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Russell Wheeler Davenport papers, 1866-1980
26,530 items. 107 containers; plus 12 oversize and 1 artifact. 48.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, editor, and political activist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, writings, speeches, research material, political files, biographical material, photographs, photograph albums, artifacts, and other papers relating primarily to Davenport's career as a writer and editor with Fortune and Life magazines, his involvement with the Republican Party, his work with the Institute for Creative Research, New York, N.Y., his writings including The Dignity of Man (1955), his service in World War I and II, and his personal life.
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Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer papers, 1898-1978
52,500 items. 141 containers plus 13 oversize. 60.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Edgar Ansel Mowrer, journalist, and Lilian Thomson, author, married 1916. Correspondence, manuscripts of speeches and writings, lectures, subject files, and other papers documenting the Mowrers' careers as authors and lecturers on foreign affairs, particularly on the diplomacy of France, Germany, Italy, and the United States.
Andrew Ellicott papers, 1777-1829
925 items. 7 containers. 1.1 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Surveyor and mathematician. Correspondence, maps, charts, and reports of astronomical observations chiefly concerning Ellicott's work in surveying the boundary between the United States and Florida under the San Lorenzo Treaty (1795) and also his surveys of the city of Washington, the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina, the town of Presque Isle (later Erie), Pennsylvania, and the boundary between the United States and Canada under the Treaty of Ghent (1814). Other subjects include international politics, Indian affairs, and the Blount conspiracy (1797).
Leo Pasvolsky papers, 1937-1953
4,200 items. 12 containers. 4.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States State Department official and economist. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, workbooks, drafts of resolutions and speeches, and printed matter pertaining chiefly to the founding of the United Nations and to Pasvolsky's role at international conferences.
Clarence K. Streit papers, 1838-2000
109,650 items. 297 containers plus 1 oversize. 118.8 linear feet. 9 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, editor, and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, subject files, speeches, statements, and writings, family papers, reports, interviews, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, minutes of meetings, photographs, clippings, printed matter, and other papers primarily relating to Federal Union, Inc., which Streit founded to promote his plan for an Atlantic Union of democracies, as well as that organization's successor, Association to Unite the Democracies, Inc.
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Roy Wilson Howard papers, 1911-1966
115,000 items. 351 containers. 140.4 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaperman. Correspondence, family papers, reports, clippings, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating to Howard's career in the newspaper business, especially with United Press Associations (later United Press International) and with the Scripps-Howard newspapers, particularly the New York World-Telegram.
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Daniel Schorr papers, 1922-2010
68,000 items. 194 containers plus 3 oversize. 78 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Print and broadcast journalist. Broadcast scripts, articles and book production material, correspondence, speeches, and printed material relating to Schorr's career in journalism.
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Raymond Leslie Buell papers, 1915-1981
17,900 items. 51 containers. 20.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Educator, lecturer, and publicist; active in international affairs. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, statements, writings, subject files, and other papers relating to Buell's career as a writer and speaker on international affairs, to his travels, and to his activities with the Foreign Policy Association and the Republican Party.
John Davis Batchelder collection of manuscripts, 1537-1944
2,000 items. 14 containers. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Educator and collector. Autographs, letters, official documents, writings, printed material, photographs, and other papers of prominent historical figures in the arts, science, and politics of the Western world collected by Batchelder.
David S.C. Chu papers, 1969-1993
39,300 items. 114 containers. 44.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Economist and assistant secretary of defense for program analysis and evaluation. Correspondence, memoranda, notes, office and subject files, speeches, and testimony documenting Chu's career chiefly as director, Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, Department of Defense and as assistant secretary of defense for program analysis and evaluation. Also includes material from his work in the economics department of the Rand Corporation and as assistant director for national security and international affairs at the Congressional Budget Office.
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