Autograph Collection, 1757-1942.

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Autograph Collection, 1757-1942.

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Includes letters (some to Dexter) and signatures of British statesmen: Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, viscount Esher (Oliver Sylvain Brett) and Herbert Morrison; American statesmen Cordell Hull and Francis B. Sayre; literary figures+ Louis Adamic, Brander Matthews, and Henry M. S. Stanley. Topics include: British-American diplomacy; the refugee problem in World War II; post-war plans of American Friends Service Committee. There is a signed engraving of H. M. Stanley.

27 items.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6757329

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Adamič, Louis, 1899-1951

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Political writer and literary figure. From the description of ALS, 1939 March 21, Milford, New Jersey, to Edward Hoyt. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935383 Adamic was an author deeply concerned with American immigrants and their experiences in the "melting pot", and was the first editor of Commond Ground. From the description of Louis Adamic papers, 1848-1951 (bulk 1921-1951). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122561726 ...

Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1885-1972

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Diplomat. From the description of Reminiscences of Francis Bowes Sayre : oral history, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725093 Diplomat and statesman. From the description of Papers of Francis Bowes Sayre, 1861-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060652 Biographical Note 1885, Apr. 30 Born, South Bethleh...

Cecil, E. A. Robert, lst. viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864-1958.

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Morrison, Herbert, 1888-1965

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Herbert Stanley Morrison, 1888-1965, left school at fourteen and had a variety of jobs, including errand boy, telephone operator, shop assistant, and deputy circulation manager of the 'Daily Citizen'. He became part-time secretary of London Labour Party in 1915 and entered local government in 1919, becoming Mayor and later Alderman of Hackney. He was also a member of the London County Council, 1922-1945 and leader of the council 1934-1940. Morrison entered Parliament in 1923 as the Labour member...

Esher, Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1881-1963

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Dexter, Robert Cloutman, 1887-1955

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Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

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Cordell Hull was a Tennessee state representative (1893-1897), a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee (1903-1906), U.S. Representative for Tennessee (1907-1921, 1923-1931), chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee (1921-1924), U.S. Senator for Tennessee (1931-1933), Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944), and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. From the description of Cordell Hull letter, 1941 Dec. 12. (Loui...