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William Shepherd Benson papers, circa 1791-1952
17,000 items. 51 containers plus 6 oversize. 26.3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naval officer and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, speeches, reports, maps, naval appointments, family papers, photographs, and printed materials relating primarily to Benson’s naval career, including service as chief of naval operations during World War I.
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Wendell Berge papers, 1907-1950
12,000 items. 55 containers plus 6 oversize. 23.7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer and public official. Correspondence, speeches and writings, daily calendars, business diaries, agenda, printed matter, clippings, and photographs relating primarily to Berge’s official activities at the Department of Justice culminating in his position as assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division.
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Benjamin Helm Bristow papers, 1839-1932
16,000 items. 20 containers. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer, lawyer, United States secretary of the treasury, and solicitor general. Correspondence, speeches, biographical material, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, other printed material, and photographs relating primarily to Bristow's service as solicitor general and secretary of the treasury in the administrations of Ulysses S. Grant and to his New York City law firm. Includes a letterpress book of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the commissioner of internal revenue concerning the whiskey frauds of 1875.
Almon Ferdinand Rockwell papers, 1852-1900
2,000 items. 9 containers. 3.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer and superintendent of public buildings, Washington, D.C. Correspondence, diaries and journals concerning Rockwell's investments in commercial enterprises with James A. Garfield, Garfield's assassination and his appointment controversy with Roscoe Conkling, and Rockwell's Civil War experiences, including the Battle of Shiloh.
Wilbur J. Carr papers, 1892-1942
5,000 items. 28 containers plus 3 oversize. 13.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Department of State official and diplomat. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, biographical material, articles, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers chiefly concerning the operations and personnel policies of the Department of State during Carr's service from 1902 to 1939.
Jeanne S. Mintz papers, 1928-1993
23,400 items. 68 containers plus 2 oversize. 26.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Asian affairs analyst and official at the United States Department of Defense. Correspondence, professional subject file, speeches and writings, printed material, and other papers documenting Mintz's career as an expert on Indonesia and Southeast Asia, including service with the Defense Department and as an analyst and press officer with the Indonesian delegation to the United Nations.
Alice M. Rivlin papers, 1960-2007
26,750 items. 88 containers. 35.2 linear feet. 2 digital files (0.81 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Economist, government official, and director of the Congressional Budget Office. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches and other writings, congressional testimony, printed materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to Rivlin's career as an economist and government official.
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William Howard Taft IV papers, 1958-1989
29,750 items. 85 containers. 34 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer and government official. Personal and family correspondence, official correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, and daily records chiefly documenting Taft's government service in the Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Ronald Reagan presidential administrations.
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David S.C. Chu papers, 1969-1993
39,300 items. 114 containers. 44.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Economist and assistant secretary of defense for program analysis and evaluation. Correspondence, memoranda, notes, office and subject files, speeches, and testimony documenting Chu's career chiefly as director, Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, Department of Defense and as assistant secretary of defense for program analysis and evaluation. Also includes material from his work in the economics department of the Rand Corporation and as assistant director for national security and international affairs at the Congressional Budget Office.
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Alexander Meigs Haig papers, 1962-1982
161,000 items. 243 containers plus 230 classified, 1 oversize, and 1 artifact. 184 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer and public official. Correspondence, briefing books, memoranda, notes, office files, speeches and writings, subject files, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed material documenting Haig's service as military advisor to Henry Kissinger at the National Security Council, deputy assistant to President Richard M. Nixon for national security affairs, vice chief of staff of the United States Army, chief of Nixon's White House staff, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and secretary of state in the Reagan administration.
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