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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

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Breckinridge Family Papers

Identifier: MSS13698
Abstract Family prominent in Kentucky and national politics and government. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and articles, subject files, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, and other papers of various members of the Breckinridge family. The bulk of the collection is composed of the papers of John Breckinridge, Robert J. Breckinridge, John C. Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Mary Desha, Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell...
Dates 1752-1980
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Benjamin Helm Bristow Papers

Identifier: MSS13862
Abstract Army officer, lawyer, United States secretary of the treasury, and solicitor general. Correspondence, speeches, biographical material, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, other printed material, and photographs relating primarily to Bristow's service as solicitor general and secretary of the treasury in the administrations of Ulysses S. Grant and to his New York City law firm. Includes a letterpress book of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the commissioner of internal revenue concerning...
Dates 1839-1932; Majority of material found within ( 1874-1896)
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Robert L. Carter Papers

Identifier: MSS81818
Abstract

Civil rights lawyer and judge. Correspondence, memoranda, legal cases, speeches, writings, subject files, newspaper clippings, ephemera, biographical material, oral history interviews, photographs, notes, and research material relating primarily to Carter's career after 1968.

Dates 1941-2006; Majority of material found within 1969-2004
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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. 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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Theodore Granik Papers

Identifier: MSS75822
Abstract

Lawyer and radio and television moderator. Correspondence, legal proceedings, printed transcripts of radio and television broadcasts, scripts, memoranda, production inventories, and newspaper clippings documenting Granik's law practice in Washington, D. C., and New York, N.Y., and his work in broadcasting.

Dates 1930-1970; Majority of material found within 1941-1967
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Alexander Hamilton Papers

Identifier: MSS24612
Abstract Delegate from New York to the United States Continental Congress, United States secretary of the treasury, United States army officer, statesman, and lawyer. Correspondence, speeches and writings, legal and financial papers, printed matter, and other papers relating to Hamilton's personal life and public career, especially his service as an aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War, his participation in the United States Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention,...
Dates 1708-1917; Majority of material found within 1777-1804
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John Philip Hill Scrapbooks

Identifier: MSS25973
Abstract

Army officer, lawyer, and U.S. representative from Maryland. Full name John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill. Scrapbooks chiefly of newspaper clippings compiled or kept by Hill relating to his career as am attorney, U.S. representative from Maryland, and U.S. Army officer during World War I.

Dates 1906-1938
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James McCauley Landis Papers

Identifier: MSS29348
Abstract

Government official, lawyer, and educator. Correspondence, legal drafts and briefs, memoranda, drafts and copies of Landis's writings, scrapbooks, financial papers, and other material relating to his career as professor at Harvard, dean of the Harvard Law School, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, U.S. State Department minister to the Middle East, advisor to John F. Kennedy, and supervisor for the town of Harrison, N.Y.

Dates 1916-2004; Majority of material found within ( 1927-1962)
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Edwards Pierrepont Papers

Identifier: MSS18283
Abstract

Lawyer of New York, N.Y., United States attorney general, and ambassador to Great Britain. Correspondence, legal papers, speeches, articles, reports, newspaper clippings, cancelled checks, and printed matter, relating chiefly to Pierrepont's legal career in New York, N.Y. Includes letters from Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) and Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1849-1936).

Dates 1847-1900
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William Sampson Papers

Identifier: MSS51169
Abstract

Irish patriot, lawyer, and author. Microfilm of letters from Sampson to his wife, Grace Clarke Sampson, relating to his political exile from Ireland to the United States.

Dates 1806-1849; Majority of material found within 1816-1849
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Robert Helyer Thayer Papers

Identifier: MSS76877
Abstract

Diplomat, lawyer, and New York public official. Correspondence, memoranda, legal briefs and case files, reports, financial records, scrapbook, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers documenting Thayer's legal career, political activities in the Republican Party, service in naval intelligence during World War II, and work for the State Department.

Dates 1920-1980; Majority of material found within ( 1930-1964)