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Thomas G. Corcoran papers, 1792-1982
175,175 items. 638 containers plus 1 classified. 245.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, reports, briefs, opinions, testimony, family papers, business records, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers documenting Corcoran's private legal practice and his government service during the first two presidential terms of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Wiley Rutledge, Jr., papers, 1909-1984
76,250 items. 239 containers plus 2 oversize. 96.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Educator, jurist, and lawyer. Correspondence, family papers, court files, academic files, speeches and writings, and others papers documenting Rutledge's career as professor and dean of the State University of Iowa College of Law (1935-1939), associate justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1939-1943), and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1943-1949).
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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Hugo LaFayette Black papers, 1883-1976
130,000 items. 513 containers plus 19 oversize. 216 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, United States senator from Alabama, and lawyer. Family and general correspondence, memoranda, reports, notebooks, research materials, case files, legal and subject files, speeches and writings, printed and near-print materials, clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating primarily to Black's service in the Senate (1927-1937) and on the Supreme Court (1937-1971).
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George Van Horn Moseley papers, 1855-1960
4,250 items. 49 containers plus 2 oversize. 19.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer. Correspondence, diary, military reports, statements, notes, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and memorabilia covering Moseley's military career in the Philippines, on the Mexican border, with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, during the Bonus March on Washington, and extending into the period of his retirement.
John Adams Kingsbury papers, 1841-1966
57,400 items. 165 containers. 65.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Social worker and social reformer. Includes correspondence, journals and diaries, family papers, autobiographical material, travel notes, manuscripts of Kingsbury's books, speeches and articles, news releases, legal and financial papers and documents his activities as a social reformer and public health advocate such as his efforts to improve the conditions of public institutions in New York and Eastern European relief work.
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James P. McGranery and Regina Clark McGranery papers, 1909-1975
74,800 items. 225 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified. 89 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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James P. McGranery, United States attorney general, district court judge, and member of Congress from Pennsylvania; and Regina Clark McGranery, lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial and legal papers, family papers, appointment books, press releases, and printed matter relating principally to James P. McGranery's duties while assistant to the United States attorney general, United States district judge, United States attorney general, member of the United States Commission on Government Security, lawyer, and lay leader in the Roman Catholic Church. Papers of Regina Clark McGranery reflect her political role during the New Deal, her career as a lawyer, and activities as a Catholic and a leader in the Girl Scouts of America.
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La Follette family papers, 1781-1988
418,100 items. 1,468 containers plus 22 oversize. 594.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Family active in late nineteenth and early twentieth century national politics. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical research files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), governor of Wisconsin and United States representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette (1895-1953), United States senator. Also includes papers of Belle Case La Follette, Fola La Follette, and Philip Fox La Follette.
Courtney Letts de Espil papers, 1925-1994
525 items. 12 containers plus 1 oversize. 4.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Writer and wife of the Argentine ambassador to the United States (1933-1943). Correspondence, diaries, writings, clippings, photographs, and other papers concerning social affairs in Washington and including references to many prominent individuals of the New Deal era. Also includes material on a cruise to the Arctic in 1927, the Espils’s return to Argentina in 1943, and life in Argentina under Juan Perón.
Edmund Cody Burnett papers, 1765-1967
21,550 items. 63 containers. 25.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Historian, editor, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, drafts of writings, speeches, notes, research material, financial records, legal papers, and a project file from Burnett's work as editor of Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, published from 1921 to 1936; including also material on the Burnett family and farm in Tennessee, original and edited Civil War correspondence of the Burnett, Cody, Lightfoot, and McGarity families; and a translation of a cipher used by the Lee family of Virginia.
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