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Descriptive Summary Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell), 1834-1928 Chauncey M. Depew papers, 1856-1934 MS2095 25 Linear feet Collection consists of fifty boxes of material documenting Chauncey M. Depew's career in public speaking from approximately 1880-1920. It features many published speeches, handwritten and typescript speeches, and notes, in addition to scrapbooks, memorial books, clippings, and photographs demonstrating Depew's prominence as an orator. The George Washington University, The Gelman Library, Special Collections Research Center

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Acquisition Information

Chauncey M. Depew's widow May Palmer Depew donated this collection to The George Washington University in 1929.

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Historical or Biographical Note

Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) was a prominent railroad executive and U.S. Senator from New York and the namesake of the Chauncey M. Depew Professor of Communication at The George Washington University.

Depew was born in 1834 in Peekskill, New York. He attended Yale College, graduating in 1856 with high honors and was admitted to the bar. Depew first gained fame as an orator while campaigning for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. He then served in the New York State Assembly in 1862-63 as a Republican, and was elected Secretary of State in 1863, a position he held until 1865.

Depew became counsel for the New York Central Railroad in 1875, and later served as its vice president (1883) and president (1885). He resigned as president in 1898, at which time he became chairman of the board of directors of the Vanderbilt system of railroads.

In 1898, Depew was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican from New York and was reelected in 1905, serving until 1911. He was again nominated by the State legislature in 1912, but was defeated.

In 1871, Depew married Elise Ann Hegeman. They had one son, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, born 1879. Elise died in 1893 and Depew married May Palmer in 1901. They had no children.

Chauncey M. Depew died in 1928 in New York City.

After the death of her husband, May Palmer Depew donated $120,000 in 1929 to The George Washington University to establish a department of public speaking in her husband’s memory. The Chauncey M. Depew Chair of Public Speaking was dedicated in January 1930; Professor Willard Hayes Yeager was the first appointed to that position. The endowed chair is now known as the Chauncey M. Depew Professor of Communication.

Collection Scope and Content

This collection consists of fifty boxes of material documenting Chauncey M. Depew's career in public speaking from approximately 1880-1920. It features many published speeches, handwritten and typescript speeches, and notes, in addition to scrapbooks, memorial books, clippings, and photographs demonstrating Depew's prominence as an orator and capturing public reaction to his death. In addition, correspondence in this collection includes letters from Mark Twain, Harry Houdini, John D. Rockefeller, William Vanderbilt, and many U.S. Presidents. In all, these materials provide insight into the politics and the communications techniques of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

While the collection does contain a few letters from the Vanderbilts and some speeches about railroads and legislation, there are no records from Depew's tenure with the New York Central Railroad or from his terms in political office.

Collection Organization

Organized into nine series: Correspondence, Speeches and Articles, Scrapbooks, Memorial Books, Newspapers and Clippings, Photographs, Genealogical and Biographical Publications, Awards and Certificates, and Memorabilia.

Subject Terms Individuals Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell) Twain, Mark Houdini, Harry Rogers, Will Roosevelt, Theodore Corporate Entities Topics Chauncey M. Depew papers United States. Congress Speeches Public speaking Awards Geographic Locations Washington (D.C.) Detailed Description of the Records MS2095 Series 1 Correspondence, 1839-1926 1 Linear feet

This series consists of two boxes of correspondence between Chauncey Depew and individuals from his personal and professional life. It includes a small number of letters sent by Depew from 1888 to 1923, but the majority of the correspondence is letters received by Depew.

Other than some mail forwarded to Depew from 1839 and a few early letters, the bulk of the correspondence dates from 1886-1926.

Among the correspondents represented in these files are most of the presidents of the United States of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Other notable correspondents include William Vanderbilt, Harry Houdini, Mark Twain, and John D. Rockefeller.

