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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

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Clinton Presba Anderson Papers

Identifier: MSS10926
Abstract

U.S. senator and representative from New Mexico and secretary of agriculture. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, hearing transcripts, reports, and other papers pertaining to Anderson's service in Congress.

Dates 1938-1973; Majority of material found within 1948-1973
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James Martin Barnes Papers

Identifier: MSS11833
Abstract

Lawyer, judge, and United States representative from Illinois. Correspondence, memoranda, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Barnes’s service as administrative assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dates circa 1918-1958; Majority of material found within ( 1943-1945)
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Hugo LaFayette Black Papers

Identifier: MSS12831
Abstract

Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, United States senator from Alabama, and lawyer. Family and general correspondence, memoranda, reports, notebooks, research materials, case files, legal and subject files, speeches and writings, printed and near-print materials, clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating primarily to Black's service in the Senate (1927-1937) and on the Supreme Court (1937-1971).

Dates 1883-1976; Majority of material found within 1926-1971
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Ruby A. Black Papers

Identifier: MSS61716
Abstract

Journalist. Correspondence, writings, subject files, clippings, photographs, and other papers chiefly relating to Black's coverage of Eleanor Roosevelt's White House years and her publication in 1940 of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Dates 1914-1976; Majority of material found within 1933-1945
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William Edgar Borah Papers

Identifier: MSS13276
Abstract

Lawyer and United States senator from Idaho. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, subject and legislative files, speeches and articles, patronage and constituent files, notebooks, newspaper clippings, and other material relating primarily to Borah's political interests and career in the Senate.

Dates 1905-1940; Majority of material found within 1912-1940
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Stuart Chase Papers

Identifier: MSS15628
Abstract

Economist and author. Correspondence, drafts and manuscripts of books and writings, notes, reports, book reviews, contracts, subject files, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to Chase's contributions to economics and social policy, especially as member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "brain trust."

Dates 1907-1978; Majority of material found within 1931-1955
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Benjamin V. Cohen Papers

Identifier: MSS61590
Abstract

Lawyer and statesman. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, reports, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to Cohen's career in public service and as a private counselor.

Dates 1902-1983; Majority of material found within 1918-1983
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Thomas G. Corcoran Papers

Identifier: MSS61440
Abstract

Lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, reports, briefs, opinions, testimony, family papers, business records, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers documenting Corcoran's private legal practice and his government service during the first two presidential terms of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dates 1792-1982; Majority of material found within 1965-1980
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James J. Davis

Identifier: MSS17913
Abstract

U. S. secretary of labor and senator from Pennsylvania. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, investgation files, financial papers, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter relating to Davis's service as secretary of labor in three Republican presidential administrations, his tenure as senator from Pennsylvania, and as organizer and leader of the Loyal Order of Moose.

Dates 1895-1946; Majority of material found within ( 1921-1945)
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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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Charles Fahy Papers

Identifier: MSS20164
Abstract Jurist, lawyer, United States solicitor general, and United States delegate to the United Nations. Diaries, correspondence, legal case files, subject files, speeches and writings, and other papers. Primarily related to Fahy's service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Other papers relate to Fahy's role as an advisor and representative of the presidential administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy,...
Dates 1857-1985; Majority of material found within 1942-1975
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James A. Farley Papers

Identifier: MSS20263
Abstract

Postmaster general, politician, and businessman. Correspondence, memoranda, subject files, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Farley's service as postmaster general, chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, and business interests.

Dates 1790-1976; Majority of material found within 1918-1976
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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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Lewis Graham Hines Papers

Identifier: MSS50930
Abstract

Labor leader and public official. Correspondence, speeches and writings, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Hines's activities in organized labor, especially with the American Federation of Labor, and as an official in state offices in Pennsylvania and with the federal government.

Dates 1916-1959; Majority of material found within ( 1939-1956)
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Richmond Pearson Hobson Papers

Identifier: MSS26153
Abstract

Naval officer and United States representative from Alabama. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, lectures, articles, reports, notes, analyses, naval orders, press clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Hobson's naval career and to his efforts on behalf of prohibition, restrictions on international drug trafficking, and opposition to the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration.

Dates 1889-1966; Majority of material found within 1890-1937
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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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John Adams Kingsbury Papers

Identifier: MSS28662
Abstract

Social worker and social reformer. Includes correspondence, journals and diaries, family papers, autobiographical material, travel notes, manuscripts of Kingsbury's books, speeches and articles, news releases, legal and financial papers and documents his activities as a social reformer and public health advocate such as his efforts to improve the conditions of public institutions in New York and Eastern European relief work.

Dates 1841-1966; Majority of material found within 1906-1939
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John Callan O'Laughlin Papers

Identifier: MSS35355
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Politician, statesman, newspaperman, and publisher. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, reports, printed material, scrapbooks, and records of the Army and Navy Journal documenting O'Laughlin's career as a newspaperman and advocate of Republican Party and conservative causes.

Dates 1895-1949
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Progressive National Committee Supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt for President Records

Identifier: MSS36996
Abstract

Correspondence, office files, press releases, scrapbook of clippings, and other printed material relating to the committee's activities in the 1936 presidential campaign.

Dates 1936
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Donald R. Richberg Papers

Identifier: MSS37804
Abstract

Lawyer, author, and public official. Correspondence, writings, subject files, and miscellaneous material relating to Richberg’s writings and the period of the New Deal while Richberg was general counsel of the National Recovery Administration and executive director of the National Emergency Council.

Dates 1900-1960; Majority of material found within ( 1953-1958)
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Selden Rodman Correspondence

Identifier: MSS86352
Abstract

Writer, editor, and cultural critic. Correspondence and related attachments, primarily from poets Archibald MacLeish and Fleming MacLiesh, documenting Rodman's literary associations.

Dates 1931-1972
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Kermit Roosevelt and Belle Roosevelt Papers

Identifier: MSS38265
Abstract

Author, businessman, explorer, and soldier (Kermit Roosevelt). Businesswoman and social leader (Belle Roosevelt). Correspondence, diaries, family papers, speeches, writings, subject files, military records, business and financial records, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other material reflecting many aspects of the Roosevelts' social, personal, and business activities.

Dates 1725-1975; Majority of material found within 1900-1964
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Wiley Rutledge, Jr., Papers

Identifier: MSS38737
Abstract

Educator, jurist, and lawyer. Correspondence, family papers, court files, academic files, speeches and writings, and others papers documenting Rutledge's career as professor and dean of the State University of Iowa College of Law (1935-1939), associate justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1939-1943), and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1943-1949).

Dates 1909-1984; Majority of material found within 1935-1951
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Harold M. Stephens Papers

Identifier: MSS41343
Abstract

Jurist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, and books, biographical papers, legislative material, photographs, degrees, memoranda, and other personal and legal writings and papers relating primarily to Stephens's career as a lawyer and judge.

Dates 1895-1955; Majority of material found within ( 1935-1955)
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Emily A. Stewart Collection of Elihu Root Material

Identifier: MSS27441
Abstract

Chiefly transcripts of conversations between Elihu Root and members of his family concerning his ancestry and biography.

Dates 1885-1959