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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

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Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office Oral History Interviews

Identifier: MSS54221
Abstract

Interviews pertaining to California state politics and government, the suffragists, and to the life and career of John S. Service, an American diplomat in China, and his wife, Caroline Service.

Dates 1959-1979; Majority of material found within 1969-1975
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Zbigniew Brzezinski Papers

Identifier: MSS84951
Abstract

Foreign policy advisor, political scientist, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, notes, journal extracts, writings, speeches, lectures, testimony, travel files, interview transcripts, press clippings, photographs, family papers, printed matter, and other material relating primarily to Brzezinski's professional life including his tenure as President Jimmy Carter's national security advisor.

Dates 1798-2017; Majority of material found within 1952-2017
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Anson Burlingame and Edward L. Burlingame Family Papers

Identifier: MSS14373
Abstract

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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Joseph Hodges Choate Papers

Identifier: MSS15768
Abstract

Lawyer, author, and diplomat. Correspondence, letterbooks, addresses, lectures, legal memoranda, memorabilia, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Choate's student days at Harvard University, his law practice in New York, his charitable work, and his diplomatic career.

Dates 1745-1929; Majority of material found within ( 1852-1917)
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Caleb Cushing Papers

Identifier: MSS17509
Abstract

United States cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches, notes, notebooks, legal file, business papers, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, maps, photographs, and other papers reflecting Cushing's role in national and international affairs of the mid-nineteenth century.

Dates circa 1785-1906; Majority of material found within 1820-1878
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Denby Family Papers

Identifier: MSS84834
Abstract

Correspondence between members of the Denby family. Includes letters of Charles Denby (1830-1904), a lawyer and diplomat; Charles Denby (1861-1938), a diplomat; and Edwin Denby, a member of the United States Congress and secretary of the navy. Relates to the Civil War, diplomatic life in China, and the Spanish-American War.

Dates 1850-1911
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William O. Douglas Papers

Identifier: MSS18853
Abstract

Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and professor of law. Correspondence, speeches and writings, subject files, Supreme Court files, financial records, family papers and genealogy, printed matter, photographs, and other papers documenting Douglas's legal and judicial career, government service, concern for the environment, and other interests.

Dates 1801-1980; Majority of material found within 1923-1975
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Edwin J. Feulner Papers

Identifier: MSS85758
Abstract Author, political consultant, former president of the Heritage Foundation. Correspondence, diaries, appointment books, daily schedules, notebooks, clippings, chronological files, biographical material, family papers, speech and travel files, itineraries, meeting files, financial records, legal records, memoranda, organization files, meeting minutes, reports, subject files, memorabilia, photographs, writings, notes, and other papers relating to Feulner's career devoted to conservative public...
Dates 1934-2014; Majority of material found within 1966-2012
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Henry Prather Fletcher Papers

Identifier: MSS20818
Abstract

Diplomat. Correspondence, diary, letterbook, speeches and articles, scrapbook, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers documenting Fletcher's career from his enlistment in the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War through his service as a special adviser to the secretary of state on post-World War II problems and plans.

Dates 1898-1958
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James Forman Papers

Identifier: MSS85371
Abstract

Author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, subject files, speeches and writings, family papers, appointment books and calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Forman's activities as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and president of the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee.

Dates 1848-2005; Majority of material found within 1961-2001
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Albert Gleaves Papers

Identifier: MSS50104
Abstract

Naval officer and historian. Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, articles, books, scrapbooks, reports of the Asiatic Fleet, notebooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, biographical material, poetry, printed matter, and other papers relating to Gleaves's naval career and his writings.

Dates 1803-1946; Majority of material found within ( 1877-1937)
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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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Nelson T. Johnson Papers

Identifier: MSS27912
Abstract

U.S. assistant secretary of state, minister and ambassador to China and minister to Australia. Personal correspondence, memoranda of conversations and engagement books, speeches and writings, and other material chiefly relating to Johnson's diplomatic service in China, Australia, and east Asia.

