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Found in 18 Collections and/or records:

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Charles J. Bonaparte Papers

Identifier: MSS13151
Abstract

Lawyer, municipal and civil service reformer, and U.S. attorney general and secretary of the navy. Correspondence, articles, speeches, memoranda, notes, personal miscellany, legal records, biographical material, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating mainly to Bonaparte's public service and political career.

Dates 1760-1921; Majority of material found within 1874-1921
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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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Walter L. Fisher Papers

Identifier: MSS20669
Abstract

Lawyer, municipal reformer, and U.S. secretary of the interior. Correspondence and memoranda, letterbooks, speeches and articles, scrapbooks, photographs, subject files, clippings, and printed matter chiefly related to Chicago, Illinois, municipal matters and to Fisher's term as United States secretary of the interior.

Dates 1871-1963; Majority of material found within ( 1909-1920)
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E. A. Goldenweiser Papers

Identifier: MSS23010
Abstract

Economist. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, writings, speeches, and other papers relating chiefly to Goldenweiser's service as director of the Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Dates 1911-1952; Majority of material found within 1930-1945
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Thomas Watt Gregory Papers

Identifier: MSS24109
Abstract

United States attorney general, regent of the University of Texas, and lawyer. Chiefly legal material and correspondence from the period of Gregory's law practice in Washington, D.C. Correspondence also reflects Gregory's interest in the University of Texas, the Woodrow Wilson administration, and the presidential campaign of 1932.

Dates 1896-1933; Majority of material found within ( 1919-1933)
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Norman Hapgood and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood Papers

Identifier: MSS57141
Abstract

Norman Hapgood, editor, diplomat, and author; and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, editor and translator. Correspondence, family papers, speeches and writings, subject files, clippings, and miscellaneous material of the Hapgoods relating primarily to family matters, current affairs, and politics.

Dates 1824-1977
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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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La Follette Family Papers

Identifier: MSS29165
Abstract Family active in late nineteenth and early twentieth century national politics. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical research files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), governor of Wisconsin and United States representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette (1895-1953),...
Dates 1781-1988; Majority of material found within 1900-1953
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James McCauley Landis Papers

Identifier: MSS29348
Abstract

Government official, lawyer, and educator. Correspondence, legal drafts and briefs, memoranda, drafts and copies of Landis's writings, scrapbooks, financial papers, and other material relating to his career as professor at Harvard, dean of the Harvard Law School, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, U.S. State Department minister to the Middle East, advisor to John F. Kennedy, and supervisor for the town of Harrison, N.Y.

Dates 1916-2004; Majority of material found within ( 1927-1962)
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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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Eugene Meyer Papers

Identifier: MSS52019
Abstract

Investment banker, financier, public official, and owner of the Washington Post . Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, diaries, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, congressional testimony, press statements, financial papers, family papers, biographical material, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Meyer's life and career.

Dates 1864-1975; Majority of material found within 1890-1959
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George Middleton Papers

Identifier: MSS32839
Abstract

Playwright, author, and copyright specialist. Correspondence, literary manuscripts, subject files, and research material and documenting Middleton's career as a playwright, author, and copyright specialist at the Department of Justice. Also includes correspondence relating to the La Follette and Middleton families.

Dates 1872-1970; Majority of material found within 1911-1958
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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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Willis Van Devanter Papers

Identifier: MSS43950
Abstract

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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Carl Schurz Vrooman Papers

Identifier: MSS75817
Abstract

Farmer, publicist, and U.S. assistant secretary of agriculture. Chiefly correspondence and family papers of Vrooman and members of the Vrooman and Scott family, including his wife, Julia Scott Vrooman, and her mother, Julia Green Scott.

Dates 1872-1975; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1975)
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Charles Warren Papers

Identifier: MSS44610
Abstract

Lawyer and historian. Correspondence, annotated clippings and memoranda from World War I when Warren was assistant attorney general, official minutes and correspondence of the President's War Relief Control Board, biographical material, and miscellaneous papers.

Dates 1874-1954; Majority of material found within ( 1914-1945)
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Woodrow Wilson Papers

Identifier: MSS46029
Abstract

Lawyer, author, educator, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and president of the United States. Personal, family, and official correspondence, drafts and proofs of books, articles, speeches, academic lectures, scrapbooks, shorthand notes, and memorabilla relating chiefly to Wilson's presidental administrations.

Dates 1786-1957; Majority of material found within 1876-1924
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Robert Wickliffe Woolley Papers

Identifier: MSS46409
Abstract

Journalist, politician, and public official. Correspondence, autobiography, reports, memoranda, speeches, articles, financial and family records, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining mainly to Woolley's political career in the Democratic Party and as a public official.

Dates 1842-1956; Majority of material found within 1912-1921