1 Correspondence, undated

1 1 Correspondence, Letters Sent (A-J), 1888-1923

1 2 Correspondence, Letters Sent (K-Z), 1895-1926

1 3 Correspondence, Letters Received (A), 1894-1926

1 4 Correspondence, Letters Received (B), 1893-1923

1 5 Correspondence, Letters Received (C), 1889-1926

1 6 Correspondence, Letters Received (D), 1886-1926

1 7 Correspondence, Letters Received (E), 1886-1923

1 8 Correspondence, Letters Received (F), 1890-1920

1 9 Correspondence, Letters Received (G), 1887-1931

1 10 Correspondence, Letters Received (Hal-Har), 1888-1924

1 11 Correspondence, Letters Received (Hay-Hyde), 1890-1924

1 12 Correspondence, Letters Received (I-J), 1888-1923

1 13 Correspondence, Letters Received (K), 1910-1926

1 14 Correspondence, Letters Received (L), 1897-1925

2 Correspondence, undated

2 1 Correspondence, Letters Received (M), 1839-1921

2 2 Correspondence, Letters Received (N-O), 1880-1921

2 3 Correspondence, Letters Received (P), 1889-1926

2 4 Correspondence, Letters Received (R), 1865-1926

2 5 Correspondence, Letters Received (Roc-Rot), 1890-1926

2 6 Correspondence, Letters Received (S), 1865-1924

2 7 Correspondence, Letters Received (T), 1893-1911

2 8 Correspondence, Hegeman Family Letters (French Files), 1891

MS2095 Series 2 Speeches and articles, 1877-1927 7 Linear feet

This series contains both published and unpublished speeches and articles written by Depew. Materials are arranged first by format (manuscripts; pamphlets; compilations; and speech fragments, notes and reference material) and then chronologically.

Manuscripts include handwritten and typewritten speeches from 1877-1927. Speeches are listed by title when known, or by the first line when no title is identified. Many of these speeches were published and are also found in the Compilations.

Pamphlets include individual speeches published as small pamphlets. They date from 1877-1910, though one is undated.

Compilations consists of collections of speeches published in booklet and book form. These speeches date from 1890-1918.

Speech fragments, notes and reference material contain portions of manuscripts and notes probably used for speeches. This material is mostly unidentifiable by date or event. If any date or event was given on the copy, that is noted; otherwise the first line identifies each copy. Some have numbered pages, while others do not. All are in folders as received at the time of processing. Most are undated.

3 Speeches and articles, undated

3 1 Manuscript, "Schiffheim’s Life Insurance,", 12/22/1877

3 2 Manuscript, "Yale Alumni Celebration of Athletic Victories,", 02/16/1884

3 3 Manuscript, "Memorial to William Vanderbilt,", 1885 ca.

3 4 Manuscript, "Party and Politics in the British Isles," unidentified event, 03/15/1886

3 5 Manuscript, "Union League Club Banquet Commemorating the Departure of Colored Troops for the Seat of War,", 03/16/1886

3 6 Manuscript, "Army of the Potomac Oration,", 06/22/1887

3 7 Manuscript, "George Washington Inauguration Centennial,", 04/30/1889

3 8 Manuscript, "Yale Law School Anniversary,", 06/24/1889

3 9 Manuscript, "Laying the Cornerstone of the YWCA Building," NYC, 12/02/1889

3 10 Manuscript, untitled, "The Evolution of the Puritan in Problem-Solving...,", 12/23/1889

3 11 Manuscript, "Commencement of Industrial and Business Classes at the YWCA,", 05/28/1890

3 12 Manuscript, "Introduction of Henry Morton Stanley, Metropolitan Opera House," NY, 11/11/1890

3 13 Manuscript, "Parnell Memorial Exercises," Academy of Music, 11/15/1891

3 14 Manuscript, "The Columbian Oration," The Columbian Exposition, 10/21/1892

3 15 Manuscript, "The Adopted Son," New England Society, 12/22/1892

3 16 Manuscript, "Turkish Outrages," St. Bartholomew’s Church, NY, 12/30/1894

3 17 Manuscript, "Patriotism and Education," Vanderbilt University, 06/18/1895

3 18 Manuscript, "Introduction to Life of McKinley," Unidentified event, 06/26/1896

