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Adam Gurowski papers, 1743-1898
4,000 items. 4 containers. 1.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Polish scholar and author and advocate of Panslavism. Correspondence, notes and writings, printed matter, photographs and other papers relating mainly to de Gurowski’s scholarship. Includes biography of Gurowski by Julius Bing and a draft of Bing’s autobiography.
Zbigniew Brzezinski papers, 1798-2017
163,200 items. 470 containers plus 7 classified and 6 oversize. 189 linear feet. 4,440 files (83.96 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Foreign policy advisor, political scientist, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, notes, journal extracts, writings, speeches, lectures, testimony, travel files, interview transcripts, press clippings, photographs, family papers, printed matter, and other material relating primarily to Brzezinski's professional life including his tenure as President Jimmy Carter's national security advisor.
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John Vachon papers, 1913-1995
4,000 items. 12 containers. 4.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Photographer. Correspondence, family papers, writings, and miscellaneous material relating primarily to Vachon’s career as a photographer with the Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information, and Look magazine.
Polish declarations of admiration and friendship for the United States, 1926
200 items. 105 volumes plus 6 oversize volumes. 13.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Volumes compiled under the auspices of the American-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Poland and the Polish-American Society and presented to President Calvin Coolidge in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and in acknowledgment of American participation and aid to Poland during World War I, containing over five million signatures of Polish citizens and embellished with illustrations rendered by prominent postwar Polish artists of buildings, coats of arms, monuments, rural and urban scenes, and historical figures.
Henry Morgenthau papers, 1795-1941
30,000 items. 60 containers plus 1 oversize. 23.8 linear feet. 41 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Businessman and diplomat. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, family papers, speeches and writings, subject files, printed matter, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Morgenthau's service as ambassador to Turkey, other diplomatic efforts, involvement in Democratic Party politics, and as a philanthropist.
Charles Schuveldt Dewey papers, 1924-1933
1,500 items. 6 containers. 2.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Banker, public official, and United States representative from Illinois. Subject files, reports, memoranda, statistical studies, charts, correspondence, clippings, and other printed matter relating to Dewey's service from 1927 to 1930 as a financial advisor to Poland and director of the Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland).
Elections Research Center records, 1918-1992
110,000 items. 312 containers plus 1 oversize. 126 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Nonprofit elections research and analysis organization. Newspaper clippings, ballots, election returns, reports, notes, statistical data, correspondence, and printed material documents elections in all fifty states and the District of Columbia collected by the organization between 1955 and 1992 for the purpose of compilation, analysis, and publication.
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Wanda Landowska and Denise Restout papers, 1843-2002
approximately 41,000 items. 255 containers. 117.0 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Wanda Landowska was a Polish keyboardist, composer, and teacher best known for revitalizing harpsichord performance in the twentieth century. Her school at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, founded in 1925, became one of the great centers for the collection, study, and performance of Baroque music until it was looted by the Nazis in 1940. The collection consists of annotated music, correspondence, business papers, writings, programs, photographs, and other materials that document the legacy of Landowska. These materials largely reflect the activities of Landowska and her pupil, Denise Restout, during their years at Saint-Leu and after their immigration to the United States in 1941.
Posters of the German Military Government in the Generalgouvernement Warschau (German occupied Poland) from World War I, 1915-1916
3 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 1.2 . Approximate number of items: 101 . -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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A collection of posters of official announcements by the German military government in Poland. Topics include setting exchange rates of currency, licensing, issuing identity cards, handling animals, requesting skilled labor for work in factories and coal mines, banning or controlling sales of alcohol, regulating rents and property taxes, registration of visitors to Warsaw, controlling flour, bread and rationing other staples. Includes numerous posters announcing court martial sentences and executions of Polish and Russian citizens tried for robbery, espionage, and other crimes as well as posters offering rewards for the capture of criminals. Many of the posters are published by the Deutsche Warschauer Zeitung or the Deutsche Staatsdruckerei.
Collection of maps on postcards and business cards, 1910-2013
approximately 2,000 postcards and business cards. 2 boxes. 114 folders. 2 linear ft.. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Collection of maps on postcards and business cards contains approximately 2,000 postcards and business cards with cartographic content in a variety of graphic formats, including photographs and printed illustrations. The postcards, which were collected approximately between the early 1980s and 2013, feature maps and cartographic images of all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia; U.S. territories and regions; countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, North America, and South America. The business cards in this collection primarily advertise restaurants in the United States, and typically contain a small street map showing the location of the business. The collection's strongest areas of coverage are Massachusetts, Florida, Maine, New York, California, Texas, Poland, islands of the Caribbean, and Germany. The materials in this collection are largely undated, but appear to date from the 1980s to early 2000s. Some items are from pre-1920s, the 1940s, and the 1950s. Many of the postcards in this collection contain manuscript notes.