Found in 5 Collections and/or records:
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Thomas F. Bayard Papers
Identifier: MSS12088
Abstract
Senator, secretary of state, and ambassador. Correspondence, letterbooks, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating to Bayard's career after the Civil War as a politician and legislator and as a cabinet official and diplomat during the presidential administrations of Grover Cleveland.
Dates
1780-1899; Majority of material found within 1860-1889
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Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
Identifier: MSS51268
Abstract
Inventor and educator. Correspondence, diaries, journals, laboratory notebooks, patent records, speeches, writings, subject files, genealogical records, printed material, and other papers pertaining primarily to Bell's invention of the telephone in 1876, his contributions to the education of the deaf, and his interests in a wide range of scientific and technological fields, including aviation, eugenics, and marine engineering. The collection includes the papers of other members of the Bell,...
Dates
1834-1970; Majority of material found within 1855-1922
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Manuscript Division
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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Manuscript Division
W. W. Corcoran Papers
Identifier: MSS16899
Abstract
Financier and philanthropist. Correspondence, letterpress books, financial papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business and banking interests and philanthropic efforts.
Dates
1791-1896; Majority of material found within 1849-1888
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Manuscript Division
Horatio King Papers
Identifier: MSS28613
Abstract
United States postmaster general, editor, and author. Chiefly letters received by King relating to politics, to his literary, historical, and social activities, and social life in Washington, D.C., in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Dates
1832-1906; Majority of material found within 1857-1891