Certificates of U.S. Department of State consular appointments signed by various U.S. secretaries of state, as well as presidents of U.S. and other countries. Post and date of appointment noted. Arranged by document signatory.
The collection includes manuscripts of Egan's published collections, including, "Midland," "Leaves," "Siege!," "Woodcutter," "Athlone?" "Seeing Double," and "Snapdragon." Manuscripts for unpublished early poems from 1966-1977 are included, together with special publications of Egan's poems for posters and calendars.
The collection contains an invitation to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution (1953) and a document related to the Suez Crisis ("Lajnat at-Muqawamah al-Sha’biyah").
Typed transcription of 26 letters, entitled: "Letters from the Foreign Service / Memories of Work, Travel and Lots of Fun in the Foreign Service 1959-1985". 100pp + cover and dedication pages. Dated April 15, 2015. Written by Eisenman to family during her tours of duty as a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service. Letters are written from India, Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, and Vienna. Includes one account of a road trip in Norway and Sweden, 1983.
The collection includes correspondence with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sen. Ralph Flanders, John Bankhead, Walter B. Smith (CIA director), and Claude Rains.
The collection primarily consists of printed materials related to U.S. intelligence and national security issues from the 1980s to 1990s. Material types include newsletters, reports, journals, clippings, press kits, government documents, and gray literature. It also incudes documentaries and non-fiction works on VHS and audio cassette tapes.
Program for a Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra concert in London, February 1964. Bears the signatures of Ellington and approximately 16 members of his orchestra, inscribed to Walter Heugham, president of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society in England.