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.

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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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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...

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...

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.

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One copy of an article by Frances Perkins titled "Eights Years As Madam Secretary" from Fortune magazine, September 1941. It includes a reproduction of a painted portrait of Perkins by Arthur Syk.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, and clippings, principally pertaining to J. Herman Schauinger's research on early Catholic history in the United States. Included is transcribed and photocopied research material pertaining to Fr. Stephen Badin, Bishop Benoit J. Flaget, Bishop Jean B.M. David, Oresetes Brownson, and William Gaston. Also included are files from Schauinger's involvement with Eugene McCarthy's senatorial and presidential campaigns between 1958 and 1971. Note: Click on...

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The collection pertains primarily to U.S.-Panama treaty negotiations relating to the Panama Canal and a proposed interoceanic Atantic-Pacific sea-level canal. The collection consists of copies of documents held by the St. Louis University Law Library.

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Scrapbook containing autographs of various U.S. politicians, including members of Rutherford B. Hayes's cabinet, dating from the 1870s.

Scope and Contents Papers of Melanne Verveer (1944-), Chief of Staff for First Lady, Hillary Clinton and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues in the Obama Administration, including schedules, briefing books, speeches, memorabilia, and trip materials, as well as files on the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing) and memoranda on health care reform. A large portion of the collection includes travel books from 1993-2000 detailing the First Lady’s official travels across the...