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U.S. Mss 75AF
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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 75AF): Original Collection, 1931-19686.8 cubic feet (17 archives boxes) The papers of Richard H. Rovere document a considerable part of his writing career, but are best for the period from the late 1930s through the mid-1960s. The papers contain correspondence, reports, minutes, copies of articles, drafts of books, speeches, notes, a journal, engagement books, a card index, and transcripts of interviews and radio and television presentations. Many of the folders contain notes on their contents written by Rovere for guidance in the organization of his papers. Six folders of formerly restricted material, identified below, have been placed in box seventeen of the collection. The papers are divided into four sections: general papers, writings, a subject file, and a card index. The GENERAL PAPERS consist of correspondence, 1931-1968; prep school and undergraduate papers, 1931-1936; a journal, 1948-1952; engagement books, 1955-1965; notes on a trip to Dayton, Tennessee, 1950; on a White House Conference, 1966; and on interviews with James A. Farley, 1943 (for a Harper's article); John Bartlow Martin, 1965 (regarding the crisis in the Dominican Republic); and Arthur Goldberg, 1966 (regarding the Vietnam War); speeches, 1952-1968; transcripts of interviews of Rovere regarding the Eisenhower administration and John Foster Dulles; and of an interview of Walter Lippmann by Rovere in 1965; news clippings; and miscellany. The correspondence is particularly noteworthy for its quality and breadth of coverage of Rovere's activities. This is especially true regarding Rovere's break with the Communist Party in 1939 and his subsequent change in political affiliation. Both the general correspondence and that with Granville Hicks, close friend and literary editor of The New Masses, 1934-1939, provide abundant documentation for this period. (The Hicks file also has letters and drafts regarding a 1955 murder investigation in Hyde Park, New York.) Separate folders of correspondence with other individuals include Shamus O'Sheel (neé James Shields), 1937-1942, World War I collaborator of German agent George Sylvester Viereck and participant in the peace movements of the late 1930s; Rebecca West, 1953, concerning her argument with Arthur Schlesinger Jr., over the significance of Joseph McCarthy; Margaret Czeal Shafer, 1950-1967, a family friend whose correspondence, according to Rovere, provides almost a journal for the 1950s; Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 1950-1967; Irving Kristol and other editors of Encounter magazine, 1953-1962; Bernard Brodie of the Rand Corporation, 1960, concerning his book Strategies in the Missile Age and the Eisenhower administration; Senator Thomas C. Hennings (Democrat, Missouri), 1954-1959; and Immanuel Velikovsky, 1966, concerning his scientific theories. There is also a letter from Leigh White, foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, about John Gunther, 1948; four memos by Rovere on Washington politics, for the Research Institute of America, 1958; correspondence with Farrar, Strauss, and Company, 1948-1964, publisher of several of Rovere's books; and letters and related material from George V. Barron favoring Hubert Humphrey as vice president, 1964, with a letter from Humphrey disavowing any connection with Barron's activity. The WRITINGS section consists of material relating to Rovere's books, articles and book reviews, his introductions to books by others, and his unpublished writings. There are drafts, correspondence, notes, and reviews for Howe and Hummel, The General and the President, Affairs of State, Senator Joe McCarthy, The American Establishment, The Goldwater Caper, and The MacArthur Controversy. The research correspondence for Howe and Hummel is notable for such names as Samuel Hopkins Adams, Algernon Blackwood, John Dos Passos, and Henry L. Mencken. The correspondence for The American Establishment has an exchange with John Kenneth Galbraith. In addition to letters from Harry S. Truman, the file for The General and the President has a substantial amount of correspondence with Frederick Lewis Allen regarding a Harper's article by Rovere and Schlesinger, July 1951. Rovere's articles and reviews are divided into two groups. The first is arranged by periodical or publisher for which there is a significant representation of Rovere's contributions; the second is by date for miscellaneous articles and reviews which appeared elsewhere. The file for The New Yorker is the largest, but it is far from complete. Other periodicals represented include The New Masses, The (London) Spectator, Harper's, The Call, The Jewish Daily Forward, The New Republic, The Reporter, and Esquire.
