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Resident Officer Handbook
“Resident Officer Handbook” given to U.S. Foreign Service Officers of the class of 1950, who were sent to Germany to aid in transitioning from the post-war U.S. Military government to a civilian German government.
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Men’s Fedora
Special Agent Frank J. Madden served with the State Department's Office of Security from January 1942 until 1971. He served on personal protective details for three U.S. Secretaries of State (Acheson, Dulles and Herter) and countless visits by high-level foreign dignitaries, such as the Shah of Iran and the King of Morocco.…
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Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Phillip Portraits
In May 2011, President Barack Obama embarked on a state visit to the United Kingdom. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accompanied President Obama to London for the first part of his visit. While in London, Secretary Clinton received this pair of autographed portraits from Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip,…
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Connie Sweeris's U.S. Passport
In April 1971, nine players from the U.S. Table Tennis team took a historic trip to China. Their trip was the start of what became known as “ping pong diplomacy” and helped lay the groundwork for establishing official diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. This was…
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Great Seal Hand Press
This hand-operated seal press was used by diplomats to emboss official documents and passports with the Great Seal. The exterior is decorated with a stylized illustration of the U.S. coat of arms, which includes a banner in the eagle’s beak with the Latin motto of the United States, “E Pluribus Unum” (“Out…
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Parka Worn by Iran Hostage
After their release on January 20, 1981, following 444 days held as hostages in Iran, 52 Americans began their long journey home. While en route to Wiesbaden, Germany on a military aircraft, they were given military-issue cold weather parkas to help them keep warm. As the former hostages disembarked from the plane…
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Wuhan Evacuation Team Patch
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, the State Department was on the frontline of working to bring over 100,000 Americans home as cities and countries across the globe locked down and normal travel options disappeared. This patch was created by one of the evacuation teams out of a shared sense of…
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Customized Rubik’s Cubes
Rubik's cubes like these were presented by Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman to U.S. members of the administration and delegation involved in the negotiations of the Iran nuclear agreement of 2015. The agreement’s substantive topics are labeled on each side. Ambassador Sherman likened the negotiations to solving a Rubik's cube puzzle…
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Tampa Bay Rays Autographed Baseball
This baseball was signed by the Tampa Bay Rays players who participated in the March 22, 2016, exhibition game between the Rays and the Cuban National Team at Estadio Latinoame, Havana, Cuba. U.S. President Barack Obama and his family and Cuban President Raoul Castro attended the game. The game occurred during Obama’s…
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Locket & Diamond Ring
This locket and diamond ring were gifts to Secretary Condoleezza Rice from Muammar Qadhafi in 2008. She was the first U.S. Secretary of State to visit Libya in over 50 years and was the most senior U.S. official to ever meet with Colonel Qadhafi. The locket has Qadhafi’s image engraved on the…
