United States -- Politics and government

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The collection consists of U.S. political newsletters (both "Paine Webber's Washington Focus" and "Coleman/Bartlett's Washington Focus") by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Bartlett. The newsletters date from 1985-1987, 1994-1998, and 2002-2007.

Scope and Contents Papers of Thomas Dawes Blake, a public relations specialist who served in the U.S. State Department in the 1940s. It includes typescripts documenting his time working for the U.S. government during World War II, including his role as assistant to Stephen Early, press secretary to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the reaction to the death of FDR by White House staff. It also includes a file on the Mexico Water Treaty (1945), a file of memoranda to Col. Behn from 1947 (while Blake was employed as...

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Letters, articles, typescripts, political pamphlets collected by Butler duing tenure as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Summer and Fall 1968.

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Scope and Contents The Dorothy Dow Butturff papers comprise 2 boxes of her correspondence used in McClure's book, as well as other letters and related manuscript material. Box 1 consists of correspondence from such White House worthies as Mrs. Roosevelt; James Roosevelt; Malvina Thompson; Edith Helm; and George T. Bye, Mrs. Roosevelt's literary agent. The major portion of the correpsondence deals with a book Mrs. Butturff has proposed to publish. Box 2 contains manuscript copes of Mrs. Butturff's letters as a...

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Personal papers of George W. Carey. Carey was a Professor of Government at Georgetown University and expert on American political thought, especially The Federalist Papers and the Constitution.

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Correspondence and other papers of Thomas Dolan, including a long series of letters from former Postmaster General James A. Farley.

Scope and Contents This series contains the papers of Georgetown University professor Valerie A. Earle. Series 1 contains material related to Earle's Georgetown University career, including notes and syllabi from courses taught by Earle and others. Series 2 contains written works, both published and drafted, by Earle and her husband, American University professor Chester Earle. Series 3 contains Earle's personal papers, including correspondence, material from political science groups, and family...

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Materials pertaining to Higbie's work as press secretary for Eugene McCarthy. Includes press releases (1967-1976); campaign and source material (articles, photographs, congressional data, campaign buttons); and tape recordings of interviews, poetry readings and speeches.

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Hughes' correspondence spans the years 1890-1936. A great portion of this correspondence deals with his service as attorney within the Justice Department. He had been a good friend of J. Edgar Hoover during this period. Also, a great deal of material & correspondence stems fran his association with Georgetown University, both as student and teacher.

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The collection consists of the personal papers of William Harding Jackson. Correspondents include President Eisenhower, Constantine FitzGibbon, Arthur Gardner, Gordon Gray, and Richard M. Nixon, among others. A run of letters regarding Wendell Willkie's 1940 presidential campaign is also included among the documents. Some typed manuscripts by Jackson, a few photographs of him, and a series of printed materials round out the collection.

Scope and Contents The John Knox Papers represent the personal papers of John Knox, who served as law clerk and private secretary for Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds during the October 1936 term. Most notably, the collection includes portions of Knox's typed memoir detailing his experiences during the 1936 Supreme Court term, along with letters, documents, and photographs of Supreme Court justices during the 1930s. Moreover, as Knox was an avid collector, his papers contain an extensive set of...

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Papers of Charles H. Levine related to U.S. public policy and the National Commission on the Public Service (Volcker Commission).

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Scope and Contents Materials related to Theresa Loar’s work for the U.S. government as Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues at the Department of State and as the Director of the President's Interagency Council on Women during the Clinton Administration. In particular, the collection documents the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995). The collection includes documents, posters, audiovisual recordings, and a photobook commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Beijing...

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Correspondence, printed documents and other materials relating to the Congressional debates regarding the preservation and proposed development of the Panama Canal.

Please see the External Documents section below for an inventory to the collection, including a list of correspondents.

Scope and Contents note The Brien McMahon Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, legal papers, newspaper clippings, honors and awards, photographs, and personal ephemera concerning the life of the late Senator and his family from circa 1930 to 1953. While the majority of the papers concern McMahon's career with the U.S. Department of Justice, there is also some material regarding his two Senate terms, his marriage to Rosemary Turner, his Presidential campaign in 1952, and his death.The collection...

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Autograph book that belonged to Congressman James K. Moorhead containing signatures of Abraham Lincoln and members of his Cabinet, among others.

Scope and Contents Manuscripts by Fulton Oursler, Grace Perkins Oursler, and others; correspondence to/from the Ourslers; other related manuscript and printed items, and rolls of photographic negatives taken by/of Fulton Oursler. Of major interest are correspondence and other files relating to Fulton Oursler's editorial work for Liberty and The Reader's Digest. Correspondents include: Franklin D. Roosevelt (long series); Soong Mei-ling, or Madame Chiang Kai-shek (long series); H.L. Mencken (long series); and...

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Correspondence, memoranda, texts of addresses and congressional testimony, articles, publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings from the U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on the Panama Canal.

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One copy of an article by Frances Perkins titled "Eights Years As Madam Secretary" from Fortune magazine, September 1941.