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James Rudolph Garfield papers, 1879-1950
70,000 items. 245 containers. 98 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Attorney and secretary of the interior. Diaries, correspondence, family papers, legal documents, and business and political records relating primarily to Garfield's business concerns and public service.
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Thomas Ewing family papers, 1757-1941
94,000 items. 303 containers plus 11 oversize. 123.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, diaries, journals, legal files, military records, speeches and writings, reports, notes, autographs, scrapbooks, biographical material, commonplace books, financial records, genealogies, photographs, printed matter, and maps pertaining to members of the Ewing family including Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), senator from Ohio and cabinet member; Thomas Ewing (1829-1896), Union general during the Civil War and congressman from Ohio; Ellen Ewing Sherman and her husband, William T. Sherman, Civil War general; and Thomas Ewing (1862-1942), lawyer, writer, and patent commissioner.
Russell E. Train papers, 1777-2012
47,600 items. 152 containers plus 2 classified and 20 oversize. 56.8 linear feet. 210 digital files (41.82 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Environmentalist, judge, and EPA administrator. Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, governmental and organizational records, topical files, photographs, and miscellaneous papers relating to Train's work in public and private sectors on national and international environmental issues and policy.
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Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969
150,000 items. 490 containers plus 93 oversize. 221 linear feet. 21 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer and secretary of the interior. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, family papers, legal and financial records, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting all aspects of Ickes's career, especially his service as secretary of the interior.
Julius A. Krug papers, 1936-1950
35,000 items. 119 containers plus 2 classified. 46.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States secretary of the interior and business executive. Chiefly subject files documenting Krug's service on the United States War Production Board and as United States secretary of the interior consisting of correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, articles, statements, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter.
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Gifford Pinchot papers, 1770-1972
2,000,000 items. 3,023 containers plus 33 oversize. 1,220 linear feet. 37 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Conservationist, chief forester for the United States Department of Agriculture, professor of forestry at Yale University, and governor of Pennsylvania. Primarily correspondence and subject files, together with diaries, memoranda, speeches, articles, reports, financial papers, bulletins, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Pinchot's activities in conservation and forestry and to his terms as governor of Pennsylvania.
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Walter L. Fisher papers, 1871-1963
14,000 items. 41 containers plus 6 oversize. 18.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, municipal reformer, and U.S. secretary of the interior. Correspondence and memoranda, letterbooks, speeches and articles, scrapbooks, photographs, subject files, clippings, and printed matter chiefly related to Chicago, Illinois, municipal matters and to Fisher's term as United States secretary of the interior.
Paul Field Sifton and Claire Sifton papers, 1912-1980
25,500 items. 78 containers plus 2 oversize. 32.3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Paul Field Sifton, playwright, government official, and Claire Sifton, editor and author. Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject files, family papers, printed matter, and miscellany relating to the Siftons' literary, labor, and governmental careers.
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Michael Wolf Straus papers, 1879-1968
2,100 items. 29 containers. 14 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist and public official. Correspondence, speeches and statements by Straus and other Department of the Interior officials, and printed material relating chiefly to Straus's service as commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Includes material concerning Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.
Warner W. Gardner papers, 1930-2006
450 items. 23 containers. 9.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Government official and lawyer. Diaries, correspondence, memoranda, notes, speeches and statements, writings, reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting Gardner's career as a public official and lawyer in private practice.