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    Paul Wayland Bartlett papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, speeches, lecture notes, notes, financial and legal records, printed matter, scrapbooks, sketches, blueprints, and other papers relating chiefly to Bartlett's career as a sculptor. Documents his methods of work, manner of selecting materials, contracts, and negotiations. Also documents Bartlett's discussions with other sculptors, architects, artists, and craftsmen concerning the field of art. Includes files pertaining to Bartlett's statues of Michelangelo Buonarroti and Christopher...
    • Contributor: Bartlett, Truman Howe - Bartlett, Paul Wayland - McPherson, Bessie
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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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    Reid family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, subject files, office files, financial records, household and estate records, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers of the Reid family relating chiefly to newspaper publishing and public affairs. Papers of Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) consist of correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, speeches, articles, reports, biographer's notes, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Reid's ambassadorship to Great Britain and to extradition and...
    • Contributor: Reid, Helen Rogers - Reid Foundation - Reid, Elisabeth Mills - Reid, Whitelaw - Reid, Ogden Mills
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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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    Quilt Alliance, Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories interviews collection,
    Alliance for American Quilts interview collection | Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories Catalog Record Only
    This collection consists of sound recordings, transcripts and photographic images documenting interviews conducted as a part of Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories (QSOS) project. QSOS is one of several projects and partnerships created by the Quilt Alliance in an effort to preserve, document, and share the lives and stories of quilters and quiltmaking. The project began in 1999 and continued through 2016. QSOS...
    • Contributor: Quilt Alliance - Pritchard, Gayle A. - Musgrave, Karen S. - International Quilt Festival/Houston - University of Delaware. Center for Material Culture Studies - Herman, Bernard L.
    • Date: 1999
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    Rayford Whittingham Logan papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, and biographical material documenting Logan's concern with racial inequality and his career as an historian of Africans and African Americans. Topics include his army service in France during World War I; the Pan-African movement of the 1920s and 1930s; Haitian diplomatic soirées; the founding conference of the United Nations, San Francisco, Calif. (1945); Logan's meetings with African independence leaders, Kwame Nkrumah and...
    • Contributor: Logan, Rayford Whittingham
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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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    Irving R. Levine papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, memoranda, notebooks and notes, transcripts of interviews, radio and television scripts, news commentaries, articles, speeches, book drafts, background and research material, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Levine's career as a broadcast journalist and news commentator. Documents his assignments as chief correspondent for NBC News in Moscow (1955-1959), Rome (1960-1967, 1968-1970), and London (1967-1968); as chief economics correspondent, Washington, D.C. (1971-1995); and as...
    • Contributor: Levine, Irving R.
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    William Harris Crawford papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence and other papers relating primarily to Crawford's role as U.S. minister to France, especially to negotiations surrounding the Treaty of Ghent. Also includes material relating to his tenure as U.S. secretary of the treasury and to politics in Georgia and Washington, D.C. Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, James Monroe, Richard Rush, Jonathan Russell, and Arthur Wellesley,...
    • Contributor: Crawford, William Harris
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    Nathaniel Prentiss Banks papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence (1860-1880), and diaries and notebooks, letterbooks, military papers, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and miscellany relating chiefly to Banks's political career in the House of Representatives and to his service as an army officer during the Civil War. Includes papers on the Kansas territorial question, the assault on Charles Sumner, and the establishment of the Republican Party. Civil War topics include...
    • Contributor: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss
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    Institute of the Aerospace Sciences archives, Catalog Record Only Biographical and corporate files, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials collected by the institute between 1939 and 1962. Includes correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts of articles and speeches, reports, biographical questionnaires and sketches, genealogical records, financial reports, broadsides, charts, press releases, newspaper clippings, blueprints, cartoons, maps, aeromedical and aeronautical reproductions, airplane specifications, prints, engravings, illustrations, sketches, photographs, memorabilia, printed matter, and other records relating to aviation and aeronautics...
    • Contributor: Whitman, Walt - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Institute of the Aerospace Sciences - Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt)
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    William A. Burwell papers,
    William Armisted Burwell papers Catalog Record Only
    Letters (1808-1813) of Burwell to his wife, Letitia McCrury Burwell, and to Maj. William Dickerson pertaining to trade and foreign relations with Great Britain and France, the election of 1812, social life in Washington, D.C., congressional debates, and the War of 1812. Persons mentioned include Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, Henry Clay, and Josiah Quincy. Also includes a memoir (1804-1810, 46 pages) of Burwell's service as...
    • Contributor: Burwell, William A. (William Armisted)
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    Custis-Lee family papers,
    Custis family papers | Lee family papers Catalog Record Only
    Correspondence, letterbooks, genealogical papers, notebooks, financial records, indentures, clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting the activities of several generations of the Custis and Lee families of Virginia, who served as diplomats, statesmen, politicians, planters, and military officers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Subjects include agriculture in Virginia, mercantile and financial affairs, slavery, social life in Washington and Philadelphia, and to activities during the...
