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The Gottschalk mss., 1935-1948, consists of correspondence between Louis Gottschalk, 1899-1975, historian, and Walter Pennett Gardner, 1869-1949, banker, concerning the collection of Lafayette manuscripts assembled by Gardner and about the organization of The American Friends of Lafayette.

The Lafayette mss., 1572-1939, consist of correspondence and papers assembled by banker Walter P. Gardner around the central figure of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 1757-1834, general.

The Mayhew mss., 1775-1782, consists of letters written to Betsy (also called Elizabeth or Eliza) Mayhew by Mary or Polly, sometimes referred to as Mary Palmer, 1746-1791.

The U.S. History mss., 1612-1977, consist of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to the United States. Additions continue to be made.