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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

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Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop Papers

Identifier: MSS10561
Abstract Authors and journalists. Correspondence, writings, interviews, notes, subject files, office files, financial papers, family papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Joseph Alsop's family and personal life; acquaintance with prominent politicians, public figures, writers, and scholars; work as a journalist; World War II experiences in China; and research and writing as an art historian. Includes material relating to Joseph and Stewart Alsop's business...
Dates 1699-1989; Majority of material found within 1937-1989
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Thomas F. Bayard Papers

Identifier: MSS12088
Abstract

Senator, secretary of state, and ambassador. Correspondence, letterbooks, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating to Bayard's career after the Civil War as a politician and legislator and as a cabinet official and diplomat during the presidential administrations of Grover Cleveland.

Dates 1780-1899; Majority of material found within 1860-1889
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Robert H. Bork Papers

Identifier: MSS65871
Abstract

Lawyer, educator, and judge. Personal and official correspondence, lectures, legal briefs and opinions, legal case files, memoranda, speeches, writings, research notes, and other papers documenting Bork's career as a lawyer, legal scholar, professor of law, and federal appellate court judge. Also included is material relating to his unsuccessful nomination to the Supreme Court.

Dates 1798-2012; Majority of material found within 1973-2003
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David S. Broder Papers

Identifier: MSS86014
Abstract

Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, articles and columns, book drafts, notebooks and notes, interviews, speeches and statements, press releases, surveys, reports, political memorabilia, newsletters, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting Broder's career as a journalist.

Dates 1910-2012; Majority of material found within 1966-1983
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Albert Sidney Burleson Papers

Identifier: MSS14365
Abstract

United States representative from Texas, postmaster general in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, and Democratic Party leader. Correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, scrapbooks, and articles relating chiefly to Burleson’s career in politics and government, including letters to and from Woodrow Wilson.

Dates 1845-1943; Majority of material found within 1902-1943
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Citizen's Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia Records

Identifier: MSS15859
Abstract

Organization that lobbied for the passage of the Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution allowing the citizens of the District of Columbia to vote in presidential elections. Correspondence with members of Congress, records of congressional hearings, publicity materials, lists of local groups backing the Twenty-third Amendment, and a file by state showing contacts made by the committee with leaders of the various state legislatures.

Dates 1926-1961
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Grover Cleveland Papers

Identifier: MSS16188
Abstract

President of the United States, governor of New York, and lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, messages to Congress, speeches, writings, printed matter, and other papers primarily relating to the Cleveland presidency and presidential campaigns.

Dates 1743-1945; Majority of material found within 1885-1908
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Clark M. Clifford Papers

Identifier: MSS84499
Abstract

Government official and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, congressional testimony, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Clifford's personal and professional life, including his role as an adviser and counsel to four Democratic presidential administrations, his service as United States secretary of defense, 1968-1969, and his career as a lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Dates 1883-1999; Majority of material found within 1946-1998
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Bainbridge Colby Papers

Identifier: MSS16360
Abstract

United States secretary of state, statesman, and lawyer. Correspondence, letterbooks, speeches, notebooks, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers primarily relating to Colby's career as a politician and statesman after 1912, including his service as Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state.

Dates 1863-1950; Majority of material found within 1912-1950
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Peter A. Demens Papers

Identifier: MSS57554
Abstract

Author, businessman, railroad promoter, and entrepreneur. Notebooks, scrapbooks, correspondence, and articles mostly relating to Demens's authorship of articles for the Russian journal Viestnik Evropy and Russian and American newspapers on events in America and his life.

Dates 1880-2000; Majority of material found within ( 1892-1919)
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Andrew Jackson Donelson Papers

Identifier: MSS18721
Abstract Lawyer, editor, army officer, diplomat, and presidential secretary. Correspondence, journals, draft messages of Andrew Jackson, diplomatic papers, newsclippings, scrapbook, sketches, photos, and other papers covering Donelson's career as aide-de-camp and secretary to Andrew Jackson, charge d'affaires to Texas, minister to Prussia, editor of the Washington Union, and candidate for vice president. Includes papers of Donelson's wife, Emily Tennessee Donelson,...
Dates 1779-1943; Majority of material found within 1813-1869
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Leonard Garment Papers

Identifier: MSS61585
Abstract

Lawyer and government official. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, appointment books, press releases, and other papers relating to Garment's work at the White House during the administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford as well as his subsequent work as a private practice attorney in Washington D.C. Also includes drafts and working papers for his book Crazy Rhythm (1997) and other writings.

