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1. Robert Helyer Thayer papers, 1920-1980

   8,700 items. 29 containers plus 1 classified and 1 oversize. 12.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomat, lawyer, and New York public official. Correspondence, memoranda, legal briefs and case files, reports, financial records, scrapbook, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers documenting Thayer's legal career, political activities in the Republican Party, service in naval intelligence during World War II, and work for the State Department.

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2. David E. Finley papers, 1921-1977

   31,000 items. 92 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Museum director and lawyer. Correspondence, subject files, financial papers, drafts of speeches and writings, family material, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating chiefly to Finley's duties as special assistant to Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon, his role in the founding and his subsequent service as director of the National Gallery of Art, and his activities with numerous other artistic and cultural organizations.

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