Many of the articles are in draft as well as in published form and are often accompanied by publisher and reader correspondence. Though much of the accompanying material is routine, there are some exchanges of special note. Examples are the correspondence with the Workers' Defense League, which sent Rovere south to investigate the Ku Klux Klan in 1940; the letters of Jonathan Daniels, Stephen Early, and Harry Hopkins in the research correspondence for Rovere's New Yorker
“Profile” of Edward T. Flynn, 1945; and letters from George Christian, President Lyndon Johnson's press secretary, and others regarding a New Yorker article on U.S. Vietnam policy, 1967. There is also correspondence and other material about a libel case that resulted from Rovere's 1955 Harper's article on government witnesses, originally prepared for the Fund for the Republic. Of the introductions that Rovere wrote, the one for Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth, by Edward Jay Epstein, is the most fully documented. It consists of drafts of the introduction, a draft of the book with Rovere's suggestions for changes, correspondence with prominent individuals, and reviews and publicity. Rovere's other introductions are represented in draft form for The Orwell Reader, 1956; The Committee: The Extraordinary Career of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, by Walter Goodman, 1967; and, with S.J. Perelman, the 1968 reissue of the 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue. Rovere's unpublished writings include an article on the Communist Party; a review of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s Age of Jackson for Common Sense, 1946; an article on human resources commissioned by the White House representatives at the World's Fair, 1963; an article on the White House for the National Parks Service, 1966; and a draft of an article on John F. Kennedy, circa 1965. These are followed by a notebook containing drafts of articles and other writings by Rovere from the 1960s. The SUBJECT FILE is arranged alphabetically and contains correspondence, reports, drafts, minutes, a speech, a script, notes, and related material. Two of the more significant files are those for the American Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1952-1955; and the 1944 presidential campaign of Thomas Dewey. The former has correspondence, minutes, a speech by Rovere, and miscellany. They document Rovere's role in the organization, mostly as a member of the executive committee, and his relations with other prominent members, e.g. Babette Deutsch, James T. Farrell, Sidney Hook, and Lionel Trilling. Much of this material concerns Joseph McCarthy. The Dewey file has a lengthy report prepared for Press Research Inc., 1944, on Thomas Dewey. Only later did Rovere find that it had actually been commissioned by the Democratic National Committee and the Political Action Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. There is a note of explanation about the report, written in 1966, and related material. The New Yorker file has a draft memoir (much of which appears in Arrivals and Departures) concerning Harold Ross, founding editor of The New Yorker, and memos from Ross to Rovere. It also has correspondence, notes, and related material regarding an article by Tom Wolfe of the New York Herald-Tribune critical of Ross' successor, William Shawn. A printer's copy of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s A Thousand Days, with the author's corrections, follows a restricted note on the book by Schlesinger. The subject files also cover other topics such as Rovere's participation in the African tour of U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, 1967, with a file of letters to Eleanor Rovere; Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign, 1964; John F. Kennedy's health; Joseph McCarthy, with a script of Point of Order for which Rovere served as editorial consultant; Murder Incorporated, with notes and other material on Sidney Hillman and Louis (Lepke) Buchalter; the Peace Corps in Kenya, 1966, with Rovere's report to the Peace Corps' Washington headquarters about the volunteers in Kenya; the selection of Harry Truman for Vice President in 1944, with a first draft of a chapter relating to that decision from James F. Byrnes' All in One Lifetime (1958); and a restricted folder of correspondence and notes regarding Eric Goldman's tenure as a special consultant to Lyndon Johnson, 1964-1965, including notes on a conversation with Lyndon Johnson in October 1964. The balance of the files consists of material by individuals other than Rovere, accompanied by Rovere's notes for each: an unpublished manuscript on Latvian history by a friend, Peter Dubovics, circa 1950; a draft of an article by Richard Goodwin, which Rovere helped the author publish in The New Yorker, 1966; and a file on Franklin D. Roosevelt which contains drafts of “That Was Roosevelt” by Joseph Lash, for publication in The New Yorker, and research notes of an uncertain origin. The CARD INDEX is an incomplete record of Rovere's speeches, radio broadcasts, and writings, 1936-1960. It is divided into eight parts. That portion labelled “speeches” covers the period 1952 to 1956 and also includes some of Rovere's radio presentations. Indexed by subject, the card entries contain title, location, date, and the amounts paid for each speech or radio broadcast. If a speech was later reprinted in a periodical, that fact is noted; if the presentation was delivered over radio, the other participants are listed. The seven other parts are indexes to Rovere's writings. The first is a subject index of articles for a variety of periodicals, 1936-1960. There are separate indexes for articles in The (London) Spectator and for Rovere's “Letter from Washington” in The New Yorker. The Spectator index is arranged in chronological order, 1954-1958. There are two indexes for the “Letter from Washington,” 1948-1960: the first is a chronological listing with a precis for each article; the second is by subject. There are also separate indexes for book reviews, including those broadcast by radio, 1936-1959; for letters to periodicals and for pamphlets, 1936-1940; and for editorials, 1936-1949, in The Bardian, The New Masses, The Nation, and The New Yorker. Citation of Rovere's writings usually includes the title of his work, co-authors, publisher, date, and payment; it also indicates whether a pseudonym was employed and if the work was later reprinted. The Rovere Papers contain correspondence from a great number of prominent individuals. Correspondence with Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Granville Hicks, Irving Kristol, and Frederick Lewis Allen is extensive and often found in several parts of the collection. See the appended name index for other prominent correspondents.
