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Found in 25 Collections and/or records:

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Henry Justin Allen Papers

Identifier: MSS50781
Abstract

Publisher and governor of and United States senator from Kansas. Correspondence, supplemented by speeches, articles, printed matter, clippings, and miscellaneous papers relating to Allen's public career, especially his terms as governor and senator.

Dates 1896-1942; Majority of material found within 1919-1942
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Ray Stannard Baker Papers

Identifier: MSS11593
Abstract Journalist and author. Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, drafts of books and articles, family papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed matter concerning Baker's career in newspaper and magazine writing, his books, and his role in the Paris Peace Conference. Included is a large group of papers collected by Baker for his biography of Woodrow Wilson. Also includes portions of an autobiography of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925) and material relating to Baker's study of African...
Dates 1836-1947; Majority of material found within 1907-1944
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Book-of-the-Month Club Records

Identifier: MSS13219
Abstract

Editorial and publishers’ correspondence and preliminary readers’ reports consisting of book reviews and evaluations relating primarily to books that were submitted by publishing houses for consideration by the Book-of-the-Month Club but were not selected for distribution by the club.

Dates 1939-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1939-1960)
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William Edgar Borah Papers

Identifier: MSS13276
Abstract

Lawyer and United States senator from Idaho. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, subject and legislative files, speeches and articles, patronage and constituent files, notebooks, newspaper clippings, and other material relating primarily to Borah's political interests and career in the Senate.

Dates 1905-1940; Majority of material found within 1912-1940
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Gutzon Borglum Papers

Identifier: MSS13284
Abstract

Sculptor, artist, and author. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, subject files, speeches and writings, and other papers relating primarily to Borglum's artistic works, especially the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and plans for a Confederate memorial at Stone Mountain, Georgia. Also includes records of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission and of its officials.

Dates 1881-2019; Majority of material found within 1912-1941
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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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Carrie Chapman Catt Papers

Identifier: MSS15404
Abstract

Feminist, lecturer, and author. Correspondence, diaries (1911-1923), drafts of speeches and articles, subject files, biographical papers, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers, chiefly 1890-1920, relating primarily to Carrie Chapman Catt's efforts on behalf of the women's suffrage movement, feminism, and the cause of international peace.

Dates 1848-1950; Majority of material found within 1890-1920
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Childrens' Crusade for Children Records

Identifier: MSS15701
Abstract

Organization formed in 1939 for the relief of war-exiled children of Europe. The crusade culminated with a nationwide collection of money from public, private, and parochial school children in April 1940.

Dates 1939-1940
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Raymond Clapper Papers

Identifier: MSS15925
Abstract

Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries and writings, notebooks, dispatches, press releases, radio scripts, reports, printed matter, scrapbooks, promotional matter, photographs, and reference material chiefly pertaining to the New Deal and World War II.

Dates 1908-1962; Majority of material found within 1913-1944
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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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Elmer Holmes Davis Papers

Identifier: MSS17889
Abstract

Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official. Correspondence, manuscripts of articles and early pieces of fiction, subject file, radio scripts, biographical material, lectures and speeches, and photographs relating to Davis's career.

Dates 1865-1957; Majority of material found within 1946-1955
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William Dudley Foulke Papers

Identifier: MSS21170
Abstract Lawyer, public official, and author from Indiana. Correspondence, diaries, journals, copybook, speeches, writings, notes, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers, including a late fifteenth century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland. The bulk of the collection consists of Foulke's correspondence reflecting his literary career and public service, including letters from Theodore Roosevelt discussing civil service reform,...
Dates circa 1470-1952; Majority of material found within ( 1868-1935)
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Judson King Papers

Identifier: MSS28621
Abstract

Lecturer, writer, and political consultant. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, reports, press releases, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, printed matter, charts, maps, photographs, and other material relating primarily to the development of public power policy in the United States and King's role in the United States Rural Electrification Administration.

Dates 1900-1959; Majority of material found within 1912-1958
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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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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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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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Victor Murdock Papers

Identifier: MSS22384
Abstract U.S. representative from Kansas and newspaper editor. Diary, family papers, general correspondence, Federal Trade Commission files, writings, and miscellany documenting Murdock's political career as a congressman from Kansas and leadership of the Republican insurgents who contested the power of House Speaker Joseph Cannon in 1910. Includes material concerning Murdock's activities on behalf of the Progressive Party and as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. Also contains family papers...
Dates 1824-1971; Majority of material found within 1909-1940
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John Callan O'Laughlin Papers

Identifier: MSS35355
Abstract

Politician, statesman, newspaperman, and publisher. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, reports, printed material, scrapbooks, and records of the Army and Navy Journal documenting O'Laughlin's career as a newspaperman and advocate of Republican Party and conservative causes.

Dates 1895-1949
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Theodore Roosevelt Papers

Identifier: MSS38299
Abstract

President and vice president of the United States, United States civil service commissioner, governor of New York, author, and conservationist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, executive orders, family papers, press releases and proclamations, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the political, social, and cultural history of Roosevelt's life and presidency.

Dates 1759-1993; Majority of material found within 1878-1919
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Papers

Identifier: MSS38281
Abstract

Army officer, author, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, drafts of speeches and writings, subject files, newspaper clippings, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Roosevelt's service as United States assistant secretary of the navy (1921-1924) under Warren G. Harding and Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby, as governor of Puerto Rico (1929-1932), and as governor general of the Philippines (1932-1933).

Dates 1780-1962; Majority of material found within 1920-1944
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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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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
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Joseph P. Tumulty Papers

Identifier: MSS43356
Abstract

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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Owen Wister Papers

Identifier: MSS46177
Abstract Author and writer of western novels. Correspondence, diaries and journals, family papers, drafts of articles, poems, novels, short stories, speeches, and other writings and papers; includes partial ms. and dramatizations of Wister's The Virginian and his libretto for "Villon; a Romantic Opera in Four Acts." Family correspondents include Fanny Kemble (Wister's grandmother), Sarah Butler Wister (his mother), Mary Channing Wister (his wife), and his...
Dates 1829-1966; Majority of material found within 1890-1930