Richard Sharpe Patterson papers, 1776-1976 (bulk 1857-1976).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 8,000 items; 45 containers plus 1 oversize; 18 linear feetSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Correspondence, writings, notes, research material, printed matter, wax impressions of seals, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Patterson's research and writing on the Great Seal of the United States. Includes material pertaining to The Eagle and the Shield : A History of the Great Seal of the United States (1976) written by Patterson and Richardson Dougall. Also includes material concerning U.S. treaties, U.S. State Department buildings, portraits of U.S. secretaries of state, and U.S. State Department statistics.
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Correspondence, writings, notes, research material, printed matter, wax impressions of seals, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Patterson's research and writing on the Great Seal of the United States. Includes material pertaining to The Eagle and the Shield : A History of the Great Seal of the United States (1976) written by Patterson and Richardson Dougall. Also includes material concerning U.S. treaties, U.S. State Department buildings, portraits of U.S. secretaries of state, and U.S. State Department statistics.
Historian and author.
Collection material in English.
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