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1. William Jennings Bryan papers, 1877-1940

   18,000 items. 59 containers and 7 oversize. 24.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, lawyer, orator, United States representative from Nebraska, and secretary of state. Correspondence, military papers and other material relating mainly to the presidential campaign of 1896, the Spanish-American War, Bryan's efforts to preserve world peace during World War I, his career as a lecturer for the Chautauqua Institution and its affiliates, and his interest in prohibition, political and monetary reform, and religious issues.

2. Richard Olney papers, 1830-1928

   28,000 items. 159 containers plus 1 oversize. 33 linear feet. 62 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, attorney general, and secretary of state. Correspondence, letterbooks, drafts of speeches and articles, subject files, memoranda, reports, legal records, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating primarily to Olney's activities as attorney general and secretary of state, and to his Boston, Massachusetts, law practice.

3. Robert Lansing papers, 1831-1959

   6,150 items. 80 containers plus 6 oversize. 32 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, diplomat, secretary of state during the Wilson administration, and member of the American mission to negotiate a peace treaty following World War I. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, resolutions, desk diaries, book manuscripts, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, paintings, drawings, and other papers relating chiefly to Lansing's years (1914-1920) as counsel to the Department of State and as secretary of state and particularly to American foreign relations during World War I, the Paris Peace Conference, and Lansing's relations with President Woodrow Wilson and with various foreign diplomats and statesmen.

4. Chandler P. Anderson papers, 1894-1953

   18,300 items. 63 containers plus 1 oversize. 25.3 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, advisor to the Department of State, and international arbitrator. Correspondence, diaries, informal records and notes of negotiations, typewritten and printed documents, and notes for articles and editorials relating mainly to Anderson's work as a specialist in international affairs and international negotiator.

5. Elihu Root papers, 1863-1937

   66,050 items. 257 containers plus 9 oversize. 87.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States secretary of state, secretary of war, United States senator from New York, and statesman. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notes, reports, subject files, financial papers, calendar and appointment books, invitations, and printed materials relating to Root's career as a lawyer and statesman.

6. Fred Kenelm Nielsen papers, 1881-1961

   7,800 items. 26 containers plus 1 oversize. 10.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomat, soldier, lawyer, and educator. General and official correspondence, memoranda, interdepartmental letters, writings, and miscellaneous material relating primarily to American relations with England, Egypt, Mexico, and Turkey, claims arbitration, the Monetary and Economic Conference of 1933, and Nielsen's service as solicitor for the State Department.