Cohen, Benjamin V. <br/><br/>
Benjamin V. Cohen papers, 1902-1983  (bulk 1918-1983). 

 - 9,850  items. 26  6  containers plus  classified. 14.4  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 7 series.  Series 1: Family Papers, 1902-1983; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1933-1983; Series 3: Subject File, 1918-1983; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1935-1980; Series 5: Financial Papers, 1928-1983; Series 6: Miscellany, 1928-1983; and Series 7: Department of State (Classified). 
<br/><br/> Restrictions apply.  Classified, in part. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, notes, family papers, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to Cohen's career in public service and as a private counselor.  Documents his work for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I, his participation in postwar Zionism and subsequent interest in Israel and Jewish groups, and his role in New Deal legislation, coalition diplomacy during World War II, creation of the United Nations, and post-World War II foreign policy.  Also documents Cohen's years as an advisor to public officials and private individuals on such subjects as civil liberties, human rights, international relations, and natural resources.  Other subjects include the destroyers for bases agreement with Great Britain, Potsdam Conference, the U.S. Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1957, presidential authority to use the armed forces in the absence of a declaration of war, U.S. Senate's cloture rule, tax reform, Taiwan, and Vietnam.  Correspondents include Dean Acheson, James F. Byrnes, William O. Douglas, John Foster Dulles, Felix Frankfurter, Thomas K. Finletter, David Eli Lilienthal, Eleanor Roosevelt, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Wendell L. Willkie. 
<br/><br/><br/>Audio recordings <br/>Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Prints and photographs <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Lawyer and statesman.  Full name: Benjamin Victor Cohen.  Born 1894; died 1983. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011090 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 83061590  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 --Correspondence.<br/>Byrnes, James F. 1882-1972 --Correspondence.<br/>Douglas, William O. 1898-1980 --Correspondence.<br/>Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 --Correspondence.<br/>Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 --Correspondence.<br/>Finletter, Thomas K. 1893-1980 --Correspondence.<br/>Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981 --Correspondence.<br/>Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 --Correspondence.<br/>Schlesinger, Arthur M. 1917-2007 --Correspondence.<br/>Stevenson, Adlai E. 1900-1965 --Correspondence.<br/>Willkie, Wendell L. 1892-1944 --Correspondence.<br/>Cohen family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Civil Rights Act of 1957. <br/>United States. Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. <br/>United States. Congress.  Senate --Cloture.<br/>United States. Shipping Board. <br/>United Nations.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Potsdam Conference (1945) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil rights.<br/>Destroyers (Warships)<br/>Executive power--United States.<br/>Human rights.<br/>International relations.<br/>Jews--Societies, etc.<br/>Natural resources.<br/>Navy-yards and naval stations, American.<br/>New Deal, 1933-1939.<br/>Taxation--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>War, Declaration of--United States.<br/>World War, 1914-1918.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.<br/>Zionism.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Israel.<br/>Taiwan.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.<br/>Vietnam.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Lawyers.<br/>Statesmen.