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National Urban League records, 1900-1988
616,000 items. 2,000 containers plus 2 oversize. 821 linear feet. 18 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Civil rights organization. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, speeches, reports, surveys, statistical data, financial and legal records, scrapbooks, printed material, and other records relating to the programs and policies of the league and its affiliates.
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Elmer Gertz papers, 1789-1997
168,725 items. 484 containers plus 4 oversize. 193 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, author, and manuscript collector. Correspondence, memoranda, family papers, legal files, subject files, speeches, writings, manuscripts collected by Gertz, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating primarily to Gertz’s career as a lawyer.
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Robert W. Bonynge papers, 1881-1939
200 items. 1 container plus 10 oversize. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, state legislator, United States representative, and agent of the United States before the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany. Scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, reports, and correspondence relating primarily to Bonynge's legal career, political career, and his work with the Mixed Claims Commission.
Harry A. Blackmun papers, 1913-2001
530,800 items. 1,576 containers plus 9 oversize. 630.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, judge, and Supreme Court justice. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, legal papers, subject files, speeches, and writings relating primarily to Blackmun's judicial career from 1959 to 1994.
Hedrick Smith papers, 1923-2010
200,000 items. 570 containers plus 13 oversize and 1 classified. 235.2 linear feet. 26,688 digital files (107.90 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist, author, and documentarian. Correspondence, memoranda, interview transcripts, drafts of speeches, articles, books, notes, radio broadcasts, legal material, research material, family papers, press releases, printed material, posters, maps, digital files, and other papers relating primarily to Smith's research for his books and television productions about the Soviet Union, United States politics, and issues affecting the American working class. Documents his career with the New York Times while stationed in Washington, D.C., Moscow, Russia, and elsewhere, as well as his coverage for United Press International of the civil rights movement in the South and space exploration, 1959-1962.
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Clark M. Clifford papers, 1883-1999
29,000 items. 83 containers plus 1 oversize and 5 classified. 34.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Government official and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, congressional testimony, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Clifford's personal and professional life, including his role as an adviser and counsel to four Democratic presidential administrations, his service as United States secretary of defense, 1968-1969, and his career as a lawyer in Washington, D.C.
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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995
14,250 items. 57 containers plus 27 oversize. 26.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.
Joseph L. Rauh papers, 1913-2008
110,000 items. 301 containers. 120.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, civil rights activist, and civil libertarian of Washington, D.C. Chiefly legal files together with correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, subject files, appointment books, and other papers relating to Rauh's career as a public interest lawyer handling cases pertaining to civil rights, civil liberties, and labor disputes. Includes files relating to his activities with Americans for Democratic Action and to his participation in Hubert H. Humphrey's presidential campaign in 1960.
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Byron R. White papers, 1961-1993
183,500 items. 858 containers. 361.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, United States deputy attorney general, lawyer, naval intelligence officer, Rhodes scholar, and professional football player. Opinion files and related administrative records documenting cases heard during White's tenure on the Supreme Court, including material on cases involving the "Miranda law", abortion, child pornography, freedom of speech, homosexuality, racial bias, and liability of news organizations.
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Robert H. Jackson papers, 1816-1983
75,015 items. 259 containers plus 21 oversize plus 1 classified. 110 linear feet. 26 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, solicitor general, attorney general, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Correspondence, memoranda, family papers, legal file, subject file, speeches, writings, financial papers, photographs, and other material relating primarily to Jackson's legal career as a private attorney, government attorney, and Supreme Court justice.
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