
- Leonard, Warren A
- Lewis, Edwin A
- Lewis, Richard J.
- Lippmann, Walter1889-
- Lloyd, D. Frank
- Lodge, Henry Cabot1850-1924
- Longworth, Nicholas1869-1931
- Lord, Benjamin
- Low, Seth1850-1916
- Lowdenk Frank Omen1861-1943
- Maas, Charles O
- Mackay, Clarence Hungerford1874-1938
- McKee, Joseph V1889-
- McClelland, Charles P.1854-1944
- McCook, Anson George1835-1917
- McCook, Philip James1873
- MacVeagh, Charlton
- Mallory, W. Neely
- Mansfield, Burton1856-1932
- Manton, Martin Thomas1880-
- Marks, Marcus M. 1858-1924
- Marling, Alfred Erskine1858-1935
- Marling, Charles
- Mason, Alexander T.
- Massey, Vincent1887-
- Mayer, Julius M. 1865-1925
- Mellon, Andrew William1855-1937
- Meyer, Eugene
- Meyer, Otto A
- Milbank, Albert G.1873-1949
- Miller, Chase Jr.
- Miller, Nathan L. 1868-1953
- Mills, Ogden Livingston1884-1937
- Monroe, Rolland G.
- Moore, Elizabeth Putnam
- More, Taylor
- Morris, Robert Clark1869-1938
- Morrow, Dwight Whitney1873-1931
- Morrow, Elizabeth C.1873-1935
- Morton, Paul1857-1911
- Nally, Edward Julian1859-
- Nason, Daniel
- Newberry, Truman Handy1864-1945
- North, Simon Newton Dexter1849-1924
- Norton, Henry Kittredge
- Norton, Nathaniel
- O'Brien, Morgan J.1852-1937
- Odell, Benjamin Barker1854-1926
- Olcott, J. VanVechten1856-1940
- Olds, Robert Edwin1875-1938
- Ovington, Specner O.M.
- Parsons, Herbert1869-1925
- Patridge, Frank H.
- Paulding, Charles C.1868-1938
- Penney, Thomas1859-1933
- Pepper, George Wharton1867-
- Perkins, George Wallbridge1862-1920
- Pershing, John Joseph1860-1948
- Phelps, John J.1861-1948.
- Phelps, William Lyon1865-1943
- Pinchot, Gifford1865-1946
- Polk, Frank Lyon1871-1943
- Pomeroy, Daniel Kleazer1868-1946
- Porter, Henry Hobert1865-1947
- Porter, John Addison1856-1900
- Porter, Joseph E.
- Pratt, Ruth Sears (Baker)1877-
- Pritchard, Albert R.
- Proctor, Thomas Redfield1844-1920
- Prosser, Seward1871-1942
- Quinby, Henry Cole1872-1922
- Recht, Charles1870-
- Reid, Helen Rogers1882-
- Reid, Whitelaw1837-1912
- Richards, Dickinson W.
- Richards, William Roger1853-1910
- Robinson, Corrine Roosevelt1861-1933
- Robinson, Theodore Douglas1883-
- Roosevelt, Edith Kermit1861-1948
- Roosevelt, Eleanor1884-1962
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano1882-1945
- Roosevelt, Theodore1858-1919
- Roosevelt, Theodore Jr.1887-1944
- Root, Elihu1845-1937
- Rowe, Leo Stanton1871-1946
- Rush, Thomas E
- Russell, Charles Howland1851-1921
- Sampson Flex D.
- Sands, Benjamin Aymar1853-1917
- Satterlee, Herbert Livingston1863-1947
- Schiff, Mortimer L.1877-1931
- Schoenfeld, Hans Frederick Arthur1889-1952
- Schwab, Gustva Henry1851-1912
- Schwab, John Christopher1865-1916
- Schwarz, F. A. O.
- Scott, John Winfield
- Shaw, James G.
- Sheffield, Laura
- Sheldon, George Rumsey
- Shepherd, James G.1838-1926
- Sherman, James Schoolcraft1855-1912
- Sherman, M.S.
- Sherman, Philemon Tecumsa1867-
- Shipman, Arthur L.
- Simpson, Kenneth Farrand1895-1941
- Slater, Samuel S.
