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Ray Ste.nns.rd Baker COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: KEB (Lib. of Congress^ Date: 6/23/54 Add: IB Date: 10/25/55 RAY S T A N M R D BAKER (1870 - 1946) Acs. 6159B, 8815 The papers of Ray Stannard Baker, author, were presented to the Library of Congress in 1943 and 1943* Series 1 came to the Library as a deposit, -with the Woodrow Wilson Papers, in 1939 and were made a gift in 1943; Series 2 came as a bequest to the Library in 1948. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 60 1/2 Approximate number of items* 30,000 Series 1 may be used under Library Restrictions. Series II may be used only by permission of Katherine E. Brand, until November 3, 1958. Literary rights in the unpublished writings of Ray Stannard Baker have been reserved; and are administered on behalf of Mr. Baker1s heirs by Katherine E Brand. The papers were described in "The Personal Papers of Ray Stannard Baker," in the Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Ace;uisitions, August 1948 (Vol. 5, ifo# 4) • Mr. Baker attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and in 1922 wrote WoodrowOWilson and the World Settlement, ja History of the Peace Conference (3 vols.). He edited The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson (6 vols.j with Professor W. E. Dodd, and wrote Woodrow Wilson—Life end Letters (8 vols.)• II -2Biographical Note 18?O, April 17 Born in Lansing, Michigan; son of Major Joeseph Stannard and Alice Potter Baker. 1889 BS Michigan State College. 1892-97 Reporter and sub-editor of Chicago Record I896, Jan.2 Married Jessie £. Beal 1897-98 Managing Editor McClure ! s Syndicate 1899-1905 Associate 1906-15 One of editors American Magazine 1917 LLD Michigan State College 1918 Special Commissioner of Department of State in Great Britain, Prance and Italy 1919 Director of Press Bureau of American Commission to Negotiate Peace, at Paris 1925 D. Litt. Amherst 1928 Democratic Presidential elector for State of Massachusetts 19l*.O Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Biography " " fl Technical Advisor during production of the moving pioture,"Wilson" 19lj-6,July 12 Death Author of; Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement. 1922(3 volumes) Woodrow W i l s o n — L i f e and Letters. 1927-39(8 volumes) Native American:the Book of M y Youth, (autobiographical) American Chronicle(autobiography) 191|-5 and others and as "David Grayson" Adventures in Contentment. 1907 Adventures I n Friendship. 1910 The Countryman's Year. 1936 and others Edited(with W.E.Dodd) The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson.(6 volumes) " 1925-26 III -3Description of Series Series 1^ (Material relating to the Biography of Woodrow Wilson) Containers Sub-series 1-17 Conterapory Correspondence of Woodrow Wilson. ca. l876-192l|.. 17 containers. Letters sent and received by Woodrow Wilson (originals, typed copies, photocopies), and other contemporary papers, assembled by Ray Stannard Baker during his fifteen years of work on the authorized biography of Woodrow Wilson (1925-39)• Alphabetically arranged by names of correspondents or persons mainly concerned. l8-6l Ray Stannard Baker correspondence relating to Woodrow Wilson. Mainly 1925-39. k-3 containers. Letters sent and received, memoranda of interviews, printed matter, photographs, etc., assembled during Mr. Baker!s work on the authorized biography of Woodrow Wilson. Alphabetically arranged by names of correspondents or persons mainly concerned. A good many special folders are included and within each of thesb, the arrangement is chronological. 62-78 Chronological Notes. 1911-18. 18 containers. Day-by-day notes on the writings and activities of Woodrow Wilson, prepared by Katherine E. Brand for Ray Stannard Baker (carbon copies). The period from 1911-15 is thin. C A-P 3 Material similar to that in Series I, but which came to the Library after Mr. Bakerfs death, and has not yet been interfiled in Series I. 16 containers, not numbered. (Personal Papers of Ray Stannard Baker) Containers Sub-series 79-115 Personal Correspondence. l875-19ij-6. 36 containers. Letters sent and received, and other papers. Chronologically arranged by days. 116-120 Correspondence with Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. 192l|-lj.6. 5 containers Letters sent and received. Chronologically arranged by days. ENTIRELY RESTRICTED until further notice. 121-138 Notebooks. 1880-19I+6. 18 containers. Volumes containing autograph journal entries (though often not daily entries), including comments on current events, reports of interviews, occasional clippings, etc., l892-19lj-6; also small notebooks and pocket "diaries" containing miscellaneous notes of various kinds. The journal volumes are in general chronological arrangement, though there is some confusion of entry dates within certain of the volumes, 139-175 Literary Output. l895-19lj-5. 37 containers. Manuscripts, notes, and occasional printed matter relating to Ray Stannard Baker's books, articles and addresses, and their preparation. In general chronological arrangement. 176-182 Scrapbooks. 1892-1925. 7 containers. One numbered series consisting of 7 volumes, mainly printed matter relating to Ray Stannard Baker or his wort; and J| special, unnumbered, volumes. In general chronological arrangement. I83-8I4. Pictures, n 3 2 containers. Mainly pictures of or relating to either Ray Stannard Baker or Woodrow Wilson. Little arrangement. 185-93 Printed Matter, l881j.-19l.i-6. 9 containers. Clippings from newspapers and magazines, and other miscellaneous printed matter relating mainly to some phase of Ray Stannard Baker's career. Included is material re the Woodrow Wilson Foundation; and re Mr. Baker!s part in the making of the moving picture, "Woodrow Wilson1.1 Chronologically arranged by years. 19i|. Bibliography of the Writings of Ray Stannard Baker. 1 container. Piepared by Mr. Baker's daughter, Rachel Baker Napier. Near-print. 1 volume.
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