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Donald Rumsfeld papers, 1888-2008
345,000 items. 947 containers plus 50 classified and 1 oversize. 398 linear feet. 35 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Secretary of defense, United States representative from Illinois, White House official, ambassador, and business executive. Correspondence, memoranda, cables, reports, notes, briefing books, minutes, agenda, appointment and scheduling files, confirmation hearings, legislative files, polls, campaign files, constituent casework and issue mail, service academy appointment files, press releases, newsletters, speeches, statements, testimony, interviews, oral histories, writings, photographs, financial records, genealogies, memorabilia, news clippings, and printed matter documenting Rumsfeld's career in the public and private sectors.
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Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009
93,500 items. 268 containers plus 5 classified and 2 oversize. 107.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States secretary of defense, president of the World Bank, and corporate executive. Correspondence, memoranda, organization records, subject files, speeches and writings, reports, conferences and meetings, background and research material, and other papers relating primarily to McNamara's private and public life following his service as secretary of defense, including his leadership of the World Bank, his role as counselor and adviser to various private corporations and nonprofit organizations and foundations, and his commentary on and advocacy for solutions to the critical domestic and foreign policy issues of the times.
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Bainbridge Colby papers, 1863-1950
15,700 items. 74 containers plus 1 oversize. 30 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States secretary of state, statesman, and lawyer. Correspondence, letterbooks, speeches, notebooks, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers primarily relating to Colby's career as a politician and statesman after 1912, including his service as Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state.
George B. Cortelyou papers, 1871-1948
17,000 items. 76 containers. 35 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Public official and presidential secretary. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, memoranda, subject files, printed matter, and miscellany relating to Cortelyou's duties as secretary to William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, his service as secretary of commerce and labor, postmaster general, and secretary of the treasury, and his work as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Jack Kemp papers, 1924-2009
118,500 items. 395 containers plus 1 classified and 19 oversize. 163.6 linear feet. 73 digital files (2.85MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States cabinet officer, United States representative from New York, and football player. Chiefly correspondence, memoranda, speeches, statements, writings, legislative files, subject files, appointment books, scheduling files, press releases, newsletters, printed matter, clippings, and photographs documenting Kemp's career as a professional athlete and as a public official.
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Caspar W. Weinberger papers, 1910-2005
473,500 items. 840 containers plus 363 classified and 2 oversize. 494 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States secretary of defense, United States secretary of health, education, and welfare, California state legislator, lawyer, journalist, and business executive. Correspondence, legal and subject files, appointment books and daily schedules, diary notes and other jottings, family papers, financial material, interview transcripts, television scripts, newspaper columns, book and speech files, and legislative and political material relating to Weinberger's career in journalism and government.
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Elihu Root papers, 1863-1937
66,050 items. 257 containers plus 9 oversize. 87.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
James J. Davis papers, 1895-1946
13,000 items. 56 containers plus 3 oversize. 22.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U. S. secretary of labor and senator from Pennsylvania. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, investgation files, financial papers, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter relating to Davis's service as secretary of labor in three Republican presidential administrations, his tenure as senator from Pennsylvania, and as organizer and leader of the Loyal Order of Moose.
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William R. Day papers, 1820-1923
15,000 items. 40 containers. 16 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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 Association.
William E. Chandler papers, 1863-1917
25,000 items. 167 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States secretary of the navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. Principally bound volumes of correspondence documenting Chandler's activities as assistant secretary of the treasury, 1865-1867, secretary of the navy, 1882-1885, United States Senator from New Hampshire, 1887-1901, and chairman of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, 1901-1908. Includes material reflecting Chandler's prominence in the Republican Party and his role in the presidential campaigns of 1868 and 1872, in the disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden, and in the campaign for president in 1880.