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Collection Summary
Title | Russell Wheeler Davenport papers, 1899-1980 |
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Span Dates | 1899-1980 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1930-1954) |
ID No. | MSS61549 |
Creator | Davenport, Russell Wheeler, 1899-1954 |
Extent | 24,530 items ; 102 containers plus 1 oversize ; 40.8 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Author, editor, and political activist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, writings, speeches, research material, political files, biographical material, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Davenport's career as a writer and editor with Fortune and Life magazines, his involvement with the Republican Party, his work with the Institute for Creative Research, New York, N.Y., his writings including The Dignity of Man (1955), his service in World War I and II, and his personal life. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003047 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm83061549 |