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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

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Madeleine Korbel Albright Papers

Identifier: MSS85937
Abstract

U.S. secretary of state, diplomat, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, schedules, notes, speeches, writings, teaching files, personal memorabilia, and other papers relating to her life and career as a foreign policy expert and diplomat, particularly her time as National Security Council staff member, foreign policy advisor to presidential and vice-presidential candidates, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and Secretary of State.

Dates 1925-2015; Majority of material found within 1961-2001
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Alcides Arguedas Diaries

Identifier: MSS11072
Abstract

Bolivian author, diplomat, politician, and historian. Diaries, mostly typescript copies, some originals, covering Arguedas's personal and professional life as well as his views on Bolivian politics and world events.

Dates 1900-1943
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John Davis Batchelder Collection of Manuscripts

Identifier: MSS12021
Abstract

Educator and collector. Autographs, letters, official documents, writings, printed material, photographs, and other papers of prominent historical figures in the arts, science, and politics of the Western world collected by Batchelder.

Dates 1537-1944; Majority of material found within 1800-1910
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Robert Worth Bingham Papers

Identifier: MSS56424
Abstract

Diplomat, lawyer, and newspaper publisher. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, appointment books, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Bingham's service as ambassador to Great Britain.

Dates 1856-1939; Majority of material found within 1933-1937
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Zbigniew Brzezinski Papers

Identifier: MSS84951
Abstract

Foreign policy advisor, political scientist, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, notes, journal extracts, writings, speeches, lectures, testimony, travel files, interview transcripts, press clippings, photographs, family papers, printed matter, and other material relating primarily to Brzezinski's professional life including his tenure as President Jimmy Carter's national security advisor.

Dates 1798-2017; Majority of material found within 1952-2017
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Raymond Leslie Buell Papers

Identifier: MSS61465
Abstract

Educator, lecturer, and publicist; active in international affairs. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, statements, writings, subject files, and other papers relating to Buell's career as a writer and speaker on international affairs, to his travels, and to his activities with the Foreign Policy Association and the Republican Party.

Dates 1915-1984; Majority of material found within 1920-1946
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David S. C. Chu Papers

Identifier: MSS828222
Abstract Economist and assistant secretary of defense for program analysis and evaluation. Correspondence, memoranda, notes, office and subject files, speeches, and testimony documenting Chu's career chiefly as director, Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, Department of Defense and as assistant secretary of defense for program analysis and evaluation. Also includes material from his work in the economics department of the Rand Corporation and as assistant director for national security and...
Dates 1969-1993; Majority of material found within 1981-1992
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Victor S. Clark Papers

Identifier: MSS16014
Abstract

Economist and author. Correspondence, financial statements, notes, clippings, reports on various areas and countries, and other data, largely pertaining to the Institute of Current World Affairs, Washington, D.C., and the world situation. Also includes papers of Levi and LeRoy Davis, farmers and merchants of the Genesee River Valley in New York, during the 1800s.

Dates 1827-1944
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Russell Wheeler Davenport Papers

Identifier: MSS61549
Abstract Author, editor, and political activist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, writings, speeches, research material, political files, biographical material, photographs, photograph albums, artifacts, and other papers relating primarily to Davenport's career as a writer and editor with Fortune and Life magazines, his involvement with the Republican Party, his work with the Institute for Creative Research, New York, N.Y., his...
Dates 1866-1980; Majority of material found within 1930-1954
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Elmer Holmes Davis Papers

Identifier: MSS17889
Abstract

Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official. Correspondence, manuscripts of articles and early pieces of fiction, subject file, radio scripts, biographical material, lectures and speeches, and photographs relating to Davis's career.

Dates 1865-1957; Majority of material found within 1946-1955
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Andrew Ellicott Papers

Identifier: MSS19679
Abstract Surveyor and mathematician. Correspondence, maps, charts, and reports of astronomical observations chiefly concerning Ellicott's work in surveying the boundary between the United States and Florida under the San Lorenzo Treaty (1795) and also his surveys of the city of Washington, the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina, the town of Presque Isle (later Erie), Pennsylvania, and the boundary between the United States and Canada under the Treaty of Ghent (1814). Other subjects include...
Dates 1777-1829
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Michael Getler Papers

Identifier: MSS86309
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...
Dates 1935-2018; Majority of material found within 1960-2018
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Cass Gilbert Papers

Identifier: MSS22780
Abstract

Architect. Correspondence, diaries, biographical material, financial papers, speeches, articles, poems, and memorabilia relating to Gilbert's family and his work as an architect. Includes letters addressed to Thomas Jefferson by William Thornton and typescript of a letter to Jefferson from James R. Dermott.

Dates 1841-1961; Majority of material found within 1886-1934
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Roy Wilson Howard Papers

Identifier: MSS26583
Abstract

Newspaperman. Correspondence, family papers, reports, clippings, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating to Howard's career in the newspaper business, especially with United Press Associations (later United Press International) and with the Scripps-Howard newspapers, particularly the New York World-Telegram.

Dates 1911-1966; Majority of material found within 1920-1963
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Katharine Graham and Philip L. Graham Papers

Identifier: MSS85206
Abstract

Newspaper publishers and media executives. Correspondence, writings, speeches, subject files, financial material, scrapbooks, awards, family papers, and miscellaneous printed matter in both physical and digital formats primarily relating to the Grahams’ careers with the Washington Post Company and their influence on the newspaper business.

Dates 1804-2010; Majority of material found within 1945-2001
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Ernest Joseph King Papers

Identifier: MSS38687
Abstract

Naval officer. Official and general correspondence, orders to duty, speech, article, and book file, memoranda, notes, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to King's activities as commander in chief of the United States Fleet and chief of naval operations during World War II.

Dates 1908-1991; Majority of material found within 1936-1952
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Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer Papers

Identifier: MSS33803
Abstract

Edgar Ansel Mowrer, journalist, and Lilian Thomson, author, married 1916. Correspondence, manuscripts of speeches and writings, lectures, subject files, and other papers documenting the Mowrers' careers as authors and lecturers on foreign affairs, particularly on the diplomacy of France, Germany, Italy, and the United States.

Dates 1898-1978; Majority of material found within 1933-1975
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Leo Pasvolsky Papers

Identifier: MSS35568
Abstract

United States State Department official and economist. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, workbooks, drafts of resolutions and speeches, and printed matter pertaining chiefly to the founding of the United Nations and to Pasvolsky's role at international conferences.

Dates 1937-1953; Majority of material found within ( 1944-1945)
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Daniel Schorr Papers

Identifier: MSS85407
Abstract

Print and broadcast journalist. Broadcast scripts, articles and book production material, correspondence, speeches, and printed material relating to Schorr's career in journalism.

Dates 1922-2010; Majority of material found within ( 1943-2006)
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Clarence K. Streit Papers

Identifier: MSS65621
Abstract

Author, editor, and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, subject files, speeches, statements, and writings, family papers, reports, interviews, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, minutes of meetings, photographs, clippings, printed matter, and other papers primarily relating to Federal Union, Inc., which Streit founded to promote his plan for an Atlantic Union of democracies, as well as that organization's successor, Association to Unite the Democracies, Inc.

Dates 1838-2000; Majority of material found within 1939-1994
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Washington Post Historical Collection

Identifier: MSS86027
Abstract

American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. A collection of clippings, photographs, editorials, research files, memoranda, correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, newsletters, scrapbooks, directories, video files, audio files, and newspapers documenting the broad history of the newspaper through the records and papers of multiple departments and staff members.

Dates 1877-2015; Majority of material found within 1942-2007