Collection-level Scope and Content Note The John Mullan Papers contain documents generated and collected by John Mullan (1830-1909), pioneer, military engineer, and attorney, best known for constructing the Mullan Road in the American West. This collection primarily covers his later years as a Washington, D.C. attorney representing California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington Territory in claims cases against the federal government. Correspondence with high-ranking officials in those states and with state and federal legislators is...

Scope and Contents The National Hotel Collection consists of five large register books listing the guests at the National Hotel in Washington, D.C. from 1851 to 1854. The hotel was the first hotel in the nation's capital approximating the size of a modern hotel. It was located at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street.The registers are in chronological order. The register entries list the names of the guests, the days they stayed, and their room numbers. The signature of each guest is...

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Material from William E. Mulligan's office files, kept for the most part in the order in which the material arrived at Georgetown University's Special Collections.

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Series VI. Rose O'Neill Greenhow

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Correspondence and printed materials collected by CVHE during his service in Turkey and the Hague, from 1912-1920.

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Contains subject files regarding various aspects of the Lincoln assassination. Mostly correspondence, published articles, and newspaper clippings. Consists of materials generated by, received by, and collected by Richard D. Mudd. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Carbery Family Collection constitutes an extensive collection of materials about a number of related families which were prominent in the history of the state of Maryland. The following families are represented: Boyle, Brown, Carbery, Key, McSherry, Scott, Shriver, and Taney, among others. Many types of documents are preserved, including correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and genealogical charts. The documents derive mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Carbery...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Charles Quest Papers include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and personal biographical materials contained in five boxes. The papers are well-documented, due to Dorothy Quest's organization as well as her handwritten notes which are thorough and descriptive. Charles Quest's tenure at Washington University in St. Louis (1944-1971) brought him into contact with many names well-known to students of 20th century American printmaking. Quest worked with Werner Drewes,...

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Series VII. American History

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The Presidential Autographs Collection contains documents written by or signed by American presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan. The documents are sorted first in order of the president's term of office and then chronologically. The sequence begins anew with each box of oversized materials. This extensive collection provides valuable information for scholars of the American presidency.

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Contains documents comprising the personal manuscripts collection of John Gilmary Shea. This series consists of Boxes 21 and 22 and is arranged alphabetically by individual.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Richard T. Crane Papers are divided into three series: the State Department Series (1915-1919), the Prague Series (1919-1922), and the Virginia Series (1922-1951), corresponding, respectively, to Richard Crane's years as private secretary to Secretary of State Robert Lansing; as the American ambassador to Czechoslovakia; and finally, as the owner of Westover Plantation in Virginia. There is also a quantity of photographs and other materials, filed separately.An addendum of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Richard T. Crane Papers are divided into three series: the State Department Series (1915-1919), the Prague Series (1919-1922), and the Virginia Series (1922-1951), corresponding, respectively, to Richard Crane's years as private secretary to Secretary of State Robert Lansing; as the American ambassador to Czechoslovakia; and finally, as the owner of Westover Plantation in Virginia. There is also a quantity of photographs and other materials, filed separately.An addendum of...

Collection-level scope and contents note From the Collection: The Harry L. Hopkins Papers, the personal archives of the man who was FDR's most trusted advisor, consist of 26 linear feet (62 archival boxes) of material. The Papers contain appointment books and diaries, drafts of Hopkins' speeches and memoranda, photographs and drawings, and extensive correspondence with the most prominent figures of the 20th century including FDR, the Winston Churchill Family, Averell Harriman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George C. Marshall, Harry S Truman,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Quigley archive is, properly speaking, the photo “morgue” of Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). Primarily an assemblage of publicity photos, the archive is a unique national resource for photographs of motion picture industry people: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are well represented...

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Nelson, Anna Kasten

Secret agents and security leaks : President Polk and the Mexican War / by Anna Kasten Nelson

1975

MI-15230

39020030171030

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Frances Patterson Diaries.

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Z. T. Miller Civil War letters. Arranged chronologically.