Papers of Alan Goodrich Kirk, 1919-1961.

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Papers of Alan Goodrich Kirk, 1919-1961.

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General correspondence, orders to naval duty (1917-1958), and miscellaneous material, relating primarily to Kirk's services as ambassador to Belgium (1946), as a member of the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans (1947-1948), and as ambassador to the U.S.S.R. (1948-1952). Includes material relating to Kirk's trip to the Belgian Congo (1958) and to his activities as a member of the New York Civil Defense Commission (1956). Correspondents include Charles E. Bohlen, J. William Fulbright, and Kirk's son, William T. Kirk.

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