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Series: General Papers
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Correspondence
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General
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Box
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1-10
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1931-1957
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Box
2
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1-6
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1958-1968
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Box
2
Folder
7-8
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undated
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Box
2
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9
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Shamus O'Sheel, 1937-1942
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Granville Hicks
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Box
2
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10-11
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1937-1959
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Box
2
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12
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undated
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Box
2
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13
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Yankouski murder case, Hyde Park, New York, 1955
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Box
17
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1
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Letter from Leigh White regarding John Gunther, 1948
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Farrar, Straus and Company
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Box
2
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14
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1948-1955
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Box
3
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1
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1956-1964
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Box
3
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2
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Rebecca West, 1953
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Box
3
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3
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 1950-1967
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Margaret Czeal Shafer
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Box
3
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4
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1950-1967
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Box
3
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5
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Undated
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Box
3
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6
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Irving Kristol and other editors of Encounter, 1953-1962
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Box
3
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7
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Research Institute of America, 1958
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Box
3
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8
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U.S. Senator Thomas C. Hennings (Democrat, Missouri), 1954-1959
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Box
3
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9
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Bernard Brodie, 1960
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Box
3
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10
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Gerald V. Barron regarding Hubert Humphrey, 1964
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Box
3
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11
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Immanuel Velikovsky, 1966
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Box
3
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12
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Prep school and undergraduate papers, 1931-1936
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Box
3
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13-15
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Journal, 1948-1952
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Box
4
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1-6
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Engagement books, 1955-1965
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Notes
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Box
5
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1
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Trip to Dayton, Tennessee, 1950
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Box
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2
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White House Conference, “To Fulfill These Rights,” 1966
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Interviews
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Box
5
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3
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James A. Farley, for a Harper's article on the American Labor Party, 1943
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Box
5
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4
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Hyde Park, New York residents regarding Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1947
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Box
5
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5
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John B. Martin, regarding the crisis in the Dominican Republic, 1965
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Box
5
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6
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Arthur Goldberg, regarding U.S. policy in Vietnam, 1966
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Speeches and other remarks
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Box
5
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7
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General, 1960-1967
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Box
5
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8
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“The Non-Creative Writer,” Indiana University, 1952
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Box
5
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8
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“The Foreign Policy of the United States,” Montreal, Canada, 1954
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Box
5
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8
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“The Eighty-fourth Congress,” Mount Holyoke College, 1954
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Box
5
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9
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“The American Presence” (foreign policy), Middlebury College, 1955
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Box
5
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10
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“American Conservatism-A Mid-Fifties View,” Barnard College, circa 1956
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Box
5
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11
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Commencement Address, Anderson School, Staatsburg, New York, circa 1962
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Box
5
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11
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“Journalism and the Critical Spirit,” University of Minnesota, 1964
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Box
5
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11
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Keynote Address, American Booksellers Association, 1965
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Box
5
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12
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Harvard Conference on China, 1965
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Box
5
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13
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Guild Memorial Lecture, University of Minnesota, 1965
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Box
5
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14
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“Congressional Investigations,” University of Pennsylvania, 1965
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Box
5
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15
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Commencement Address, Goucher College, 1967
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Box
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16
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Caucus for a New Political Science, American Political Science Association, 1968
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Radio and Television Presentations
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Box
5
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17
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“America and the World Today,” Canadian Broadcasting Company, 1952
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Box
5
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18
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Commentary regarding Joseph R. McCarthy, British Broadcasting Company, 1953
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Box
5
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19
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“The American Experience,” WNEW-TV panel show, 1953
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Box
5
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20
