Clarence K. Streit Papers 1838-1990 (bulk 1939-1986)

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (b. May 27, 1923, Furth, Bavaria, Germany - November 29, 2023, Kent, Connecticut) served as Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 under both President Nixon and President Carter. He also served as National Security Advisor from 1968 to 1975 under President Nixon. He was the first person to hold both positions as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor at the same time. He was born as Heinz Alfred Kissinger but changed his name to Henry after immigrating to the U.S....

Schumann, Maurice

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Moore, Walden

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Debré, Michel, 1912-1996.

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Mathews, John A.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979

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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954....

Moore, Walden

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Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-

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Died in 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Harold Clayton Urey, 1964 March 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584513 Epithet: US chemist, Nobel laureate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000b4 Mildred Cohn was a biochemist and biophysicist. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1938 and was a research associate in biochemistry at several univers...

Upton, Miller, 1916-2005

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American educator; president, Beloit College, 1954-1975; United States delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1970-1974; chairman, United States National Commission for UNESCO, 1971-1974. From the description of Miller Upton papers, 1949-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123430013 ...

Dennis, Donald P. (Donald Philips), 1916-

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Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959

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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), was the fifty-third Secretary of State of the United States for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He had a long and distinguished public career with significant impact upon the formulation of United States foreign policies. He was especially involved with efforts to establish world peace after World War I, the role of the United States in world governance, and Cold War relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Dulles was born on February 25, 1888 ...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Achilles, Theodore C. (Theodore Carter), 1905-

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U.S. Ambassador. From the description of Reminiscences of Theodore C. Achilles : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309721870 Theodore C. Achilles was born in 1905. He served as Foreign Service officer, U.S. Department of State, 1931 to 1962. In addition, he served in the following capacities: 1st sec., American Embassy in London, 1945, and American Embassy in Brussels, 1946; director for Western European Affairs, Departmen...

Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Estes Kefauver : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419842 Estes Kefauver was a long-time senator from Tennessee and an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for president. From the description of Personal papers, 1934-1939 (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 44918282 Carey Estes Kefauver (b. July 26, 1903, Monroe Count...

Roper, Elmo, 1900-1971

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Elmo Roper (1900-1971) was a pioneer in the fields of market research and public opinion polling. From the description of Elmo Roper papers, 1900-1972. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 52096773 Elmo Roper ( 1900-1971 ) was a pioneer in the fields of market research and public opinion polling. Born in Nebraska on 31 July 1900, he operated a jewelry store with his brother in Iowa in the 1920s. While not successful, the experience taught him the val...

International Movement for Atlantic Union, Inc.

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Debré, Michel, 1912-

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Brundage, Percival Flack, 1892-1979

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Accountant. From the description of Reminiscences of Percival Flack Brundage : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597599 Accountant, consultant, and director of the Bureau of the Budget (1956-1958). From the description of Percival Flack Brundage papers, 1918-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070507 Biographical Note ...

Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966

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American statesman; assistant to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, 1919-1924; secretary of state, 1959-1961. From the description of Christian Archibald Herter miscellaneous papers, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123458502 Christian Archibald Herter (1895-1966) was born in Paris, France. He was a diplomat, politician, publisher, editor, and author. In 1959 Herter, who served as governor of Massachusetts during the mid-1950's, was appointed by President Dwight Eisen...

Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

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George Catlett Marshall (b. December 31, 1880, Uniontown, Pennsylvania-d. October 16, 1959, Washington, D.C.), had a long and auspicious career in the United States (U.S.) Army and to the United States. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 and served his country as U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Envoy to China, Army Chief of Staff, and as President of the American Red Cross. Marshall, America's first five-star general, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, ...

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

Schumann, Maurice

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Clayton, Will, 1880-1966

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United States assistant secretary and undersecretary of state for economic affairs, 1944-1947. From the description of Will Clayton papers, 1896-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379390 Will (William Lockhart) Clayton (1880-1966) served as the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from 1946 to 1947. From the description of Clayton, Will (William Lockhart), 1880-1966 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575790 Busines...

Findley, Paul, 1921-

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United States representative from Illinois, 1961-1982; author, They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby (1985). From the description of Paul Findley papers, 1974-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123458495 ...

Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970

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Charles Gaulle (b. November 22, 1890, Lille, France-d. November 9, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France) was a French general, statesman, and veteran of World War I and World War II. He led the Free French Forces during World War II and later served as France's President, 1944-1945; Prime Minister, 1958-1959; and Minister of Defense, 1958-1959, before founding the French Fifth Republic and serving as its first president, 1959-1969. ...

Burns, Arthur F. (Arthur Frank), 1904-1987

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Arthur Frank Burns (1904-1987) became President Eisenhower's chief economic adviser, serving as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and was given much credit for the 1955 economic miniboom. At the end of Eisenhower's first term in 1956, Burns resigned his official position and returned to his post at Columbia University, but continued to advise Eisenhower on an unofficial basis. During the 1960 presidential campaign, Burns was part of the "Scholars," the academics advising Republic...

Mathews, John A. John A. Mathews papers.

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Streit, Clarence K. (Clarence Kirshman), 1896-1986

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Author, editor, and journalist. From the description of Papers of Clarence K. Streit, 1838-1990 (bulk 1939-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071998 From the description of Papers, 1910-1987 (bulk 1939-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28495262 American journalist and author. From the description of Letter to Mr. Williamson [manuscript], 1935 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976010 ...

Botond, Patricia

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Roberts, Owen J. (Owen Josephus), 1875-1955

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Roberts, an American jurist, taught law at the University of Pennsylvania (1898-1918). He served as special counsel for the U.S. in prosecuting "oil cases" (1924), and as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930-1945). From the description of Letter to Eldon James, 2 October 1930. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339786 ...

Federal Union (U.S.)

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The idea of a federal union of the democracies of the North Atlantic was conceived by Clarence K. Streit in a book called Union Now. The Federal Union concept was a forerunner of organizations such as the European Common Market. From the description of Collection, 1939-1950, 1939-1940. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 27838005 ...

League of Nations

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Blackwelder, Justin

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