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Found in 5 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

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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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
 Collection

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
 Collection

Charles P. Taft Papers

Identifier: MSS42218
Abstract

Lawyer, Protestant lay leader, and mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Son of President William H. Taft. Family and general correspondence, diaries, memoranda, reports, subject files, drafts of speeches and writings, financial papers, newspaper clippings, printed material, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Taft's role in Cincinnati politics, municipal reform, law practice, and business interests, church activities, and state and national Republican Party politics.

Dates 1816-1983; Majority of material found within 1906-1983
 Collection

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