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Gerhard Alden Gesell papers, 1913-2003
69,000 items. 193 containers plus 6 oversize and 1 classified. 78 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Judge and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts of writings, speeches, agenda and minutes of meetings, opinions, orders, dockets, notes, sentencing information, case files, and other legal papers and material pertaining primarily to Gesell's career as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and documenting his cases in the areas of civil rights, constitutional law, antitrust matters, patent cases, and government regulations.
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Samuel Freeman Miller correspondence and William Pitt Ballinger diaries, 1854-1887
185 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer and associate justice of the Supreme Court. Letters from Miller to his brother-in-law, William Pitt Ballinger, relating to a broad range of political and judicial issues and a microfilm edition of Ballinger's diaries.
Newton Diehl Baker papers, 1896-1962
100,000 items. 276 containers. 110.4 linear feet. 31 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. secretary of war, author, lawyer, and municipal official of Cleveland, Ohio. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches and articles, newspaper articles, and printed material relating primarily to Baker's post-World War I activities as the head of several business firms and of organizations devoted to education, law and jurisprudence, and philanthropy, relief, and other types of human services.
P. Phillips family papers, 1832-1914
7,000 items. 22 containers. 8.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, state legislator, and United States representative from Alabama. Correspondence, letter books, legal record books, journals, dockets, notebooks, and an unpublished autobiography of P. Phillips, relating chiefly to the law practice of P. Phillips and his son, W. Hallet Phillips, both of whom practiced before the Supreme Court. Contains the writings of P. Phillips's wife, Eugenia, including her journal written while interned during the Civil War, and of her parents, Jacob Clavius Levy and Fanny Yates Levy.
Leonard Downie Jr. papers, 1961-2020
7,500 items. 20 containers plus 2 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist and editor. Correspondence, interoffice memoranda, interviews, speeches, writings, reports, notes, political ephemera, photographs, and other papers documenting Downie's career as a journalist and editor at the Washington Post. Subjects include national politics, domestic terrorism, international affairs, foreign policy, and the internal operations and culture of the Washington Post.
East Florida papers, 1737-1858
65,000 items. 450 containers plus 2 oversize. 131.6 linear feet. 175 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Diplomatic, military, economic, judicial, legal, and administrative records of the Spanish colonial government of East Florida for the period of its second occupation, 1783-1821. Includes royal orders and decrees, census and other vital records, and papers relating to such matters as trade and shipping, surveys, hospitals, Indians, slaves, and Louisiana.
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Russell W. Peterson papers, 1917-2004
46,000 items. 140 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified. 56 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Environmentalist and governor of Delaware. Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, trips and events files, and other papers relating primarily to Peterson's work as an environmentalist and his employment as the chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, president of New Directions, director of the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress, and president of the National Audubon Society.
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Rhode Island General Assembly records, 1653-1747
24 items. 6 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Minutes, acts, and proceedings of Rhode Island's colonial legislature sitting in various towns.
Samuel Dash papers, 1748-2004
87,000 items. 253 containers plus 2 classified. 101 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, legal material and opinions, writings, speeches, engagement file, teaching file, organization and committee file, clippings, photographs, appointment calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Dash's legal career after 1964, and more particularly his role in governmental investigations.
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Fred P. Graham papers, 1947-1983
10,000 items. 52 containers. 21.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, journalist, and lawyer. Correspondence, diary, speeches, writings, notebooks, interviews, research materials, legal records, newspaper columns, news scripts, subject files, scrapbooks, audio recordings, and other papers chiefly concerning Graham's career in journalism.
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