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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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Charles Butler Papers

Identifier: MSS14522
Abstract Entrepreneur, lawyer, and philanthropist. Correspondence, travel diaries, legal, financial, and business papers, and maps, newspaper clippings, and other papers documenting Butler's involvement in New York politics and his interest in such matters as anti-Masonry, public debts in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, loans to farmers by the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, legal cases (particularly the William Morgan kidnapping), and improvements in transportation, especially in roads,...
Dates 1819-1929; Majority of material found within ( 1825-1894)
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W. W. Corcoran Papers

Identifier: MSS16899
Abstract

Financier and philanthropist. Correspondence, letterpress books, financial papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business and banking interests and philanthropic efforts.

Dates 1791-1896; Majority of material found within 1849-1888
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Thomas Watt Gregory Papers

Identifier: MSS24109
Abstract

United States attorney general, regent of the University of Texas, and lawyer. Chiefly legal material and correspondence from the period of Gregory's law practice in Washington, D.C. Correspondence also reflects Gregory's interest in the University of Texas, the Woodrow Wilson administration, and the presidential campaign of 1932.

Dates 1896-1933; Majority of material found within ( 1919-1933)
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Frederick Cecil Horner Papers

Identifier: MSS62020
Abstract

Transportation engineer and executive with General Motors Corporation. Correspondence, diaries, memoir, memoranda, reports, speeches, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting Horner's career in transportation, chiefly as an executive with General Motors Corporation.

Dates 1917-1960; Majority of material found within 1922-1940
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Daniel Scott Lamont Papers

Identifier: MSS29249
Abstract

Financier, private secretary to President Grover Cleveland, and secretary of war. Correspondence, letterbooks, copies of telegrams, diaries, drafts of speeches and memoranda, financial papers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia relating principally to Lamont's role and interest in New York state Democratic politics and to his work as private secretary to President Grover Cleveland and as secretary of war.

Dates 1853-1928; Majority of material found within ( 1893-1905)
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Benjamin Clarke Marsh Papers

Identifier: MSS31443
Abstract

Lobbyist and reformer. Correspondence, articles, extracts, legislative documents, memoranda, minutes, press releases, reports, speeches, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and clippings, mostly relating to activities of the People's Lobby, Inc., which Marsh served as executive secretary for many years.

Dates 1910-1950
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Ara Mesrobian Papers

Identifier: MSS86360
Abstract

Photographer and railroad enthusiast (railfan). Correspondence, railroad and trolley tickets and ticket books, railroad dining car menus, ephemera, and other material documenting mid-twentieth century rail travel, the operations of railway historical societies, and railfan subculture in the United States.

Dates 1876-2011; Majority of material found within 1941-1994
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Amos Pinchot Papers

Identifier: MSS36251
Abstract

Lawyer and publicist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, notebooks, printed articles, speeches, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other printed material reflecting Pinchot's interests in civil liberties, labor problems, government, and politics.

Dates 1856-1945; Majority of material found within 1909-1942
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Charles Edward Russell Papers

Identifier: MSS38570
Abstract

Author and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, writings, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating principally to Russell's writings and to his activities on behalf of various progressive reform causes.

Dates 1864-1941; Majority of material found within 1900-1930
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William Short Papers

Identifier: MSS39891
Abstract

Secretary to President Thomas Jefferson, diplomat, and landowner. Diplomatic, financial, and personal correspondence, financial and business papers, memorabilia, and other papers relating to Short's activities as secretary to Jefferson, his diplomatic missions, and business interests.

Dates 1778-1853
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Ambrose W. Thompson Papers

Identifier: MSS42804
Abstract

Businessman. Business and family correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, reports, statistical tables, patent papers, stocks and bonds, drawings, maps, and printed matter and miscellaneous material relating to Thompson's career as a businessman.

Dates 1847-1960; Majority of material found within 1860-1882