- Sloan, Samuel
- Sloane, William Mulligan1850-1928
- Smith, Alfred Emanuel1873-1944
- Smith, Howard C.
- Snell, Bertrand H.1870-1958
- Stern, Louis
- Stimson, Henry Lewis1867-1950
- Stoddard, Henry Luther1861-
- Stokes, Anson Phelps1874-1958
- Stortesbury, Louis W.
- Strong, Charles Howard1865-
- Strong, William Lafayette1827-1900
- Sturgis, Thomas
- Sturgis, Helen R.
- Suares-Mujica, Eduardo1859-
- Swan, Thomas Walter1877-
- Swayne, Wager1837-1902
- Swope, Gerard
- Taft, Henry W.1859-1945
- Taft, William Howard, Pres.U.S.1857-1930
- Tanner, Frederick C.
- Thacher, Thomas Day1881-1950
- Thompson, William Boyce1869-1930
- Tolman, William Howe
- Townsend, R. D.
- Trevor, Clifford
- Trevor, Emily N.
- Trudeau, Edward Livingston1848-1915
- Underwood, Eugene Bertrand1873-
- Van Cott, Conrelius
- Vanderbilt, Conrelius1873-1942
- Vanderlip, Frank Arthur1864-1937
- Vernon, Walter Newhall1878-
- Wadsworth, James Wolcott1877-1952
- Wagner, Robert Ferdinand1877-1953
- Walcott, Frederic Collin1869-1949
- Ward, George Cabot
- Warner, B.H.
- Warram, Noble
- Watson, Clarence Wayland1864-1940
- Weddell, Alexander Wilbourne1876-1948
- Weeks, John Wingate1860-1926
- Welch, Lewis Sheldon1867-1940
- Wheeler, Everett
- White, Edwin Douglass1845-
- White, William Pierrepont
- Whitehouse, Sheldon1883-
- Whitman, Charles Seymour1868-
- Wickersham, George Woodward
- Wiley, Louis1869-1935
- Williams, William1862-1947
- Williston, R. L.
- Wilson, Hugh Robert1885-
- Winston, Frederick J.
- Wood, Leonard1860-1927
- Woodward, George
- Work, Hubert1860-1942
- Wright, Harry
- Young, Owen D.1874-1962
- LETTERS FROM JAMES ROCKWELL SHEFFIELD TO:
- Adee, George T.1924 Sep 18
- Aldridge, George W.1921 Sep 21
- Anderson, Chandler P.1926 Mar 30; Apr 7, 26; May 14; Jun 1, 5; Nov 29 1927 Feb 11; Mar 7, 31; Apr 1, 22; May 3, 18 1928 Nov 1 1934 Aug 15
- Anderson, Henry W.1926 Apr 7, 28
- Angell, James R.1934 Aug 13
- Austin, George C.1921 Jan 4
- Bainbridge, William Seuman1934 Jun 20
- Baker, Newton D.1935 Jun 25
- Bannard, Otto Tremont1921 Jan 19
- Bartlett, Philip G.1922 Oct 21
- Bonynge, Robert W.1918 Oct 29
- Borie, A.E.1918 Feb 4
- Brazier, John. H.1893 Nov 9
- Brownell, Herbert, Jr.1934 Aug 13
- Buckner, Mortimer N.1924 Sep 18
- Burleigh, George W.1930 Apr 24
- Burlingham, Charles C.1928 Feb 7
- Butler, Nicholas Murray1912 Oct 22 1918 Jan 29 1919 May 8; Dec 8 1921 Mar 8 1924 Feb 18 1925 Nov 17 1927 Feb 11, 25; Mar 14 1930 Jan 6 1931 Nov 27 1932 Nov 30 1934 Aug 13 1935 Apr 1, 5, 15 1936 Apr 19; May 12 1937 Apr 28; Oct 7
- Caffey, Francis G.1923, Nov 28
- Carter, George R.1916 Apr 11
- Castle, William R., Jr.1931 Apr 1
- Clark, John Kirkland1928 Sep 20
- Clarke, John Proctor1923 Mar 27
- Coffin, Henry S.1918 Feb 6; May 7 1919 Mar 4
- Coolidge, Calvin1923 Aug 3 1927 Jul 19; Dec 27
- Cooper, Vernon1927 Jan 18
