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    Histoire du Dieu immortel souffrant dans un corps mortel : avec de pieuses considérations et maximes de la morale chrétienne Catalog Record Only Unpublished French manuscript translation of Dei immortalis in corpore mortali patientis historia, moralis doctrinae placitis et commentationibus illustrata. Original first published in Antwerp in 1660. Manuscript. LC copy has coat of arms on t.p. verso. Has inscription by Catherine Monin, née Jubin, 1813 at end. Dedicatory page addressed to Gregoire Joliat.
    • Contributor: Raspieller, François Fèrdinand - Stanyhurst, Guillaume
    • Date: 1751
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    [Book of hours] Ms. Written and decorated in central France in the 1st half of the 16th cent. In Latin. 16th-cent. additions in French (leaves 173-181). For detailed description see Medieval and renaissance manuscript books in the Library of Congress, by Svato Schutzner. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 15 Schutzner, S. Medieval and Renaissance manuscript books in the Library of Congress, 54 Also available in...
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Catholic Church
    • Date: 1500

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    Vishtèn : 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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    Roscoe 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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    James 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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    Lilli 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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    Ina 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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    Florence 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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    E.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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    Ambrose 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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    Wilbur 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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    Peter 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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    Turkish embassy records, Catalog Record Only Logbook for correspondence kept at the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Turkey. Büyük Elçilik (U.S.)
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    William 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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    Lee-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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    Miles-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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    Mary 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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    Interview 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