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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

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David S. Broder Papers

Identifier: MSS86014
Abstract

Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, articles and columns, book drafts, notebooks and notes, interviews, speeches and statements, press releases, surveys, reports, political memorabilia, newsletters, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting Broder's career as a journalist.

Dates 1910-2012; Majority of material found within 1966-1983
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Raymond Clapper Papers

Identifier: MSS15925
Abstract

Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries and writings, notebooks, dispatches, press releases, radio scripts, reports, printed matter, scrapbooks, promotional matter, photographs, and reference material chiefly pertaining to the New Deal and World War II.

Dates 1908-1962; Majority of material found within 1913-1944
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Henry Clay Family Papers

Identifier: MSS16105
Abstract

Personal, official, and family correspondence, speeches, writings, business records, legal files, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers chiefly documenting the public career and private life of statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852), United States secretary of state and representative and senator from Kentucky; his son, James B. Clay (1817-1864), diplomat, United States representative from Kentucky, and Confederate sympathizer; and other members of Henry Clay's family.

Dates 1732-1927; Majority of material found within 1814-1852
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Clark M. Clifford Papers

Identifier: MSS84499
Abstract

Government official and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, congressional testimony, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Clifford's personal and professional life, including his role as an adviser and counsel to four Democratic presidential administrations, his service as United States secretary of defense, 1968-1969, and his career as a lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Dates 1883-1999; Majority of material found within 1946-1998
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Joseph Edward Davies Papers

Identifier: MSS17855
Abstract

Diplomat, lawyer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, drafts of articles, books, and speeches, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating to Davies's career as an ambassador to Belgium and Russia, presidential advisor, and author.

Dates 1860-1958; Majority of material found within 1912-1958
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Elections Research Center Records

Identifier: MSS78897
Abstract

Nonprofit elections research and analysis organization. Newspaper clippings, ballots, election returns, reports, notes, statistical data, correspondence, and printed material documents elections in all fifty states and the District of Columbia collected by the organization between 1955 and 1992 for the purpose of compilation, analysis, and publication.

Dates 1918-1992; Majority of material found within 1932-1992
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Arthur J. Finkelstein Papers

Identifier: MSS86414
Abstract

Republican pollster and political consultant. Correspondence, polls, clippings, memoranda, travel books, calendars, and other papers relating to Finkelstein's career as a Republican consultant and campaign manager.

Dates 1960-2019; Majority of material found within 1970-1989
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Duff Green Papers

Identifier: mm75023978
Abstract

Journalist, politician, entrepreneur, and industrial promoter. Correspondence, writings, maps, and printed matter reflecting Green’s political service and views on Southern culture.

Dates 1716-1883; Majority of material found within ( 1827-1845)
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Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman Papers

Identifier: MSS84292
Abstract Political activist and diplomat. Family papers, correspondence, memoranda, reports, agenda, minutes, programs, briefing binders, political polls, lists, research files, Federal Election Commission filings, financial and legal records, speeches and writings, interview and event transcripts, diary excerpts, biographical material, awards, publicity material, engagement calendars, scheduling and event files, travel files, digital files, address books, guest books, passports, marriage...
Dates 1909-1997; Majority of material found within 1943-1997
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Stephen Hess Papers

Identifier: MSS83739
Abstract

Political scientist and author. Interviews, surveys, research material, digital video files, correspondence, memoranda, and other material relating to Hess's professional life, including his work as a Brookings Institution fellow and George Washington University faculty member, as well as his tenure as Richard M. Nixon's Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs.

Dates 1961-2016
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John A. Lawrence Papers

Identifier: MSS86081
Abstract Senior staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives, author, and lecturer. Correspondence, memoranda, meeting notes, interviews, photographs, subject files, printed matter, and email in both paper and digital formats primarily relating to Lawrence’s years as chief of staff for United States Congresswoman, House Minority Leader, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Also documented are Lawrence's previous work as chief of staff for United States Congressman George Miller III and...
Dates 1974-2018; Majority of material found within 2008-2013
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Henry Morgenthau Papers

Identifier: MSS33498
Abstract

Businessman and diplomat. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, family papers, speeches and writings, subject files, printed matter, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Morgenthau's service as ambassador to Turkey, other diplomatic efforts, involvement in Democratic Party politics, and as a philanthropist.

Dates 1795-1941; Majority of material found within 1870-1941
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Daniel P. Moynihan Papers

Identifier: MSS 75913
Abstract

Public official, diplomat, educator, and senator. Correspondence, memoranda, journals, speeches, writings, legislative files, notes, research material, subject files, appointment books, press releases, printed material, clippings, and photographs documenting Moynihan's career in public service, in higher education, and in politics, particularly his years as United States senator from New York.

Dates 1765-2003; Majority of material found within 1955-2000
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records

Identifier: MSS65570
Abstract

Civil rights organization and law firm. Records documenting the NAACP's legal program through the mid-1960s and its coordinated attack on legal segregation and racial discrimination waged in state, federal and supreme courts. Includes administrative records, conference agenda, reports, committee files, correspondence and memoranda, notes, printed material, and legal case files.

Dates 1915-1968; Majority of material found within 1940-1960
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Joseph Hopper Nicholson Papers

Identifier: MSS34728
Abstract

Jurist and U.S. representative from Maryland. Correspondence and other papers relating chiefly to Nicholson's service as U.S. representative and judge of the U.S. Circuit Court and U.S. Court of Appeals.

Dates 1789-1827; Majority of material found within ( 1789-1817)
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Maurice Rosenblatt Papers

Identifier: MSS84828
Abstract

Lobbyist and consultant. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, newsletters, and other papers related primarily to Rosenblatt's work with the National Committee for an Effective Congress and files on Joseph McCarthy and the issue of McCarthyism.

Dates 1910-2003; Majority of material found within 1942-2000
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Carl Schurz Papers

Identifier: MSS39156
Abstract

United States cabinet officer, diplomat, senator from Missouri, Union army officer, journalist, and reformer. Correspondence, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and scrapbooks pertaining to Liberal Republicanism, tariff reduction, civil service reform, anti-imperialism, election campaigns, and the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes in which Schurz served as secretary of the interior.

Dates 1837-1983; Majority of material found within 1860-1906
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Margaret Bayard Smith Papers

Identifier: MSS40436
Abstract

Social leader, author, and prominent Washingtonian. Family and general correspondence, diaries, journals, and commonplace books consisting mainly of family correspondence between Smith and her sisters, Jane Bayard Kirkpatrick and Maria Bayard Boyd, and her husband, journalist and banker, Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845).

Dates 1789-1874; Majority of material found within ( 1796-1840)
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Robert A. Taft Papers

Identifier: MSS42226
Abstract

United States senator from Ohio, Republican Party leader, and lawyer. Correspondence, family and personal papers, political and legislative files, subject files, business and financial papers, speeches and writings, and other papers relating primarily to Taft's career in the Senate and to his role as a national leader in the Republican Party.

Dates 1885-1980; Majority of material found within 1938-1953
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United States Senate Historical Office oral history interviews

Identifier: MSS59006
Abstract

Transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by the Senate Historical Office with members and employees of the United States Senate.

Dates 1976-2018