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    Thomas Henry Carter papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notes, financial records, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Carter's service as a U.S. representative and senator from Montana and to Montana state and Republican Party politics. Subjects include conservation, Indian affairs, the postal system, public lands, tariffs, and Yellowstone and Glacier national parks. Includes papers pertaining to Carter's activities as a Roman Catholic layman and as a member...
    • Contributor: Carter, Thomas Henry
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    Willis Van Devanter papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, letterbooks, legal records and briefs, speeches, lectures, and scrapbooks. Topics include Van Devanter's law practice in Cheyenne, Wyo.; Wyoming and Republican Party politics; the 1896 election; American Indian affairs; western land policy; and his service (1910-1937) as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Correspondents include Elmer B. Adams, Charles Fremont Amidon, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Pierce Butler, A.C. Campbell, Joseph M. Carey, Clarence...
    • Contributor: Van Devanter, Willis
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    Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts,
    Marian S. Carson papers Catalog Record Only
    Correspondence, family papers, journals, political documents, legal and financial records, military records, broadsides, ephemera, and other papers relating to American military, political, and social history. Documents the founding of the nation, shaping of the national government and judicial system, American endeavors in the arts, commerce, education, finance, industry, law, literature, medicine, religion, science, and technology, and daily life in early America. The focus of...
    • Contributor: Carson, Marian S.
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    John Tyler Morgan papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, speeches, reports, position papers, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to domestic and foreign policy issues and to Morgan's involvement as an expansionist and advocate of states' rights. Subjects include Alabama politics, Bering Sea arbitration, bimetallism, proposal to build an interoceanic canal through Nicaragua, proposed annexation of Cuba, Indian affairs, railroads and interstate commerce, and tariffs. Correspondents include Alvey A. Adee, Joaquín...
    • Contributor: Morgan, John Tyler
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    John Spalding Flannery papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly records from McKenney, Flannery & Craighill, the Washington, D.C., law firm in which Flannery was a principal partner. Includes material relating to the firm's representation of American Indian tribes in legal actions against the federal government and legal files pertaining to clients Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles Evans Hughes, and Wendell W. Mischler (relating to President William H. Taft for whom he was secretary)....
    • Contributor: McKenney, Flannery & Craighill - Flannery, John Spalding
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    Henry L. Dawes papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, letterbooks, diaries, speeches, reports, notebooks, biographical material, family papers, clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers primarily concerning Dawes's service as U.S. senator and representative, member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and chairman of the U.S. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Includes material pertaining to American Indian affairs; congressman Oakes Ames; the George Chorpenning claim case; civil service;...
    • Contributor: Dawes, Anna Laurens - Dawes, Henry L. (Henry Laurens) - Dawes, Electa Allen Sanderson
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    Walter L. Fisher papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, letterbooks, minutes, speeches, articles, notes, subject files, Fisher family genealogical material, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Fisher's service as U.S. secretary of the interior in the William H. Taft administration and to his interest in the municipal affairs of Chicago, Ill. Also documents his work as a member of the U.S. Railroad Securities Commission. Subjects...
    • Contributor: Fisher, Walter L. (Walter Lowrie)