Communication

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    Hulda Enebuske's Passport

    Issued to Hulda Ingejärd Enebuske (“Euebuske” on the passport) in April 1918, this passport lists her destination as France and the reason for her travel as “Service with Harvard Surgical Unit”. At the bottom left, under her physical description, her occupation is listed as “nurse” – which her photograph, in a nurse’s…

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    Handmade Liberian Quilt

    This handmade quilt was a gift to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia in 2009. The inscription "It Takes a Village" is a reference to the title of Clinton's 1996 book, It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, written while she was First…

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    Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement

    Dr. Ralph Bunche’s diplomatic career spanned from the mid-1940s to around 1970. Honored by the State Department as a “Hero of Diplomacy” in 2020, his many accomplishments include participating in the formation of the United Nations and brokering an armistice in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, for which he was awarded a Nobel…

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    Lucy Barnard Briggs' Passport

    Shortly after her marriage to American diplomat Ellis O. Briggs in May 1928, Lucy Barnard Briggs received this diplomatic passport and traveled with him to his post in Lima, Peru. After the birth of her children, their photos and personal details were appended to pages in this passport — as was the…

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    Meyer Franklin Kline's Passport

    Meyer Franklin Kline, who went by Franklin, dreamed of traveling the world from a young age. At age 18, he traveled from California to Paris to visit the 1900 World’s Fair. Beginning around 1913, Franklin spent over twenty years traveling the world while working for the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company Ltd. in…

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    Fulbright Program T-Shirt

    T-shirt marking 50th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Greece. Operating since 1948, it is the oldest Fulbright Program in Europe. The Fulbright Program’s international educational exchanges – sponsored by the U.S. government – aim to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries.

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    “Advanced Japanese” Language Guide

    The Japanese Language and Area Training Center, commonly known as FSI Yokohama, teaches advanced Japanese to Foreign Service Officers preparing to serve in Japan. Following language training, graduates move on to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo or one of the five U.S. consulates in Japan. This guide was part of the curriculum…

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    Travel Itinerary for President Carter

    In the late 1970s, after decades of war, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli President Menachem Begin sought a peaceful resolution to the conflict between their neighboring countries. As part of this effort, President and Mrs. Carter traveled to Egypt on March 9, 1979, to meet with President and Mrs. Sadat. They…

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    Handmade Car Flag

    Small hand-made U.S. flag, for flying on an official’s car, used by the government of Cape Verde during Ambassador Edward Marks’ presentation of credentials ceremony in October 1977. A factory-manufactured flag was not available, so embassy staff in charge of protocol substituted one that was hand-stitched.

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    Printing of 1818 Treaty with Sweden

    This document is a contemporary printing, from 1818, of an important early treaty between the United States and Sweden: the Treaty of Amity & Commerce. The original version was signed in 1783. This is a later, renewed version of the treaty completed in 1818.