3 19 Manuscript, "38th Anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate," Galesburg, IL, 10/07/1896

3 20 Manuscript, "Press Club Dinner,", 12/14/1896

3 21 Manuscript, "Practical Politics," University of Pennsylvania, 1896-1901

3 22 Manuscript, "Nomination of Ashbel P. Fitch,", 09/28/1897

3 23 Manuscript, untitled, "Bearing in mind these figures...,", 1898-1899

3 24 Manuscript, "On the Death of Henry B. Hyde,", 05/05/1899

3 25 Manuscript, "Resolution in Memory of Vice President Garret A. Hobart" (died 11/21/99), 01/10/1900

3 26 Manuscript, "Philippine Speech to the Senate,", 02/27/1900

3 27 Manuscript, "To the Senate on the Bill to Provide Puerto Rican Relief,", 03/28/1900

3 28 Manuscript, "Birthday Celebration Dinner, Montauk Club of Brooklyn,", 04/21/1900

3 29 Manuscript, "McKinley-Roosevelt Campaign Speech, the day before sailing to Europe,", 1900

3 30 Manuscript, "Speech in favor of New York City for the Republican National Convention,", 12/15/1900

4 Speeches and articles, undated

4 1 Manuscript, "4th of July Banquet, American Chamber of Commerce of Paris,", 1901

4 2 Manuscript, "Impressions of London and Londoners in Coronation Year," unidentified event, 1901

4 3 Manuscript, untitled, "The most important development of the last twenty years...," The Financial News, London, New York Journal of Commerce, 12/03/1903

4 4 Manuscript, untitled, "Practical Politics are largely taught by experience...," Yale Law School Political Club, New Haven, 05/24/1904

4 5 Manuscript, untitled, "Our country has celebrated in the past few years many significant anniversaries." (50th Anniversary of the Republican Party, after 06/24), 1904

4 6 Manuscript, untitled, "The Democratic Convention which adjourned yesterday at Saratoga...," Afton, NY, (state convention), 1904 ca.

4 7 Manuscript, unknown location, "Republican State Convention,", 1908

4 8 Manuscript, untitled, "The problems which Congress had primarily to face...," (probably before Senate, concerning tariff bill), 1908-1909

4 9 Manuscript, "To President Roosevelt and the Navy,", 02/28/1909

4 10 Manuscript, "Appreciation of Marvin Hughitt, Director of the Vanderbilt Lines,", 10/28/1909

4 11 Manuscript, "The Buffalo Evening News,", 09/02/1910

4 12 Manuscript, "Ira Place Dinner,", 12/03/1910

4 13 Manuscript, "The Tribune’s New Year Greeting.", 1910

4 14 Manuscript, "To the Calumet Club," ("maybe 11/14"), 1910 ca.

4 15 Manuscript, "Before the Pilgrim Society,", 1910 ca.

4 16 Manuscript, untitled, "Your inquiry, 'How in retiring from active public service...,’", 1910 ca.

4 17 Manuscript, "Twenty-third Annual Dinner at the Montauk Club in celebration of Depew’s 80th Birthday,", 04/25/1914

4 18 Manuscript, "The Return of Roosevelt," unidentified event, 1915

4 19 Manuscript, "Campaign speech for Hughes Running Against Wilson,", 1916

4 20 Manuscript, "A Celebration of Securing Permanent Light for the Statue of Liberty," given by the New York World, Waldorf-Astoria, NY, 12/02/1916

4 21 Manuscript, "Pilgrim Society Dinner for Joseph H. Choate on his Eighty-fifth Birthday," Union League Club, NY, 01/27/1917

4 22 Manuscript, "To the Drafted Men of Tarrytown, NY Who Were Leaving for Camp,", 09/10/1917

4 23 Manuscript, untitled, "1917 will live through the ages...,", 1917-1918

4 24 Manuscript, "We Must See This Through,", 1917-1918

4 25 Manuscript, "Tribute to the Memory of Dr. Charles E. Fitch,", 01/15/1918

4 26 Manuscript, "4th of July," The London Times, 1918 ca.

