Earle S. Kinsley Papers
Scope and Content
The Earle S. Kinsley Collection includes correspondence dating from the 1920's through the 1940's. Most of it concerns the research, production, and publication of his books, "Recollections of Vermonters in State and National Affairs," published in Rutland in 1946. There is a draft, a completed manuscript, and published copy of the book in this collection. The remainder of the correspondence involves Kinsley's role as a broker for the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet and the Marine Office of America from 1925-1934.
Dates
- 1925-1947
Creator
- Kinsley, Earle S., b. 1869 (Person)
Access:
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights:
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Earls S. Kinsley worked as a page boy in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1880. There, under Govenor Roswell Farnham, Kinsley enjoyed the acquaintance of members of the legislature and as a page boy "became ambitious for political advancement." Letters of endorsement were presented and in 1881 Kinsley received an assignment as a page in the United States Senate with Senator George F. Edmunds. This appointment continued from December 1881 through four regular and two special sessions during the 47, 48 and 49th Congress.
Working under Captain Isaac Bassett, assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, Kinsley was told of the great statesmen that Captain Bassatt had known during his fifty years of employment there. Kinsley himself became friends with the President, Vice President, congressmen, senators, governors and other statesmen, and throughout his life maintained contact with them.
Kinsley spent nearly twenty-five years as Republican National Chairman from Vermont and resided on his farm Deermont located at the base of Pico Peak in Rutland County,Vt. Around 1929, Kinsley acted as broker for the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Earle S. Kinsley Collection includes correspondence dating from the 1920's through the 1940's. Most of it concerns the research, production, and publication of his books, "Recollections of Vermonters in State and National Affairs," published in Rutland in 1946.
Physical Location
Library Research Annex; contact uvmsc@uvm.edu for access.
- Title
- Guide to the Earle S. Kinsley Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 1998
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections Repository
Silver Special Collections Library
48 University Place, Room B201
Burlington Vermont 05405 U.S.A. US
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