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5 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Correspondence.
John Hay papers, 1783-1999
11,300 items. 36 containers plus 40 oversize. 29 linear feet. 23 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Statesman, diplomat, historian, journalist, and poet. Correspondence and letterbooks, speeches, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, and memoranda, mainly for the years 1897-1905 when Hay served as United States ambassador to Great Britain and United States secretary of state. Earlier papers deal with his legal, literary, and journalistic activities and with his service as assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln. Includes correspondence of his wife, Clara Louise Stone Hay (1849-1914), for the years 1882-1914.
Anna E. Dickinson papers, 1859-1951
10,000 items. 29 containers plus 2 oversize. 12.4 linear feet. 25 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Lecturer, reformer, actress, and author. Correspondence, speeches, writings, plays, legal files, financial papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and printed material relating to Dickinson's activities on behalf of abolition and women's rights and suffrage and to her career in the theater.
Robert Green Ingersoll papers, 1826-1940
15,000 items. 61 containers plus 1 oversize. 24 linear feet. 36 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Lawyer and lecturer. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, writings, lectures, scrapbooks, family papers, and miscellaneous financial, legal, and personal material relating to Ingersoll's involvement in politics and law and as a lecturer and writer on agnosticism and religion.
McCook family papers, 1809-1966
6,500 items. 19 containers plus 5 oversize. 7.6 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Correspondence, scrapbooks, journals, diaries, photographs, memorabilia, printed materials, and other papers relating to the Ohio family of "Fighting McCooks" that became prominent through the service of fifteen of its sons in the Civil War. The McCooks were active in legal and military affairs and in national and state politics in Ohio and New York. The larger part of the collection concerns the military and political career of Anson G. McCook (1835-1917).
Ainsworth Rand Spofford papers, 1819-1970
600 items. 2 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.8 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Librarian of Congress. Chiefly correspondence during the years Spofford served as librarian of Congress and personal and family correspondence.