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John Reed papers, 1903-1967.

Title: John Reed papers, 1903-1967.

The papers of John Reed, the American journalist and revolutionary, including papers relating to his wife, writer Louise Bryant.

ArchivalResource: 31 boxes and 2 volumes (10.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00070/catalog View

Harry A. Slattery papers, 1890-1953

Title: Harry A. Slattery papers

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet, circa 35,300

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/slattery/ View

Nagel, Charles, 1849-1940. Charles Nagel papers, 1877-1940 (inclusive).

Title: Charles Nagel papers, 1877-1940 (inclusive).

The papers include correspondence, letterbooks, scrapbooks, writings, topical files, photographs, and clippings which document the career of Charles Nagel. The papers highlight Nagel's legal practice and detail his role as counsel to Adolphus Busch and the Anheuser-Busch breweries. Files relating to Nagel's cabinet term include discussions of patronage appointments and efforts to win support for President Taft's re-election through the foreign language press, and his concerns as secretary of commerce and labor, including the 1910 census, the abolition of pelagic sealing, and fair enforcement of immigration laws. The papers reveal Nagel's love for German culture and his attempts to understand the events preceding World Wars I and II. Nagel's activities on behalf of German-Austrian relief efforts and German ethnic and cultural organizations are documented as is his involvement in the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Industrial Conference Board, and numerous St. Louis civic, educational, cultural, and charitable organizations. An addition to the papers includes correspondence from Nagel to his wife, Anne Shepley Nagel.

ArchivalResource: 28.50 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153501 View

Papers, 1879-1971, 1916-1926 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1879-1971, 1916-1926 (bulk)

Large collection consists mainly of correspondence, much of it dealing with Irish American organizations with which Cohalan was involved and with numerous individuals. Correspondence also reflects his role in organizing the Irish Race Convention held in Philadelphia in 1919, which later evolved into the Friends of Irish Freedom. Cohalan corresponded with United States Senators and Representatives including James A. Reed, John K. Shields, William E. Borah, and William Bourke Cockran; with Secretaries of State including Charles Evans Hughes and Bainbridge Colby; with clergymen including Norman Thomas and Bishop Michael Gallagher; with Irish American organizations including the Clan-na-Gael, the Friends of Irish Freedom, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the American Commission on Irish Independence, and the American Irish Historical Society; with prominent leaders of Ireland's fight for freedom in America including John Devoy, Richard Dalton, Joseph McGarrity, Daniel T. O'Connell, George A. Schreiner, Edward McSweeney and John P. Grace and figures in Ireland including Eamonn De Valera, Harry Boland, William T. Cosgrave, Lindsay Crawford, and Jeremiah (Diarmuid) Lynch; and with other notable figures such as Victor Herbert, Fiorello La Guardia, Thomas E. Dewey, and Alfred E. Smith. Also texts of speeches and statements concerning Ireland's fight for freedom; and published articles, pamphlets and reprints written by Cohalan, and news clippings about his life and involvement with the issue of Irish freedom.

ArchivalResource: 12 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155508564 View

Herndon, Booton. Papers of Booton Herndon, 1939-1986.

Title: Papers of Booton Herndon, 1939-1986.

The collection contains Herndon's working files of manuscripts for his books and articles together with related research material, correspondence, drafts, illustrative material and some proof. There are files for projected books on the American Civil Liberties Union and Mortimer Caplin, Internal Revenue commissioner, and for an unpublished novel, "Splendor in the grass" as well as books on the Ford family and motor company, Leggett's department stores, Fulton Lewis, Jr., James A. Reed, and exercise. Frequent topics for articles include sports, particularly football, World War II, and Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. Of interest is an article by Paul Gaston and Thomas Hamond on public school desegregation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Correspondents include Patty Duke Astin, Roger N. Baldwin, Mortimer Caplin, Arthur Hailey, Dorothy Kenyon, Fulton Lewis, Jr., Littauer and Wilkinson, Robert D. Loomis, Eddie Rickenbacker, William B. Spong, Max Wilkinson, and Babe Zaharias.

ArchivalResource: 10, 000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49361437 View

Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk)

Title: Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk)

Papers of American author, Gore Vidal (1925-), including literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, political papers, legal and business records, and other material. Also includes papers of his companion, Howard Austen (1929-2003).

ArchivalResource: 414 linear feet (449 boxes, cartons, and film reels)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01943/catalog View

Sigman, Samuel, 1899-1976. Samuel Sigman papers, 1922-1953.

Title: Samuel Sigman papers, 1922-1953.

Correspondence, recorded reminiscences, and personal campaign materials of Samuel Sigman, district attorney of Outagamie County, Wis., 1935-1936, and a leader and organizer in the Wisconsin Progressive movement. The papers reflect the growth and decline of the Progressive party in the 1920's and 1930's and include correspondence from the following political and labor leaders: Thomas Amlie, Theodore Dammann, Herman L. Ekern, Roy Empey, William T. Evjue, Glenn Frank, Edwin J. Gross, Harold M. Groves, John J. Handley, Daniel W. Hoan, Henry A. Huber, Merlin Hull, Burr W. Jones, Philip F. La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Orland S. Loomis, John M. Nelson, George W. Norris, Henry Ohl, Jr., Hubert H. Peavey, David Rabinovitz, James A. Reed, George J. Schneider, Burton K. Wheeler, and Edwin E. Witte. The collection also contains business papers of other organizations with which Sigman was affiliated, including the Appleton Labor College, the Appleton Trades and Labor Council, the Fox River Valley Home Merchants Association, and the Wisconsin Federation of Commercial Fishermen.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and1 tape recording.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173701977 View

Nagel, Charles, 1849-1940. Charles Nagel papers, 1877-1940 (inclusive).

Title: Charles Nagel papers, 1877-1940 (inclusive).

The papers include correspondence, letterbooks, scrapbooks, writings, topical files, photographs, and clippings which document the career of Charles Nagel. The papers highlight Nagel's legal practice and detail his role as counsel to Adolphus Busch and the Anheuser-Busch breweries. Files relating to Nagel's cabinet term include discussions of patronage appointments and efforts to win support for President Taft's re-election through the foreign language press, and his concerns as secretary of commerce and labor, including the 1910 census, the abolition of pelagic sealing, and fair enforcement of immigration laws. The papers reveal Nagel's love for German culture and his attempts to understand the events preceding World Wars I and II. Nagel's activities on behalf of German-Austrian relief efforts and German ethnic and cultural organizations are documented as is his involvement in the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Industrial Conference Board, and numerous St. Louis civic, educational, cultural, and charitable organizations. An addition to the papers includes correspondence from Nagel to his wife, Anne Shepley Nagel.

ArchivalResource: 28.50 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122396299 View