Lehman Special Correspondence Files

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The Special Correspondence Files of the Herbert Lehman Papers contain correspondence with nearly 1,000 individuals from 1864 through 1982. Beginning with letters from Lehman's family in the late nineteenth century, the series documents the range and scope of Lehman's long career in public service. In addition to family letters, the Special Correspondence Files contain letters from every President of the U. S. from Franklin Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson, as well as from notables such as Dean Acheson, Benjamin Cardozo, Paul Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, W. Averill Harriman, Harold Ickes, Robert F. Kennedy, Fiorello LaGuardia, Henry Morgenthau, Alfred E. Smith, Adlai Stevenson, and Robert Wagner, among many others.

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Language

eng

Institution Type

Academic library

Geographic Place(s)

United State (nation)

Inclusive Dates

1895 1963

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Lehman Special Correspondence Files

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Citation

Columbia University, "Lehman Special Correspondence Files ," in digitalMETRO, Item #89, http://www.nycdigital.org/items/show/89 (accessed February 8, 2012).

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