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CollectionIna Ginsburg papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence and invitations, transcripts of interviews, memoirs, meeting minutes, travel files, membership lists, guest lists, biographical material, printed matter, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating to Ginsburg's years as a Washington, D.C., arts patron and hostess and as Washington editor of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine. Reflects her work with the American Film Institute; Fine Arts Advisory Panel, the Board of Governors of the...- Contributor: Ginsburg, Ina
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFrederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1894, Sept.- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1894-09-01
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CollectionAmbrose W. Thompson papers, Catalog Record Only Business and family correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, reports, statistical tables, patent papers, stocks and bonds, printed matter, drawings, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Thompson's business interests in canals, land speculation, railroads, and steamships. Records of the Chiriqui Improvement Company pertain to its efforts to establish a colony of freedmen from the District of Columbia in Chiriqui Province, Panama, as well as to develop...
- Contributor: Thompson, Ambrose W.
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CollectionVishtèn : Acadian music from Prince Edward Island,
American Folklife Center concert, 2019-03-21 | Homegrown 2019, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Documentation of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on March 21, 2019 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Vishtèn performs both traditional and original Acadian music with rock energy. Their original "neo-traditional" compositions blend updated versions of French and Celtic genres. The trio comprises multi-instrumentalists Emmanuelle and Pastelle LeBlanc from the...- Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Vishtèn (Musical Group) - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2019
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CollectionFlorence Deakins Becker papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, subject files, family papers, scrapbooks, and other papers relating principally to Becker's volunteer activities on behalf of various health and medical causes, especially the crusade against cancer and tuberculosis. Documents her work with the George Ferdinand Becker Memorial Library, Independence, Va.; Ligue du Nord Contre la Tuberculose; Tuberculosis Association of Bengal; and Urgent Relief for France. Subjects include American efforts...
- Contributor: Becker, Florence Deakins
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CollectionRoscoe Robinson, Jr., papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, cables, speeches, interviews, reports, briefings, notes and notebooks, subject files, chronological files, office files, scrapbooks, newspapers and newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Robinson's career in the U.S. Army. Documents his service in various positions with the 82nd Airborne Division (1959-1979), in the Vietnamese conflict (1967-1968), as commander of U.S. troops stationed in Japan (1973-1976 and 1980-1982) and in Europe (1978-1980),...
- Contributor: Robinson, Roscoe
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CollectionJames Forman papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches and writings, subject files, family papers, appointment books and calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Forman's activities as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) and president of the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee. Documents his work as founder and president of the Unemployed Poverty Action Council, Legal Defense, Education, and Research Fund; and journalist and founder...
- Contributor: Forman, James - National Black Economic Development Conference
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CollectionLee-Palfrey families papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, journals, clippings, maps, photographs, and other papers of William Lee (1772-1840) of Boston, Mass., Washington, D.C., and France and of other Lee family members. Lee's correspondence and diaries detail his experiences as a commercial agent and secretary to the U.S. Legation in France. Also includes papers of Lee's wife Susan Palfrey Lee (1767-1822) relating to family matters and social life in Washington,...
- Contributor: Kalisky, Louisa - Lee, Susan Palfrey - Lee, William
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CollectionInterview with Smith Simpson Correspondence, oral history interview, writings, subject files, family papers, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Simpson's career as a labor and industrial relations expert, educator, and diplomat, as well as his efforts, late in his diplomatic career and following his retirement, to improve the quality of American diplomacy. Documents his work as a labor and industrial relations expert prior to World...
- Contributor: Simpson, Smith - Crowley, John J., Jr - Simpson, R. Smith - Kennedy, Charles Stuart
- Date: 1991-05-13
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CollectionMary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson papers,
Marvin Breckinridge papers Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, writings, notebooks and albums, subject files, family papers, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers documenting Patterson's career as a photographer, journalist, and broadcaster; activities while accompanying her husband, Jefferson Patterson, to various diplomatic postings; activism with various clubs and organizations; cultural and philanthropic activities; and her early life and family history. Documents her life while as the wife of a...- Contributor: Patterson, Mary Marvin Breckinridge - Patterson, Jefferson - Breckinridge, Isabella Goodrich
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CollectionWilliam LePre Houston family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, financial records, academic papers, printed material, and other papers chiefly of William LePre Houston, a Washington, D.C., lawyer, and his son and law partner, Charles Hamilton Houston. Documents William's work as attorney for the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association and other African American labor organizations, his activism as a Republican, and his position as grandmaster of the Grand United Order of...
