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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

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Frederick Lewis Allen Papers

Identifier: MSS10470
Abstract

Editor and author. Correspondence, articles, biographies, date books, diaries, radio scripts, histories, and speeches documenting Allen's career as editor of Harper's Magazine, director of the Foreign Policy Association, author of many popular works on American social history, and an overseer of Harvard University.

Dates 1890-1954; Majority of material found within ( 1933-1954)
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American Scholar Records

Identifier: MSS46987
Abstract

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.

Dates 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1944-2009
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Arthur Family Papers

Identifier: MSS49577
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Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, writings, printed matter, clippings, and miscellaneous material chiefly of Chester Alan Arthur II (1864-1937), sportsman and rancher, and Chester Alan ("Gavin") Arthur III (1901-1972), author and bohemian, son and grandson respectively of President Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886).

Dates 1817-1972; Majority of material found within ( 1874-1972)
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Francis Edwin Brennan Papers

Identifier: MSS61784
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Art director, editorial consultant, and political cartoonist. Correspondence, diaries, datebooks, printed material, artwork, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Brennan's World War II service with the U.S. Office of War Information as chief of the graphics divisions in Washington, D.C., Paris, and London, and to his career as an art advisor and design consultant.

Dates 1927-1984; Majority of material found within 1940-1979
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Anson Burlingame and Edward L. Burlingame Family Papers

Identifier: MSS14373
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Anson Burlingame, state legislator and United States representative from Massachusetts and minister to China. Edward L. Burlingame, editor. Correspondence and other papers of Anson Burlingame and Edward L. Burlingame, father and son, and of Anson’s wife, Jane Cornelia Livermore Burlingame.

Dates 1810-1922
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James M. Cain Papers

Identifier: MSS47399
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Author, journalist, and screenwriter. Correspondence, writings, legal and financial records, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cain's work as a journalist and to his career as a novelist and Hollywood screenwriter.

Dates 1901-2004; Majority of material found within 1925-1978
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James McKeen Cattell Papers

Identifier: MSS15412
Abstract

Educator, editor, and psychologist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, lectures, articles, notes, financial papers, biographical and genealogical material, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cattell's professional and academic affiliations.

Dates 1835-1948; Majority of material found within 1896-1948
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John Ciardi Papers

Identifier: MSS15826
Abstract

Poet, editor, literary critic, lecturer, and journalist. Advertisements, biographical material, contracts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, press releases, research material, royalty statements with holograph and typescript drafts, galley proofs, page proofs, and printed versions of aphorisms, articles, book reviews, books, columns, essays, etymological dictionaries, limericks, plays, poems, poetry reviews, radio and television scripts, and speeches and lectures.

Dates 1910-1997; Majority of material found within 1960-1985
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Russell Wheeler Davenport Papers

Identifier: MSS61549
Abstract 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...
Dates 1866-1980; Majority of material found within 1930-1954
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George Fielding Eliot Papers

Identifier: MSS19646
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Author, journalist, and military analyst. Correspondence, diary, biographical material, manuscripts of writings, drafts of various articles, notes, speeches and drafts of radio broadcasts, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating mainly to Eliot's career as a newspaper columnist, contributor to periodicals, and military editor of Collier's Encyclopedia.

Dates 1939-1971; Majority of material found within 1950-1971
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Michael Getler Papers

Identifier: MSS86309
Abstract Ombudsman, editor, and journalist. Columns, reader responses, memoranda, speeches, notebooks, interviews, printed matter, and subject files relating to Getler's career as ombudsman for the Washington Post and Public Broadcasting Service, editor for the Washington Post and International Herald Tribune, and as a journalist for the Washington Post and several...
Dates 1935-2018; Majority of material found within 1960-2018
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Arthur Gleason Papers

Identifier: MSS18382
Abstract Journalist, editor, and social reformer. Family and general correspondence, writings, subject files, clippings, and printed matter relating to Gleason's editorial work with Cosmopolitan, The Survey, and Collier's Weekly; his experiences as a journalist and medic in World War I; his activities on behalf of the British labor movement, Bureau of Industrial Research, United Mine Workers, and...
Dates 1863-1931; Majority of material found within 1900-1923
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Meg Greenfield Papers

Identifier: MSS85207
Abstract

Editor and journalist. Correspondence, speeches and writings, research files, interview transcripts, memoranda, minutes, reports, calendars and schedules, cartoons, financial and legal records, travel files, academic records, biographical material, honors and awards, childhood diaries and writings, family papers, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and digital files documenting Greenfield's career in journalism.