- Coudert, Frderick R.1938 Aug 22
- Cowles, William H.1938 Jan 3
- Coxe, Alfred C.1924 Jan 23
- Crane, Frederick E.1934 Feb 2
- Cravath, Paul D.1929 Apr 17
- Curran, John E.1923 Jan 11
- Curtiss, Julian W.1924 Sep 18
- Damrosch, Margaret J. (Blaine)1924: Jan 28; Mar 21
- Davis, John W.1934 Aug 13 1931 Sep 28 1937 Dec 3
- Day, Ralph A.1915 Dec 21 1923 Dec 14
- Decker, William H.1893 Nov 9
- Depew, Chauncey Mitchell1909 Oct 2
- Dixon, John W.1924 Sep 18
- Dye, Alexander V.1928 Dec 20
- Fletcher, Henry P.1934 Aug 13
- Ford, Franklin1928 Oct 5
- Grant, Madison1930 Jun 6
- Gildersleeve, Virginia G.1930 Nov 29 1933 Sep 29 1937 Oct 15; Nov 1
- Guthrie, William D.1934 May 28
- Hagedorn, Hermann1930 Nov 8
- Harbord, James G.1928 Nov 5 1930 Apr 21 1934 May 23 1937 Jun 10
- Hibbard, Frederick P.1927 Oct 24
- Hilles, Charles D.1917 Jun 26 1918 Oct 29 1919 Jan 3 1920 Feb 25 1921 Jan 20; Jul 13, 22 1922 Jul 20; May 2 1926 Jun 15 1932 May 23 1934 Apr 4 1936 Jan 3, 10; Mar 20
- Hinman, George W.1929 Jul 23 1932 Mar 15
- Hitchcock, Mrs. Ripley1928 Jan 17
- Hodges, George W.1923 Nov 19
- Hoover, Herbert1929 Jan 7
- Houghton, Alanson B.1928 Dec 20
- Hoyt, Henry Martyn1906 Oct 24
- Hughes, Charles Evans1924 Aug 15 1930 Feb 13 1934 Aug 14 1937 Oct 4
- Hull, Cordell1935 Sep 18
- Jennings, Annie B.1934 Dec 13
- Jennings, Oliver G.1929 Dec 30 1936 Jun 15
- Kellog, Frank B.1926 Jul 1 1928 Jul 18; Dec 28 1934 Jan 10; Aug 13
- Kellog, Frederic R.1929 Oct 10
- Knox, Philander Chase1908 Dec 19
- Koenig, Samuel S.1924 Feb 9 1933 Sep 26
- Lamont, Thomas W.1931 Nov 6 1934 Aug 13 1935 Oct 28
- Lane, Arthur Bliss1928 Apr 28; May 31; Nov 27 1934 Aug 15
- Lawrence, William E.1921 Dec 15 1934 Aug 15
- Lippmann, Walter1931 Sep 23
- Lowden, Franke O.1935 Jun 10
- Mack, Walter s.1933 Feb 9
- Macy, W. Kingland1934 Sep 21
- MacKay, Clarence H.1938 Apr 19
- Marconi, G.1928 Feb 4
- Mason, Julian S.1927 Oct 21
- Mellen, Chase, Jr.1934 Dec 11, 20, 24 1933 Dec 18
- Menken, S. Stanwood1932 Feb 8
- Mitchell, John Murray1895 Apr 27
- Moore, Thomas M.1917 Jan 2
- Morrow, Dwight W.1920 Apr 29 1923 Aug 9; Nov 27; Dec 7 1927 Oct 3; Nov 17 1928 Apr 16 1929 Aug 1 1931 Mar 19; May 20
- Meyer, Eugene1936 May 27
- Murphy, James J.1893 Nov 2
- Nettleton, George H.1934 Aug
- Newberry, Truman Handy1908 Nov 17
- O'Brien, Morgan Joseph1924 Oct 3 1935 May 8
- Olds, Robert E.1927 Oct 24 Nov 15; Dec 21, 22, 27
- Perkins, George W.1911 Aug 7, 26; Oct 27 1912 Mar 16
- Phelps, William L1925 Oct 3; Nov 12 1934 Aug 16
- Pierce, Palmer S.1927 Nov 2
- Pinchot, Amos Richards Eno1910 Aug 19
- Pinchot, Gifford1910 Jan 8
- Polk, Frank L.1934 Aug 14
- Pomeroy, Daniel E.1922 May 9
- Porter, H. Hobart1929 Feb 5
- Pritchett, Henry S.1928 Dec 26
- Reid, Ogden1936 Apr 27
- Reusswig, Fred E.1916 Jun 13
- Roosevelt, Edith Kermit (Carow) 1905?