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“JFK: The First Three Years,” on The Open Mind, WNBC-TV, 1963
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Box
5
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21
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The 1964 Presidential Campaign, British Broadcasting Company, 1964
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Box
5
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22
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“Portraits of Our Time: LBJ,” British Broadcasting Company, 1965
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Transcripts of Interviews
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Regarding John Foster Dulles, 1965
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Box
17
Folder
3
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Regarding the Eisenhower administration, 1968 : Transcript of Rovere's discussion of John Foster Dulles and the Eisenhower administration from Reminiscences of Richard Halworth Rovere: oral history, 1968, Columbia University Oral History Office. Permission required to cite and quote from the Columbia University Oral History Office.
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Box
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4
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Walter Lippmann, 1964-1965
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Box
5
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23
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News clippings
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Box
5
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24
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Miscellany
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Series: Writings
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Subseries: Books
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Howe and Hummel,1947
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Box
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25
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Early drafts and notes
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Box
5
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26
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Research correspondence
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Box
5
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27
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Reader correspondence
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Box
5
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28
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Reviews
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Box
5
Folder
29
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Miscellany
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The General and the President (with Arthur Schlesinger Jr.), 1951
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Box
5
Folder
30
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Correspondence
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Box
5
Folder
31
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Notes and related material
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Reviews
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Affairs of State, 1956
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Box
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2
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Correspondence and reviews
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Senator Joe McCarthy , 1959
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Box
6
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3-7
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Manuscript copy
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Box
6
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8
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Correspondence
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Box
6
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9
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Reviews
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The American Establishment, 1962
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Manuscript copy
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Box
6
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10
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Part I
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Box
7
Folder
1-2
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Part II
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Correspondence
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Box
7
Folder
3
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General
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Box
7
Folder
4
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John Kenneth Galbraith
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Box
7
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5-6
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Reviews
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The Goldwater Caper, 1965
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Box
7
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7-10
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Manuscript copy
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Correspondence and Reviews
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The MacArthur Controversy (with Arthur Schlesinger Jr.), 1965
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Box
8
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2
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Draft of the Preface
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Box
8
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3
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Correspondence
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Reviews
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Subseries: Articles and Book Reviews
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Box
8
Folder
5
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The New Masses, 1938-1939
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The New Yorker, 1945-1968
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“Profiles”
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Edward J. Flynn, 1945
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Box
8
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6
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Draft and published copies
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Box
8
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7
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Correspondence and notes
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Peter McGuinness, 1946
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Box
8
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8
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Draft
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Box
8
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9
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Notes
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“Reporter at Large”
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Newbold Morris, investigation of government corruption, 1952
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Box
8
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10
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Published copy and comments by Morris
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Box
8
Folder
11
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Notes of conversation with Morris
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Box
8
Folder
12
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Miscellany
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“Letter from Washington”
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Box
8
Folder
13-15
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General, 1953-1968
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Box
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16
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The Kennedy Administration
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Box
8
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17
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U.S. Senate hearings on urban problems, 1966
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Construction of an anti-infiltration barrier in Vietnam, 1967
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Box
8
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18
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Draft and published copies
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Box
8
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19
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Correspondence
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Presidential campaigns
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Box
8
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20
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1956
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1964
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Box
9
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1
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Drafts
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Box
9
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2
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Correspondence
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1968
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Box
9
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3-4
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Drafts
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Box
9
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5
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Correspondence
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Letters regarding articles by Rovere
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Box
9
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6
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Death of John F. Kennedy, 1963
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Box
9
