Thayer, Robert Helyer 1901-1984 creator mixed material monographic eng 8,700 29 1 1 12.6 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. Open to research. Classified, in part. 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 Lawyers Public officials mm 81076877 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009200 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009200.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009200 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009200.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. DLC 820107 20260227111710.0 mm 81076877