- Root, Elihu1927 Oct 31 1928 Mar 9 1929 Jul 29; Aug 16 1930 Jan 13, 16, 1931 Feb 11 1933 Feb 15; May 24; Jun 23 1934 Feb 15; Jul 3; Aug 13 1935 Sep 25; Oct 31; Dec 17 1936 May 17; Dec 30
- Root, Elihu, Jr.1937 Feb 17; Mar 13
- Rothstein, David King1936 Nov 25
- Rundell, Mrs. Will A.1927 Feb 3
- Sargent, John G.1929 Jun 28
- Sarnoff, David1934 Aug 14
- Saunders, William F.1928 Jul 11
- Schoenfeld, H. F. Arthur1927 Feb 1, 7, 15, 21; Mar 1, 7 1929 Apr 4 1931 Jan 2 1934 Aug 15 1938 Aug 22
- Sebaste, Archbishop of (Caruana, George)1926 Nov 29
- Sheffield, Sarah Kellogg1901 Sep 8 1912 Jun 22; Jul 13, 20; Aug 3 1915 Feb 13
- Simpson, Kenneth F.1935 Oct 16
- Smith, Alfred E.1934 Aug 14
- Stevens, Guy1928 Dec 28
- Stimson, Henry Lewis1934 Oct 9 1929 Mar 26; Apr 6; May 16
- Stoddard, Henry Luther1912 Jul 31
- Stokes, Anson Phelps1928 Feb 8
- Stryker, Lloyd Paul1929 Sep 6
- Taft, Henry Waters1907 Mar 21
- Taft, William Howard1927 Jan 7, 28; Feb 9; Mar 5, 24; Apr 22 1928 Jun 4, 12 1930 Feb 13
- Thacher, Thomas Day1934 Aug 22
- Townsend, James B.1893 Oct 23
- Vanamee, Grace (Davis)1921 Feb 12
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius1934 Aug 13
- Wadsworth, James W., Jr.1926 Mar 4; Apr 7, 14; Jun 3; Dec 3 1927 Nov 3 1934 Aug 13
- Weddell, Alexander W.1927 Dec 5 1934 Aug 14
- Weeks, John Wingate1921 Dec 30 1924 Jun 13
- Welch, Herbert1903 May 16
- Wadsworth, James Wolcott, Jr.1918 Oct 29 1921 Jan 8; Apr 22; Mar 9; May 12; Jul 13 1922 Apr 1; Jul 18; Nov 10 1923 May 1; Jul 21; Sep 19
- Welling, Richard W. G. 1903 Oct 9; Nov 4
- Whitehouse, Sheldon1929 Nov 8
- Wickersham, George Woodward1909 Dec 21 1911 May 22 1928 Mar 19 1934 Aug 13
- Williams, William1928 Dec 4, 6
- Young, Owen D.1934 Aug 13
- Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908
- Anderson, Chandler P. (Chandler Parsons), 1866-1936
- Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
- Civil service reform
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
- Diplomats
- Hilles, Charles Dewey, 1867-1949
- Hotchkiss, Frederick William, 1762-1844
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948
- Jennings, Oliver Gould, 1865-1936
- Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937
- Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1894-1956
- Latin America
- Law
- Lawyers
- Memoirs
- Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931
- National Republican Club, Inc
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Fire Commissioners
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- Olds, Robert Edwin, 1875-1932
- Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
- Photoprints
- Politicians
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
- Saybrook (Conn.)
- Schoenfeld, Hans Frederick Arthur, 1889-1952
- Scrapbooks
- Sheffield, James R. (James Rockwell), 1864-1938
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Venezuela
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933
- Venezuela -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-1952
- Weddell, Alexander Wilbourne, 1876-1948
- White, Edward Douglass, 1845-1921
- Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae
- Title
- Guide to the James Rockwell Sheffield Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Diane E. Kaplan and William E. Brown, Jr.
- Date
- October 1985
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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