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Found in 42 Collections and/or records:

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Robert Worth Bingham Papers

Identifier: MSS56424
Abstract

Diplomat, lawyer, and newspaper publisher. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, appointment books, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Bingham's service as ambassador to Great Britain.

Dates 1856-1939; Majority of material found within 1933-1937
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Breckinridge Family Papers

Identifier: MSS13698
Abstract Family prominent in Kentucky and national politics and government. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and articles, subject files, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, and other papers of various members of the Breckinridge family. The bulk of the collection is composed of the papers of John Breckinridge, Robert J. Breckinridge, John C. Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Mary Desha, Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell...
Dates 1752-1980
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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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Emanuel Celler Papers

Identifier: MSS51755
Abstract

Lawyer and U.S. representative from New York. Correspondence, notes, clippings, memoranda, speeches, financial records, printed material, and other papers relating chiefly to Celler's service as representative in Congress from New York and as chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Dates 1924-1973; Majority of material found within 1945-1973
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Bainbridge Colby Papers

Identifier: MSS16360
Abstract

United States secretary of state, statesman, and lawyer. Correspondence, letterbooks, speeches, notebooks, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers primarily relating to Colby's career as a politician and statesman after 1912, including his service as Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state.

Dates 1863-1950; Majority of material found within 1912-1950
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Tom Connally Papers

Identifier: MSS16592
Abstract

United States senator and representative from Texas. Correspondence, speeches, writings, voting records, press releases, clippings, photographs, printed matter, photographs and other papers relating primarily to his career in the Senate, his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, and his involvement in the United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and issues concerning the oil industry, Texas, and Mexico.

Dates 1896-1952; Majority of material found within 1929-1952
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James Couzens Papers

Identifier: MSS17012
Abstract

General manager and treasurer of Ford Motor Company, mayor of Detroit, and United States senator. Correspondence, articles, speeches, subject files, and scrapbooks documenting his career as an industrialist and politician.

Dates 1903-1940
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William Smith Culbertson Papers

Identifier: MSS17392
Abstract Diplomat, lawyer and professor of law. Correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, government documents, writings, memoranda, and scrapbooks relating to Culbertson's career as vice chairman of the U.S. Tariff Commission, minister to Romania, ambassador to Chile, chief of the military intelligence service in the War Department, member of the Planning Group of the Office of Strategic Services, and other duties during World War II. Includes papers relating to his law career, lecturer as professor...
Dates 1897-1965
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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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Joseph Edward Davies Papers

Identifier: MSS17855
Abstract

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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William Edward Dodd Papers

Identifier: MSS18697
Abstract

Historian and diplomat. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, autobiographical notes, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Dodd's work as an author, professor of history at the University of Chicago, and ambassador to Germany.

Dates 1895-1955; Majority of material found within ( 1900-1940)
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Ernest Gallaudet Draper Papers

Identifier: MSS18952
Abstract

Manufacturer and government official. Chiefly speeches and articles, including also biographical material, a diary, correspondence, book reviews, clippings, and notes, relating to Draper's service as assistant secretary of commerce and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and including his involvement with various New York state and city agencies concerned with unemployment and labor.

Dates circa 1919-1955; Majority of material found within ( 1928-1953)
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James A. Farley Papers

Identifier: MSS20263
Abstract

Postmaster general, politician, and businessman. Correspondence, memoranda, subject files, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Farley's service as postmaster general, chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, and business interests.

Dates 1790-1976; Majority of material found within 1918-1976
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Green Haywood Hackworth Papers

Identifier: MSS50682
Abstract

Jurist and lawyer. Correspondence, printed and near-print publications, articles, addresses, and printed matter relating chiefly to Hackworth's career as a legal advisor with the State Department and as a judge with the International Court of Justice.

Dates 1912-1973; Majority of material found within 1944-1945
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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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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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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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Samuel Guy Inman Papers

Identifier: MSS27193
Abstract

Author, educator, missionary, and social worker. Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject files, notebooks, scrapbooks, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs relating primarily to Inman’s work in Latin America as a Christian missionary and government representative.

Dates 1901-1965; Majority of material found within 1920-1965
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Nelson T. Johnson Papers

Identifier: MSS27912
Abstract

U.S. assistant secretary of state, minister and ambassador to China and minister to Australia. Personal correspondence, memoranda of conversations and engagement books, speeches and writings, and other material chiefly relating to Johnson's diplomatic service in China, Australia, and east Asia.

Dates 1916-1955; Majority of material found within 1922-1954
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Jesse H. Jones Papers

Identifier: MSS28076
Abstract

U.S. secretary of commerce and financier. Correspondence, speeches, reports, congressional releases, subject file, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter documenting Jones's career, including as director of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and secretary of commerce.

Dates 1916-1960; Majority of material found within 1926-1945
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Ernest Joseph King Papers

Identifier: MSS38687
Abstract

Naval officer. Official and general correspondence, orders to duty, speech, article, and book file, memoranda, notes, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to King's activities as commander in chief of the United States Fleet and chief of naval operations during World War II.

Dates 1908-1991; Majority of material found within 1936-1952
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Frank Knox Papers

Identifier: MSS28845
Abstract

Newspaper editor and publisher, and U.S. secretary of the navy. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating to Knox's service in the Spanish-American War and World War I, his work as editor and publisher, 1936 campaign for vice president, and stint as secretary of the navy. Includes papers of his wife, Annie Reid Knox.

Dates 1898-1954
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William D. Leahy Papers

Identifier: MSS29678
Abstract

Naval officer, diplomat, and governor of Puerto Rico. Diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Leahy's naval and diplomatic career.

Dates 1897-1959; Majority of material found within ( 1935-1959)
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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