Lehman Special Correspondence Files
Collection Description
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.
Collection URL
Click URL to view — http://ldpd.lamp.columbia.edu/lehman/
Creator
Subjects
Materials
Language
eng
Additional Creator(s)
Institution Type
Academic library
Geographic Place(s)
United State (nation)
Inclusive Dates
1895 1963
Full Project Title
Lehman Special Correspondence Files
Part of Collection
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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