416 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Life.

  1. Ann Cottrell Free papers, 1854-2018

    101,500 items. 289 containers plus 1 classified and 5 oversize. 120 linear feet. 343 digital files (1.66 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Journalist, author, environmentalist, and animal welfare advocate. Writings, oral history transcripts, and photographs in both physical and digital formats. Material in physical format also include correspondence, notebooks, diaries, newspaper clippings, research files, and printed matter. All primarily relate to Free’s journalistic career after 1940.

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  2. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. papers, 1780-1962

    25,000 items. 77 containers. 33 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Army officer, author, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, drafts of speeches and writings, subject files, newspaper clippings, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Roosevelt's service as United States assistant secretary of the navy (1921-1924) under Warren G. Harding and Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby, as governor of Puerto Rico (1929-1932), and as governor general of the Philippines (1932-1933).

  3. 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.

    Summary:

    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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  4. James H. Sherman correspondence, 1873-1876

    42 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Whaler. Letters written by Sherman to his wife, Phebe A. G. Sherman of New Bedford, Massachusetts, while he served as first mate aboard the New Bedford whaleship Milton on a voyage to the Pacific Ocean from October 1873 to October 1876.

  5. Richard H.M. Settle correspondence and photograph, 1871-1879

    59 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Whaler. Letters and typewritten transcripts of letters written by Settle during three voyages aboard whaling ships from New Bedford, Mass.

  6. Moral Re-armament records, 1812-1991

    228,400 items. 565 containers plus 27 oversize. 244 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Worldwide movement dedicated to spiritual and ethical reawakening. Correspondence, subject files, financial records, play and film scripts, radio and television broadcasting files, press releases, clippings, print and near-print material, scrapbooks, and other records documenting the policies, organization, programs, activities, and membership of Moral Re-armament. Includes papers of the organization's founder, Frank Buchman, and members Ray Foote Purdy and Kenaston Twitchell.

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  7. American Scholar records, 1926-2010

    164,300 items. 496 containers. 198.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    A quarterly magazine of public affairs, science, literature, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Correspondence, business and editorial records, original manuscripts and edited drafts of works published by the society in the American Scholar.

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  8. Peter Marshall and Catherine Marshall papers, 1927-1964

    10,000 items. 31 containers plus 5 oversize. 14.4 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Presbyterian clergyman and chaplain of the United States Senate (Peter Marshall). Author (Catherine Marshall). Correspondence, notes, and sermons of Peter Marshall, and drafts, galleys, scrapbooks, movie scripts, and other papers about Marshall collected by his wife, Catherine Marshall.

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  9. Theodore Roosevelt Hunting Library, 1566-1926

    13 shelves . 254 items . -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The collection is comprised primarily of late 19th and early 20th century publications on hunting, natural history, exploration, conservation, endangered species, cultural anthropology, ornithology and sport. The majority of the titles give instruction and techniques for hunting specific types of game in varying weather conditions, terrain and locations around the world. Other genres in the collection include memoir, art and poetry.

  10. Henry Willis Wells papers, 1851-2012

    700 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Civil War naval officer and merchant marine sailor. Correspondence, journals, transcriptions, and miscellany relating to Wells's experiences at sea in the 1850s and 1860s.