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Found in 25 Collections and/or records:

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Chandler P. Anderson Papers

Identifier: MSS10918
Abstract

Lawyer, advisor to the Department of State, and international arbitrator. Correspondence, diaries, informal records and notes of negotiations, typewritten and printed documents, and notes for articles and editorials relating mainly to Anderson's work as a specialist in international affairs and international negotiator.

Dates 1894-1953; Majority of material found within 1896-1929
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Calvin Coolidge Papers

Identifier: MSS16741
Abstract

United States president and businessman. White House office files from Coolidge's presidency consisting of incoming correspondence, draft replies, carbon copies of outgoing letters from Coolidge or one of his secretaries, incoming telegraph messages, appointment books, and names and addresses of White House guests. Includes telegraph messages from the first months of the Herbert Hoover administration. Additional material includes personal correspondence and writings.

Dates 1915-1932
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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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Roy Tasco Davis Papers

Identifier: MSS51805
Abstract

Diplomat and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, cablegrams, reports, minutes, legal briefs, a broadside, press releases, maps, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating to Davis's mediation of a commission to establish a provisional boundary between Honduras and Guatemala in 1928.

Dates 1886-1960; Majority of material found within ( 1928-1933)
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William R. Day Papers

Identifier: MSS18028
Abstract Lawyer, U. S. secretary of state, U. S. supreme court justice, and U.S. Court of Appeals judge. Correspondence, memoranda, financial papers, scrapbooks, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating chiefly to personal matters but also touching on foreign affairs, political patronage requests, legal matters, Day’s relationship with William McKinley, and his activities as secretary of state, Supreme Court justice, and president of the McKinley National Memorial...
Dates 1820-1923; Majority of material found within ( 1897-1917)
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Henry Prather Fletcher Papers

Identifier: MSS20818
Abstract

Diplomat. Correspondence, diary, letterbook, speeches and articles, scrapbook, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers documenting Fletcher's career from his enlistment in the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War through his service as a special adviser to the secretary of state on post-World War II problems and plans.

Dates 1898-1958
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Harry Augustus Garfield Papers

Identifier: MSS21949
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Lawyer, educator, public official, and son of President James A. Garfield. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, legal files, subject files, writings, scrapbooks, financial matter, printed matter and other papers relating to Garfield's career as a lawyer, professor, and university administrator, and to his interest in politics and international affairs.

Dates 1855-1961; Majority of material found within 1888-1934
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Hanna-McCormick Family Papers

Identifier: MSS51391
Abstract Correspondence, diary and notebook fragments, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers focusing chiefly on the political activities of Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms. Also includes correspondence of Marcus Alonzo Hanna relating to Ohio and national politics and also to his personal and business affairs. Other papers concern the Chicago Tribune and its publishers, Joseph Medill and Robert Rutherford McCormick, grandfather and...
Dates 1792-1985; Majority of material found within 1902-1944
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William T. Hornaday Papers

Identifier: MSS52126
Abstract

Conservationist, zoologist, and taxidermist. Correspondence, diaries and journals, production materials for articles and books, notebooks, financial papers, clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and other papers reflecting Hornaday's career, particularly as director of New York Zoological Park, 1896-1926.

Dates 1866-1975; Majority of material found within 1906-1936
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William E. Humphrey Papers

Identifier: MSS26815
Abstract

Lawyer, United States congressman, and member of the Federal Trade Commission. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and other papers relating primarily to Humphrey's service in the United States House of Representatives (1903-1917) and on the Federal Trade Commission (1925-1933).

Dates 1903-1936
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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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Ben B. Lindsey Papers

Identifier: MSS30254
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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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John Purroy Mitchel Papers

Identifier: MSS33084
Abstract

Soldier, lawyer, and mayor of New York, N.Y. Correspondence, desk diaries, speeches, articles, press releases, notebooks, memorabilia, and scrapbooks relating primarily to Mitchel's administrations as counselor and mayor of New York City.

Dates 1835-1932; Majority of material found within ( 1892-1918)
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John Bassett Moore Papers

Identifier: MSS33332
Abstract

Judge, lawyer, educator, and author. Correspondence, letterbooks, autobiographical and biographical material, memoranda and notes, speeches, literary manuscripts, and printed matter principally concerning the subject of international law, which Moore taught, wrote about, and practiced.

Dates 1866-1949; Majority of material found within 1885-1938
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Robert Porter Patterson Papers

Identifier: MSS35626
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Lawyer, judge, and U. S. secretary of war. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and speeches reflecting Patterson's career as a jurist and service as assistant secretary, under secretary, and secretary of the War Department.

Dates 1909-1956; Majority of material found within 1930-1952
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Elihu Root Papers

Identifier: MSS38307
Abstract

United States secretary of state, secretary of war, United States senator from New York, and statesman. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notes, reports, subject files, financial papers, calendar and appointment books, invitations, and printed materials relating to Root's career as a lawyer and statesman.

Dates 1863-1937; Majority of material found within 1899-1937
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Everett Sanders Papers

Identifier: MSS38893
Abstract

Lawyer, U.S. representative from Indiana, secretary to President Calvin Coolidge, and Republican Party national chairman. Correspondence, speeches, articles, press releases, and printed matter relating chiefly to Republican Party policies, Calvin Coolidge, and the presidential campaign of 1932.

Dates 1913-1950
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Harlan Fiske Stone Papers

Identifier: MSS41574
Abstract

Attorney general, associate and chief justice of the Supreme Court, and educator. Professional and family correspondence, writings, reports, legal case files, biographical information, and other material relating primarily to Stone's service on the Supreme Court.

Dates 1889-1950; Majority of material found within 1925-1946
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Moorfield Storey Papers

Identifier: MSS41632
Abstract

Author, civil rights leader, and lawyer. Correspondence, articles, lecture notes, petitions, press releases, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Storey's years as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and his interest in the Anti-Imperialist League.

Dates 1876-1929
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George Sutherland Papers

Identifier: MSS42002
Abstract

Lawyer, United States senator from Utah, and associate justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, biographical material, newspaper clippings, memoranda, legal briefs, and printed Supreme Court opinions by Sutherland.

Dates 1850-1944; Majority of material found within ( 1902-1938)
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William H. Taft Papers

Identifier: MSS42234
Abstract

President of the United States and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence including letterpress books, speeches and addresses, presidential and judicial files, legal files and notebooks, family papers and letters, business and estate papers, engagement calendars, guest lists, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs documenting Taft's career.

Dates 1784-1973; Majority of material found within 1880-1930
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Willis Van Devanter Papers

Identifier: MSS43950
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Lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court justice. Correspondence, letterbooks, legal records and briefs, speeches, lectures, and scrapbooks documenting Van Devanter’s law practice in Wyoming, his involvement in Republican Party politics, and his service as associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Dates 1884-1941
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Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson Papers

Identifier: MSS44503
Abstract

United States senators from Montana. Official correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, legislative files, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs relating chiefly to the senatorial career of Walsh and his successor, John Edward Erickson.

Dates 1910-1934
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Wallace H. White Papers

Identifier: MSS45369
Abstract

United States representative and senator from Maine. Correspondence, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, and printed matter relating chiefly to White's career in Congress.

Dates 1915-1948; Majority of material found within 1917-1931
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John Sharp Williams Papers

Identifier: MSS45823
Abstract

United States representative and senator, lawyer, and planter from Mississippi. Correspondence, biographical and genealogical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers documenting Williams's Congressional service. Pertains primarily to politics in Mississippi and the nation during the presidential administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Warren G. Harding.

Dates 1902-1924; Majority of material found within ( 1914-1924)