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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78032334
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Brien McMahon, United States senator from Connecticut, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Baroness Rosemary Silvercruys, in 1954.
The McMahon Papers were processed in 1954. The finding aid was revised in 2005. An acquisitions note on the McMahon Papers appeared in the Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions 11, no. 3 (May 1954).
A phonograph album has been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, where it is identified as part of the McMahon Papers.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Brien McMahon in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of Brien McMahon are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Brien McMahon Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Brien McMahon (1903-1952) span the years 1943-1952 and consist of correspondence, memoranda, speeches, addresses, articles, bills and resolutions, press releases, clippings, and printed material relating to McMahon's service in the United States Senate, including as chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in 1946 and again in 1949-1952. McMahon was an early proponent of civilian control of atomic energy who also promoted an expanded American nuclear arsenal during the Cold War. Subjects include nuclear policy, the peaceful uses of atomic energy, and foreign affairs in the post-World War II period, especially in relation to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
The collection is organized into five series: General Correspondence and Other Papers , Congressional File , Addresses and Press Releases , Articles , and Speech Material .
This collection is arranged in five series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78032334
Mainly letters sent and received. Included are numerous enclosures such as memoranda, copies of speeches, pamphlets, brochures, clippings, miscellaneous items.
Chronological arrangement.
Printed and typescript copies of bills and resolutions introduced by McMahon in the 79th-82nd Congresses, and a scrapbook of clippings, “Remarks in Congressional Record by Senator McMahon,” 81st Congress, 1st Session.
Chronological arrangement.
Handwritten, typescript, near prints, and printed copies of addresses, speeches, and press releases.
Chronological arrangement.
Typescript and printed copies of articles by McMahon.
Chronological arrangement.
Government publications, pamphlets, and near print copies of memoranda and speeches, brochures, and clippings used by McMahon in preparing addresses and articles.
Chronological arrangement.