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Joan Laskoff Papers, 1840-1923 1983, bulk 1864-1911
17 linear feetGroup Research Inc. records, 1955-1996
215 linear feetWesley McCune founded Group Research Inc. in 1962 after a successful career as a journalist for such magazines as "Newsweek", "Time", "Life", and "Changing Times. Group Research Inc. was based in Washington DC until ceasing operations in the mid-1990s. The organization collected materials that focus on the right-wing and span four decades. The archive includes information about and by right-wing organizations and activists in the form of publications, correspondence, pamphlets, reports, the newspaper "Congressional Record," and magazine clippings and other ephemera. McCune and his small staff also published an initially bi-monthly but in later years monthly newsletter Group Research Report which kept its subscribers abreast of the latest views and actions of right-wingers.
American League of Lobbyists Box 14
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- American League of Lobbyists
Lobbyist, The Box 207
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- Lobbyist, The
Pulitzer Prizes collection, 1917-2017
408 linear feet2006 Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith The Washington Post. For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts. (With Entry Form, photographs and bios., 2006 Box 31, Folder 6
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- indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced
Yong-jeung Kim papers, 1906-1994, bulk 1940-1975
6 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, speeches, documents, news releases, printed materials, audio recordings, and motion picture film. Of interest in the correspondence are letters from John Foster Dulles, Lieut. Gen. John R. Hodge and Maj. Gen. Archer L. Lerch, the first two U.S. military governors of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Kim Il Sung. His correspondence deals mainly with the issue of reunification. The manuscript series includes articles and speeches by Kim as well as unpublished manuscripts by others assigned to him. The documents are mainly those related to the Korean Affairs Institute. The press clippings and printed materials cover Korean problems from 1945 to 1975 and include Korean language newspapers and periodicals. Thera are also some books and pamphlets from his library, including printed volumes of Korean government documents and other books on Korea from the first two decades of the twentieth century, six electrical transcriptions of radio programs in which Kim was interviewed, and one motion picture film "Liberation of Korea."
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction records, 1914-2018
163 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, lectures, notes, diaries, notebooks, reports, financial records, blueprints, photographs, and printed materials of Y.C. James Yen and the IIRR concerned with the development, sharing, and financing innovative methods of teaching, improving agriculture, health and family planning, and education in impoverished villages. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Pearl Buck, William O. Douglas, Nelson Rockefeller, and DeWitt Clinton.
Clark Hoyt papers, 2009 - 2012
10 boxesThe Clark Hoyt collection is organized around the columns he wrote as public editor, with each being accompanied by related materials including notes, Q and A emails with Times staffers; emails from readers, which often served as the trigger for the column in question; emails with expert sources, and printed copies of Times articles that prompted the public editor's inquiries.
Other Voices: More About That McCain Article, 03/02/2008 Box 22, Folder 1
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- McCain had a "romantic" relationship with a lobbyist)
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(Column of readers' comments in printed newspaper on criticism of the article suggesting that McCain had a "romantic" relationship with a lobbyist)
"What That McCain Article Didn't Say", 02/24/2008 Box 5, Folder 4
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- young female lobbyist when he was running for President eight years ago. The public editor concludes The
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(A Times article says unnamed staffers feared that John McCain had a "romantic" relationship with a young female lobbyist when he was running for President eight years ago. The public editor concludes The Times was wrong to report such a hot-button allegation without independent evidence)
Animal Advocates Oral History Collection, 1999-2004
14 volumes (Transcripts)Walter Kilroy, 1999 December 3 and 2000 April 28 Box kilroy binder
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- President (1973-1975), Director of Operations (1976-1977), Vice President and Registered Lobbyist (1977-1984
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Walter Kilroy beings this two session interview by discussing his childhood experiences with animals and beginning to work as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's Angell Memorial Hospital as a kennel attendant at the age of sixteen. He discusses experiences working as an ambulance driver for the MSPCA, laws on animal abuse in the 1950s, and the law enforcement activities of the MSPCA. He discusses his time working at the American Fondouk veterinary hospital in Fez, Morocco from 1961-1962 and attitudes towards animals in Morocco. He also discusses a range of issues about animals from the 1970s to 1990s including trapping, overpopulation, spay and neuter campaigns, euthanasia at human societies, pet shops, treatment of animals at zoos, and environmentalism.
Mary Lasker papers, 1940-1993
353 linear feetThe collection consiste of correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, clippings, photographs, awards, and printed material. The files, arranged by genre and topic and reflect her philanthropic and legislative work in the areas of health, specifically cancer, heart disease, and mental health. Her civic and legislative work is covered in detail, as well as her private interests and activities.