Dates 1890-1999; Majority of material found within 1952-1999
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Harper's Magazine Records

Identifier: MSS24968
Abstract

Editorial, production, and business records including correspondence, reports, drafts of articles, and galleys for monthly issues of Harper's Magazine, a compendium of social commentary, news, history, criticism, poetry and fiction.

Dates 1847-1983; Majority of material found within 1940-1983
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Gilbert A. Harrison Papers

Identifier: MSS75932
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Editor and publisher. Correspondence, subject files, clippings, pamphlets, articles, miscellany, and other papers relating principally to Harrison's position as editor and publisher of the New Republic and as president of Liveright Publishing Company.

Dates 1902-1978; Majority of material found within ( 1960-1975)
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Katharine Graham and Philip L. Graham Papers

Identifier: MSS85206
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Newspaper publishers and media executives. Correspondence, writings, speeches, subject files, financial material, scrapbooks, awards, family papers, and miscellaneous printed matter in both physical and digital formats primarily relating to the Grahams’ careers with the Washington Post Company and their influence on the newspaper business.

Dates 1804-2010; Majority of material found within 1945-2001
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Eliakim Littell Correspondence

Identifier: MSS85318
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Editor and publisher. Correspondence largely devoted to Littell's work as publisher of Museum of Foreign Literature and Science and Littell's Living Age. Notable correspondents include James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, DeWitt Clinton, Andrew Jackson, William Hickling Prescott, and Thomas Jefferson.

Dates 1819-1869; Majority of material found within ( 1825-1852)
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Clare Boothe Luce Papers

Identifier: MSS30759
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Journalist, playwright, magazine editor, United States representative from Connecticut, and United States ambassador to Italy. Family papers, correspondence, literary files, congressional and ambassadorial files, speech files, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting Luce's personal and public life as a journalist, playwright, politician, member of Congress, ambassador, and government official.

Dates 1862-1997; Majority of material found within 1930-1988
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Archibald MacLeish Papers

Identifier: MSS30932
Abstract 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...
Dates 1907-1981; Majority of material found within 1925-1970
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Joseph Arthur Moore Papers

Identifier: MSS33340
Abstract

Publisher and newspaperman. Correspondence between Moore and William Randolph Hearst concerning newspaper operations and policy, local and national politics, and Hearst’s magazine and motion picture interests. Also includes printed matter and correspondence with Arthur Brisbane, Robert W. Chambers, Millicent Wilson Hearst, and Ray Long.

Dates 1910-1927
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Kathleen Lanier Harriman Mortimer Papers

Identifier: MSS86522
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Journalist and socialite. Correspondence, clippings, notes, photographs, and other papers relating to Mortimer's professional and social activities in London and Moscow during World War II. Also contains material concerning Mortimer's education at Bennington College, a 1967 trip to Pakistan and other international locations, and a 1974 return visit to the Soviet Union.

Dates 1933-2011; Majority of material found within 1937-1974
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Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer Papers

Identifier: MSS33803
Abstract

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.

Dates 1898-1978; Majority of material found within 1933-1975
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Robert Orben Papers

Identifier: MSS86325
Abstract

Comedy writer and political speechwriter. Correspondence, jokes and other writings, business papers, photographs, printed matter, interviews, and speeches in both physical and digital formats pertaining to Orben's work as a comedy writer and humor consultant for entertainers, public figures, and corporate clients, editor of a topical humor service, writer for television, and speechwriter for President Gerald R. Ford.

Dates 1941-2019
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Norman Podhoretz Papers

Identifier: MSS60103
Abstract

Author and editor. Correspondence, memoranda, diary, journal, writings, speeches, transcripts of interviews, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and other papers relating primarily to Podhoretz's career as an author and editor of Commentary.

Dates 1950-1986
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Kenneth Lewis Roberts Papers

Identifier: MSS37994
Abstract

Novelist. Mainly drafts, galleys, notebooks, outlines, and other items pertaining to novels and other writings by Roberts, including for Life and the Saturday Evening Post.

Dates 1919-1956