Search Manuscripts/Mixed Material

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    Nicholas Philip Trist papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, writings, notes, reports, legal and financial papers, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Trist's tenure as U.S. consul in Havana and his role in negotiating the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War. Subjects include national politics, the presidential election of John Adams, political and military affairs in Mexico, John Slidell's mission to Mexico, Winfield Scott's command of...
    • Contributor: Trist, Nicholas Philip
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    Richard Rush papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diary (1821), notes (1805) on conversation with Gen. Francisco Antonio Gabriel Miranda, opinion (1823) on the transfer of Cuba to Great Britain, and engravings. The collection relates primarily to Rush's duties as U.S. attorney general (1814-1817), U.S. secretary of state (1817), minister to Great Britain (1817-1825), and U.S. secretary of the treasury (1825-1828). Also includes legal documents concerning a loan from the Netherlands...
    • Contributor: Rush, Richard
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    Martha Dodd papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, writings, research materials, memoirs, genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to Dodd's experiences (1933-1937) in Berlin with her father, William Edward Dodd, American ambassador to Germany; her exile (1957-1990) with her husband, Alfred Kaufman Stern, in Cuba and Czechoslovakia following their indictment for participation in Soviet espionage; and her writings on topics including the civil rights movement in the U.S., the...
    • Contributor: Dodd, Martha - Stern, Alfred Kaufman - Dodd, William E. (William Edward) - Lardner, Ring - Kanin, Fay
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    Hugh Lenox Scott papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, reports, notes, family papers, biographical and genealogical material, financial records, printed matter, maps, drawings, prints, and other papers relating to Scott's career in the U.S. Army from 1876 to his retirement following World War I, his service as a member of the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners and as chairman of the New Jersey State Highway Commission, and his...
    • Contributor: Scott, Hugh Lenox - Scott, William McKendree
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    Henry Prather Fletcher papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, letterbook, diary, speeches, articles, scrapbook, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Fletcher's career from his enlistment in the Rough Riders (the 1st Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army) during the Spanish-American War through his service as a special adviser to the U.S. secretary of state following World War II. Documents his diplomatic service in Havana, Cuba; Peking, China; Lisbon, Portugal; Santiago, Chile;...
    • Contributor: Fletcher, Henry Prather
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    Robert R. Hitt papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, business records, family papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating to Hitt's service as U.S. assistant secretary of state, U.S. congressman from Illinois, and secretary to the U.S. Legation in Paris, France. Also documents his service as court reporter, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and reporter for a board of treaty commissioners to the...
    • Contributor: Hitt, Robert R. (Robert Roberts)
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    Willard family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, letterbooks, notebooks, diaries, subject files, business and financial records, and other papers. Papers of Joseph Edward Willard reflect his activities as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1894-1902), member of the staff of Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, lieutenant governor of Virginia (1902-1906), and U.S. ambassador to Spain (1913-1921). Papers (1865-1955) of his wife, Belle Layton...
    • Contributor: Willard, Belle Layton Wyatt - Willard, Joseph Clapp - Wyatt, Joseph W. - Willard, Joseph Edward - Willard, Antonia Ford
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    Robert Wilson Shufeldt papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, logbooks, subject files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Shufeldt's career in the U.S. Navy and as an explorer and diplomat. Documents his assignment as consul general to Cuba, 1861-1863, and command of the USS Ticonderoga (Sloop of war) on a world cruise, 1878-1880. Subjects include the growth and development of the U.S. Navy...
    • Contributor: Shufeldt, Robert Wilson - Shufeldt, Mason A. (Mason Abercrombie)
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    W. Morgan Shuster papers,
    William Morgan Shuster papers Catalog Record Only
    Correspondence, diary (1911-1912), scrapbooks (1900-1923; 10 volumes), certificates, and other papers documenting Shuster's diplomatic career as treasurer-general and financial advisor for Persia (1911-1912) and his earlier posts in the customs service in Cuba (1899-1901) and as insular collector of customs in Manila and member of the Philippine Commission (1901-1909). Correspondents include William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson and Shusterfamily members. Also includes an unpublished...
    • Contributor: Shuster, W. Morgan (William Morgan) - Douglass, Elisha P.
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    Philip W. Bonsal papers,
    Philip Wilson Bonsal papers Catalog Record Only
    Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, speeches, and statesments documenting Bonsal's foreign service career, especially as U.S. ambassador to Cuba during and after the 1959 revolution there. Includes material on the differences between Cordell Hull and Sumner Welles regarding Argentina and ideological battles at international meetings over the independence of colonial Africa. Also includes Bonsal's English translation from the French of Emile Ollivier's book L'Expedition du Mexique...
    • Contributor: Bonsal, Philip W. (Philip Wilson) - Ollivier, Emile