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Found in 34 Collections and/or records:

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Chandler P. Anderson Papers

Identifier: MSS10918
Abstract

Lawyer, advisor to the Department of State, and international arbitrator. Correspondence, diaries, informal records and notes of negotiations, typewritten and printed documents, and notes for articles and editorials relating mainly to Anderson's work as a specialist in international affairs and international negotiator.

Dates 1894-1953; Majority of material found within 1896-1929
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William Shepherd Benson Papers

Identifier: MSS12443
Abstract

Naval officer and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, speeches, reports, maps, naval appointments, family papers, photographs, and printed materials relating primarily to Benson’s naval career, including service as chief of naval operations during World War I.

Dates circa 1791-1952; Majority of material found within ( 1915-1928)
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Tasker Howard Bliss Papers

Identifier: MSS13037
Abstract

Army officer, diplomat, and scholar. Correspondence, printed matter, drafts of speeches, lectures, and articles, diaries, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, and scrapbooks relating mainly to Bliss's military career and participation in peace negotiations after World War I.

Dates 1864-1933; Majority of material found within 1917-1930
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William Jennings Bryan Papers

Identifier: MSS14217
Abstract

Author, lawyer, orator, United States representative from Nebraska, and secretary of state. Correspondence, military papers and other material relating mainly to the presidential campaign of 1896, the Spanish-American War, Bryan's efforts to preserve world peace during World War I, his career as a lecturer for the Chautauqua Institution and its affiliates, and his interest in prohibition, political and monetary reform, and religious issues.

Dates 1877-1940; Majority of material found within ( 1896-1925)
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Albert Sidney Burleson Papers

Identifier: MSS14365
Abstract

United States representative from Texas, postmaster general in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, and Democratic Party leader. Correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, scrapbooks, and articles relating chiefly to Burleson’s career in politics and government, including letters to and from Woodrow Wilson.

Dates 1845-1943; Majority of material found within 1902-1943
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Oscar Terry Crosby Papers

Identifier: MSS17319
Abstract United States assistant secretary of the treasury, public utilities executive, explorer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, subject files, speeches and writings, clippings, and printed material relating primarily to Crosby's activities with the Commission for Relief in Belgium, his work at the Treasury Department, 1917-1918, interest in international finance, post-World War I German reparations and Allied debts, the establishment of an international peace tribunal, and travels in Africa,...
Dates 1878-1947; Majority of material found within 1900-1938
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George Dewey Papers

Identifier: MSS18366
Abstract

Naval officer. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journal, military papers, financial papers, scrapbooks, and photographs chiefly relating to Dewey's activities as naval commander in the Far East during the Spanish-American War, especially at the battle of Manila Bay; as admiral and president of the General Board of the Navy ; president of the court of inquiry concerning Winfield Scott Schley; and commander-in-chief of naval winter maneuvers.

Dates 1805-1949; Majority of material found within 1885-1931
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Donald McDonald Dickinson Papers

Identifier: MSS18440
Abstract

Lawyer and U.S. postmaster general. Correspondence and miscellaneous material relating mainly to Dickinson's tenure as postmaster general and as senior counsel for the U.S. Bering Sea Commission.

Dates 1863-1917; Majority of material found within ( 1887-1898)
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Frederick Dixon Papers

Identifier: MSS18598
Abstract Newspaper editor. Correspondence, memoranda, and printed material relating primarily to Dixon's work as editor of the Christian Science Monitor. Chiefly correspondence between Dixon and Charles D. Warner, head of the Monitor's Washington bureau, relating to such topics as the use of submarines and the English blockade during World War I, establishment of a home for Jews in Palestine, Mary Baker Eddy, and various controversies...
Dates 1897-1923; Majority of material found within ( 1914-1922)
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Henry Prather Fletcher Papers

Identifier: MSS20818
Abstract

Diplomat. Correspondence, diary, letterbook, speeches and articles, scrapbook, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers documenting Fletcher's career from his enlistment in the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War through his service as a special adviser to the secretary of state on post-World War II problems and plans.

Dates 1898-1958
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George W. Goethals Papers

Identifier: MSS23002
Abstract

Governor of the Canal Zone, army officer, and engineer. Diaries, correspondence, reports, memoranda, photographs, clippings, family papers, and scrapbooks relating chiefly to the construction of the Panama Canal, Goethals' term as governor of the Canal Zone, his other public service positions, and the Goethals family.

