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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

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Ray Stannard Baker Papers

Identifier: MSS11593
Abstract Journalist and author. Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, drafts of books and articles, family papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed matter concerning Baker's career in newspaper and magazine writing, his books, and his role in the Paris Peace Conference. Included is a large group of papers collected by Baker for his biography of Woodrow Wilson. Also includes portions of an autobiography of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925) and material relating to Baker's study of African...
Dates 1836-1947; Majority of material found within 1907-1944
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Albert J. Beveridge Papers

Identifier: MSS12591
Abstract United States senator from Indiana, lawyer, historian, and biographer. Correspondence, diary notes, addresses, drafts of writings, research material, records of interviews, printed matter, photographs, and miscellaneous material documenting Beveridge's career from his early law practice in Indiana to his career in the Senate, espousal of the Progressive Party, experience as a war correspondent in Europe, and his later work as historian and biographer. Includes source material used in writing...
Dates 1788-1943; Majority of material found within 1886-1927
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Gutzon Borglum Papers

Identifier: MSS13284
Abstract

Sculptor, artist, and author. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, subject files, speeches and writings, and other papers relating primarily to Borglum's artistic works, especially the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and plans for a Confederate memorial at Stone Mountain, Georgia. Also includes records of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission and of its officials.

Dates 1881-2019; Majority of material found within 1912-1941
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Bainbridge Colby Papers

Identifier: MSS16360
Abstract

United States secretary of state, statesman, and lawyer. Correspondence, letterbooks, speeches, notebooks, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers primarily relating to Colby's career as a politician and statesman after 1912, including his service as Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state.

Dates 1863-1950; Majority of material found within 1912-1950
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Jo Davidson Papers

Identifier: MSS17830
Abstract

Sculptor. Correspondence, notes, speeches, articles, clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous material relating to Davidson's career as a sculptor and to his political activities with the Progressive Citizens of America and the National Wallace for President Committee.

Dates 1906-1952
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William Dudley Foulke Papers

Identifier: MSS21170
Abstract Lawyer, public official, and author from Indiana. Correspondence, diaries, journals, copybook, speeches, writings, notes, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers, including a late fifteenth century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland. The bulk of the collection consists of Foulke's correspondence reflecting his literary career and public service, including letters from Theodore Roosevelt discussing civil service reform,...
Dates circa 1470-1952; Majority of material found within ( 1868-1935)
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Mercer Green Johnston Papers

Identifier: MSS28001
Abstract Educator, Episcopal clergyman, and author. Correspondence, diaries, sermons, notebooks, autobiographical papers, poems, prayers, financial papers, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Johnston's career as an Episcopal clergyman in the United States and the Philippines, worker for the Young Men's Christian Association during World War I, director of the People's Legislative Service, director of the National Citizens Committee on Relations...
Dates 1860-1964; Majority of material found within 1894-1954
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La Follette Family Papers

Identifier: MSS29165
Abstract Family active in late nineteenth and early twentieth century national politics. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical research files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), governor of Wisconsin and United States representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette (1895-1953),...
Dates 1781-1988; Majority of material found within 1900-1953
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Irvine Luther Lenroot Papers

Identifier: MSS29942
Abstract

Jurist, lawyer, and United States representative and senator from Wisconsin. Correspondence, biographical material, legal papers, speeches, articles, political and subject files, reports, scrapbooks, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to Lenroot's political campaigns, association with Robert M. La Follette, role in the Wisconsin Progressive movement, and relationship with national political leaders.

Dates 1858-1971; Majority of material found within ( 1900-1944)
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William McKinley Papers

Identifier: MSS32268
Abstract

United States president, representative, and army officer, and governor of Ohio. Correspondence, speeches, will, messages, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers pertaining primarily to McKinley's presidential administration.

Dates circa 1847-1935; Majority of material found within 1897-1901
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Victor Murdock Papers

Identifier: MSS22384
Abstract U.S. representative from Kansas and newspaper editor. Diary, family papers, general correspondence, Federal Trade Commission files, writings, and miscellany documenting Murdock's political career as a congressman from Kansas and leadership of the Republican insurgents who contested the power of House Speaker Joseph Cannon in 1910. Includes material concerning Murdock's activities on behalf of the Progressive Party and as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. Also contains family papers...
Dates 1824-1971; Majority of material found within 1909-1940
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Progressive National Committee Supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt for President Records

Identifier: MSS36996
Abstract

Correspondence, office files, press releases, scrapbook of clippings, and other printed material relating to the committee's activities in the 1936 presidential campaign.

Dates 1936
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William Thomas Rawleigh Papers

Identifier: MSS59584
Abstract

Manufacturer and retailer of farm goods, chairman of the La Follette for President Committee, and Robert M. La Follette's campaign treasurer. Correspondence, financial records, lists, charts, promotional material, and others papers relating to the 1924 presidential campaign of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925).

Dates 1911-1931
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Donald R. Richberg Papers

Identifier: MSS37804
Abstract

Lawyer, author, and public official. Correspondence, writings, subject files, and miscellaneous material relating to Richberg’s writings and the period of the New Deal while Richberg was general counsel of the National Recovery Administration and executive director of the National Emergency Council.

Dates 1900-1960; Majority of material found within ( 1953-1958)
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Genevieve Fallon Steefel Papers

Identifier: MSS37002
Abstract

Civic leader. Political bulletins, flyers, speeches, announcements, and print and near-print material relating to political campaigns of the Progressive Party and letters and other papers collected by Steefel during her service as a member and leader of various progressive organizations, including the presidential campaign of Henry A. Wallace in 1948.

Dates 1944-1950
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Mary Church Terrell Papers

Identifier: MSS42549
Abstract

African-American civil rights leader, lecturer, and educator. Correspondence, diaries, printed material, clippings, speeches and writings, and other papers focusing primarily on Terrell's career as an advocate of women's rights and equal treatment for African Americans.

Dates 1851-1962; Majority of material found within 1886-1954
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William Allen White Papers

Identifier: MSS45377
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Newspaper editor. Letterpress books and personal and special correspondence relating mainly to White's personal life and career as editor of the Emporia Gazette.

Dates 1859-1944; Majority of material found within ( 1899-1944)