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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm89077751
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 Armand Hammer, business executive, philanthropist, and art collector, were donated by Hammer to the Library of Congress in 1989.
The papers of Armand Hammer were arranged and described in 1995. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Armand Hammer Papers.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Armand Hammer in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.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 Armand Hammer 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, Armand Hammer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Armand Hammer (1898-1990) date from circa 1508 to 1989 and include items gathered for an exhibition honoring Hammer which featured highlights from his archival collection. The items were on display at the Library of Congress in January and February of 1989. The correspondence documents Hammer's activities as citizen diplomat, humanitarian, and art collector from 1922 through 1988 and includes letters from presidents Jimmy Carter, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Franklin D. Roosevelt; first ladies Lady Bird Johnson and Eleanor Roosevelt; Soviet officials I͡U. V. Andropov, Leonid Il'ich Brezhnev, K. U. Chernenko, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, and Vladmir Il'ich Lenin; and other officials and dignitaries such as Menachem Begin, J. Paul Getty, Anwar Sadat, Jonas Salk, and Margaret Thatcher. Another item is a facsimile edition of the
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm89077751