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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

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Ronald Harmon Brown Papers

Identifier: MSS85311
Abstract

U. S. secretary of commerce and lawyer. Government documents, briefing books, topical files, newsletters, reports, speeches, photographs, trip itineraries, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Brown’s service as a cabinet member during the Bill Clinton administration.

Dates 1992-1996
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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts

Identifier: MSS84367
Abstract

Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

Dates 1656-1995; Majority of material found within 1700-1876
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Edward Tracy Clark Papers

Identifier: MSS15966
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Presidential secretary, lawyer, and businessman of Washington, D.C. Correspondence relating primarily to Clark's work as a consultant on legislative, customs, and tariff matters for various business concerns, and letters from his service as secretary to President Calvin Coolidge.

Dates 1923-1935; Majority of material found within 1929-1935
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Clark M. Clifford Papers

Identifier: MSS84499
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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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Ernest Gallaudet Draper Papers

Identifier: MSS18952
Abstract

Manufacturer and government official. Chiefly speeches and articles, including also biographical material, a diary, correspondence, book reviews, clippings, and notes, relating to Draper's service as assistant secretary of commerce and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and including his involvement with various New York state and city agencies concerned with unemployment and labor.

Dates circa 1919-1955; Majority of material found within ( 1928-1953)
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Stuart Eizenstat Papers

Identifier: MSS84750
Abstract

Lawyer, ambassador, adviser to the president of the United States, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, transcripts of interviews, notebooks and notes, subject files, speeches, writings, reports, briefing books, press releases, clippings, calendars, photographs, printed matter, and other material in both physical and digital formats relating chiefly to Eizenstat's writings.

Dates 1929-2003; Majority of material found within 1976-2001
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W. Cameron Forbes Papers

Identifier: MSS20982
Abstract

Business executive, government official, and diplomat. Typewritten transcripts of journals documenting Forbes’s activities in the civil government of the Philippines and as a diplomat and businessman.

Dates 1904-1946
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Cordell Hull Papers

Identifier: MSS26765
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United States senator and representative of Tennessee and secretary of state. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, manuscript of The Memoirs of Cordell Hull (1948), speeches and statements, scrapbooks, and printed matter relating chiefly to Hull's career as secretary of state.

Dates 1908-1956; Majority of material found within 1933-1944
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John Richardson Latimer Papers

Identifier: MSS29520
Abstract

Merchant and business agent, trading in opium and other commodities while residing in Canton, China; native of Wilmington, Del. Correspondence, account books, orders, bills of lading, ledgers, daybooks, cashbooks, invoices, bills, receipts, and similar business papers on the China trade and related dealings in India, England, Turkey, and elsewhere, chiefly 1824-1833, when Latimer resided in Canton and traded in opium and other products.

Dates 1679-1906; Majority of material found within ( 1824-1833)
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Nicholas Low Papers

Identifier: MSS30627
Abstract

New York merchant, financier, land speculator, and state legislator. Family and business correspondence, business and ship's papers, legal papers, accounts of voyages to Asia, Europe, and South America, and printed matter. Includes correspondence with foreign merchants and relates to trade conditions, Loyalist matters, and to events in Congress during the first session following the adoption of the Constitution.

Dates 1773-1897; Majority of material found within ( 1784-1828)
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Adolph Caspar Miller Papers

Identifier: MSS59261
Abstract

Economist, educator, author, and member of the first Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, proceedings, writings, reports, speeches, notes, press releases, printed material, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Miller’s service as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1914-1936.

Dates 1913-1947
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Henry Mason Morfit Papers

Identifier: MSS33431
Abstract

Lawyer. Correspondence and financial and business papers relating to Morfit's Washington, D.C., practice as a claims lawyer and as a political figure in the administrations of Andrew Jackson.

Dates 1819-1858; Majority of material found within ( 1844-1855)
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Daniel P. Moynihan Papers

Identifier: MSS 75913
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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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Francis Bowes Sayre Papers

Identifier: MSS22350
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Diplomat and statesman. Correspondence, official reports and communications, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Sayre's diplomatic career and his role as a spokesman for Christianity and the Episcopal Church. Includes a reading copy of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points message to Congress, telegrams, election returns, and other papers pertaining to Wilson.

Dates 1861-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1915-1961)
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Samuel Smith family papers

Identifier: MSS40469
Abstract

Army officer and statesman. Correspondence, letterbooks, military and political papers, and miscellaneous material relating to Samuel Smith's forty years in Congress, his military career, and the history and politics of Maryland. Includes papers relating to John Spear Smith, Robert Smith, and other Smith family members.

Dates 1772-1911; Majority of material found within ( 1777-1865)
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E. B. Washburne Papers

Identifier: MSS44651
Abstract

United States representative from Illinois, diplomat, lawyer, and historian. Principally correspondence covering most phases of Washburne's career from his election to Congress in 1852 until 1882. Includes letterbooks, 1869-1877, of official correspondence and communications during Washburne's term as minister to France.

Dates 1829-1915; Majority of material found within ( 1852-1882)
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Wallace H. White Papers

Identifier: MSS45369
Abstract

United States representative and senator from Maine. Correspondence, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, and printed matter relating chiefly to White's career in Congress.

Dates 1915-1948; Majority of material found within 1917-1931
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Charles Wilkes Papers

Identifier: MSS45716
Abstract Naval officer and explorer. Official and family correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial papers, autobiography and other writings, and scientific notebooks relating to Wilkes's command of an expedition (1838-1842) to the Antarctic, Hawaii and various other Pacific islands, and the northwest coast of the United States; his capture of J. M. Mason and John Slidell in the Trent affair (1861); and his command of the James River Flotilla and West...
Dates 1607-1959; Majority of material found within ( 1841-1865)
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Robert Wickliffe Woolley Papers

Identifier: MSS46409
Abstract

Journalist, politician, and public official. Correspondence, autobiography, reports, memoranda, speeches, articles, financial and family records, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining mainly to Woolley's political career in the Democratic Party and as a public official.

Dates 1842-1956; Majority of material found within 1912-1921
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Frank Winfield Woolworth Papers

Identifier: MSS86363
Abstract

Businessman and entrepreneur. Correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, diary, printed matter, and photographs primarily pertaining to the financial standing and inventories of Woolworth's five-and-dime stores and to the creation and management of the Woolworth Building in Manhattan, New York.

Dates 1859-1980; Majority of material found within 1897-1920