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Found in 28 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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Gutzon Borglum Papers

Identifier: MSS13284
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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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Irving Brant Papers

Identifier: MSS13656
Abstract

Author, historian, and newspaper editor. Correspondence, memoranda, writings and speeches, research notes, and other papers reflecting Brant's career with various newspapers, in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a playwright, and his interest in James Madison.

Dates 1910-1977; Majority of material found within 1938-1975
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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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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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Stuart Chase Papers

Identifier: MSS15628
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Economist and author. Correspondence, drafts and manuscripts of books and writings, notes, reports, book reviews, contracts, subject files, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to Chase's contributions to economics and social policy, especially as member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "brain trust."

Dates 1907-1978; Majority of material found within 1931-1955
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Thomas G. Corcoran Papers

Identifier: MSS61440
Abstract

Lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, reports, briefs, opinions, testimony, family papers, business records, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers documenting Corcoran's private legal practice and his government service during the first two presidential terms of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dates 1792-1982; Majority of material found within 1965-1980
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Bronson M. Cutting Papers

Identifier: MSS17566
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Publisher and United States senator from New Mexico. Correspondence, essays, articles, speeches, detective reports, biographical information, legal papers, clippings, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs relating to Cutting's career as a publisher and senator.

Dates 1890-1950; Majority of material found within 1910-1935
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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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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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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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Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman Papers

Identifier: MSS24976
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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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John Adams Kingsbury Papers

Identifier: MSS28662
Abstract

Social worker and social reformer. Includes correspondence, journals and diaries, family papers, autobiographical material, travel notes, manuscripts of Kingsbury's books, speeches and articles, news releases, legal and financial papers and documents his activities as a social reformer and public health advocate such as his efforts to improve the conditions of public institutions in New York and Eastern European relief work.

Dates 1841-1966; Majority of material found within 1906-1939
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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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Jack Kroll Papers

Identifier: MSS28985
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Labor leader. Correspondence, speeches, articles, subject files, clippings, and miscellaneous material documenting Kroll's activities as director of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) Political Action Committee and as co-director of the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education.

Dates 1919-1969; Majority of material found within ( 1946-1957)
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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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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
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Theodore Marburg Papers

Identifier: MSS31294
Abstract

Diplomat, publicist, civic leader, and peace advocate. Scrapbooks and correspondence relating to Marburg's civic activities in Baltimore, Maryland, his belief in internationalism and advocacy for peace before and after World War I, his role as United States minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914, and his work as an art collector and public art advocate.

Dates 1856-1940; Majority of material found within 1893-1940
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Benjamin Clarke Marsh Papers

Identifier: MSS31443
Abstract

Lobbyist and reformer. Correspondence, articles, extracts, legislative documents, memoranda, minutes, press releases, reports, speeches, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and clippings, mostly relating to activities of the People's Lobby, Inc., which Marsh served as executive secretary for many years.

Dates 1910-1950
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Fairfield Osborn Papers

Identifier: MSS51334
Abstract

Zoologist and conservationist. General correspondence, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Osborn's interest in population control, soil conservation, forestry, public health, and natural resources.

Dates 1924-1969; Majority of material found within ( 1948-1968)
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Amos Pinchot Papers

Identifier: MSS36251
Abstract

Lawyer and publicist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, notebooks, printed articles, speeches, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other printed material reflecting Pinchot's interests in civil liberties, labor problems, government, and politics.

Dates 1856-1945; Majority of material found within 1909-1942
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Key Pittman Papers

Identifier: MSS36343
Abstract

Lawyer and United States senator from Nevada. Correspondence, speeches, articles, legal and financial papers, subject files, scrapbooks, newspapers, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating mainly to Pittman's service in the Senate.

Dates 1898-1951; Majority of material found within 1912-1940
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Reid Family Papers

Identifier: MSS65491
Abstract

Journalists and newspaper publishers. Correspondence, financial records, office files, household and estate records, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers related to newspaper publishing and public affairs.

Dates 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1869-1970
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Donald R. Richberg Papers

Identifier: MSS37804
Abstract

Lawyer, author, and public official. Correspondence, writings, subject files, and miscellaneous material relating to Richberg’s writings and the period of the New Deal while Richberg was general counsel of the National Recovery Administration and executive director of the National Emergency Council.

Dates 1900-1960; Majority of material found within ( 1953-1958)