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100 1 _aCohen, Benjamin V.
245 0 0 _aBenjamin V. Cohen papers,
_f1902-1983
_g(bulk 1918-1983).
300 _a9,850
_fitems.
300 _a26
_fcontainers plus
_a6
_fclassified.
300 _a14.4
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged 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).
506 1 _aRestrictions apply.
506 1 _aClassified, in part.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
544 _3Audio recordings
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 _3Prints and photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aLawyer and statesman. Full name: Benjamin Victor Cohen. Born 1894; died 1983.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011090
600 1 0 _aAcheson, Dean,
_d1893-1971
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aByrnes, James F.
_q(James Francis),
_d1882-1972
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDouglas, William O.
_q(William Orville),
_d1898-1980
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDulles, John Foster,
_d1888-1959
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFrankfurter, Felix,
_d1882-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFinletter, Thomas K.
_q(Thomas Knight),
_d1893-1980
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLilienthal, David Eli,
_d1899-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Eleanor,
_d1884-1962
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSchlesinger, Arthur M.
_q(Arthur Meier),
_d1917-2007
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStevenson, Adlai E.
_q(Adlai Ewing),
_d1900-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWillkie, Wendell L.
_q(Wendell Lewis),
_d1892-1944
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aCohen family.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_tCivil Rights Act of 1957.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_tPublic Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bSenate
_xCloture.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bShipping Board.
610 2 0 _aUnited Nations.
611 2 0 _aPotsdam Conference
_d(1945)
650 0 _aCivil rights.
650 0 _aDestroyers (Warships)
650 0 _aExecutive power
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aHuman rights.
650 0 _aInternational relations.
650 0 _aJews
_xSocieties, etc.
650 0 _aNatural resources.
650 0 _aNavy-yards and naval stations, American.
650 0 _aNew Deal, 1933-1939.
650 0 _aTaxation
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWar, Declaration of
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xDiplomatic history.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xNaval operations, British.
650 0 _aZionism.
651 0 _aIsrael.
651 0 _aTaiwan.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_y1933-1945.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_y1945-1989.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1933-1945.
651 0 _aVietnam.
656 7 _aLawyers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aStatesmen.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011090
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011090.3
999 _c43989
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