4 27 Manuscript, "Biographical Sketch of Frank Hiscock,", 10/24/1919

4 28 Manuscript, "Christmas Message,", 12/1919

4 29 Manuscript, "Memorial to Roosevelt,", 1919

4 30 Manuscript, untitled, "I am sorry that it is not possible for me to be with you...,", 1919 ca.

4 31 Manuscript, "Upon the Reminiscences of a Lifetime,", 1921

4 32 Manuscript, "On the Progress of Civilization Through Invention," ("mostly Edison, possibly radio address") New Year’s 1921 or 1922, undated

4 33 Manuscript, "Foreword to the Depew Autobiography,", 1922 ca.

4 34 Manuscript, untitled, "The World is right and wise in advocating New York...," New York World article, 07/16/1923

4 35 Manuscript, "The Decline of Extempore Oratory,", 11/01/1923

4 36 Manuscript, "Reminiscences of St. Augustine," St. Augustine, Florida, 1923

4 37 Manuscript, untitled, "This is the birthday of the Marquis de Lafayette...,", 1923 ca.

4 38 Manuscript, untitled, "When I was a young man living in the country...," (concerning education for women), 1924

4 39 Manuscript, "In Memory of Alfred H. Smith, President of the New York Central Railroad,", 1924

4 40 Manuscript, "4th of July," Hot Springs, VA, 07/04/1925

4 41 Manuscript, untitled, "The first quarter of each century...,", 1925 ca.

4 42 Manuscript, "St. Augustine Historical Society," St. Augustine, Florida, 03/1926

4 43 Manuscript, "Thirty-fifth Annual Dinner at the Montauk Club, in Celebration of Depew’s 92nd Birthday," NY, 04/1926

4 44 Manuscript, "Statement for the United States Historical Society,", 12/26/1926

4 45 Manuscript, untitled, "It is a very interesting and suggestive thought...," (100 years of New York Central Railroad, penciled date "1922"), 1926

4 46 Manuscript, "150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence,", 1926

4 47 Manuscript, untitled, "As people gathered in communities...," (concerning the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence), 1926

4 48 Manuscript, "Pilgrim Society Dinner for the Earl of Reading, Viceroy of India,", 1926-1927

4 49 Manuscript, "Annual Meeting of the St. Augustine Historical Society," St. Augustine, Florida, 03/01/1927

4 50 Manuscript, "4th of July, 151st Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence,", 1927

4 51 Manuscript, untitled, "We are witnesses and participants...,", undated

4 52 Manuscript, untitled, "There have been efforts...," (concerning bills supported and passed), undated

4 53 Manuscript, untitled, "It was a critical period of the Civil War...,", undated

4 54 Manuscript, untitled, "The most noticeable change in Europe since last year...,", undated

4 55 Manuscript, untitled, "To call an extra session of Congress...," (concerning economic conditions), undated

4 56 Manuscript, untitled, "The adjustment of the world to the adoption...,", undated

4 57 Manuscript, untitled, "I am much interested in the story of Governor Cox [sic]...," (concerning campaign and Governor Dix), undated

4 58 Manuscript, "Nomination of George R. Sheldon for Lieutenant Governor,", undated

4 59 Manuscript, "100th or 200th Anniversary of the Founding of the Old New England Churches," unidentified event, undated

4 60 Manuscript, "Dedication of a Bridge named for Alfred Holland Smith,", undated

4 61 Manuscript, "Campaign Speech for O’Dell and Higgins for Governor and Lieutenant Governor,", undated

4 62 Manuscript, untitled, "If one lives long enough his span of life embraces...,", undated

5 Speeches and articles, undated

5 1 Manuscript, untitled, "Society is a term of as wide a range as civilization.", undated

5 2 Manuscript, untitled, "It is an anomalous situation...,", undated

5 3 Manuscript, "Memorial to Col. Schoonmaker,", undated

5 4 Manuscript, untitled, "It is the duty of every man to fit himself for citizenship...,", undated

