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Russell Wheeler Davenport papers, 1866-1980
26,530 items. 107 containers; plus 12 oversize and 1 artifact. 48.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, editor, and political activist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, writings, speeches, research material, political files, biographical material, photographs, photograph albums, artifacts, and other papers relating primarily to Davenport's career as a writer and editor with Fortune and Life magazines, his involvement with the Republican Party, his work with the Institute for Creative Research, New York, N.Y., his writings including The Dignity of Man (1955), his service in World War I and II, and his personal life.
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Clarence K. Streit papers, 1838-2000
109,650 items. 297 containers plus 1 oversize. 118.8 linear feet. 9 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, editor, and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, subject files, speeches, statements, and writings, family papers, reports, interviews, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, minutes of meetings, photographs, clippings, printed matter, and other papers primarily relating to Federal Union, Inc., which Streit founded to promote his plan for an Atlantic Union of democracies, as well as that organization's successor, Association to Unite the Democracies, Inc.
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George E. Agree papers, 1961-2001
1,000 items. 2 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author and political scientist. Correspondence, minutes, press material, reports, and writings relating to Agree’s work as president of the American Political Foundation, executive director of the National Committee for an Effective Congress, and involvement in other political groups.
Josephus Daniels papers, 1829-1948
331,000 items. 934 containers plus 2 oversize. 373.8 linear feet. 399 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Diplomat, journalist, and secretary of the navy. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, and papers of the Daniels, Bagley, Seabrook, and Worth families and other material. The bulk of the collection relates to events and policy decisions during Daniels's service as secretary of the navy during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, but also concerns his career as editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, his work with the Democratic Party, and his role as ambassador to Mexico.
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Ernest Gallaudet Draper papers, circa 1919-1955
250 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
Seymour Martin Lipset papers, 1824-2013
45,000 items. 120 containers plus 6 oversize. 50.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Sociologist and political theorist. Correspondence, writings, speeches, subject file, teaching material, notes and notebooks, projects file, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers documenting Lipset's career as a sociologist and political theorist and his body of work.
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National Endowment for Democracy records, 1961-2000
51,450 items. 147 containers plus 1 classified. 59 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions abroad. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, legislative material, publications, speeches, photographs, printed matter, and other records documenting the establishment and early work of the endowment in promoting democracy around the world through the distribution of grants to nongovernmental organizations.
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Jan Papánek papers, 1917-1967
3,400 items. 10 containers plus 1 oversize. 5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Czechoslovak diplomat and United Nations delegate. Correspondence, reports, speeches, photographs, and other material pertaining primarily to the democratic Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II and the immediate postwar years, including Papánek’s service in the United Nations and the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948. Includes papers of Edvard Beneš, Jan Masaryk, and T. G. Masaryk.
Lewis B. Schwellenbach papers, 1916-1958
1,500 items. 9 containers plus 5 oversize. 5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States secretary of labor, United States senator from Washington, jurist, and lawyer. Correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, and scrapbooks relating primarily to Schwellenbach's career in the Senate and with the Department of Labor.
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National Policy Committee (U.S.) records, 1933-1947
9,000 items. 22 containers. 8.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and other papers documenting the work of the committee to inform private citizens about national policy issues and encourage their active participation in the democratic process.