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Foreign Service Officer Michael Hoyt received the prestigious Secretary’s Award after enduring 111 days in captivity in the Congo in 1964. He was serving as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate Stanleyville when he and his staff were taken hostage by the rebel Simbas. They were narrowly rescued in a joint U.S.-Belgian…
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“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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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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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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Known as a “trip book,” this one is from President George H.W. Bush’s trip to Australia at the end of 1991. Trip books like this are used by U.S. diplomats during foreign travel by high-level officials and other important events, so the numerous participants know all the important “who, what, where and…
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Folio used to hold a program for President Ronald Reagan’s June 1987 visit to Berlin, Germany. During this visit, President Reagan delivered one of his most memorable speeches, which included the famous line “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
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“Miscellaneous Records Book” kept by the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). A May 1961 entry records the arrival of incoming Ambassador Frances E. Willis, who was the first woman Foreign Service Officer to rise through the ranks to become an ambassador.
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This original August 3, 1789 issue of The Independent Gazetteer or the Chronicle of Freedom provides notice of and complete text of the July 27, 1789 act establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Gazetteer was published in Philadelphia from 1782-1790.
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In 1948, President Truman appointed Edward R. Dudley to serve as U.S. Minister to Liberia. Dudley was a civil rights lawyer from New York who worked at the NAACP with Thurgood Marshall. At the time of Dudley’s appointment, the U.S. Government represented its interests through a legation in Monrovia. In 1949, Truman…
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Martin Van Buren served as the 10th U.S. Secretary of State from 1829-1831. Following his tenure as Secretary, Van Buren was elected Vice President under Jackson (1833-1837) and then was elected President, serving until 1841. His accomplishments as Secretary of State include a settlement with Great Britain to allow trade with the…
