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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

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Chester Alan Arthur Papers

Identifier: MSS11213
Abstract

U.S. president. Correspondence, financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers chiefly relating to Arthur's presidency, his service as collector or customs for the Port of New York, and the New York Republican State Committee.

Dates 1843-1960; Majority of material found within 1870-1888
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Emanuel Celler Papers

Identifier: MSS51755
Abstract

Lawyer and U.S. representative from New York. Correspondence, notes, clippings, memoranda, speeches, financial records, printed material, and other papers relating chiefly to Celler's service as representative in Congress from New York and as chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Dates 1924-1973; Majority of material found within 1945-1973
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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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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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Hamilton Fish Papers

Identifier: MSS20602
Abstract

Congressman, senator, governor, and secretary of state. Correspondence, journals, diaries, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Fish's service as secretary of state under Ulysses S. Grant, as a member of Congress, and governor of New York.

Dates 1732-1914; Majority of material found within 1840-1890
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Ebenezer Foote Family Papers

Identifier: MSS20941
Abstract

Continental Army officer, jurist, merchant, and legislator, of Delaware County, N.Y. Family and general correspondence, orders, petitions, and legal and other papers of Foote and various members of his family. Topics include the Tammany Society of New York, the death of Alexander Hamilton, the War of 1812, the incident aboard the frigate Chesapeake, the first Seminole War, and New York politics.

Dates 1751-1871; Majority of material found within ( 1790-1807)
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Arthur J. Goldberg Papers

Identifier: MSS65670
Abstract

Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, lawyer, secretary of labor, and diplomat. Correspondence, case files, certiorari memoranda, legal files, speeches and writings, subject files, reports, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating to Goldberg's career as a lawyer, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, secretary of labor, and United States representative to the United Nations.

Dates 1793-1995; Majority of material found within 1941-1985
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Horace Greeley Papers

Identifier: MSS23937
Abstract

Journalist. Correspondence, autobiography, writings by and about Greeley, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, a notebook, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to his life and career as a journalist.

Dates 1812-1928; Majority of material found within ( 1860-1872)
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Manton Marble Papers

Identifier: MSS31286
Abstract

Editor and publisher. Correspondence, drafts of articles and letters, financial papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other material relating to Marble’s career as editor and owner of the New York World, and as a senior member of the national Democratic Party.

Dates 1838-1916; Majority of material found within ( 1864-1898)
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Wheeler H. Peckham Family Papers

Identifier: MSS35744
Abstract

Lawyer. Chiefly correspondence to Wheeler H. Peckham from his father, Rufus W. Peckham, Sr., and brother, Rufus W. Peckham, Jr., relating to family, personal, and business matters, political affairs, and the travels of Rufus W. Peckham, Sr.

Dates 1815-1910; Majority of material found within ( 1842-1868)
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Job Pierson Family Papers

Identifier: MSS61531
Abstract

Chiefly letters (1831-1835) written by Job Pierson (1791-1860) to his wife, Clarissa Bulkeley Pierson, while serving in Congress describing life in Washington, D.C., during the administration of Andrew Jackson; journal and typewritten transcripts of diary entries of Job Pierson (1824-1896) relating to his studies at Williams College, his religious conversion, family life, and his career as a Presbyterian clergyman in New York and Michigan.

Dates 1755-1908; Majority of material found within ( 1809-1896)
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Reid Family Papers

Identifier: MSS65491
Abstract

Journalists and newspaper publishers. Correspondence, financial records, office files, household and estate records, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers related to newspaper publishing and public affairs.

Dates 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1869-1970
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Theodore Roosevelt Papers

Identifier: MSS38299
Abstract

President and vice president of the United States, United States civil service commissioner, governor of New York, author, and conservationist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, executive orders, family papers, press releases and proclamations, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the political, social, and cultural history of Roosevelt's life and presidency.

Dates 1759-1993; Majority of material found within 1878-1919
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Papers

Identifier: MSS38281
Abstract

Army officer, author, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, drafts of speeches and writings, subject files, newspaper clippings, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Roosevelt's service as United States assistant secretary of the navy (1921-1924) under Warren G. Harding and Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby, as governor of Puerto Rico (1929-1932), and as governor general of the Philippines (1932-1933).

Dates 1780-1962; Majority of material found within 1920-1944
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Elihu Root Papers

Identifier: MSS38307
Abstract

United States secretary of state, secretary of war, United States senator from New York, and statesman. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notes, reports, subject files, financial papers, calendar and appointment books, invitations, and printed materials relating to Root's career as a lawyer and statesman.

Dates 1863-1937; Majority of material found within 1899-1937