5 5 Manuscript, untitled, "Macauley made a gruesome prophecy...,", undated

5 6 Manuscript, untitled, "A veteran observer who had lived through several critical periods..,", undated

5 7 Manuscript, untitled, "We can best bid farewell to the old year...,", undated

5 8 Manuscript, untitled, "The time has arrived when the Republican Party...,", undated

5 9 Manuscript, untitled, "The committee has assigned to me as a subject reminiscences...,", undated

5 10 Manuscript, untitled, "I have faced a greater variety of conditions...,", undated

5 11 Manuscript, untitled, "I feel that I am here tonight under a spirit of false pretense...,", undated

5 12 Manuscript, untitled, "The most remarkable revolution in the last fifty years...,", undated

5 13 Manuscript, untitled, "Mr. President and Republican Editors - Our canvass this Fall...,", undated

5 14 Manuscript, untitled, "A veteran on the platform is inclined to indulge...," (campaign speech for Hughes?), undated

5 15 Manuscript, untitled, " I fell seriously alarmed when Colonel Wright...," (concerning schools and Peekskill Academy), undated

5 16 Manuscript, untitled, "Law is a jealous mistress and no lawyer can continue...,", undated

5 17 Manuscript, untitled, "In no country in the world...," (concerning "British love for the Sovereigns"), undated

5 18 Manuscript, untitled, "In the last ten years about fourteen millions of immigrants have entered...,", undated

5 19 Manuscript, "Memorial to David Kimball," (38 year employee of NYCC?), undated

5 20 Manuscript, untitled, "The colleges for girls have been made possible...,", undated

5 21 Manuscript, untitled, "When you met in special session...," ("Probably draft of a speech made on floor or before a committee of NY Senate" concerning revenue), undated

5 22 Manuscript, "Preface to Mr. Henry Alloway’s Book on Wall Street,", undated

5 23 Manuscript, "Memorial to Dr. W. Seward Webb," (director of the NYCRR), undated

5 24 Manuscript, "Answer of Mr. Depew to interviewer’s question, 'What was the most severe punishment you ever suffered in your youth?’", undated

5 25 Manuscript, "Memorial to William C. Brown," (former company president), undated

5 26 Manuscript, "Memorial to Alfred H. Smith," (President of the NYCRR), undated

5 27 Manuscript, untitled, "The seventy-five years just closed have been so crowded with marvels...,", undated

5 28 Manuscript, untitled, "The end and aim of human aspiration and ambition is to attain happiness...,", undated

5 29 Manuscript, "Memorial to General Horace Porter," Union League Club, NY, undated

5 30 Manuscript, untitled, "The story which is told in Mr. Lurie’s Article...", undated

5 31 Manuscript, untitled, "I asked the proprietor of a newspaper abroad...", undated

5 32 Manuscript, untitled, "The Doctor’s greatest delight..." (concerning his connection with the railroad), undated

5 33 Manuscript, untitled, "It affords me great pleasure...," (concerning the Railroad Branch, YMCA), undated

5 34 Manuscript, untitled, "It is always a privilege to be an American citizen...,", undated

5 35 Manuscript, untitled, "The familiar headlines in the daily paper were...,", undated

6 Speeches and articles, undated

6 1 Pamphlet, "Centennial Celebration of the Formation of the State Government," Kingston, NY, 07/30/1877

6 2 Pamphlet, "Argument in opposition to an Act to Create a Board of Railroad Commissioners," NY State Assembly, 03/28/1878

6 3 Pamphlet, "Argument re: State and Railroads, Special Investigating Committee," New York State Assembly, 11/28/1879-11/29/1879

6 4 Pamphlet, "Address at the Unveiling of the Statue of Alexander Hamilton," Central Park, NY, 11/22/1880

6 5 Pamphlet, "Argument in opposition to the Bills providing for the Creation of a Board of Railroad Commissioners," NY Assembly Committee, 03/16/1881

6 6 Pamphlet, "Argument against the Anti-Freight Discrimination Bills," Assembly Railroad Committee, 03/09/1882

