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Found in 5 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

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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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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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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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