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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

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Chandler P. Anderson Papers

Identifier: MSS10918
Abstract

Lawyer, advisor to the Department of State, and international arbitrator. Correspondence, diaries, informal records and notes of negotiations, typewritten and printed documents, and notes for articles and editorials relating mainly to Anderson's work as a specialist in international affairs and international negotiator.

Dates 1894-1953; Majority of material found within 1896-1929
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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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William Shepherd Benson Papers

Identifier: MSS12443
Abstract

Naval officer and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, speeches, reports, maps, naval appointments, family papers, photographs, and printed materials relating primarily to Benson’s naval career, including service as chief of naval operations during World War I.

Dates circa 1791-1952; Majority of material found within ( 1915-1928)
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Tasker Howard Bliss Papers

Identifier: MSS13037
Abstract

Army officer, diplomat, and scholar. Correspondence, printed matter, drafts of speeches, lectures, and articles, diaries, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, and scrapbooks relating mainly to Bliss's military career and participation in peace negotiations after World War I.

Dates 1864-1933; Majority of material found within 1917-1930
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Stephen Bonsal Papers

Identifier: MSS13193
Abstract

Journalist and foreign correspondent. Correspondence, diaries, writings, and other material relating chiefly to Bonsal's career as a journalist and as foreign correspondent for the New York Herald and New York Times.

Dates 1890-1973; Majority of material found within 1900-1947
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Albert Sidney Burleson Papers

Identifier: MSS14365
Abstract

United States representative from Texas, postmaster general in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, and Democratic Party leader. Correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, scrapbooks, and articles relating chiefly to Burleson’s career in politics and government, including letters to and from Woodrow Wilson.

Dates 1845-1943; Majority of material found within 1902-1943
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George Creel Papers

Identifier: MSS17210
Abstract Author, editor, and government official. Scrapbooks and bound volumes of writings by and about Creel form the bulk of the collection. Includes correspondence, notes, speeches, lectures, book reviews, and campaign material. A series on Woodrow Wilson and the United States Committee on Public Information contains correspondence with Wilson as well as his corrections of drafts of Creel's cables, letters, speeches, and other writings relating to the Wilson administration during World War I and...
Dates 1857-1953; Majority of material found within ( 1896-1953)
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Norman H. Davis Papers

Identifier: MSS17962
Abstract

Economist, diplomat and humanitarian. Correspondence, journals, minutes, speeches, statements, scrapbooks, memoranda, news clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other material relating mainly to Davis's participation between the world wars in international conferences on peace, disarmament, and international monetary matters.

Dates 1898-1979; Majority of material found within 1915-1944
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Papers Relating to the Ford Peace Plan

Identifier: MSS21048
Abstract

Correspondence, conference proceedings, bulletins, reports, clippings, news summaries, lists, speeches, biographical sketches, memoranda, and other items relating to the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation, and the short-lived Ford International Commission.

Dates 1915-1918
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Lloyd Carpenter Griscom Papers

Identifier: MSS24208
Abstract

Author, diplomat, lawyer, politician, and soldier. Diaries, family and general correspondence, memoranda, speeches, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous personal and official items relating to Griscom’s career as a diplomat between 1901 and 1909 and military service during World War I.

Dates 1898-1951; Majority of material found within ( 1898-1919)
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Leland Harrison Papers

Identifier: MSS25130
Abstract

Diplomat. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, minutes and resolutions of conferences, treaty documents, reports, notes, bulletins, clippings, maps, and memorabilia relating primarily to the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920).

Dates 1915-1947; Majority of material found within 1918-1921
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Edith Benham Helm Papers

Identifier: MSS25700
Abstract

Social secretary at the White House. Letters, notes, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting Helm's career as social secretary at the White House during the Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman administrations.

Dates 1915-1961
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Irwin Hood Hoover Papers

Identifier: MSS26450
Abstract

White House usher. Chiefly diaries and diary notes kept by Hoover as White House usher concerning presidents from Benjamin Harrison to Franklin D. Roosevelt and life in the White House

Dates 1909-1933
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Philander C. Knox Papers

Identifier: MSS28852
Abstract

U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, articles, notebooks, bills and resolutions, legal records, biographical sketches, library catalog, clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, cartoons, and other papers relating chiefly to Knox's service as U.S. attorney general, secretary of state, and senator from Pennsylvania.

Dates 1796-1922; Majority of material found within 1901-1921
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Theodore Marburg Papers

Identifier: MSS31294
Abstract

Diplomat, publicist, civic leader, and peace advocate. Scrapbooks and correspondence relating to Marburg's civic activities in Baltimore, Maryland, his belief in internationalism and advocacy for peace before and after World War I, his role as United States minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914, and his work as an art collector and public art advocate.

Dates 1856-1940; Majority of material found within 1893-1940
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Henry Morgenthau Papers

Identifier: MSS33498
Abstract

Businessman and diplomat. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, family papers, speeches and writings, subject files, printed matter, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Morgenthau's service as ambassador to Turkey, other diplomatic efforts, involvement in Democratic Party politics, and as a philanthropist.

Dates 1795-1941; Majority of material found within 1870-1941
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Stotesbury Collection of World War I Clippings

Identifier: MSS47621
Abstract

Microfilm of scrapbooks of clippings compiled by Eva Roberts Cromwell Stotesbury relating to World War I.

Dates 1914-1918
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Arthur Sweetser Papers

Identifier: MSS42085
Abstract

Public official and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, press releases, newspaper clippings, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Sweetser's career in journalism and diplomacy.

Dates 1913-1961; Majority of material found within 1919-1947
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U.S. American Commission to Negotiate Peace Records

Identifier: MSS10744
Abstract

Abstracts, agreements, articles, maps, memoranda, notebooks, pamphlets, petitions, reports, and other typescript and mimeograph material, including documents from the study group, the Inquiry. Items deal with geographical, racial, religious, political, cultural, and legal aspects of countries and areas with which the commission was concerned.

Dates 1898-1919; Majority of material found within ( 1918-1919)
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Henry White Papers

Identifier: MSS45328
Abstract

Diplomat. Correspondence, business records, conference proceedings, bulletins, memoranda, and notes relating to White’s career in the foreign service and as a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace.

Dates 1812-1931; Majority of material found within ( 1880-1928)
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Woodrow Wilson Papers

Identifier: MSS46029
Abstract

Lawyer, author, educator, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and president of the United States. Personal, family, and official correspondence, drafts and proofs of books, articles, speeches, academic lectures, scrapbooks, shorthand notes, and memorabilla relating chiefly to Wilson's presidental administrations.

Dates 1786-1957; Majority of material found within 1876-1924