6 7 Pamphlet, "Address Before the Annual Convention of the Psi Upsilon Societies of the Various Colleges in the United States," Syracuse, NY, 05/10/1882

6 8 Pamphlet, "Address Before the Graduating Class of the Columbia College Law School," Academy of Music, NY, 05/17/1882

6 9 Pamphlet, "Oration at the Unveiling of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World,", 10/28/1886

6 10 Pamphlet, "Oration at the Reunion of The Army of the Potomac," Saratoga, 06/22/1887

6 11 Pamphlet, "Oration at the Celebration of the Birthday of Washington," Union League Club, Chicago, 02/22/1888

6 12 Pamphlet, "Speech at the Congress of the Railway Employees of the Middle and Western States," Chicago, 02/24/1899

6 13 Pamphlet, "The Government of the Philippine Islands," US Senate, 02/27/1900

6 14 Pamphlet, "The Whole Question of Taxation and The Charter of Puerto Rican Self-Government," US Senate, 04/02/1900

6 15 Pamphlet, "Trade Relations with Cuba," US Senate, 12/12/1903

6 16 Pamphlet, "The Panama Canal," US Senate, 01/14/1904

6 17 Pamphlet, "Memorial Address on the Late Senator Hanna," US Senate, 04/07/1904

6 18 Pamphlet, "Oration at the Celebration of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Union League House," Philadelphia, 05/11/1905

6 19 Pamphlet, "Forest Reserves and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," US Senate, 02/22/1907-02/23/1907

6 20 Pamphlet, "Reform of the Currency," US Senate, 02/25/1907

6 21 Pamphlet, "In Memoriam, Remarks on the Life and Character of Hon. John H. Ketcham and Hon. William H. Flack," US Senate, 03/02/1907

6 22 Pamphlet, "Fifteenth Celebration of the Birthday of CMD by the Montauk Club," Brooklyn, 04/27/1907

6 23 Pamphlet, "American Mercantile Marine," US Senate, 02/24/1908

6 24 Pamphlet, "The Currency Question and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," US Senate, 02/1908

6 25 Pamphlet, "Amendment of the National Banking Laws," US Senate, 03/06/1908

6 26 Pamphlet, "Speech at the Taft and Hughes Meeting," Brooklyn, 10/26/1908

6 27 Pamphlet, "Speech at the Dinner to the Republican Leader and Workers of the 27th Assembly District,", 11/14/1908

6 28 Pamphlet, "Postal Savings Banks," US Senate, 12/15/1908

6 29 Pamphlet, "Increase of salaries of the President, Vice-President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Federal Judges," US Senate, 01/18/1909

6 30 Pamphlet, "Memorial Exercises in Honor of the Late Senator William B. Allison," US Senate, 02/06/1909

6 31 Pamphlet, "Civil Service Examinations in Census Appointments," US Senate, 04/10/1909

6 32 Pamphlet, "Eighteenth Annual Dinner Celebration of the Birthday of CMD" by the Montauk Club, 04/26/1909

6 33 Pamphlet, "The Tariff," US Senate, 05/17/1909

6 34 Pamphlet, "The Finance Committee of the Senate and the People," US Senate, 06/15/1909

6 35 Pamphlet, "Porto Rico - the Effort of the House of Delegates to Revolutionize the Government and Coerce the Congress...," US Senate, 07/09/1909

6 36 Pamphlet, "The Resources of the Country and Its Prosperity Under Republican Policies," US Senate, 12/20/1909

6 37 Pamphlet, "Birthday Speech of CMD," Senate Document No. 518, Journal of the US Senate, 61st Congress: 2nd Session, 05/02/1910

6 38 Pamphlet, "Address at the 32nd Anniversary of the YMCA of New York," Association Hall, undated

7 Speeches and articles, undated

7 1 Birthday Addresses at the Montauk Club, 1892-1899

7 2 Addresses - Lincoln’s Birthday, University of Chicago, Birthday Dinner at the Montauk Club, 1895