    • Contributor: Lee, William - Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty - Lee, Hannah Philippa Ludwell - Lee, Mary Randolph Custis - Lee, Richard Bland - Lee, Ludwell - Lee, Henry - Lee, Ann Hill Carter - Lee, Mary Custis - Lee, Mary Bland ... Lee, William - Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty - Lee, Hannah Philippa Ludwell - Lee, Mary Randolph Custis - Lee, Richard Bland - Lee, Ludwell - Lee, Henry - Lee, Ann Hill Carter - Lee, Mary Custis - Lee, Mary Bland - Lee, Charles - Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh - Lee, Thomas - Warden, David Bailie - Lee, Richard Henry - Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) - Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis - Lee, Arthur - Custis, George Washington Parke - Lee, Henrietta Bedinger
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    Sir George Cockburn papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, logbooks, journals, fleet orders, reports, and other papers relating to Cockburn's career in the British Royal Navy. Subjects include the War of 1812 and British naval activities against France and Spain, especially in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Indian Ocean. Documents Horatio Nelson's Mediterranean exploits; the attempt to rescue King Ferdinand VII, King of Spain; destruction of the Danish navy (Søværnet) in 1801; the...
    • Contributor: Cockburn, George
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    Florence Jaffray Harriman papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, writings, biographical material, autograph album, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, scrapbook, printed material, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating to Harriman's service as a member of the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations (1913-1916), chairman of the U.S. National Defense Advisory Commission's Committee on Women in Industry (1917-1919), and U.S. minister to Norway (1937-1940). Documents her participation in Woodrow Wilson's 1912 presidential campaign,...
    • Contributor: Harriman, Florence Jaffray
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    Art Buchwald papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, speeches, published and unpublished writings, legal and financial records, biographical material, clippings, posters, drawings, artifacts, memorabilia, digital files, audio recordings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Buchwald's career as a syndicated columnist in Europe (1949-1962) and the United States (1962-2006) as well as his work as an author, playwright, and public speaker. Focuses on his professional pursuits especially his years in Washington,...
    • Contributor: Buchwald, Art
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    Cosby family papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Journals kept by Frank C. Cosby as captain's clerk on a voyage (1 volume, 1857-1858) patrolling African waters to intercept slave ships and on a Mediterranean voyage (2 volumes, 1860-1861) during which he recorded the resignation of several officers upon receiving word of South Carolina's secession and the start of the Civil War in the United States. Two notebooks (1917 April 14-May 14) kept...
    • Contributor: Cosby, Spencer - Cosby, Frank C. (Frank Cervill) - Cosby Family - Spencer, William Clayton
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    Samuel Allyne Otis correspondence and notice,
    Samuel Allyne Otic papers Catalog Record Only
    Notice (1766 August 26) of a judgment of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Suffolk County, Mass., against John Boies, stating an amount to be paid to Otis; ALS (1801 April 28) from Otis to Jacob Read relating to political affairs, especially U.S. relations with France, and complaining about living conditions in the new capital, Washington, D.C.; and ALS (1802 May 12) from Otis...
    • Contributor: Otis, Samuel Allyne
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    Paul Field Sifton and Claire Sifton papers,
    Claire Sifton papers | Paul Field Sifton papers Catalog Record Only
    Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject files, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to the Siftons' literary, labor, and governmental careers. Focuses on twentieth-century American social theater, the emergence of labor organizations as a political force, and legislative lobbying for farmers, labor, civil rights, full employment, and other social causes. Documents Paul Sifton's work with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the...
    • Contributor: Sifton, Paul Field - Sifton, Claire
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    William T. Hornaday papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, journals, writings, notebooks, clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers reflecting Hornaday's career, particularly as director of the New York Zoological Park, 1896-1926, as well as his activities as collector, taxidermist, and wildlife conservationist. Includes his buffalo hunting journal, 1886; sketch pad with drawings relating to a buffalo hunt; diaries concerning the acquisition of land for and founding of the National Zoological...
    • Contributor: Hornaday, William T. (William Temple)
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    Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speeches, unpublished memoir and other writings, subject files, research material, family papers, and other papers relating to Meyer's career as an author; authority on Asian, especially Chinese art; literary critic; linguist; and social activist as well as to her personal and family life. Early papers trace Meyer's family history and background; studies at the Université de Paris (Sorbonne), Paris, France; and travels...
    • Contributor: Meyer, Agnes E.
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    José Ignacio Rodríguez papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence; legal records; notes, drafts, and other literary papers; newspaper clippings; and other papers relating to Rodriguez's career as an author and lawyer. Documents his work involving Latin American claims commissions and governments and his writings on Latin American history. Includes material pertaining to claims against the governments of Cuba and the Dominican Republic; cases before various Spanish and American Claims commissions, the French...
    • Contributor: Real Sociedad Económica De Amigos Del País (Cuba) - Mestre, José Manuel - Junta (New York, N.Y.) - Rodríguez, José Ignacio
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    Ebenezer Sage correspondence,
    Ebenezer Sage papers Catalog Record Only
    ALS (1810 January 24) from Sage to his niece describing the weekly levees given by Dolley Madison including reception protocol, refreshments, and the decor of the White House rooms. Other topics include U.S. relations with Great Britain and France and Sage family affairs. Includes a typewritten transcript of the letter.
    • Contributor: Sage, Ebenezer
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    Wallace Carroll papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and propaganda leaflets comprising subject files with narrative histories and inventories documenting Carroll's duties as deputy director for European operations of the U.S. Office of War Information in Washington, D.C. (1944-1945), and, to a lesser extent, as director of the OWI branch in London, England (1942-1944) and his work for the Psychological Strategy Board, the U.S. Dept. of State, and the...
    • Contributor: Carroll, Wallace