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7
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Mississippi Freedom Democrats, 1965
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Box
9
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8-10
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“Reflection: Half Out of Our Tree” (Vietnam), 1967 and 1968
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Book Reviews
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Box
9
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11
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General, 1956-1959
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Box
9
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12
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Death of a President, by William Manchester, 1967
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Box
9
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13
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Overtaken by Events, by John B. Martin, 1967
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Box
9
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14
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Miscellaneous articles
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Harper's, 1944-1964
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Box
9
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15
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“Dewey: The Man in the Blue Serge Suit,” 1944
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Box
9
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16
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News clippings regarding articles on the presidential campaign, 1948
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Box
9
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17
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“The Republican Prospects,” 1953
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“The Kept Witnesses,” 1955
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Box
9
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18
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Final draft
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Box
9
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19
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Correspondence
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Box
10
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1
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Notes, draft, and related material
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Box
10
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2
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Libel case, 1956
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Box
10
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3
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“The Conspirators,” 1956
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“The Minds of Barry Goldwater,” 1964
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Box
10
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Drafts
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Box
10
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Correspondence
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Box
10
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Reviews
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Spadea Syndicate Inc., 1953-1954
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Box
10
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7
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Drafts and published copies
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Box
10
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Correspondence
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(London) Spectator, 1954-1959
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Box
10
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9
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Drafts
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Box
10
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10
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Correspondence
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The New York Times Magazine, 1955-1957
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Box
10
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11
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“Boss of the White House Staff” (Sherman Adams), 1953
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Box
10
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12
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“Hick Town-Or World Capital” (Washington, D.C.), 1955
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Box
10
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13
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“A Man for this Age, Too” (Franklin D. Roosevelt), 1965
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“The Most Gifted and Successful Demagogue This Country Has Ever Known” (Joseph R. McCarthy), 1967
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Box
10
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14
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Drafts and published copies
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Box
10
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15
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Correspondence
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Miscellaneous, 1940-1967
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Box
10
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16
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“On Joining the Socialist Party,” The Call, 1940
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Ku Klux Klan, 1940
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Box
10
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17
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Drafts of articles
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Box
10
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18
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Correspondence, 1940 and 1942
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Box
10
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19
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Sidney Hillman, 1944-1945
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Box
10
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20
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“The Roosevelt Literature,” American Mercury, 1947
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Box
10
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21
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Douglas MacArthur, The New Republic, circa 1952
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Box
10
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22
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“John Foster Dulles,” London Calling, 1953
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“The Adventures of Cohn and Schine,” The Reporter, 1953
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Box
10
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23
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Published copy
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Box
10
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24
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Correspondence, notes, and related material
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Box
10
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25
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Review of The Power Elite, by C. Wright Mills, The Progressive, 1956
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“The Last Days of Joe McCarthy,” Esquire, 1958
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Correspondence
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Box
10
Folder
26
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Part I
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Box
11
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1-2
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Part II
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Box
11
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“The Last Days of Joe McCarthy,” Encounter, 1958
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Box
11
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“American Letter,” (regarding Barry Goldwater), Encounter, 1964
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Box
11
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Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign, 1964
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Box
11
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Review of Decade of Fear: Senator Hennings and Civil Liberties, by Donald J. Kemper, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1965
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Review of Days of Shame, by Charles Potter, New York Review of Books, 1965
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Box
11
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Draft and published copies
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Box
11
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8
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Correspondence and reviews
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Box
11
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9
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Review of A Thousand Days, by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Book of the Month Club News, 1965
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Trip to Germany, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, 1967
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Box
11
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10
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Drafts and published copies of articles for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and the American German Review
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Box
11
Folder
11
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Correspondence and related material