Dates 1916-1955; Majority of material found within 1922-1954
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Henry A. Kissinger Papers, Part I

Identifier: MSS75867
Abstract U.S. secretary of state and assistant to the president for national security affairs. Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, cables, memoranda of conversations, typewritten transcripts of telephone conversations, minutes of meetings, interviews, articles, speeches, reports, agenda and briefing papers, talking points, research and policy papers, notes, biographical material, press releases, printed matter, maps, audiotapes, and other papers relating chiefly to Kissinger's service as national...
Dates 1957-1982; Majority of material found within 1969-1977
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Henry A. Kissinger Papers, Part II

Identifier: MSS85771
Abstract

U.S. secretary of state and assistant to the president for national security affairs. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches, photographs, and other material documenting Kissinger's pre government, government, and post government careers, including his tenures as secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and national security advisor to the president from 1969 to 1975.

Dates 1838-2007; Majority of material found within 1954-2007
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Philander C. Knox Papers

Identifier: MSS28852
Abstract

U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, articles, notebooks, bills and resolutions, legal records, biographical sketches, library catalog, clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, cartoons, and other papers relating chiefly to Knox's service as U.S. attorney general, secretary of state, and senator from Pennsylvania.

Dates 1796-1922; Majority of material found within 1901-1921
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Robert Lansing Papers

Identifier: MSS29454
Abstract Lawyer, diplomat, secretary of state during the Wilson administration, and member of the American mission to negotiate a peace treaty following World War I. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, resolutions, desk diaries, book manuscripts, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, paintings, drawings, and other papers relating chiefly to Lansing's years (1914-1920) as counsel to the Department of State and as secretary of state and particularly to American...
Dates 1831-1959; Majority of material found within 1914-1920
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Owen Lattimore Papers

Identifier: MSS80712
Abstract Orientalist, author, educator, and historian. Correspondence, journals, writings, reviews, speeches, research notes, interviews, reports, transcripts of hearings, and other papers pertaining to Lattimore's studies in Chinese and Mongolian history and linguistics, his appointment as a political advisor to Chiang Kai-shek, and his service as director of Pacific Operations in the United States Office of War Information Overseas Operations Branch, and as a member of the United States Reparations...
Dates 1907-1997; Majority of material found within ( 1950-1989)
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Humphrey Marshall Papers

Identifier: MSS85411
Abstract

Lawyer, army officer, United States representative from Kentucky, and Confederate States of America representative from Virginia. Correspondence, diaries, financial and legal papers, notes, speeches, writings, printed matter and other material relating chiefly to Humphrey Marshall's activities as a lawyer, soldier, and politician.

Dates 1771-2002; Majority of material found within ( 1846-1856)
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Louis McLane Correspondence

Identifier: MSS57083
Abstract

Lawyer, U.S. representative and senator from Delaware, diplomat, and cabinet officer. Correspondence primarily between McLane and members of his family relating to social life in Washington, D.C., his diplomatic duties, and national and congressional politics.

Dates 1795-1894; Majority of material found within ( 1817-1855)
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William Lindsay Scruggs Papers

Identifier: MSS39347
Abstract

Editor and diplomat. Microfilm of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, articles and other writings, notes, speeches, financial papers, annotated scrapbooks, and other papers pertaining primarily to Scruggs's service as United States minister to Colombia and Venezuela, and United States consul in China.

Dates 1828-1955; Majority of material found within ( 1893-1898)
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Roland Herbert Shackford Papers

Identifier: MSS60843
Abstract

Journalist and author. Correspondence, memoranda, notes, notebooks, invitations, printed matter, photographs, and other papers documenting primarily Shackford's career as a journalist with the Scripps-Howard news agency and other newspapers.

Dates 1925-1981; Majority of material found within ( 1952-1979)
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Eli T. Sheppard Papers

Identifier: MSS39743
Abstract

Diplomat and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notes, and printed matter pertaining primarily to Sheppard's work as a United States consul in Tienstin, China, and as an adviser in international law to the Japanese foreign office.

Dates 1872-1924; Majority of material found within ( 1872-1880)
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Francis R. Valeo Papers

Identifier: MSS57299
Abstract

Secretary of United States Senate and foreign affairs consultant. Correspondence, agenda, reports and other writings, subject and travel files, bibliographies, photographs, and other papers chiefly documenting Valeo's career as an East Asian specialist, foreign affairs advisor, and secretary of the United States Senate.

Dates 1916-1987; Majority of material found within 1946-1985
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Harry E. Yarnell Papers

Identifier: MSS57448
Abstract

Naval officer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, reports, articles, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers related to military aspects of United States China policy, reorganization of United States armed forces, naval and military strategy during World War II, and Yarnell’s naval career.

Dates 1909-1958; Majority of material found within 1939-1945