7 3 Speeches - Vermont SAR, NYU Hall of Fame, Lotos Club, Pan-American Exposition Railroad Day, Interview after Assassination of McKinley, South Carolina Inter-State and West-Indian Exposition, others, 1896-1902

7 4 Speeches at the Republican Club - Upon Becoming President of the Club, on Lincoln’s Birthday Commemoration, 1898

7 5 Speeches - Before the College Women’s Club, Independent Club, Order of Red Men, Norwich University, Gridiron Club, Republican Club, others, 1898-1900

7 6 Speeches - Pilgrim Society, Lotos Club, Hungry Club, Automobile Club, 1907-1908

7 7 Speeches - Japanese Society, Yale Alumni Association, Amen Corner, 16th Annual Birthday Dinner, 1908

8 Speeches and articles, undated

8 1 Compiled Speeches, Orations and After Dinner Speeches, 1890

8 2 Compiled Speeches, Life and Later Speeches - Limited Edition 98/100, 1894

8 3 Compiled Speeches, Life and Later Speeches, 1894

9 Speeches and articles, undated

9 1 Compiled Speeches, Life and Later Speeches, 1894

9 2 Compiled Speeches, Life and Later Speeches, 1894

9 3 Compiled Speeches, Orations and After Dinner Speeches, 1896

10 Speeches and articles, undated

10 1 Compiled Speeches, Orations and After Dinner Speeches, 1896

10 2 Compiled Speeches, Orations and After Dinner Speeches, 1896

10 3 Compiled Speeches, Orations and After Dinner Speeches, 1896

11 Speeches and articles, undated

11 1 Compiled Speeches, Orations and After Dinner Speeches, 1896

11 2 Compiled Speeches, Orations, Speeches and Addresses, Volume I Orations and Memorial Addresses, 1910

11 3 Compiled Speeches, Orations, Speeches and Addresses, Volume II Banquet and Dinner Speeches, 1910

12 Speeches and articles, undated

12 1 Compiled Speeches, Orations, Speeches and Addresses, Volume III Anniversary and Birthday Addresses, 1910

12 2 Compiled Speeches, Orations, Speeches and Addresses, Volume IV Club and Society Addresses, 1910

12 3 Compiled Speeches, Orations, Speeches and Addresses, Volume V College and Educational Addresses, 1910

13 Speeches and articles, undated

13 1 Compiled Speeches, Orations, Speeches and Addresses, Volume VI Political Speeches, 1910

13 2 Compiled Speeches, Orations, Speeches and Addresses, Volume VII Speeches in the U.S. Senate, 1910

13 3 Compiled Speeches, Orations, Speeches and Addresses, Volume VIII Miscellaneous Speeches, 1910

14 Speeches and articles, undated

14 1 Compiled Speeches, Addresses and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty Two, 1916

14 2 Compiled Speeches, Addresses and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty Two, 1916

14 3 Compiled Speeches, Addresses and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty Two, 1916

15 Speeches and articles, undated

15 1 Compiled Speeches, Addresses and Literary Contributions at Four-Score and Four, 1918

15 2 Compiled Speeches, Addresses and Literary Contributions at Four-Score and Four, 1918

15 3 Compiled Speeches, Addresses and Literary Contributions at Four-Score and Four, 1918

16 Speeches and articles, undated

16 1 Speech fragment, "Latter part of speech on Sam Sloan," (Interview), 09/16/1891

16 2 Speech fragment, p. 10, Balance of trade, after 1897, undated

16 3 Speech fragment, p. 2-4, Reminiscences after 77 years, 1912 ca.

16 4 Speech fragment, "The Civil War was between brothers...," p. 2, 1917-1918

16 5 Speech fragment, Economics of war, p. 16 (possibly Christmas message), 1918 ca.

