05186cpcaa2200841 4500 mm 83061590 DLC 20260227111720.0 cr ||||||||||| 840118|||||||||||| eng mm 83061590 DLC DLC dacs DLC R lcmd Cohen, Benjamin V. Benjamin V. Cohen papers, 1902-1983 (bulk 1918-1983). 9,850 items. 26 containers plus 6 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). Restrictions apply. Classified, in part. 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. Audio recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Prints and photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Lawyer and statesman. Full name: Benjamin Victor Cohen. Born 1894; died 1983. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011090 Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 Correspondence. Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 Correspondence. Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980 Correspondence. Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 Correspondence. Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 Correspondence. Finletter, Thomas K. (Thomas Knight), 1893-1980 Correspondence. Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 Correspondence. Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007 Correspondence. Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 Correspondence. Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 Correspondence. Cohen family. United States. Civil Rights Act of 1957. United States. Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. United States. Congress. Senate Cloture. United States. Shipping Board. United Nations. Potsdam Conference (1945) Civil rights. Destroyers (Warships) Executive power United States. Human rights. International relations. Jews Societies, etc. Natural resources. Navy-yards and naval stations, American. New Deal, 1933-1939. Taxation Law and legislation United States. War, Declaration of United States. World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, British. Zionism. Israel. Taiwan. United States Foreign relations 1933-1945. United States Foreign relations 1945-1989. United States Politics and government 1933-1945. Vietnam. Lawyers. itoamc Statesmen. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011090 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011090.3 43989 43989