Papers, 1909-1983.

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Papers, 1909-1983.

Correspondence, memoranda, article and book drafts, speeches, lectures, field notes, reports, publications, and clippings relating to his anthropological work in Europe, the North Arabian Desert, Iran, Iraq, Africa, Southwest Asia, and Russia; and to his role as special advisor to President Roosevelt on the question of settling Europeans displaced by World War II (the "M Project") including final studies on topics such as Nazi Germany, Jews, immigration laws and policies, refugee settlements, and population growth and distribution. Also includes diaries from a Sinai trip, 1947-1948, and a trip to the Soviet Union, 1964; and family correspondence with Thomas Nelson Page, Rosewell Page, Florence Lathrop Field (later Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page), Minna Field Burnaby, and Major and Mrs. Algernon E. Burnaby.

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Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922

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Author, diplomat. From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript], 1878-1923. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823870 From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript] 1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647949629 Virginia author; U.S. ambassador to Italy. From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript], 1889-1899. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813209 ...

Field, Henry, 1902-1986

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Anthropologist. Field worked with the Field Museum of Natural History, 1926-1941; the Library of Congress, 1941-1945; Harvard University, 1950-1969; and the University of Miami, 1966-present. During 1944 and 1945 he was Director of "M Project," a government study on migration and settlement. From the description of Papers, 1909-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155522906 ...

Burnaby, Algernon E.

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Burnaby, Minna Field.

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Page, Florence Lathrop Field.

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Page, Rosewell

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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...