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Date: 18 Sep 2009
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| 6 Dec 2012 | bio corrected (MRC) |
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Sanger, Wm. Cary (William Cary), 1853-1921. |
| Title: | William Cary Sanger and Ethel Sanger Papers |
| Dates: | 1884-1929 |
| Quantity: | 3.25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the US Assistant Secretary of War (1901-1903) William Cary Sanger and those of his wife Ethel Sanger, mostly in the form of correspondence |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
William Cary Sanger (1853-1921) was an American military man and government official. He served as US Assistant Secretary of War from 1901-1903.
Sanger was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 21, 1853. He attended Brooklyn Polytechnic and graduated from Harvard in 1874 with a BA. He earned an LL.B. (undergraduate law degree) from Columbia University in 1878, and was awarded the honorary LL.D. degree from Hamilton College in 1902. Sanger served two years in the New York State Assembly (1895-1897)and as United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1901 to 1903. He was president of the American delegation to the Geneva Convention of 1906, and from 1911 to 1913 he ws a member of the New York State Hospital Commission.
Sanger and his wife Ethel (Mary Ethel Cleveland Dodge, 1869-1952) had no children.
The William Cary Sanger and Ethel Sanger Papers consist of correspondence of William, correspondence of his wife Ethel, and subject files. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1900 to 1922.
Correspondence of William Sanger consists of letters sent to and from William, mostly regarding his tenure as the Assistant Secretary of War (1901-1903). Much of the correspondence is on various government letterheads.
Correspondence of Ethel Sanger consists mostly of incoming personal correspondence, with a few items of outgoing correspondence from her. Dates of her correspondence extend to after her husband's death.
Subject files consist of two scrapbooks, which appear to have been created in memoriam for Sanger, presumably by his wife after his death in 1921, as well as poetry, material on the Geneva Convention Conference of 1906, material on a Red Cross Conference in 1907, and correspondence and notes regarding the Sanger family.
Correspondence is divided into William's and Ethel's, and then arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Subject files are alphabetical by topic.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The New York State Library has a substantial collection of Sanger's papers.
Persons
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937.
Sanger, Ethel.
Sanger, Wm. Cary (William Cary), 1853-1921.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
Corporate Bodies
Geneva Convention (1906 July 6)
International Conference of the Red Cross.
United States -- War Department.
Subjects
Government executives -- United States.
Politicians -- New York State.
Politicians -- United States.
Places
New York (State)
Genres and Forms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Scrapbooks.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
William Cary Sanger and Ethel Sanger Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1968.
Correspondence, William Sanger
Correspondence, Ethel Sanger
Subject files
| Correspondence, William Sanger | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Abrams, Charles W. 1919 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Adler, Alvey A. 1901-1902 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ailes, Milton E. 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ainsworth, D.E. 1894, 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Appleton, Francis R. 1901, 1905-1906, 1917-1919 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Astor, John Jacob 1902 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | A, misc 1901, 1905-1906, 1918 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Babbott, Frank L. 1901, 1908 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bacon, Robert 1906 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bailey, E. Prentiss 1908-1909, 1911 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bailey, L.H. 1905, 1911 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Baker, Newton D. 1916-1918 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Balfour, Eustace 1900 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Belmont, August 1900, 1905, 1908, 1913 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Benson, G.J. 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Blair, Elmer 1898, 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Boardman, Marie 1905 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Breckinridge, J.C. 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bryce, James 1908-1909, 1911 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Butler, Nicholas 1901, 1905, 1908-1909 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | B, misc (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Calder, J.F. 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Carey, Sam 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Carter, William 1904 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Choate, Joseph H. 1901, 1908, 1910 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Clauson, John E. 1900 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Colville, William undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cortelyou, G.B. 1901, 1903 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Crawshaw, William H. 1909 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | C, misc (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Darbin, Winfield 1903 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dana, Richard H. 1902, 1905, 1921, 1925 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Darling, C.W. 1894, 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Davis, Colwell Boothe 1912 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | [Lord] Denbigh 1907, 1920 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dick, Charles 1902-1905 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dix, John A. 1911 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dodge, William E. 1902-1903 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dunham, George E. 1901, 1905 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dyer, Louis 1902, 1904, 1907 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | D, misc | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | E, misc 1902-1907, 1909, 1919 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | F, misc 1887, 1901-1907, 1914, 1920-1922 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | G, misc 1884, 1901-1909, 1912, 1916 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Hughes, Charles E. 1906-1908, 1916 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | H, misc 1888, 1900-1907, 1916-1921 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | I, misc 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | J, misc 1895, 1900-1908, 1911 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | K, misc 1894, 1901-1909, 1918 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | L, misc 1891, 1894, 1901-1903, 1906-1907, 1916-1918, 1921 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | M, misc 1894, 1897, 1901-1911, 1917, 1920-1921 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | N, misc 1900, 1905 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | O, misc 1891, 1896, 1900-1908, 1916-1917, 1919 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | P, misc 1894, 1900-1910, 1915-1917, 1929 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Roosevelt, Theodore 1903, 1905 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Root, Elihu 1896, 1900-1911, 1918 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | R, misc 1894, 1901-1903, 1909-1912, 1917-1918, 1920 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | S, misc 1887-1888, 1894-1898, 1900-1912, 1916, 1920-1921 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Taft, William H. 1905, 1908, 1912, 1916-1917, | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | T, misc 1901-1912, 1917-1918, 1920 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | U, misc 1901 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | V, misc 1901-1908, 1916 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | W, misc 1894, 1898, 1900-1909, 1916-1921 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | X-Y, misc 1901-1902, 1918 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | First name only 1901, 1916, 1921 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Illegible 1888, 1901-1903, 1907-1911, 1914-1921 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence, Ethel Sanger | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | A-R (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | S-V | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Miscellaneous - unidentified or illegible | ||||||||||
| Subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Elihu Root 1902-1903 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Geneva Convention Conference 1906 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Poetry undated - typescript and handwritten, author unknown | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Red Cross Conference 1907 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Sanger family 1901, 1910, 1917, 1919 - correspondence, notes | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Scrapbook, in memoriam of William Cary Sanger | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | Scrapbook, in memoriam of William Cary Sanger | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Miscellaneous about Sanger 1894, 1908, 1914, 1917, 1920, 1922 - memorabilia, membership cards, notes/lettes about, etc. | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Miscellaneous 1888, 1900, 1903, 1916, 1918, 1921 | ||||||||||