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Subseries: Introductions
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Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth, Edward Jay Epstein, 1966
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Box
11
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12
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Drafts of introduction
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Box
11
Folder
13-14
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Draft of the book with suggested changes by Rovere
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Box
11
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15
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Correspondence
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Box
11
Folder
16
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Reviews and other publicity
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Box
11
Folder
17
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The Orwell Reader, 1956
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Box
11
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18
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The Committee: The Extraordinary Career of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, by Walter Goodman, 1968
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Box
11
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19
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Reissue of the 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue, 1968
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Subseries: Unpublished
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Box
11
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20
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Regarding the Communist Party, 1939
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Box
11
Folder
21
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Review of The Age of Jackson, by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., for Common Sense, 1946
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Box
11
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22
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“The Ultimate Resource,” commissioned by the White House representatives at the World's Fair, 1963
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“The White House,” commissioned by the National Parks Service, 1966
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Box
12
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2-3
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John F. Kennedy (includes notes), circa 1965
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Box
12
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4
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Subseries: Notebook with drafts of articles and other writings, 1960s
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Series: Subject File
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African tour, 1967
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Notes and related material
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Letters to Eleanor Rovere
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American Committee for Cultural Freedom
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Correspondence, 1952-1955
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Minutes
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Box
12
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9
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Speech, “Communists in a Free Society,” 1952
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Miscellany
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Box
12
Folder
11
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Thomas Dewey, 1944
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Box
12
Folder
12
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Unpublished manuscript on Latvian history by Peter Dubovics, circa 1950
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Barry Goldwater
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Box
12
Folder
13
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Notes
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Box
12
Folder
14
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Miscellany
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Box
12
Folder
15
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Richard Goodwin, draft of a New Yorker article, 1966
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Box
17
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5
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Eric Goldman and Lyndon Johnson, 1964-1965
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Box
12
Folder
16
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John F. Kennedy's health
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Joseph R. McCarthy
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Box
12
Folder
17
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Script for Point of Order
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Box
12
Folder
18
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Miscellany
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Murder Incorporated
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Box
12
Folder
19
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Sidney Hillman
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Box
13
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1
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Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, 1948
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The New Yorker
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Harold Ross
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Box
13
Folder
3
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William Shawn
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Peace Corps, Kenya, 1966
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Box
13
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4
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Report
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Notes and miscellany
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Box
13
Folder
6
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Drafts of “That Was Roosevelt,” by Joseph Lash
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Box
13
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7-8
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Research note regarding F.D.R.
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A Thousand Days, by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
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Box
17
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6
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Letter from Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
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Printer's copy
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Box
13
Folder
9-12
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Part I
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Box
14
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1-6
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Part II
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Selection of Harry S. Truman as Vice President, 1944
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Correspondence and notes, 1957-1958
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Box
15
Folder
2-4
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Research note cards
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Box
15
Folder
5
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First draft of a chapter from All in One Lifetime, by James F. Byrnes
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Miscellany
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Box
16
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Series: Card Index
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Subject file, 1936-1960
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(London) Spectator, 1954-1958
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“Letter from Washington,” The New Yorker, 1948-1960
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Chronological file
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Subject file
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Book reviews, 1936-1959
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Speeches, 1952-1960
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Letters and pamphlets, 1936-1940
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Editorials, 1936-1949
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Audio 1431A
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Part 2 (Audio 1431A): Additions, 1936-1943 2 cassette tapes : Interviews by Jeannette Hopkins with Richard Rovere, made when Hopkins was working with Rovere on his autobiography. Topics of interviews are “The New Masses” (February 1938-September 1939), and “Politics” (1936-1943).
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M2001-118
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Part 3 (M2001-118): Additions, 1926-1981 4.0 cubic feet (4 records center cartons) and 4 photographs : Additions, 1926-1981, consisting of published material and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, materials from activities and organizations in which Rovere participated, and diaries and date books. The manuscript material consists of articles (1940s-1960s) Rovere wrote for periodicals such as Harper's and the Spectator, as well as his regular “Letter from Washington” in the New Yorker. Also included are early drafts of Rovere's memoir Who, What, When, Where, and Why: My Life and Times, A Memoir in Progress, and the full manuscript as completed by Jeannette Hopkins. There are also book reviews written by Rovere, reviews of many of his books, as well as contracts and correspondence from publishers. Additionally, there are files concerning the various activities and organizations in which Rovere was involved, including his affiliation with the Communist and Socialist parties in the 1930s and 1940s. The diaries and date books (1960s-1970s) record his day-to-day activities and notes for various projects.
