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Found in 7 Collections and/or records:

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Edmund Cody Burnett Papers

Identifier: MSS14399
Abstract Historian, editor, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, drafts of writings, speeches, notes, research material, financial records, legal papers, and a project file from Burnett's work as editor of Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, published from 1921 to 1936; including also material on the Burnett family and farm in Tennessee, original and edited Civil War correspondence of the Burnett, Cody, Lightfoot, and McGarity families; and a...
Dates 1765-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1907-1936)
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Abel Doysié Papers

Identifier: MSS51797
Abstract

Primarily letters received from scholars and others at universities, libraries, and institutions for whom Doysié did historical and genealogical research in various French archives after 1936.

Dates 1910-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1920-1962)
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J. Franklin Jameson Papers

Identifier: MSS27649
Abstract Historian and librarian. Correspondence, diaries, writings, lecture notes, biographical material, family papers, reports, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Jameson's work as an historian, his role in the founding and early history of the American Historical Association and the American Historical Review, the movement for the establishment of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, the ...
Dates 1604-1994; Majority of material found within 1900-1930
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Frances Benjamin Johnston Papers

Identifier: MSS27995
Abstract

Photographer and illustrator. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial papers, family papers, clippings, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Johnston's career as a photographer of national figures and events, her photography of gardens and estates, compilation of a photographic record of Southern colonial architecture, participation in international exhibitions, travels and personal life, and the emerging role of women in the profession of photography.

Dates 1855-1956; Majority of material found within 1890-1945
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Joint Committee on Materials for Research Records

Identifier: MSS28043
Abstract Joint Committee of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council established in November 1929 for the purpose of fostering the acquisition, identification, and preservation of source materials. Correspondence, minutes and agenda of meetings, and papers relating to the committee's surveys of materials for research. Includes information on library and archives projects, permanence of paper stock, union catalogs, offset reproductions, microreproductions,...
Dates 1925-1940
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John C. Merriam Papers

Identifier: MSS32706
Abstract

Paleontologist, educator, and author. Correspondence, articles, memoranda, notes, reports, speeches, drawings, maps, photographs, memorabilia, printed matter, and other materials mainly concerning Merriam's work as chairman of the National Research Council, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and regent of the Smithsonian Institution.

Dates 1899-1938
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Herbert Putnam Papers

Identifier: MSS37093
Abstract Librarian of Congress. Family and general correspondence, family diaries and journals, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, legal papers, genealogical material, autograph collection, and printed matter relating largely to Putnam's family and personal life, including diaries and letters of many members of the Putnam and allied O'Hara, Pinhey, and Mason families. Also includes papers relating to Putnam's interests and activities in the field of librarianship, especially to his work as director of...
Dates 1783-1958; Majority of material found within ( 1899-1939)