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Found in 26 Collections and/or records:

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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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Josephus Daniels Papers

Identifier: MSS17715
Abstract Diplomat, journalist, and secretary of the navy. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, and papers of the Daniels, Bagley, Seabrook, and Worth families and other material. The bulk of the collection relates to events and policy decisions during Daniels's service as secretary of the navy during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, but also concerns his career as editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, his work with the Democratic Party, and his...
Dates 1829-1948; Majority of material found within 1913-1921
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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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Norman Hapgood and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood Papers

Identifier: MSS57141
Abstract

Norman Hapgood, editor, diplomat, and author; and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, editor and translator. Correspondence, family papers, speeches and writings, subject files, clippings, and miscellaneous material of the Hapgoods relating primarily to family matters, current affairs, and politics.

Dates 1824-1977
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Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman Papers

Identifier: MSS24976
Abstract

Diplomat, political activist, and author. Correspondence, writings, news clippings, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers relating primarily to Harriman's activities as United States minister to Norway and her political activities on behalf of the Democratic party, world peace organizations, and District of Columbia voting rights.

Dates 1857-1982; Majority of material found within ( 1910-1960)
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George Frederick Kunz Papers

Identifier: MSS29041
Abstract Gemologist and geologist. Correspondence, notes, speeches, typescripts, broadsides, certificates, clippings, illuminated Russian manuscripts, maps, minutes, pamphlets, photographs, printed matter, reports, and other papers relating to Kunz's career as a gemologist and geologist, with a chief focus on the mineralogy of Russia and Kunz's trip to Russia in 1891, his involvement with the American Museum of Safety (renamed Safety Institute of America in 1918), New York, N.Y., and his work on an...
Dates 1783-1930; Majority of material found within 1890-1922
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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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Ben B. Lindsey Papers

Identifier: MSS30254
Abstract

Judge and social reformer. Correspondence, notebooks, journals, lectures, memoranda, legal papers, briefs, legislative matter, campaign literature, family papers, scrapbooks, and other material documenting Lindsey's judicial, political, and literary career.

Dates 1838-1957; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1943)
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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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Adolph Caspar Miller Papers

Identifier: MSS59261
Abstract

Economist, educator, author, and member of the first Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, proceedings, writings, reports, speeches, notes, press releases, printed material, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Miller’s service as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1914-1936.

Dates 1913-1947
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George Fort Milton Papers

Identifier: MSS33001
Abstract

Editor, historian, advisor to diplomatic delegations, consultant to U.S. government agencies, and special assistant to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, research and historical source material, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and biographical matter relating primarily to Milton’s work as a historian of the Civil War and career as a newspaper editor and in government.

Dates 1828-1985; Majority of material found within 1915-1946
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John Bassett Moore Papers

Identifier: MSS33332
Abstract

Judge, lawyer, educator, and author. Correspondence, letterbooks, autobiographical and biographical material, memoranda and notes, speeches, literary manuscripts, and printed matter principally concerning the subject of international law, which Moore taught, wrote about, and practiced.

Dates 1866-1949; Majority of material found within 1885-1938
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Robert Porter Patterson Papers

Identifier: MSS35626
Abstract

Lawyer, judge, and U. S. secretary of war. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and speeches reflecting Patterson's career as a jurist and service as assistant secretary, under secretary, and secretary of the War Department.

Dates 1909-1956; Majority of material found within 1930-1952
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Key Pittman Papers

Identifier: MSS36343
Abstract

Lawyer and United States senator from Nevada. Correspondence, speeches, articles, legal and financial papers, subject files, scrapbooks, newspapers, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating mainly to Pittman's service in the Senate.

Dates 1898-1951; Majority of material found within 1912-1940
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Henry Thomas Rainey Papers

Identifier: MSS37184
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U.S. representative from Illinois and speaker of the U.S. Congress House of Representatives. Primarily constituent correspondence from 1934 and correspondence relating to the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill of 1924.

Dates 1904-1934; Majority of material found within ( 1924-1934)
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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
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Charles Edward Russell Papers

Identifier: MSS38570
Abstract

Author and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, writings, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating principally to Russell's writings and to his activities on behalf of various progressive reform causes.

Dates 1864-1941; Majority of material found within 1900-1930
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Moorfield Storey Papers

Identifier: MSS41632
Abstract

Author, civil rights leader, and lawyer. Correspondence, articles, lecture notes, petitions, press releases, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Storey's years as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and his interest in the Anti-Imperialist League.

Dates 1876-1929
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Huston Thompson Papers

Identifier: MSS42812
Abstract

Lawyer and government official. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, speeches, articles, photographs, and near-print and print material relating to the presidential candidacy of Woodrow Wilson, Thompson's service as legal counsel in the investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s, and his service as mediator in national industrial strike emergencies.

Dates 1908-1965; Majority of material found within 1936-1965
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Joseph P. Tumulty Papers

Identifier: MSS43356
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Lawyer and secretary to President Woodrow Wilson. Correspondence, letterbooks, family papers, legal documents, drafts of speeches and writings, subject files, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Tumulty's role during Wilson's presidency and to various political and policy matters from 1913 to 1940.

Dates 1898-1969; Majority of material found within 1913-1940
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John Sharp Williams Papers

Identifier: MSS45823
Abstract

United States representative and senator, lawyer, and planter from Mississippi. Correspondence, biographical and genealogical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers documenting Williams's Congressional service. Pertains primarily to politics in Mississippi and the nation during the presidential administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Warren G. Harding.

Dates 1902-1924; Majority of material found within ( 1914-1924)
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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson Papers

Identifier: MSS45930
Abstract

Wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Correspondence, diary notes, drafts of Wilson's autobiography, My Memoir, financial and legal records, family and genealogical material, printed matter, memorabilia, and other papers relating largely to political and social life in Washington, D.C.

Dates 1833-1961; Majority of material found within 1925-1961