Warren G. Harding Research Guide

Image courtesy of the Warren G. Harding photograph collection, P 146, Ohio History Connection

Blogs

These blog posts were written as part of a grant project funded by the the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in 2021-2023. This grant also supported the rehousing, description and cataloging of three archival Harding collections.

• Introducing the Warren G. Harding Papers Project, by Wendy Korwin

  • This article, written at the start of the 2021-2023 grant project surrounding the Warren G. Harding collections, discusses cataloging Harding's early correspondence.

• Dear Senator: Letters to a Rising Political Star, by Wendy Korwin

  • A piece that highlights several compelling stories from Harding's senatorial correspondence with his Ohio constituents. 

• Microphones and Radios: How the Public Heard President Harding, by Eric Feingold and Wendy Korwin

  • This blog discusses the blossoming audio technology of the early 1920s and how Harding used it to communicate with the American public. 

• Harding, Cox, and Ohio on the Irish War of Independence, by David McDevitt

  • A detailed look at how Harding, his opponent James Cox, and the American people felt about the ongoing Irish War of Independence and the impact that conflict had on the 1920 United States' presidential election.

• "President and Mrs. Harding Home for the Centennial", by Sherry Hall

  • This article revisits the story of Harding's final visit to his hometown of Marion, Ohio in 1922, a year before his untimely and unexpected death in San Francisco.

• Warren G. Harding and the Lowell Coal Crisis, by David McDevitt

  • An investigation into the 1922 coal miners' and railroad shopmen's strikes that led to a severe coal shortage in New England during the winter of 1922-1923, and a discussion of how Harding handled these crises. 

• Presidential Presents: Harding's Voyage of Understanding 100 Years Later, by Eric Feingold and David McDevitt

  • Taking advantage of the 100 year anniversary of the Hardings' Voyage of Understanding, this blog post showcases some of the unique and fascinating gifts given to President Harding while he toured the Western United States and Alaska.