Hammer, Armand,  1898-1990. <br/><br/>
Armand Hammer papers, circa 1508-1989. 

 - 45  items. 1  1  container plus  oversize. 1.2  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Restrictions apply. 
<br/><br/> Chiefly correspondence documenting Hammer's career as a citizen diplomat (particularly to the Soviet Union), humanitarian, and art collector gathered for an exhibition honoring him at the Library of Congress in 1989.  Includes letters from I͡U.V. Andropov, Menachem Begin, Leonid Ilʹich Brezhnev, Jimmy Carter, K.U. Chernenko, Dwight D. Eisenhower, J. Paul Getty, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anwar Sadat, Jonas Salk, and Margaret Thatcher.  Also included are a facsimile edition of the Codex Hammer (a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci) and a photograph album. 
<br/><br/><br/>Some photographs <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Business executive and art collector. 
<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.ms009080 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 89077751  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Andropov, I͡U. V. 1914-1984 --Correspondence.<br/>Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 --Correspondence.<br/>Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich, 1906-1982 --Correspondence.<br/>Carter, Jimmy, 1924- --Correspondence.<br/>Chernenko, K. U. 1911-1985 --Correspondence.<br/>Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969 --Correspondence.<br/>Getty, J. Paul 1892-1976 --Correspondence.<br/>Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931- --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973 --Correspondence.<br/>Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 --Correspondence.<br/>Leonardo, da Vinci,  1452-1519. <br/>Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 --Correspondence.<br/>Reagan, Ronald--Correspondence.<br/>Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 --Correspondence.<br/>Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Correspondence.<br/>Sadat, Anwar, 1918-1981 --Correspondence.<br/>Salk, Jonas, 1914- --Correspondence.<br/>Thatcher, Margaret--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Codex Hammer.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art--Collectors and collecting.<br/>Diplomacy.<br/>Exhibitions--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Humanitarianism.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Art collectors.<br/>Entrepreneurs.