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The President Benjamin Harrison Research Library contains
the personal library of Benjamin Harrison, as well as collections
relating to Harrison and the era in which he lived. Funding for
the library is provided by The Arthur P. Jordan Foundation and by
individual contributions. The library receives no federal funding.
The Research Library is located in the house museum and is open by appointment only, please call 317-631-1888.
BOOKS: Harrison’s personal book collection,
including Harrison publications, government reports, law books,
political books, Civil War/Grand Army of the Republic records, literary
works, Presbyterian Church records and reports, and older publications
from his father’s possessions. Harrison genealogy, the presidency
of the United States, Indiana history and the Victorian era are
among topics of the remainder of the book collections.
EPHEMERAL COLLECTIONS: Miscellaneous
items relating to the Harrison Home including souvenir booklets,
records of museum visitor registration, prints, papers, etc.
HARRISON GENEALOGY: Records of Harrison
family genealogy, including both ancestors and descendants of President
Benjamin Harrison.
MANUSCRIPTS: Harrison family and
professional correspondence, family account books, diaries and family
papers.
MICROFILMS: Copies of Harrison’s
Presidential Papers from the Library of Congress.
PAMPHLETS: Publications related to
Harrison’s speeches, law cases, political campaigns and other
political/social issues.
PHOTOGRAPHS: Original Harrison family
and presidential photographs, and records of the Harrison Home museum.
SERIALS AND NEWSPAPERS: Archival
periodicals collected (not sequentially) by the Harrisons.
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