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Courtney Letts de Espil papers, 1925-1994
525 items. 12 containers plus 1 oversize. 4.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Writer and wife of the Argentine ambassador to the United States (1933-1943). Correspondence, diaries, writings, clippings, photographs, and other papers concerning social affairs in Washington and including references to many prominent individuals of the New Deal era. Also includes material on a cruise to the Arctic in 1927, the Espils’s return to Argentina in 1943, and life in Argentina under Juan Perón.
Joseph Edward Davies papers, 1860-1958
75,000 items. 224 containers plus 5 oversize. 97.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Diplomat, lawyer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, drafts of articles, books, and speeches, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating to Davies's career as an ambassador to Belgium and Russia, presidential advisor, and author.
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William D. Leahy papers, 1897-1959
8,000 items. 17 containers plus 2 oversize. 7.4 linear feet. 5 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naval officer, diplomat, and governor of Puerto Rico. Diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Leahy's naval and diplomatic career.
Josephus Daniels papers, 1829-1948
331,000 items. 934 containers plus 2 oversize. 373.8 linear feet. 399 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Diplomat, journalist, and secretary of the navy. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, and papers of the Daniels, Bagley, Seabrook, and Worth families and other material. The bulk of the collection relates to events and policy decisions during Daniels's service as secretary of the navy during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, but also concerns his career as editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, his work with the Democratic Party, and his role as ambassador to Mexico.
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American Scholar records, 1926-2010
164,300 items. 496 containers. 198.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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A quarterly magazine of public affairs, science, literature, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Correspondence, business and editorial records, original manuscripts and edited drafts of works published by the society in the American Scholar.
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Joseph Pulitzer papers, 1897-1958
67,500 items. 193 containers. 77.2 linear feet. 163 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper editor and publisher. Family and general correspondence, subject material, business files, and personal financial papers relating primarily to Pulitzer's editorship of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Elmer Holmes Davis papers, 1865-1957
7,800 items. 25 containers. 10 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official. Correspondence, manuscripts of articles and early pieces of fiction, subject file, radio scripts, biographical material, lectures and speeches, and photographs relating to Davis's career.
Arthur Sweetser papers, 1913-1961
22,350 items. 95 containers plus 4 oversize. 36.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Public official and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, press releases, newspaper clippings, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Sweetser's career in journalism and diplomacy.
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Some or all content stored offsite.
Laurence A. Steinhardt papers, 1929-1950
42,500 items. 99 containers plus 1 classified. 42.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, economist, and diplomat. Correspondence, letterbooks, articles, speeches, financial papers, business records, legal papers, and other papers relating to Steinhardt's career as ambassador to Sweden, Peru, the Soviet Union, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, and Canada.
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Rudolf Dreikurs papers, 1911-1975
5,850 items. 39 containers. 15.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Psychiatrist and educator. Correspondence; journals; drafts of books, articles, speeches, and television lectures; transcripts of counseling and therapy sessions; case studies from classroom situations; and other material reflecting Dreikurs’s role as a social psychologist and educator.