Fiorello H. La Guardia Papers. 1880-1980.

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Fiorello H. La Guardia Papers. 1880-1980.

The Fiorello H. La Guardia Collection contains material from La Guardia's public career. It consists of correspondence, transcriptions of broadcasts, reports, press clips, campaign literature, press releases, oral histories, photographs, and artifacts. Of particular interest are the records of La Guardia's tenure as director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), a post-World War II humanitarian agency. The Collection also includes La Guardia's mayoral papers and mayoral newspaper scrapbooks on microfilm and La Guardia's Congressional papers on microfilm.

100 linear feet.

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