04982cpcaa2200817 a 4500 mm 81076877 DLC 20260227111710.0 cr ||||||||||| 820107|||||||||||| eng mm 81076877 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Thayer, Robert Helyer, 1901-1984. Robert Helyer Thayer papers, 1920-1980 (bulk 1930-1964). 8,700 items. 29 containers plus 1 classified and 1 oversize. 12.6 linear feet. Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1940-1964; Series 2: Legal File, 1926-1957; Series 3: Subject File, 1920-1980; Series 4: Miscellany, 1930-1965; Series 5: Classified, 1953-1959; and Series 6: Oversize, 1935-1946. Open to research. Classified, in part. Correspondence, memoranda, legal briefs and case files, reports, financial records, scrapbook, printed matter, maps, photographs and other papers documenting Thayer's service as assistant secretary for cultural and educational affairs at the U.S. State Dept., assistant ambassador to France and minister to Romania, district attorney for New York County, and in the U.S. Naval Reserve providing combat intelligence during World War II. Also documents his work as assistant counsel to Charles A. Lindbergh on the Lindbergh kidnapping case, private law practice in New York City, and political activities in the Republican Party. Subjects include American and Canadian bankruptcy laws; Thayer's support of Thomas E. Dewey's campaigns for New York City, New York state, and national offices; Unesco; and art in U.S. embassies. Correspondents include McGeorge Bundy, William R. Castle, Thomas E. Dewey, C. Douglas Dillon, William J. Donovan, Allen Welsh Dulles, John Foster Dulles, Sol Hurok, Dean Rusk, and Sinclair Weeks. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Diplomat, lawyer, and New York public official. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009200 Bundy, McGeorge Correspondence. Castle, William R. (William Richards), 1878-1963 Correspondence. Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 Correspondence. Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003 Correspondence. Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959 Correspondence. Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969 Correspondence. Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 Correspondence. Hurok, Sol, 1888-1974 Correspondence. Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932 Kidnapping, 1932. Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 Correspondence. Weeks, Sinclair, 1893-1972 Correspondence. United States. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. United States. Department of State. United States. Naval Reserve. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Unesco. Art. Congresses and conventions. Embassy buildings. Diplomatic and consular service, American. Bankruptcy Canada. Bankruptcy United States. Kidnapping United States. Law New York (State) New York County. Practice of law New York (State) New York. Public prosecutors New York (State) New York County. World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence. France Foreign relations United States. New York (N.Y.) Politics and government. New York (State) Politics and government 20th century. Romania Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations France. United States Foreign relations Romania. United States Politics and government 20th century. Diplomats. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Public officials New York (State) itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009200 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009200.3 43285 43285