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Series: Articles
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Anti-ballistic missile defense system, notes and article, 1969
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Book reviews by Rovere, 1944-1966
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Chanler Chapman, notes and article, 1975
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Jerome Frank article, notes and article, undated
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Barry Goldwater, notes and article, 1964
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Graphology, notes and article, 1946
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Box
1
Folder
7-8
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Harper's, 1948-1960
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Box
1
Folder
9
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John F. Kennedy article, manuscript, undated
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Walter Lippmann, notes and article, 1966
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Literary/Fiction writings, undated
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Box
1
Folder
12
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“Maker of Mischief” series, London Observer, 1960
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Box
1
Folder
13-16
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Miscellaneous articles, 1937-1970
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Box
1
Folder
17-21
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Miscellaneous manuscripts, undated
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Box
1
Folder
22-25
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New Yorker, general, 1950-1978
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Box
1
Folder
26
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“Letter from Washington,” New Yorker, manuscripts, undated
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Box
2
Folder
1-3
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“Letter from Washington,” New Yorker, articles, 1954-1970
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Box
2
Folder
4
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“Profiles,” New Yorker, articles, 1946
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Box
2
Folder
5-6
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Herbert Pell, notes and article, 1933, 1966
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Articles about Rovere, 1952-1967
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Box
2
Folder
8-9
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Spectator, 1954-1961
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Series: Books
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Box
2
Folder
10
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American Establishment, reviews, 1962-1965
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Arrivals and Departures, correspondence and reviews, 1975-1977
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Contracts for publishing, 1947-1975
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Copyright issues, 1967-1980
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Box
2
Folder
14-15
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Correspondence with publishers, 1947-1980
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Eisenhower Years, reviews, 1956
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Box
2
Folder
17
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The Goldwater Caper, reviews, 1965
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Box
2
Folder
18
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Senator Joe McCarthy, reviews, 1958-1966
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Box
2
Folder
19
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Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, reviews, 1968
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Who, What, When, Where, and Why
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Box
2
Folder
20-24
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Manuscript, undated
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Box
2
Folder
25-26
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Drafts and variants, undated
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
2
Folder
27
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American Scholar, 1958-1967
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Box
2
Folder
28
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BBC, regarding documentary project, 1967
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Box
2
Folder
29
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Editorial letters by Rovere, 1943-1956
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Box
2
Folder
30
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Family and associates, 1957, 1979-1980
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Box
2
Folder
31
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Jerome Frank, 1945-1946
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Box
2
Folder
32
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George Genzmer, 1937-1954
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Box
2
Folder
33
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Granville Hicks, 1946-1967
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Box
2
Folder
34
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Irving Kristol, 1953-1958
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Box
2
Folder
35
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Thomas Leonard, 1960-1980
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Letters from readers, 1950-1971
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Walter Lippmann, 1951-1975
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Regarding Rovere's manuscript deposition, 1964-1980
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Box
3
Folder
4-17
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Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1980
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Miscellaneous, 1937-1978
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Box
4
Folder
2
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New Yorker, 1944-1976
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Personal correspondence, 1936-1966
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Rovere's autobiography, 1968-1980
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Arthur Schlesinger, 1949-1965
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Box
4
Folder
6
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1966-1980
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Box
4
Folder
7
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James Wallace, 1946, 1957
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Series: Events and Organizations
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Box
4
Folder
8
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American Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1952
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Bard College, 1959-1960
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Communist/Socialist Part Involvement, 1940-1965
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Events and organizations Rovere participated in, miscellaneous, 1969-1977
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Grinnell College symposium and convocation, 1967
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Interviews with Rovere, 1969-1979
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Kenya trip, notes and correspondence, 1966
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Transcript, Newsfront debate and roundtable, early 1970s
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Series: Personal Material
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Box
4
Folder
16-20
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Date books, 1967-1977
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Box
4
Folder
21
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Diary, 1953
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Box
4
Folder
22
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Journal entries, miscellaneous, undated
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Box
4
Folder
23
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Obituaries, 1979
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Box
4
Folder
24
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Notebooks, undated
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Box
4
Folder
25-26
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Notes, circa 1960-1979
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Box
4
Folder
27
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Personal, miscellaneous, 1961
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Box
4
Folder
28
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Personal writings, undated
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Box
4
Folder
29
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School papers, 1926-1967
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PH Box
1
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Series: Photographs : Images of Rovere, 1967, undated; Peter McGuinness; and New York State Electors, 1936.
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