- Contributor: Houston, William Lepre - Houston, Charles Hamilton
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFrederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1892, May- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1892-05-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFrederick Douglass Papers: Subject File, 1845-1939; Proclamations- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1845-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFrederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; D- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841-01-01
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CollectionLilli Vincenz papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, journals, speeches, writings, interviews, surveys and questionnaires, academic files, organizational files, biographical material, Vincenz family papers, press clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Vincenz's life as a gay civil rights activist, her work to support and empower lesbians and gay men, and her documentation of the gay and lesbian civil rights movement. Files on the Community for Creative Self-Development (originally...
- Contributor: Vincenz, Lilli
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CollectionE.G. Squier papers,
Ephraim George Squier papers Catalog Record Only Correspondence, business records, diplomatic records, articles, lectures, and other writings, reference and bibliographic notes, drawings, maps, scrapbooks of clippings, and other papers relating to Squier's diplomatic career as U.S. chargé d'affairs in Central America (1849-1858), U.S. commissioner to Peru (1863-1865), and Honduran consul general in New York, N.Y. (1863-1873). Includes material pertaining to the Honduran legation in Washington, D.C. (chiefly 1860-1863) and particularly to...- Contributor: Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George)
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CollectionMiles-Cameron families correspondence,
Nelson Appleton Miles papers | Miles-Cameron families papers | Miles family papers | Cameron family papers Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence addressed to Elizabeth Cameron, J.D. Cameron, Nelson Appleton Miles, and Sherman Miles relating primarily to personal affairs and to social life in Washington, D.C. Includes letters from many prominent individuals in national and international diplomatic, military, and political circles during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Correspondents of the Cameron, Miles, and allied Sherman families include Simon Cameron, Yulee Noble Miles,...- Contributor: Miles, Nelson Appleton
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CollectionWilbur Underwood papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, writings including poems, journal, notebook, subject files, legal records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, sketchbooks, photographs, illustrations, and other papers. Includes genealogical material relating to the Bayard family of Delaware and the Harrison family of Virginia; typescripts concerning Florence Deakins Becker and Thomas Jefferson Murray, Jr.; and papers of Underwood's brother, Norman Underwood, including research material for his book, Washington, D. C., Life of...
- Contributor: Underwood, Norman - Underwood, Wilbur
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CollectionMary Church Terrell Papers The papers of educator, lecturer, suffragist, and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) consist of approximately 13,000 documents, comprising 25,323 images, all of which were digitized from 34 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years 1851 to 1962, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1886-1954, the collection contains diaries, correspondence, printed matter, clippings, and speeches and writings, primarily...- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
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CollectionPeter Force papers and collection,
Peter Force papers | Peter Force collection Catalog Record Only Chiefly Force's personal papers and papers he collected for his nine-volume American Archives pertaining to political, military, scientific, and social aspects of eighteenth and nineteenth century America. Peter Force's personal papers document his career as a partner in the printing firm, Davis & Force, Washington, D.C.; editor of the John Quincy Adams administration newspaper, the National Journal; compiler; and collector. Also documents his service...- Contributor: Force, William Q. (William Quereau) - Force, Peter
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CollectionAnna Maria Brodeau Thornton Papers The seven volumes of diaries and notebooks, 1793-1861, of Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (ca.1775-1865) document her position at the center of a Washington, D.C., social circle that included George and Martha Washington, James and Dolley Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Margaret Bayard Smith, and the cabinet members, congressmen, and diplomats who constituted the city's entwined social and political worlds. Thornton was the daughter of Ann Brodeau,...- Contributor: Thornton, Anna Maria Brodeau
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