H J. Anslinger papers, 1835-1970 (bulk 1918-1963).

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H J. Anslinger papers, 1835-1970 (bulk 1918-1963).

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The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, addresses, reports, typescripts, articles, clippings, pamphlets, journals, and photos, written or collected by Anslinger on narcotic drug use. The papers include material on Anslinger's work with the League of Nations and United Nations, and the U.S. Consular Service. There are also typescript and galley proofs of his book The Murderers (1961) and photocopies of writings on narcotics by other authors. Personal correspondents include his niece Barbara Kober, U.S. District Judge William T. McCarthy (author of A Prosecutor's Viewpoint on Narcotic Addiction, a 1944 Bureau of Narcotics 8-p. publication), and newspaperman Reginald Wright Kauffman.

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Anslinger, H. J. (Harry Jacob), 1892-1975

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Kober, Barbara

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