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Army officer, federal agency head, university president, public school superintendent. Correspondence, speeches, writings, military and civilian government documents, topical files, reports, printed matter, monographs, and miscellaneous material documenting Becton's army career, leadership of federal agencies, college presidency, and superintendency of a large, urban public school system.

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Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

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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.

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...

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Commander, captain, rear admiral, and vice admiral. Speeches and writings, newspaper and magazine clippings relating mostly to Gravely's career, personal and professional correspondence, awards and certificates, professional and personal event files, a file related to his wife, Alma C. Gravely, miscellany, photographs, and a scrapbook related to his time as commandant of the Eleventh Naval District.

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Army officer. Personal and official correspondence, writings, military papers, and other material relating to Robinett’s career as combat commander, commandant of the Armored Force School of Fort Knox, Ky., and chief, Special Studies Section, Office of the Chief of Military History.

Abstract Author and journalist. Correspondence, drafts of writings, notes, research material, interview transcripts, and other papers relating to Sheehan's writings concerning the Vietnam and Cold Wars, especially his books A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (1988), After the War Was Over: Hanoi and Saigon (1992), and A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate...