Dean Rusk collection, 1935-1985.

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Dean Rusk collection, 1935-1985.

The collection consists of materials relating to Dean Rusk, collected by Rusk's brother, Parks Rusk, from 1935-1985. Includes correspondence, speeches, programs and printed material, photographs, and newsclippings documenting his private and public careers. The correspondence includes letters written by Rusk to his family while attending Oxford University (1931-1934), while teaching at Mills College (1934-1940), and while in India and Europe during World War II. The letters reflect his personal activities, plans and feelings, his political views, and his impression of the areas which he visited and of the people with whom he came in contact.

8.5 linear ft.

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