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Manuscript/Mixed Material "Deposit of the Magna Carta," by Archibald MacLeish, November 28, 1939

About this Item

Title

  • "Deposit of the Magna Carta," by Archibald MacLeish, November 28, 1939

Names

  • MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982

Created / Published

  • November 28, 1939

Headings

  • -  World War II
  • -  Library of Congress--Addresses, essay, lectures
  • -  Magna Carta
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  In this draft speech, Archibald MacLeish accepts the gift of the Magna Carta from the Marquess of Lothian, Britain's ambassador to the United States.

Medium

  • document

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Location: Container 787, Magna Carta, 1939-53, History 10

Source Collection

  • Library of Congress Archives-Central File: MacLeish/Evans

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Preferred Citation:

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Freedom’s Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Photograph, Alice in Wonderland Manuscript Presented to British Museum by Luther Harris Evans, undated, made available here with permission from ZUMA Press. Suite 308, 1100 S. PCH, Laguna Beach, California 92651

Photograph of Joseph Auslander, undated, made available here with permission from Bachrach Studio. 321 S. Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314

Letter from W. Somerset Maugham to Archibald McLeish, July 6, 1945, made available here with permission from A.P. Watt Ltd. 20 John Street, London, WC1N2DR, United Kingdom

Letter from Marianne Moore to Archibald MacLeish, March 13, 1944, made available here with permission from Marianne Craig Moore, Literary Executor for the Estate of Marianne Moore.

Photograph, Opening of the Lincoln Papers, undated, made available here with permission from WTOP. 3400 Idaho Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20016

Letter from Allen Tate to Archibald MacLeish, April 23, 1943, made available here with permission from Helen H. Tate. 3922 Dorcas Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37215

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Chicago citation style:

Macleish, Archibald. "Deposit of the Magna Carta," by Archibald MacLeish. 1939. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mff000141/.

APA citation style:

Macleish, A. (1939) "Deposit of the Magna Carta," by Archibald MacLeish. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mff000141/.

MLA citation style:

Macleish, Archibald. "Deposit of the Magna Carta," by Archibald MacLeish. 1939. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mff000141/>.