Dates 1830-2014; Majority of material found within 1907-1927
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Thomas Watt Gregory Papers

Identifier: MSS24109
Abstract

United States attorney general, regent of the University of Texas, and lawyer. Chiefly legal material and correspondence from the period of Gregory's law practice in Washington, D.C. Correspondence also reflects Gregory's interest in the University of Texas, the Woodrow Wilson administration, and the presidential campaign of 1932.

Dates 1896-1933; Majority of material found within ( 1919-1933)
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Charles S. Hamlin Papers

Identifier: MSS24661
Abstract

Lawyer, politician, assistant secretary of the treasury, and governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts of writings and speeches, biographical notes, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, printed matter and other papers relating chiefly to Hamlin's service in the United States Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System, his civic affairs, and his family's social life in Washington, D.C.

Dates 1869-1968; Majority of material found within ( 1880-1938)
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Leland Harrison Papers

Identifier: MSS25130
Abstract

Diplomat. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, minutes and resolutions of conferences, treaty documents, reports, notes, bulletins, clippings, maps, and memorabilia relating primarily to the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920).

Dates 1915-1947; Majority of material found within 1918-1921
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock Papers

Identifier: MSS26088
Abstract

United States senator and newspaper publisher from Nebraska. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed material pertaining to Hitchcock's career in the Senate.

Dates 1910-1935
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Cordell Hull Papers

Identifier: MSS26765
Abstract

United States senator and representative of Tennessee and secretary of state. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, manuscript of The Memoirs of Cordell Hull (1948), speeches and statements, scrapbooks, and printed matter relating chiefly to Hull's career as secretary of state.

Dates 1908-1956; Majority of material found within 1933-1944
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George Kennan Papers

Identifier: MSS28456
Abstract

Explorer, author, journalist, and lecturer. Correspondence, family letters, notes and notebooks, articles, diaries, journals, clippings, lecture material, printed matter, memorabilia, autobiographical and biographical material, photographs, and maps relating particularly to Czarist Russia and Siberia, where Kennan made extensive explorations and prepared studies on social conditions, prisons, and the exile system.

Dates 1840-1937
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R. C. Leffingwell Letterbooks

Identifier: MSS29835
Abstract

United States assistant secretary of the treasury. Letters relating to war debts and loans, post-World War I financing, and bond drives signed by Leffingwell during his term as assistant secretary of the treasury and by other Treasury Department officials.

Dates 1917-1920
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Breckinridge Long Papers

Identifier: MSS30502
Abstract

Lawyer, diplomat, and author. Correspondence, diaries, writings, reports, memoranda, notes, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and other material relating primarily to Long's diplomatic career.

Dates 1486-1948; Majority of material found within 1910-1948
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George B. McClellan Papers

Identifier: MSS31906
Abstract

Public official and educator. Correspondence and other material of McClellan, including scrapbooks kept as a student at Princeton University, diary of military experiences in World War I, subject files relating mainly to political activities, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia.

Dates 1838-1922
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Montgomery Family Papers

Identifier: MSS56630
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches and writings, financial papers, newspaper clippings and miscellany of various members of the Montgomery family, especially Giles Foster Montgomery (1835-1888) and Emily Redington Montgomery (1839-1898). Includes papers of allied Peck and Perkins families relating to the experiences of members in the Civil War.

Dates 1771-1974; Majority of material found within 1858-1974
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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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Roland S. Morris Papers

Identifier: MSS33613
Abstract

Lawyer, diplomat, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Morris's service as U.S. ambassador to Japan and to his special missions to Siberia.

Dates 1910-1943
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Richard Olney Papers

Identifier: MSS35139
Abstract

Lawyer, attorney general, and secretary of state. Correspondence, letterbooks, drafts of speeches and articles, subject files, memoranda, reports, legal records, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating primarily to Olney's activities as attorney general and secretary of state, and to his Boston, Massachusetts, law practice.

Dates 1830-1928; Majority of material found within 1893-1917
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Elihu Root Papers

Identifier: MSS38307
Abstract

United States secretary of state, secretary of war, United States senator from New York, and statesman. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notes, reports, subject files, financial papers, calendar and appointment books, invitations, and printed materials relating to Root's career as a lawyer and statesman.

Dates 1863-1937; Majority of material found within 1899-1937