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Found in 6 Collections and/or records:

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Walter L. Fisher Papers

Identifier: MSS20669
Abstract

Lawyer, municipal reformer, and U.S. secretary of the interior. Correspondence and memoranda, letterbooks, speeches and articles, scrapbooks, photographs, subject files, clippings, and printed matter chiefly related to Chicago, Illinois, municipal matters and to Fisher's term as United States secretary of the interior.

Dates 1871-1963; Majority of material found within ( 1909-1920)
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Theodore Marburg Papers

Identifier: MSS31294
Abstract

Diplomat, publicist, civic leader, and peace advocate. Scrapbooks and correspondence relating to Marburg's civic activities in Baltimore, Maryland, his belief in internationalism and advocacy for peace before and after World War I, his role as United States minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914, and his work as an art collector and public art advocate.

Dates 1856-1940; Majority of material found within 1893-1940
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Henry Morgenthau Papers

Identifier: MSS33498
Abstract

Businessman and diplomat. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, family papers, speeches and writings, subject files, printed matter, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Morgenthau's service as ambassador to Turkey, other diplomatic efforts, involvement in Democratic Party politics, and as a philanthropist.

Dates 1795-1941; Majority of material found within 1870-1941
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Oscar S. Straus Papers

Identifier: MSS41749
Abstract

Attorney, businessman, public official, diplomat, United States secretary of commerce and labor, and author. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, legal records, pamphlets, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Straus's service as minister and later ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), United States secretary of commerce and labor, and member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, Netherlands.

Dates 1856-1955; Majority of material found within ( 1856-1923)
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William H. Taft Papers

Identifier: MSS42234
Abstract

President of the United States and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence including letterpress books, speeches and addresses, presidential and judicial files, legal files and notebooks, family papers and letters, business and estate papers, engagement calendars, guest lists, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs documenting Taft's career.

Dates 1784-1973; Majority of material found within 1880-1930
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Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson Papers

Identifier: MSS44503
Abstract

United States senators from Montana. Official correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, legislative files, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs relating chiefly to the senatorial career of Walsh and his successor, John Edward Erickson.

Dates 1910-1934