29 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) United States--Intellectual life.

  1. Peter Force papers and collection, 1492-1977

    150,000 items. 770 containers plus 14 oversize. 300 linear feet. 168 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Antiquarian, historian, and mayor of Washington, D.C. Chiefly Force's personal papers and papers he collected for his nine-volume American Archives. Force's personal papers document his career as a Washington printer, newspaper editor, compiler, and collector. The collection records political, military, scientific, and social aspects of eighteenth and nineteenth century America.

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  2. Milton Kessler papers, 1959-1999

    9,700 items. 38 containers plus 1 oversize. 15.3 linear feet. 90 digital files (63.44 kB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Poet, editor, and educator. Correspondence, notebooks, book drafts, poem drafts, teaching materials, and family papers relating to Kessler's work as a poet, a co-editor with John Logan of Choice: A Magazine of Poetry and Graphics, and a professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton, N.Y.

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  3. American Council of Learned Societies records, 1910-2019

    867,650 items. 2,717 containers plus 47 oversize. 1,109 linear feet. 13 microfilm reels. 497 digital files (544.13 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Federation of scholarly organizations specializing in fellowships and grants to promote the study of the humanities and social sciences. Correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, financial material, fellowship and grant files, project files, committee files, manuscripts, reports, notes, applications, announcements and publicity, memoranda, speeches and lectures, articles, surveys and questionnaires, administrative files, trip files, fundraising files, and future plans in both physical and digital formats.

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  4. North American Review correspondence, 1858-1912

    875 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    First literary periodical in the United States. Correspondence between contributors to the North American Review and its editors.

  5. Theodor Reik papers, 1905-1994

    7,500 items. 18 containers plus 7 oversize. 12 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Psychoanalyst and author. Correspondence, interviews, family papers, handwritten and some typed drafts of books and other writings, reprints of journal articles, notes, research files, certificates, publishing contracts, royalty statements, reviews of Reik's books, publicity materials, photographs, honors and a tribute, brochures, programs, postcards, and news clippings documenting Reik's contributions to psychoanalytic theory and practice, largely through his prolific writing for professional and popular audiences.

  6. Archibald MacLeish papers, 1907-1981

    20,000 items. 61 containers plus 1 oversize. 25 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Poet, playwright, government official, and Librarian of Congress. Papers include correspondence reflecting MacLeish's relations with friends, literary colleagues, and government associates; notebooks (1919-1940s) containing drafts of poetry and prose; manuscript drafts of plays and radio broadcasts, and speeches, including those written for Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward R. Stettinius, and Harry S. Truman; and notes and manuscripts for classroom lectures on modern poetry given by MacLeish at Harvard University (1949-1962).

  7. Felix Frankfurter papers, 1846-1966

    70,650 items. 259 containers. 106.5 linear feet. 165 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Lawyer, professor of law, and Supreme Court justice. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, oral history interviews, writings, speeches, notes, legal file, newspaper clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers reflecting Felix Frankfurter's involvement with significant political and social movements and events and his acquaintance with leaders in many segments of society.

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  8. May Benzenberg Mayer papers, 1926-1983

    60 items. 5 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.2 linear feet. 58 digital files (0.58 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Philosopher, amateur psychiatrist, and founder of the School of Applied Philosophy, also known as the Path of Joining of Devotion and Gnosis (POJODAG) House. Lectures and teachings manuscript, teaching posters, pamphlets, and other writings in both physical and digital formats documenting Mayer’s teaching at the School of Applied Philosophy, New York, N.Y., and its influence by Jungian psychoanalysis and the theosophy movement.

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  9. Selden Rodman correspondence, 1931-1972

    175 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Writer, editor, and cultural critic. Correspondence and related attachments, primarily from poets Archibald MacLeish and Fleming MacLiesh, documenting Rodman's literary associations.