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    <title>Douglas Southall Freeman papers, 1900-1979 (bulk 1934-1954)</title>
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    <namePart>Freeman, Douglas Southall</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1886-1953</namePart>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, articles, notebooks, research materials, bibliographical material, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, maps, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Freeman's biographical and historical research and writing.  Also documents his work as editor of the Richmond News Leader.  Subjects include the American Revolution, Civil War, and national political and social affairs as well as affairs in Virginia, especially in Richmond, Va.   Includes drafts and proofs of Freeman's works, R. E. Lee: A Biography (1934-1935), The South to Posterity: An Introduction to the Writings of Confederate History (1939), Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command (1946), and George Washington: A Biography (1948-1957).  Correspondents include Frederic William Boatwright, Harry Flood Byrd, Colgate W. Darden, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Dumas Malone, George C. Marshall, Allan Nevins, A. Willis Robertson, and Harry S. Truman.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
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  <note>Biographer, editor, educator, and lecturer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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      <namePart>Boatwright, Frederic William</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1868-1951</namePart>
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      <namePart>Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1887-1966</namePart>
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      <namePart>Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1897-1981</namePart>
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      <namePart>Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1890-1969</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1873-1945</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1807-1870</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Malone, Dumas</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1892-1986</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Marshall, George C. (George Catlett)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1880-1959</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Nevins, Allan</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1890-1971</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Robertson, A. Willis (Absalom Willis)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1887-1971</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Truman, Harry S</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1884-1972</namePart>
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      <namePart>Washington, George</namePart>
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    <geographic>Richmond</geographic>
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    <geographic>Richmond (Va.)</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
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    <geographic>Richmond (Va.)</geographic>
    <topic>Social conditions</topic>
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    <geographic>Richmond (Va.)</geographic>
    <topic>Social life and customs</topic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>20th century</temporal>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <temporal>20th century</temporal>
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    <geographic>Virginia</geographic>
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      <title>George Washington: a biography. 1948-1957</title>
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