02492cpcaa2200445 i 4500 mm 81057612 DLC 20260227111709.0 820107|||||||||||| eng mm 81057612 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Patterson, Richard Sharpe, 1908-1976. Richard Sharpe Patterson papers, 1776-1976 (bulk 1857-1976). 8,000 items. 45 containers plus 1 oversize. 18 linear feet. Organized by type of material. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013116 United States. Department of State. Emblems, National United States. Public buildings. Treaties. United States Foreign relations. United States Seal. Authors. itoamc Historians. itoamc Dougall, Richardson, 1917- Eagle and the shield : a history of the great seal of the United States. 1976. Patterson, Richard Sharpe, 1908-1976. Eagle and the shield : a history of the great seal of the United States. 1976. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013116 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013116.3 43223 43223