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3 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990.
Armand Hammer papers, circa 1508-1989
50 items. 1 container plus 1 oversize. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Business executive, philanthropist, and art collector. Chiefly correspondence documenting Hammer's career as a citizen diplomat (particularly to the Soviet Union), humanitarian, and art collector gathered for an exhibition honoring him at the Library of Congress in 1989, including also a facsimile edition of the Codex Hammer (a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci) and a photograph album.
Arthur Gleason papers, 1863-1931
3,000 items. 13 containers. 5.2 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist, editor, and social reformer. Family and general correspondence, writings, subject files, clippings, and printed matter relating to Gleason's editorial work with Cosmopolitan, The Survey, and Collier's Weekly; his experiences as a journalist and medic in World War I; his activities on behalf of the British labor movement, Bureau of Industrial Research, United Mine Workers, and socialism; and his interest in topics such as immigration, Jews in the United States, American isolationism, the Irish question, and religious groups and sects in Southern California.
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John Werner Kluge papers, 1793-2002
38,850 items. 111 containers plus 5 oversize. 52.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Businessman and philanthropist. Correspondence, photographs, inventories and catalogs, scrapbooks, clippings, financial records, reports, and printed material documenting Kluge's art collecting, real estate properties, business activities, and philanthropic pursuits.
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