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The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress

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The series list from the finding aid for the Hannah Arendt Papers in the Library of Congress provides access to the digital collection. The complete version of the digitized papers is available to researchers at three locations. Selected items as indicated below are available offsite over the Internet. Users may wish to consult the online EAD (Encoded Archival Description) finding aid for additional information and help with search terms.

Family Papers, 1898-1975, n.d.
Correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous financial, business, and personal material. Subdivided under headings for Hannah Arendt and her husband, Heinrich Blücher, and arranged alphabetically thereunder by type of material or topic.
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Correspondence, 1938-1976, n.d.

Correspondence, General, 1938-1976, n.d.
Letters with enclosures sent and received. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically thereunder.
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Correspondence, Organizations, 1943-1976, n.d.
Letters with enclosures sent to and received from foundations, academic organizations, radio and television stations, and various interest groups. Arranged alphabetically by name of organization and chronologically thereunder.
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Correspondence, Publishers, 1944-1975, n.d.
Letters with enclosures sent to and received from publishing firms and editors of periodicals. Arranged alphabetically by name of magazine, journal, or publisher and chronologically thereunder.
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Correspondence, Universities and Colleges, 1947-1975, n.d.
Letters with enclosures sent to and received from faculty members and administrators of colleges and universities. Arranged alphabetically by name of institution and chronologically thereunder.
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Adolf Eichmann File, 1938-1968, n.d.
Correspondence, reports, transcripts, notes, reviews, clippings, and related material concerning the trial of Adolf Eichmann. Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic and chronologically or alphabetically thereunder.
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Subject File, 1949-1975, n.d.
Course material including lectures, correspondence, notes, clippings, book reviews, class lists, contracts and royalty statements, book lists, and miscellaneous printed and near-print material. Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic.
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Speeches and Writings File, 1923-1975, n.d.
Printed, near-print, typewritten, and handwritten manuscripts of books, essays, lectures, and other writings by Arendt. Grouped by format and arranged alphabetically thereunder by title or topic.
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Clippings, 1942-1975, n.d.
Clippings of book reviews and miscellaneous news items concerning Arendt. Arranged alphabetically by name of publication or topic.
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Addition I, 1966-1977, n.d.
Manuscripts, notes, and printed and near-print material relating to books and lectures by Arendt. Arranged alphabetically by format and title.
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Addition II, 1906-1975, n.d.
Letters, a notebook kept by Arendt's mother, writings, and honorary degrees. Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
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Addition III, 1945, n.d.
Correspondence and notes by Arendt. Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
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