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to Lewis L. Strauss

Eisenhower replies to a letter from Strauss written on the same page. Strauss informs that despite headlines about the atomic powered submarines, there was no security breach. States that the news came from a report made to Congress by Strauss'...

GLC00162.21

to Lewis L. Strauss

President Kennedy praises the career of Herbert Hoover and congratulates Admiral Strauss, who was scheduled to dedicate the Hoover Presidential Library on Hoover's eighty-eighth birthday. Letter written on White House stationery.

GLC00162.24

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission

Informs that he has approved H. R. 5866 which enables the United States to cooperate with Berlin to use atomic energy peacefully. Interprets language in the Act and informs that it is his intention to have the Secretary of State handle negotiations...

GLC00164

[Photograph of Harry Truman]

One photograph of Harry S. Truman dated circa 1950. Depicts Truman at his desk reading the Bible, facing toward his right. Signed and inscribed "Kindest regards to Nathan Josselson. Harry Truman" on the mat below the picture. Outermost mat has a gold...

GLC00162.20

to Lewis L. Strauss

Richard M. Nixon thanks Admiral Strauss for his influence in gaining the endorsement of President Eisenhower in the 1968 presidential election, referred to as "the historic decision announced by the General last night." Written on Nixon's personal...

GLC00162.26

to Lewis L. Strauss and Alice H. Strauss

Pat Nixon sends a postcard picturing the Monument to the People's Heroes with greetings from Peking, China. Written during the Richard Nixon-Zhou Enlai talks on the first ever presidential visit to China. Also signed "RN" by Richard Nixon.

GLC00162.27

[Signed photograph of Richard Nixon]

One signed photograph of Richard Nixon date 1971. Shows Nixon sitting at a table, glasses in hand, and an out of focus photo of David and Nancy Eisenhower over his right shoulder.

GLC00162.28

Pardon of John Roland Holloway

Printed document with typed specifics

GLC00173.12

to Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.

Written in reply to Pennsylvania Congressman McConnell's request that he give his views on education legislation (the federal "grants-in aid") before the Committee on Education and Labor. Former President Hoover asserts his strong personal interest...

GLC00200

The Walker Expedition to Quebec, 1711

Chapters include - The Journal of Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker, The preparations, The voyage and the disaster, The reaction of New England, and Miscellaneous documents. Published by the Champlain Society. Edited and introduction by Gerald S. Graham...

GLC01450.012.09

The Beleaguered city: Richmond, 1861-1865

II Nevins 212.

GLC00267.226

Dear belle: Letters from a cadet and officer to his sweetheart, 1858-1865

I Nevins 125

GLC00267.251

The American Iliad; the epic story of the Civil War as narrated by eyewitnesses and contemporaries

Edited by Eisenschiml and Ralph Newman. 1st edition, published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.

GLC00267.253

American Jewry and the Civil War

I Nevins 9.

GLC00267.268

to Mamie D. Eisenhower

States that he is just back from Berlin and Prague. Discusses some family and friends. Writes that politicians are trying to get him to accept a job in Washington or with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to whom he...

GLC05266

to Mary M. McBride re: thanks for letter, radio

On stationery as governor.

GLC05264.06

[Thomas E. Dewey]

Half length black and white portrait inscribed to Harry Stern.

GLC05264.07

A Treatise of Artillery

Modern facsimile reprint of Muller's Treatise of Artillery, in the 1780 edition, thought to be the best. Limited to 850 numbered copies, of which this is copy 400. Muller's Treatise was first published in 1759 and went through four edition before...

GLC05306.03

Address of Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts at Executive Committee Meeting

Advance copy of the address given at American Legion National Headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana. Criticizes the weakness of the American Air Force, compared to the Soviets, and advocates "a Strategic Air Force with sufficient retaliatory powers."...

GLC05313

to Rose Russell [in German]

Signed with initials. Speaks about the spirit of the Constitution and the Fifth Amendment during the McCarthy hearings and argues that "it is a misuse of congressional immunity to carry out practices which rightly belong to the competence of the...

GLC05322

to George L. Rihl

Rihl resided around Mexico City. Rickenbacker reflects on the state of the country during the Christmas season. He sees Americans' hatred of Germans and Japanese, cultivated during WWII, being transferred to fellow citizens in post-war America...

GLC05508.010.01

to Samuel Cavert

Thanks him for his letter on behalf of the National Council of Churches of Christ about the Korean Armistice. Expresses his relief to see the end of the bloodshed in Korea and hopes for a lasting peace. Mentions that is necessary that the United...

GLC03208

The Celebrated Collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter

GLC03261

Profiles in Courage

First edition, published by Harper & Brothers. Inscribed to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and signed by Kennedy. Written during a period of convalescence, Senator Kennedy highlights the great courage and integrity of eight past senators. Kennedy's...

GLC05107

[Supplemental brief from the United States Supreme Court regarding Brown v. Board of Education]

Brief prepared on behalf of the United States for reargument by Attorney General Herbert Brownell, J. Lee Rankin, Philip Elman, and other attorneys at the Justice Department. Devoted to information regarding the case of Oliver Brown, et. al. v...

GLC05160