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Joseph L. Rauh papers, 1913-2008
110,000 items. 301 containers. 120.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, civil rights activist, and civil libertarian of Washington, D.C. Chiefly legal files together with correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, subject files, appointment books, and other papers relating to Rauh's career as a public interest lawyer handling cases pertaining to civil rights, civil liberties, and labor disputes. Includes files relating to his activities with Americans for Democratic Action and to his participation in Hubert H. Humphrey's presidential campaign in 1960.
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William W. Weinstone papers, 1898-1985
11,500 items. 33 containers plus 1 oversize. 13.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Founder of the Communist Party of the United States of America. Family and personal correspondence, speeches and writings, notes and notebooks, and subject files documenting Weinstone's role as a founding member of the Communist Party of the United States of America in 1919 and as an educator promoting its ideology, chiefly from 1937 to 1985.
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Byron N. Scott papers, 1957
75 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States representative from California and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, court brief, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles relating to Scott's legal defense of William H. Taylor, who was accused of espionage.
Lewis Tappan papers, 1809-1903
5,200 items. 15 containers. 10 linear feet. 7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Abolitionist, merchant, and publisher. Correspondence, journals, and other papers reflecting Tappan's interests in abolition, African American education, religion, and his business ventures.
William Plumer papers, 1774-1845
1,800 items. 20 containers. 3.8 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Governor of New Hampshire and legislator, United States senator from New Hampshire, essayist, and historian. Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, autobiography, writings, notes, transcripts of poetry, essays, extracts, and other papers relating to Plumer’s personal life and career in New Hampshire and national politics and as an essayist.
Irving R. Kaufman papers, 1934-1992
43,000 items. 144 containers plus 3 oversize. 58.7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Jurist. Court papers, office and subject files, speeches and writings, and scrapbooks chiefly documenting Kaufman's judicial career on the United States District Court, Southern District of New York and United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
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James J. Davis papers, 1895-1946
13,000 items. 56 containers plus 3 oversize. 22.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U. S. secretary of labor and senator from Pennsylvania. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, investgation files, financial papers, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter relating to Davis's service as secretary of labor in three Republican presidential administrations, his tenure as senator from Pennsylvania, and as organizer and leader of the Loyal Order of Moose.
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Joseph A. Yablonski legal case collection, 1923-1978
8,750 items. 26 containers. 10 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Material relating to the murder of labor leader Joseph A. Yablonski, including trial records, crime scene photographs, Federal Bureau of Investigation files, and miscellaneous material.
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My life in court, 1961
1 item. 5 containers. 1.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Louis Nizer, lawyer and author. Pencil and typewritten draft copies of his My Life in Court.
Burr Conspiracy collection, 1806-1808
100 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Chiefly letters to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison relating to the Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807, including Aaron Burr's involvement with Harman Blennerhassett and James Wilkinson; Burr's trial for treason; and his acquittal.