Dates 1949-1997; Majority of material found within 1969-1997
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W. Averell Harriman Papers

Identifier: MSS61911
Abstract

Diplomat, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician. Correspondence, memoranda, family papers, business records, diplomatic accounts, speeches, statements and writings, photographs, and other papers documenting Harriman's career in business, finance, politics, and public service, particularly during the Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter presidential administrations.

Dates 1869-2008; Majority of material found within 1895-1986
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Stephen Hess Papers

Identifier: MSS83739
Abstract

Political scientist and author. Interviews, surveys, research material, digital video files, correspondence, memoranda, and other material relating to Hess's professional life, including his work as a Brookings Institution fellow and George Washington University faculty member, as well as his tenure as Richard M. Nixon's Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs.

Dates 1961-2016
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Roy Wilson Howard Papers

Identifier: MSS26583
Abstract

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.

Dates 1911-1966; Majority of material found within 1920-1963
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Harold L. Ickes Papers

Identifier: MSS27011
Abstract

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.

Dates 1815-1969; Majority of material found within 1933-1951
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Jack Kemp Papers

Identifier: MSS85547
Abstract

United States cabinet officer, United States representative from New York, and football player. Chiefly correspondence, memoranda, speeches, statements, writings, legislative files, subject files, appointment books, scheduling files, press releases, newsletters, printed matter, clippings, and photographs documenting Kemp's career as a professional athlete and as a public official.

Dates 1924-2009; Majority of material found within 1963-1996
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George Lardner Papers

Identifier: mm98084371
Abstract

Journalist and author. Writings, notes, interviews, correspondence, and research material including newspaper clippings, printed matter, reports, photographs, legal documents, financial records, and congressional hearing records and other government documents. Pertains chiefly to Lardner's career as a national news reporter for the Washington Post.

Dates 1923-2005; Majority of material found within 1965-2001
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Anthony Lewis Papers

Identifier: MSS75856
Abstract

Newspaper columnist and author. Correspondence, memoranda, book drafts, research files for books, notebooks and notes, articles and columns by Lewis, reports, speeches, newsletters, photographs, press releases, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting primarily Lewis’s professional activities.

Dates 1941-2007; Majority of material found within 1963-2001
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Sol M. Linowitz Papers

Identifier: MSS84721
Abstract

Lawyer, businessman, diplomat, and consultant to United States presidents. Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, interviews, an oral history, organizational records, reports, photographs, printed matter, clippings, and travel files documenting Linowitz's career as an attorney, executive for Xerox Corporation, ambassador to the Organization of American States, co-negotiator of the Panama Canal treaties, and presidential representative to Middle East peace negotiations.

Dates 1778-1999; Majority of material found within 1946-1995
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John Bartlow Martin Papers

Identifier: MSS57844
Abstract

Author, journalist, political adviser, and United States ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, drafts, notebooks, research files, political campaign files, family and estate papers, photographs, and other papers documenting Martin's career as a free-lance journalist, his role as an advance man, speechwriter, and adviser to Democratic presidential candidates, and his service as ambassador to the Dominican Republic.

Dates 1900-1986; Majority of material found within 1939-1983
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Mary McGrory Papers

Identifier: MSS85250
Abstract

Journalist. Correspondence, subject files, notebooks and notes, speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to McGrory's career as a journalist.

Dates 1928-2004; Majority of material found within 1956-2002
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Henry Mason Morfit Papers

Identifier: MSS33431
Abstract

Lawyer. Correspondence and financial and business papers relating to Morfit's Washington, D.C., practice as a claims lawyer and as a political figure in the administrations of Andrew Jackson.

Dates 1819-1858; Majority of material found within ( 1844-1855)
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records

Identifier: MSS34140
Abstract Civil rights organization. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, itineraries, speeches, testimonies, writings, legal case files, legislation, publications, resolutions, policy statements, constitutions, bylaws, charters, contracts, proposals, scripts, manuals, handbooks, music, awards, certificates, directories, daily mail sheets, notes, lists, questionnaires and surveys, flags, photographs, maps, subject files, annual convention files, biographical material, financial records, and...
Dates 1842-2019; Majority of material found within 1919-2004
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Donald Rumsfeld Papers

Identifier: MSS75898
Abstract Secretary of defense, United States representative from Illinois, White House official, ambassador, and business executive. Correspondence, memoranda, cables, reports, notes, briefing books, minutes, agenda, appointment and scheduling files, confirmation hearings, legislative files, polls, campaign files, constituent casework and issue mail, service academy appointment files, press releases, newsletters, speeches, statements, testimony, interviews, oral histories, writings, photographs,...
Dates 1888-2015; Majority of material found within 1963-2007