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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Howard-von Recum family papers, 1869-1972 (bulk 1881-1955)</title>
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    <namePart>Howard, Henry</namePart>
    <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Sir</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1843-1921</namePart>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">fre</languageTerm>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ger</languageTerm>
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  <abstract>Diaries and correspondence relating primarily to the diplomatic career of Sir Henry Howard and documenting his postings in China; Denmark; France; Greece; Guatemala; Hague, Netherlands; Russia; the United States; and the Vatican during World War I.  Includes correspondence and diaries, interleaved with photographs, clippings, and ephemera, of his daughter, Marie Ernestine Howard von Recum (also known as Da) pertaining to her years as a teenager posted with her family to various countries, her marriage to the German aristocrat Baron Rudolf von Recum, and world events such as World War I.  Subjects also include the separation of family members on different sides during World War I and World War II and the lives of interrelated British, French, and German aristocrats.  Correspondents include Sir Henry Howard's wife, Lady Cecilia Riggs Howard; their children, Alice Lawrason Howard, George Howard, Henry Mowbray Howard (also known as Pompey), and Janet Madeleine Cecilia Howard (also known as Jessie); Franz von Recum; Alice L. Riggs; Jane Agnes Riggs; and other members of the Howard, Riggs, and von Recum families.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Members of the Howard family and von Recum family including Sir Henry Howard, British diplomat, and his daughter, Marie Ernestine Howard von Recum.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English, French, and German.</note>
  <note xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010103.">Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010103.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Howard, Alice Lawrason</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1876-1942</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Lady</namePart>
      <namePart>Howard, Cecilia Riggs</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1844-1907</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Howard, George</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1869-1919</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Howard, Henry Mowbray</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1873-1953</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Howard, Janet Madeleine Cecilia</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1871-1960</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Riggs, Alice L</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1840-1927</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Riggs, Jane Agnes</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1854-1930</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Von Recum, Franz</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1906-1974</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Baron</namePart>
      <namePart>Von Recum, Rudolf Heinrich</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1861-1944</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Howard family</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Riggs family</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Von Recum family</namePart>
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    <topic>Aristocracy (Social class)</topic>
    <geographic>France</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Aristocracy (Social class)</topic>
    <geographic>Germany</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Aristocracy (Social class)</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Diplomatic and consular service, British</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>World War, 1914-1918</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>World War, 1939-1945</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Catholic Church</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Denmark</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>France</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>France</geographic>
    <topic>Social life and customs</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Germany</geographic>
    <topic>Social life and customs</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Catholic Church</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>China</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Denmark</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>France</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Greece</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Guatemala</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Netherlands</geographic>
    <geographic>Hague</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Russia</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Social life and customs</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
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    <geographic>Greece</geographic>
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    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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    <geographic>Hague (Netherlands)</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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    <geographic>Russia</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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    <occupation>Diplomats</occupation>
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      <title>Marie Ernestine Howard von Recum correspondence and diaries</title>
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      <namePart>Von Recum, Marie Ernestine Howard,</namePart>
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      <namePart type="date">1868-1954</namePart>
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