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1. Evelyn Wadsworth Symington collection of John Hay material, 1864-1905

   25 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collector. Letters, diaries, speech, poetry and writings, newspaper clippings, and other papers by and about John Hay, statesman, diplomat, historian, journalist, poet, and the grandfather of Symington.

2. Adams family papers, 1776-1948

   230 items. 2 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Chiefly correspondence of John Quincy Adams dated 1801-1846. Also includes correspondence and miscellany relating to other family members.

3. Tyler Dennett collection relating to John Hay, 1861-1937

   200 items. 8 containers. 3.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian, editor, and biographer. Correspondence, research notes, galley proofs, photographs, and printed matter relating to Dennett's books John Hay: From Poetry to Politics and Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay.

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4. David Ames Wells papers, 1795-1898

   9,000 items. 24 containers. 6 linear feet. 9 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Economist, author, and public official. Correspondence, printed material, writings, and other papers concerning economics, with particular emphasis on taxation, the tariff, and free trade.

5. Frances Benjamin Johnston papers, 1855-1956

   19,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. 37 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   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.

6. Henry L. Dawes papers, 1833-1933

   22,000 items. 64 containers plus 2 oversize. 30 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States representative and senator from Massachusetts. Correspondence, memoranda, letterbooks, diaries, speeches, reports, notebooks, biographical material, family papers, photographs, citations, congressional commissions, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and an incomplete biography of Dawes by his daughter, Anna Laurens Dawes. The collection documents mainly Dawes's career as a federal legislator and his work on issues relating to the American Indian, including his tenure as chairman of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.

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7. J. Franklin Jameson papers, 1604-1994

   61,000 items. 206 containers plus 2 oversize. 40.7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   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 Dictionary of American Biography, and his work as director of the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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8. Owen Wister papers, 1829-1966

   26,130 items. 103 containers. 41 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and writer of western novels. Correspondence, diaries and journals, family papers, drafts of articles, poems, novels, short stories, speeches, and other writings and papers; includes partial ms. and dramatizations of Wister's The Virginian and his libretto for "Villon; a Romantic Opera in Four Acts." Family correspondents include Fanny Kemble (Wister's grandmother), Sarah Butler Wister (his mother), Mary Channing Wister (his wife), and his cousins, S. Weir Mitchell and Langdon Elwyn Mitchell.