[Presidential autographs collected by the University of Illinois Library]

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 ...

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...

Obama, Barack, 1961-

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Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States. Few presidents have walked a more improbable path to the White House. Born in Hawaii to a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, Obama was raised with help from his grandparents, whose generosity of spirit reflected their Midwestern roots. The homespun values they instilled in him, paired with his innate sense of optimism, compelled Obama to devote his life to giving every child, regardless of his or her background, the same cha...

Post-1650 Manuscript Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)

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Carr, George R. (George Russell), 1877-

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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...

No. 44 Society (Urbana, Ill.)

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library

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Downs, Robert B. (Robert Bingham), 1903-1991

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Professor of library science, and director of libraries and Library School, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) (later names: Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) and Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); d. 1991. From the description of Papers, 1937-1983. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28416848 ...

Hotchkiss, Valerie R., 1960-....

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United States. President

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The President of the United States is the chief executive office of the United States. In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and is arguably the most powerful elected official in the world. The nation's founders originally intended the presidency to be a narrowly restricted institution. They distrusted executive authority because...

Lincoln, Evelyn, 1909-1995

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Personal secretary to President John F. Kennedy. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Washington, to James J. Fuld, 1962 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270938071 ...