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1. Society of Woman Geographers records, 1905-2015

   32,000 items. 96 containers. 38.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Society founded to bring together women actively interested in geography, anthropology, world exploration, and allied disciplines. Inactive membership files and oral history transcripts of prominent members of the Society.

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2. Kirk Munroe papers, 1850-1940

   2,500 items. 24 containers plus 2 oversize. 10 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and adventurer. Correspondence, diaries, handwritten drafts and printed copies of writings, biographical material, scrapbooks, subject files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, drawings, and other papers relating primarily to Munroe's literary career and travels, including on a survey teams for the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.

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3. Finn Ronne and Edith M. Ronne papers, 1900-2012

   15,800 items. 45 containers plus 1 classified and 2 oversize. 18.4 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 6,613 digital files (17.84 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Antarctic explorer and his wife, writer, lecturer, and the first American woman in Antarctica. Correspondence, reports, photographs in both printed and digital formats, flight logs, diaries, writings, lectures, clippings, and other items relating to Finn Ronne's scientific expeditions to Antarctica including Richard Evelyn Byrd's expedition of 1933-1935, the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1946-1948, the United States Antarctic Service Expedition of 1939-1941, and the expedition for the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.

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