Political Science

Scope and Contents note The American Committee on United Europe collection contains correspondence, reports, photos, pamphlets, news clippings, minutes of meetings and related material. Box 1 is divided into 7 categories, the first of which is the "College of Europe." This college was founded for the purpose of training its students to become leaders of the inter-European organizations at that time. In the first folder is a report on the college by an American who had a fellowship from ACUE.The next...

Scope and Contents The David Cohen Papers document the career of David Cohen, a noteworthy American public interest advocate. The collection contains information about Cohen's work with the Americans for Democratic Action, Common Cause, the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies, the Social Development Corporation, and the Advocacy Institute. The bulk of the material concerns the Advocacy Institute, which Cohen co-founded in 1985. Of importance, many speeches...

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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.

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The Taraknath Das Papers are contained in the John J. Meng Papers. Other papers from the Taraknath Das Foundation, as well as correspondence between Meng and Das, are also located in the Meng papers. Material in this collection span the years 1932 to 1940 and relate to Das' work "Indien in der Weltpolitick." Manuscripts for articles and papers by Das are included.

Content Description Ephemera re Taraknath Das collected by Ralph G. Starke.Folder 1. Autograph letter dated April 4, 1943, signed by Taraknath Das to Ralph G. Starke. 2 pages + envelope. Reference to the former's upcoming speaking engagements. Folder 2. Autograph notes by Starke re Das. Folder 3. Print outs of internet research re Das. Dated 2016. Folder 4. Offprint, signed by Das: "Rabinadrath Tagore Poet and Patriot" (Thought, March 1942). Folder 5. Offprint, signed by Das: "The Kashmir Issue and...

Scope and Contents The Lev Dobriansky Papers comprise the personal papers of economist, educator, and diplomat Lev E. Dobriansky, who taught at Georgetown University from 1948 to 1986 and served as director of the Institute on Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown University from 1970 to 1986. The papers include personal correspondence; printed materials; and documents about the Fund for American Studies, the University Club, the Victims of Communism Memorial, and the National Captive Nations...

Collection-level scope and contents note 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 note This is the second acquisition of the Harry L. Hopkins Papers at Georgetown University's Special Collections Department. The papers in this second collection, comprising 7 boxes and 3.5 linear feet, are arranged in the following series: a Family Correspondence Series, Organizations Correspondence Series, White House Correspondence Series, Personal/Manuscripts Series, Photographic Series, Clippings Series, and Oversize Items Series. Harry Lloyd Hopkins' personal papers illuminate the family...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection constitutes the third accession of the papers of Harry Hopkins. Material is grouped into eight series (see Synopsis). Arrangement of the correspondence reflects the successive stages of Hopkins' career. An important aspect of the family correspondence is the letters between Hopkins and his son Robert, which cover the war years (1940 to 1945) during which the latter served in the Army Signal Corps. Letters (of condolence) received by Hopkins regarding the death of his youngest...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Harry L. Hopkins Papers, Part IV primarily consist of correspondence, newsclippings, manuscripts and photographs, all centering around the career and family life of Harry L. Hopkins during the Second world War. The Papers are arranged in 60 folders in on box and 1 oversize container. Harry L. Hopkins was the right hand man of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Second World War, attending international summits and party conventions with and in the place of Roosevelt. This fourth accession...

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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The Heinrich A. Rommen Papers is made up of correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials, photographs, and clippings pertaining to Rommen's career both in Germany and in the United States.