16 6 Speech fragment, Prosperity of US and foreign aid, p. 11, 1918-1919

16 7 Speech fragment, Ninetieth Birthday, p. 7, 1924

16 8 Speech fragment, Reminiscences - -Yale and early political life, p. 3-21, undated

16 9 Speech fragment, "The Senate is constantly represented as the billionaires club...," p. 10-16, undated

16 10 Speech fragment, "It added little to the happiness and liberty of mankind...," p. 3-11, undated

16 11 Speech fragment, "with nine thousand marched against Fort Duquesne...," (early US history), p. 10-17, (dedication of monument), undated

16 12 Speech fragment, "years of adulation and attention..." p. 4, undated

16 13 Speech fragment, "Two illustrations of his power...," (Roosevelt), undated

16 14 Speech fragment, Man and war, p. 9, undated

16 15 Speech fragment, "the affairs of the Confederacy...," p. 3, undated

16 16 Speech fragment, "the cartoonist and individualist...,", undated

16 17 Speech fragment, "to define the elusive quality...," p. 33, undated

16 18 Speech fragments, various pages filed together, undated

16 19 Speech fragments, various pages filed together, undated

16 20 Speech fragment, "the American people distrusted the man...," p. 4, (public speaking), undated

16 21 Speech fragment, "an engagement to hear me at Syracuse...," p. 22-23, (re: Mr. Conkling’s speech), undated

16 22 Speech fragment, "We who are all right minded...," p. 2, undated

16 23 Speech fragment, "secures their happiness...," p. 16, undated

16 24 Extracts from speeches and statements, undated

16 25 Notes for speech, after, 1912

16 26 Notes for speech, "Luxurious rearing and a life of leisure...," (re: Roosevelt), undated

16 27 Notes for speech, undated

16 28 Notes for speech, undated

16 29 Notes for speech, (on card from The New York Farmers, 94th Dinner), undated

16 30 Notes for speech, undated

16 31 Notes for speech, (on envelope of The Waldorf Astoria), undated

16 32 Notes for speech, (memorial to someone born 1844, died in office), undated

16 33 Notes for speech, (dates of Vanderbilts and railroads), undated

16 34 Notes for speech, (on Briarcliff Lodge stationery), undated

16 35 Notes for speech, undated

16 36 Notes for speech, (on Senate stationary, re: colonial history), undated

16 37 Notes for speech, (economic history of US), undated

16 38 Notes for speech, (economics), undated

16 39 Notes for speech, (Philippines), undated

16 40 Notes for speech, (some on RMS Baltic stationary), undated

16 41 Notes for speech, (statistics), undated

16 42 Notes for speech, (summary of NY Central RR operations), undated

16 43 Notes for speech, (list of treaties), undated

16 44 Reference material, The Calendar, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Mercersberg Review, 1858

16 45 Reference material, Christian Union and Liturgical Tendencies of the Times, 1859

16 46 Reference material, Brief, On Appeal of Benner and LaFollette, 1897

16 47 Reference material, Statement of Facts and Law, Great Falls VA, 1898

16 48 Reference material, La Langue Bleue, 1899

16 49 Reference material, Albert J. Beveridge speech, Congressional Record, 1908

MS2095 Series 3 Scrapbooks, 1872-1921 9 Linear feet

This series consists of thirty-four scrapbooks kept from 1872-1921, each identified on the exterior by dates and descriptions. Some are in poor condition. The scrapbooks contain clippings of speech transcripts and articles relating to current events and to Depew’s public activities and oratory, including some unfavorable reviews. Some scrapbooks also contain clippings of notices relating to Depew's personal life, and some appear to be about topics of interest to him personally.

17 Scrapbooks, undated

17 1 Scrapbook, "Campaign speeches and literature. None of them by Depew. He probably used them as sources of material for his own speeches. Campaigns of 1872-1876." Clippings relating to speeches, campaigns, current events and personal life, 1872-1876

18 Scrapbooks, undated

18 1 Scrapbook, "2 1870-1889," Clippings relating to speeches, campaigns, current events and personal life, 1876-1889

18 2 Scrapbook, "7 Misc. 1876-1890," Clippings relating to speeches, campaigns, current events and personal life, 1881-1891

19 Scrapbooks, undated <