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Found in 25 Collections and/or records:

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Clifford Kennedy Berryman Papers

Identifier: MSS12559
Abstract

Cartoonist. Correspondence, drawings, printed matter, invitations, photographs, and a speech relating primarily to Berryman's career as a political cartoonist for the Washington Post and the Washington Star.

Dates 1814-1965; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1949)
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Charles E. Bohlen Papers

Identifier: MSS13102
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Diplomat, executive, and author. Correspondence, speeches and lectures, writings, drafts, notes, research material, appointment books, interviews, subject files, photographs and photograph albums, and other papers largely relating to Bohlen's diplomatic career and his book Witness to History, 1929-1969.

Dates 1862-1978; Majority of material found within ( 1940-1973)
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Solon J. Buck Papers

Identifier: MSS14274
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Historian and archivist. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, drafts of speeches and writings, subject files, financial papers, bibliographies, and research material relating primarily to Buck's career at the National Archives and Library of Congress.

Dates 1778-1962; Majority of material found within 1934-1957
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Clark M. Clifford Papers

Identifier: MSS84499
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Government official and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, congressional testimony, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Clifford's personal and professional life, including his role as an adviser and counsel to four Democratic presidential administrations, his service as United States secretary of defense, 1968-1969, and his career as a lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Dates 1883-1999; Majority of material found within 1946-1998
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Joseph Edward Davies Papers

Identifier: MSS17855
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Diplomat, lawyer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, drafts of articles, books, and speeches, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating to Davies's career as an ambassador to Belgium and Russia, presidential advisor, and author.

Dates 1860-1958; Majority of material found within 1912-1958
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Charles Fahy Papers

Identifier: MSS20164
Abstract Jurist, lawyer, United States solicitor general, and United States delegate to the United Nations. Diaries, correspondence, legal case files, subject files, speeches and writings, and other papers. Primarily related to Fahy's service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Other papers relate to Fahy's role as an advisor and representative of the presidential administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy,...
Dates 1857-1985; Majority of material found within 1942-1975
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Fox Movietone newsreel collection - World War II paper records

Identifier: MBRSMI007001
Abstract Cameramen’s dope sheets (detailed notes of stories filmed), continuity sheets (synopses of newsreels distributed to theaters), and turnovers (one sentence descriptions of each story filmed) from this major pioneer in the newsreel industry. Collection also contains other paper materials including telegrams, speeches, photographs, programs, and memoranda that provide details of the newsreels created by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Although the entire Fox Movietone newsreel...
Dates 1922-1946; Majority of material found within ( 1941-1946)
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Elmer Gertz Papers

Identifier: MSS22665
Abstract

Lawyer, author, and manuscript collector. Correspondence, memoranda, family papers, legal files, subject files, speeches, writings, manuscripts collected by Gertz, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating primarily to Gertz’s career as a lawyer.

Dates 1789-1997; Majority of material found within 1926-1988
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Lawrence E. Glendenin Papers

Identifier: MSS85456
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Nuclear chemist and co-discoverer of Promethium, element 61 on the periodic table of elements. Subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and awards documenting Glendenin's work on the Manhattan Project, the Bikini Scientific Resurvey, and his career at Argonne National Laboratory.

Dates 1935-2009; Majority of material found within ( 1945-1975)
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William T. Golden Papers

Identifier: MSS82089
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Scientist. Photocopies of reports, newspaper clippings, articles, and journal reprints relating primarily to the organization of the government's scientific efforts begun under President Harry S. Truman and to the creation of the President's Science Advisory Committee. Includes a photocopy of Golden's unpublished volume titled, "Government Military-Scientific Research: Review for the President of the United States."

Dates 1950-1989; Majority of material found within ( 1950-1951)
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Theodore Francis Green Papers

Identifier: MSS23994
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United States senator and governor of Rhode Island and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, reports, subject and chronological files, clippings, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating principally to Green's senatorial career.

Dates 1924-1960; Majority of material found within 1937-1960
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W. Averell Harriman Papers

Identifier: MSS61911
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Diplomat, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician. Correspondence, memoranda, family papers, business records, diplomatic accounts, speeches, statements and writings, photographs, and other papers documenting Harriman's career in business, finance, politics, and public service, particularly during the Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter presidential administrations.

Dates 1869-2008; Majority of material found within 1895-1986
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Edith Benham Helm Papers

Identifier: MSS25700
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Social secretary at the White House. Letters, notes, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting Helm's career as social secretary at the White House during the Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman administrations.

