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    <title>American Foreign Service Association records, 1940-1964</title>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, memoranda, articles, editorials, essays, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other records pertaining to the publication of the American Foreign Service Journal, issued in Washington, D.C., by the American Foreign Service Association, also known as Foreign Service Association.  Chiefly editorial correspondence and comment primarily to and from Foreign Service officers of all ranks, State Dept. officials, publishing houses, advertisers, and contributors.  Correspondents include Ellis Briggs, Gordon Alexander Craig, Francis Colt De Wolf, Robert H. Estabrook, George F. Kennan, Lewis Rubenstein, Robert Peet Skinner, Henry Serrano Villard, James Russell Wiggins, and Henry M. Wriston.</abstract>
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  <note>Professional association of the U.S. Foreign Service dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of the Foreign Service, promoting understanding of the role of the Foreign Service in America's national security and economic prosperity, and ensuring the maintenance of high professional standards for both career diplomats and political appointees.  Founded in 1924.</note>
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      <namePart>Briggs, Ellis</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1899-1976</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Craig, Gordon Alexander</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1913-</namePart>
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      <namePart>Estabrook, Robert H</namePart>
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      <namePart>Kennan, George F. (George Frost)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1904-2005</namePart>
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      <namePart>Rubenstein, Lewis W. (Lewis William)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1908-</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Skinner, Robert Peet</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1866-1960</namePart>
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      <namePart>Villard, Henry Serrano</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1900-</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wiggins, James Russell</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1903-2000</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Wriston, Henry M. (Henry Merritt)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1889-1978</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <title>American foreign service journal</title>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Diplomatic and consular service, American</topic>
    <topic>Periodicals</topic>
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