141 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Presidents--United States--Election.

  1. Stephen Hess papers, 1961-2016

    35,350 items. 101 containers. 40.4 linear feet. 426 digital files (118.96GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Political scientist and author. Interviews, surveys, research material, digital video files, correspondence, memoranda, and other material relating to Hess's professional life, including his work as a Brookings Institution fellow and George Washington University faculty member, as well as his tenure as Richard M. Nixon's Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs.

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  2. Levi Woodbury family papers, 1638-1914

    17,000 items. 72 containers plus 1 oversize. 16 linear feet. 44 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial and legal papers, genealogical notes, autograph collections, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers chiefly of Levi Woodbury and also of his son, Charles Levi Woodbury, and other family members.

  3. James Gillespie Blaine family papers, 1777-1945

    7,000 items. 48 containers. 20 linear feet. 21 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    United States secretary of state, United States representative and senator from Maine, and journalist. Family and general correspondence, speeches, writings, diaries, memoirs, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting Blaine's public career.

  4. Reid family papers, 1795-2003

    261,000 items. 932 containers plus 2 oversize. 372.8 linear feet. 239 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Journalists and newspaper publishers. Correspondence, financial records, office files, household and estate records, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers related to newspaper publishing and public affairs.

  5. Florence Jaffray Harriman papers, 1857-1982

    10,000 items. 32 containers. 13 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Diplomat, political activist, and author. Correspondence, writings, news clippings, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers relating primarily to Harriman's activities as United States minister to Norway and her political activities on behalf of the Democratic party, world peace organizations, and District of Columbia voting rights.

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  6. 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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  7. Herbert A. Philbrick papers, 1849-1997

    127,700 items. 295 containers plus 1 oversize plus 1 top secret. 117.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Anticommunist activist and counterspy. Correspondence, writings, speeches, television scripts, subject files, and other papers relating primarily to Philbrick's role as a leading anticommunist spokesman, his activities as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation while he was a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), and the television program based on his autobiography, I Led 3 Lives: Citizen, “Communist,” Counterspy.

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  8. Matthew Stanley Quay papers, 1776-1949

    5000 items. 45 containers plus 11 oversize. 23 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    United States senator from Pennsylvania (1887-1904). Correspondence, election materials, financial papers, genealogical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Quay's career in Pennsylvania and national politics as a member of the Republican party and the United States Senate.

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  9. Paul H. Nitze papers, 1922-1998

    120,000 items. 348 containers plus 12 classified, 2 oversize, and digital files. 147.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Statesman, diplomat, and entrepreneur. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches, writings, appointment books, business files, name and subject files, and other papers chiefly relating to Nitze's role in United States foreign and national security policy in the last half of the twentieth century.

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  10. Herndon-Weik collection of Lincolniana, circa 1824-1933

    4,600 items. 36 containers. 10 linear feet. 15 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Collection composed of the papers of Abraham Lincoln, United States president, United States representative from Illinois, and lawyer; William Henry Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, collector, and biographer from Springfield, Illinois; and Jesse William Weik, lawyer of Greencastle, Indiana, and coauthor of Herndon's Lincoln. Includes records (1933) of the Weik Manuscript Corporation and miscellaneous material collected chiefly by Herndon and Weik for use in writing Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (1889).