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1. Robert Lansing papers, 1831-1959

   6,150 items. 80 containers plus 6 oversize. 32 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, diplomat, secretary of state during the Wilson administration, and member of the American mission to negotiate a peace treaty following World War I. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, resolutions, desk diaries, book manuscripts, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, paintings, drawings, and other papers relating chiefly to Lansing's years (1914-1920) as counsel to the Department of State and as secretary of state and particularly to American foreign relations during World War I, the Paris Peace Conference, and Lansing's relations with President Woodrow Wilson and with various foreign diplomats and statesmen.

2. Riggs family papers, 1763-1945

   100,000 items. 359 containers. 145.6 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Merchant and banking family of New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. Family and business correspondence, diaries, account books, writings, financial records, biographical and genealogical papers, printed materials, and other papers of Riggs family members.

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3. Charles Warren papers, 1874-1954

   6,000 items. 19 containers. 6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   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.

4. Thomas Watt Gregory papers, 1896-1933

   8,000 items. 27 containers. 11.3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   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.

5. Huston Thompson papers, 1908-1965

   1,500 items. 9 containers plus 1 oversize. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer and government official. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, speeches, articles, photographs, and near-print and print material relating to the presidential candidacy of Woodrow Wilson, Thompson's service as legal counsel in the investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s, and his service as mediator in national industrial strike emergencies.

6. Huntington Gilchrist papers, 1913-1973

   15,000 items. 61 containers plus 1 oversize. 24 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Public official and business executive. Correspondence, personal and official documents, reports, speeches, research material, travel diaries, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter documenting Gilchrist's interest in international affairs, especially his activities on behalf of the League of Nations, United Nations, and Institute of Pacific Relations.

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