William H. Taylor Case Files, 1938-1957

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William H. Taylor Case Files, 1938-1957

Attorney Byron Scott's case files relating to his defense of William Henry Taylor in hearings before the International Organization Employees Loyalty Board

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Bentley, Elizabeth, 1908-1963

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Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908 – December 3, 1963) was an American NKVD spymaster, who was recruited from within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She served the Soviet Union as the primary handler of multiple highly placed moles within both the United States Federal Government and the Office of Strategic Services from 1938 to 1945. She defected by contacting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and debriefing about her espionage activities. Bentley became widely known after t...

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 ...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969

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Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 to 1969, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s. He helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, both landmark pieces of legislation during the Civil Rights Movement. He...

Walter, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1894-1963

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U.S. representative, of Easton, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1932-1963. (Lehigh University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28416125 ...

James Eastland

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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...

Tompkins, William F.

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Watkins, Arthur V. (Arthur Vivian), 1886-1973

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Watkins a U.S. Senator from Utah; first elected 1946; served two terms. From the description of Letter, 1950 Feb. 11, Washington, D.C. to James Gehres, Nephi, Utah. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 14075317 United States Senator from Utah. From the description of Arthur V. Watkins photographs, 1903-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367158920 Lewis Weston Oaks graduated from Brigham Young University in 1915, and received his M.D. degree in ...

Brownell, Herbert 1904-

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McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977

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John Little McClellan, Representative and Senator from Arkansas; born in Sheridan, Grant County, Ark., February 25, 1896; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1913, when he was seventeen; commenced practice in Sheridan, Ark.; served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps 1917-1919; moved to Malvern, Ark. in 1919 and continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial district of Arkansas 1927-1930; elected as a De...

Stephenson, William B.

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King, Samuel W.

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Langer, William, 1886-1959

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Born at Everest, N.D. Graduate of University of North Dakota and Columbia University. Attorney, married Lydia Cady 1918, nicknamed "Wild Bill." Morton County States Attorney (1914-1916) North Dakota Attorney General (1916-1920), North Dakota Governor (1933-1934, 1937-1938) and U.S. senator (1941-1959). Died in office, buried at Casselton, N.D. From the description of Collection, 1933-1959. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 29179625 Governor and U.S...

Coe, Frank

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Rooth, Ivar, b. 1888

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Waldman, Henry S.

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Ullmann, William L.

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Scott, Byron

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Byron Scott was a member of Congress from California who served two terms from 1935 to 1939. In 1949 he settled in Washington, D.C. to pursue a legal career. His papers concern his defense of William H. Taylor, Treasury Department and International Monetary Fund specialist, accused of espionage by former Soviet spy turned informer Elizabeth Bentley. The case files relate primarily to Mr. Taylor’s two hearings before the International Organization Employee Loyalty Board (IOELB). The ...

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986

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James Oliver Eastland (b. November 28, 1904, Doddsville, Mississippi-d. February 19, 1986, Doddsville, Mississippi) was a U.S. Senator from Mississippi. Eastland began his career as a lawyer practicing in Mississippi. He then went on to serve as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1928-1931. In 1941, Eastland served a temporary appointment to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacant seat made by the death of Pat Harrison. Eastland was then officially elected as a Democrat to the U....

Hennings, Thomas C., Jr. (Thomas Carey), 1903-1960

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Thomas Carey Hennings (b. June 25, 1903, St. Louis, Mo.-d. Sept. 13, 1960, Washington, D.C.), U.S. representative and U.S. Senator from Missouri. From the description of Hennings, Thomas Carey, 1903-1960 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10609718 ...

Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956

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Kilgore, a judge in Raleigh County, West Virginia, was elected to the United States Senate in 1940, serving there until his death in 1956. He was a member of the War Investigating Committee and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. From the description of Papers, 1941-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523605 ...

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...

Silvermaster, Nathan G.

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Humphrey, George M. (George Magoffin), 1890-1970

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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1953-57). From the description of George Magoffin Humphrey papers, 1912-1970. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19898823 From the description of George Magoffin Humphrey papers, 1912-1970 [microform]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 46922005 Industrialist, cabinet member. From the description of Reminiscences of George Magoffin Humphrey : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the...

Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965

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Series documenting Johnston's interactions with the media as both candidate and incumbent during political campaigns and serivice in office. From the description of Media series, 1955-1964. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37539301 Governor of South Carolina, 1935-1939, and 1943 until his resignation, 3 Jan. 1945; U.S. Senator from 1944 until his death in 1965. From the description of Olin D. Johnston papers, 1923-1965. (University of South Car...

Hoover, J.Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

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Director of the FBI. From the description of Typed letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Arthur William Brown, 1941 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555861 John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served from 1924 to 1972 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As its first director, Hoover molded the FBI into his image of a modern police force. He promoted scientific investigation of crime, the collection and analysis of fingerprints and the hiring and ...

Ferry, Elinor

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Elinor Ferry (1915-1993), journalist, labor organizer, and socialist. Ferry became a sports writer for the Hearst newspaper chain at the age of 16 and shortly after helped organize the Newspaper Guild. From there, she became an assistant to Michael Quill, head of the Transport Workers Union. In the 1950s, Ferry documented the activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy, and worked to aid those who refused to testify on Fifth Amendment grounds before Congressional committees investigating Communism. Fe...

Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK and occasionally by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was the brother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. Kennedy and his brothers were born into a wealthy,...

Welker, Herman

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Eddy, George A.

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George Eddy was born in New Jersey on June 15, 1917. From 1921 to 1924 he attended Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, and he received his BA from Yale in 1928. During the years 1930-1933 Eddy attended graduate school at Harvard, earning a Masters in economics and an MBA. During his time at Harvard his chief interest was macroeconomic policies, specifically U.S. deficits and how to achieve prosperity with stable prices. From 1933 to 1934 Eddy worked as the Assistant to the ...

Cohn, Roy M.

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Bentley, Elizabeth, 1767-1839

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O’Mahoney, Joseph Christopher, 1884-1962

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Taylor, Billy, 1906-1986

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White, Harry Dexter, 1892-1948

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Harry Dexter White (1892-1948) was an economist with expertise in international finance and monetary issues. White served in the United States Department of the Treasury from 1934 to 1946 as Director of the Division of Monetary Research and as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He was also one of the principal architects of the Bretton Woods agreements in 1944 that established the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. From the description of Harry Dexter White Papers, 192...

Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967

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United States senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Alexander Wiley : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727713 Alexander Wiley (b. May 26, 1884, Chippewa Falls, Wis.-d. May 26, 1967, Germantown, Pa.), U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin law school. After serving as district attorney of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, he was engaged in non-political pursuits until elected as a ...

Jenner, William E. (William Ezra), 1908-

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Malin, Patrick Murphy, 1903-1964

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Garety, P. J.

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McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980

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Carey McWilliams was born December 13, 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He completed his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1927. From 1927-1938, McWilliams was an attorney at the law firm Black, Hammack in Los Angeles. In 1938, he was appointed as Chief of the Division of Immigration and Housing of the State of California, a position he kept until 1942. During the period from 1945-1955, he began his long association with The Nation, becoming successively contribut...

Fairbank, T. Paul.

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