Dates 1915-1961
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Harold L. Ickes Papers

Identifier: MSS27011
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Lawyer and secretary of the interior. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, family papers, legal and financial records, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting all aspects of Ickes's career, especially his service as secretary of the interior.

Dates 1815-1969; Majority of material found within 1933-1951
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Visual materials from the Harold L. Ickes papers

Identifier: pp020021
Abstract The Visual materials from the Harold L. Ickes papers depicts tours Ickes took to Puerto Rico, Cuba, Alaska, and Olympic National Park; participation in activities such as dedications; conferences, and speeches. Political figures photographed include Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, cabinet members, diplomats, and senators and congressmen; celebrities include Marian Anderson and Katherine Hepburn. Also included are Portraits of Ickes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry Truman; some...
Dates 1874-1962
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Katie Louchheim Papers

Identifier: MSS50559
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United States deputy assistant secretary of state, Democratic Party official, author, and public speaker. Journals, family papers, correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, speeches, interviews, drafts of writings, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter documenting Louchheim's public service and leadership in the Democratic Party.

Dates 1906-1991; Majority of material found within 1942-1968
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Archibald MacLeish Papers

Identifier: MSS30932
Abstract Poet, playwright, government official, and Librarian of Congress. Papers include correspondence reflecting MacLeish's relations with friends, literary colleagues, and government associates; notebooks (1919-1940s) containing drafts of poetry and prose; manuscript drafts of plays and radio broadcasts, and speeches, including those written for Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward R. Stettinius, and Harry S. Truman; and notes and manuscripts for classroom lectures on modern poetry given by MacLeish at...
Dates 1907-1981; Majority of material found within 1925-1970
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Ken McCormick Collection of Doubleday and Company, Inc., Records

Identifier: MSS61978
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Records of the publishing firm Doubleday and Company, Inc., selected for preservation by Ken McCormick, editor and administrative officer, include correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts and manuscripts of writings, galley proofs, contracts, publicity material, book jackets, notes, financial papers, photographs, clippings, and other records comprising chiefly editorial and author files. McCormick's cover notes describe each author and editorial file.

Dates 1882-1992; Majority of material found within ( 1910-1992)
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John L. McCrea Papers

Identifier: MSS81333
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Naval officer, aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and insurance executive. Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, and photographs relating primarily to McCrea's career as a naval officer.

Dates 1898-1984; Majority of material found within ( 1914-1966)
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Moral Re-armament Records

Identifier: MSS56671
Abstract

Worldwide movement dedicated to spiritual and ethical reawakening. Correspondence, subject files, financial records, play and film scripts, radio and television broadcasting files, press releases, clippings, print and near-print material, scrapbooks, and other records documenting the policies, organization, programs, activities, and membership of Moral Re-armament. Includes papers of the organization's founder, Frank Buchman, and members Ray Foote Purdy and Kenaston Twitchell.

Dates 1812-1991; Majority of material found within 1873-1966
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E. Barrett Prettyman Papers

Identifier: MSS48983
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Judge and lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject and case files, and other papers relating primarily to Prettyman's judicial career, including his work as corporation counsel of the District of Columbia, general counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, private attorney, and professor of law at Georgetown University.

Dates 1901-1971; Majority of material found within 1945-1965
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Bryson B. Rash Papers

Identifier: MSS82777
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Journalist. Correspondence, speeches, broadcast scripts, book draft, biographical material, news clippings, and photographs documenting Rash's career in broadcast journalism.

Dates 1918-1992
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Lewis B. Schwellenbach Papers

Identifier: MSS39214
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United States secretary of labor, United States senator from Washington, jurist, and lawyer. Correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, and scrapbooks relating primarily to Schwellenbach's career in the Senate and with the Department of Labor.

Dates 1916-1958; Majority of material found within 1934-1948
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Robert A. Taft Papers

Identifier: MSS42226
Abstract

United States senator from Ohio, Republican Party leader, and lawyer. Correspondence, family and personal papers, political and legislative files, subject files, business and financial papers, speeches and writings, and other papers relating primarily to Taft's career in the Senate and to his role as a national leader in the Republican Party.

Dates 1885-1980; Majority of material found within 1938-1953
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Woman's National Democratic Club Records

Identifier: MSS85950
Abstract Organization founded in 1922 in Washington, D.C., focusing on public policy and serving as a forum for Democratic leaders. Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, bylaws, notes, newsletters, membership files, oral history transcripts in both physical and digital formats, photographs in both physical and digital formats, presidential campaign ephemera, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter documenting the founding of the Woman’s National Democratic Club and its principal...
Dates 1912-2014; Majority of material found within 1922-1998