World Politics

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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.

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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An extensive correspondence between the well-known Irish freedom fighter Dan Breen and John S.Monagan, Congressman from Connecticut, offering considerable insight into Breen’s later political and social thinking as well as recollections of the struggle for Irish independence from Great Britain.

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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...