GARNER, John Nance, 1868-1967


Oil on canvas, Seymour M. Stone, 1939, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives.

Guide to Research Collections

The University of Texas at Austin
The Center for American History
Austin, TX
Papers: 1913-1940, 6 feet.
The papers include correspondence, genealogical information on the Garner family, degrees, scrapbooks, newspapers clippings, and photographs. A finding aid for the papers is available in the repository.


Alabama Department of Archives and History
Montgomery, AL
Papers: William B. Bankhead Papers, ca. 1875-1952, 33 cubic feet.
Correspondents include John Nance Garner. Series descriptions and a container listing for the collection are available in the repository.


Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
San Antonio, TX
Papers: Appointment Diaries, 1935-1939, 1 box.
The appointment diaries of John Nance Garner include the names of those who met with him when he served as vice president in 1935 and 1939.


Duke University
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Durham, NC
Papers: In the Daniel C. Roper Papers, Alphabetical Series, ca. 1927-1943, 39 linear feet.
Correspondents include John Nance Garner. An inventory is available in the repository.


Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
West Branch, IA
Papers: In the James H. MacLafferty Papers, 1922-1942, 1 linear foot.
Subjects covered in the correspondence include John Nance Garner.


Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis, IN
Papers: In the Robert Hunter Papers, 1923-1948, 1 box.
Correspondents include John Nance Garner. A finding aid for the collection is available in the repository.


Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers: In the James Aloysius Farley Papers, ca. 1790-1976, 70.4 linear feet.
Correspondents include John Nance Garner. A finding aid for the papers is available in the repository.

Papers: In the Marquis James Papers, ca. 1914-1955, 48 containers.
Correspondents include John Nance Garner. A finding aid for the papers is available in the repository.

Papers: In the Lewis B. Schwellenbach Papers, ca. 1916-1958, 5 linear feet.
Correspondents include John Nance Garner. A finding aid for the papers is available in the repository.


The New York Public Library
Manuscripts & Archives Section
New York, NY
Papers: In the Anthony Jerome Griffin Papers, ca. 1883-1935, 14 linear feet.
Other authors include John Nance Garner. A finding aid for the collection is available in the repository.


Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Hyde Park, NY
Papers: In the Henry Morgenthau Papers, ca. 1866-1953, 510 linear feet.
Correspondents include John N. Garner. Series descriptions and folder lists for the collection are available in the repository.


Syracuse University Library
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse, NY
Papers: In the Karl Kae Knecht Papers, 1906-1966, 0.5 linear foot.
Correspondents include John Nance Garner.


University of Michigan
Bentley Historical Library
Ann Arbor, MI
Papers: In the Prentiss Marsh Brown Papers, 1902-1973, 28 linear feet.
Other authors include John Nance Garner. A finding aid for the collection is available in the repository and online.

Papers: In the Eleanor M. Bumgardner Papers, 1919-1967, 8.2 linear feet and 9 volumes.
Correspondents include John Nance Garner.

Papers: In the Frank Murphy Papers, 1908-1949, 106 linear feet, 39 volumes, and 2 oversize folders.
Other authors include John Nance Garner.

Papers: In the George Murphy Papers, 1911-1961, 15 linear feet and 1 volume.
Other authors include John Nance Garner.


University of Virginia Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections
Charlottesville, VA
Papers: In the Homer S. Cummings Papers, 1886-1956, approximately 124,000 items.
Other authors include John Nance Garner. A guide for the papers is available in the repository.


University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Area Research Center
Oshkosh, WI
Papers: In the Henry Krueger Papers, 1908-1952, 0.2 cubic foot.
The papers include a speech and some correspondence pertaining to Henry Krueger’s support for John Nance Garner in 1940. This collection is owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Archives Division, Madison, WI.


Victoria and Albert Museum
National Art Library
London, England
Papers: In the Homer S. Cummings Papers, 1886-1956, approximately 124,000 items.
Other authors include John Nance Garner.


Wisconsin Historical Society
Archives Division
Madison, WI
Papers: In the James A. Frear Papers, ca. 1906-1940, 1.4 cubic feet.
Correspondents include John N. Garner. A shelf list for the collection is available in the repository.


Yale University Library
Manuscripts and Archives
New Haven, CT
Papers: In the Harry Weinberger Papers, 1915-1944, 21.5 linear feet.
Subjects covered in the papers include John Nance Garner. An unpublished finding aid for the papers is available in the repository.