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Arthur W. Hummel Sr. correspondence series, Library of Congress archives, 1927-1942
300 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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American missionary to China and sinologist. Chiefly correspondence documenting Hummel's work as chief of the Library of Congress Orientalia Division.
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Some or all content stored offsite.
William R. Shepherd papers, 1554-1931
2,500 items. 18 containers. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, historian, lecturer, and professor of history. Transcripts, 1554-1814 and undated, from Spanish archives, correspondence, notes and drafts of articles and speeches; newspaper clippings. The collection relates to Shepherd's activities in Spain while collecting data for his Guide to the Materials for the History of the United States in Spanish Archives (1907). Much of the same material was later photocopied for the Library of Congress.
Henry Putney Beers papers, 1910-1992
7,500 items. 18 containers. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Historian, bibliographer, and archivist with the National Archives and Records Service. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, book reviews, reports, and other papers relating primarily to Beers's work as a bibliographer in American history.
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Dorsey William Hyde papers, 1757-1955
25,000 items. 75 containers plus 4 oversize. 30.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Librarian and archivist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, articles and speeches, genealogical and biographical material, drafts and typescripts, and miscellaneous items relating primarily to the National Archives, where Hyde served as director of archival service (1934-1942).
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War Communications Research Unit series, Library of Congress archives, 1941-1942
3000 items. 28 containers. 11 linear feet. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Research unit for the study of wartime communications. Reports, surveys, press clippings, and publications documenting the unit's work under director Harold D. Lasswell, 1941-1942.
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Some or all content stored offsite.
British ministers' correspondence in the Public Archives of Canada, 1791-1875
47 volumes. 6.4 linear feet. 31 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Bound volumes of reproduced enlargement prints of correspondence between British ministers in Washington and various high government officials and military commanders in Canada as selected from Military Papers, Executive Council, Governor Generals, Secretary of State, Colonial Office 188, and Sir Charles Bagot Papers in the Public Archives of Canada.
Solon J. Buck papers, 1778-1962
15,000 items. 50 containers plus 3 oversize. 21.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Historian and archivist. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, drafts of speeches and writings, subject files, financial papers, bibliographies, and research material relating primarily to Buck's career at the National Archives and Library of Congress.
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European Mission and Cooperative Acquisitions Project series, Library of Congress archives, 1942-1957
8,000 items. 36 containers. 13.8 linear feet. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The European Mission and Cooperative Acquisitions Project series of the Library of Congress Archives comprises the records of the Library's European Mission (Mission to Germany) and subsequent Cooperative Acquisitions Project to collect materials in Europe in the immediate post-World War II period. The files include correspondence, lists of publications, index cards, printed matter, and other records, and memoranda used to organize the collection, shipment, and distribution of materials to participating libraries in the United States.
Waldemar Westergaard collection, 1558-1806
15,000 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. 20 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Transcripts of selected documents from the Rigsarkivet (Danish State Archives), Kongelige Bibliotek (Royal Library of Denmark), and Raadstuearkivet Copenhagen (Municipal Archives of Copenhagen), and from the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley relating to the Danish West Indies, 1692-1806. Also selections on microfilm of documents in the Rigsarkivet and the Public Record Office, London, relating to northern European international relations in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries,
Inventaire du trésor des chartes, 1615-1626
12 items. 2.6 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Librarian to Louis XIV. An inventory of the French royal archives from 1615 to 1626 compiled by Dupuy and Théodore Godefroy.