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1. Rosa Parks papers, 1866-2006

   9,700 items. 52 containers plus 21 oversize and 1 artifact container. 25.4 linear feet. 7 digital files (1.10 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Civil rights activist. Correspondence, family papers, writings, notes, statements, programs, medals, resolutions, and other honors, financial, employment, health, and estate records, drawings, photographs, address books, appointment calendars, memorabilia, magazine and newspaper clippings, books, and other printed matter documenting her personal life and civil rights activism.

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2. Frances G. Wickes papers, 1896-1996

   4,300 items. 18 containers. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and lay psychologist. Correspondence, writings, and subject files relating primarily to Wickes’s work as a Jungian psychologist and author.

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3. Nathan W. Daniels diary and scrapbook, 1861-1867

   5 items. 2 containers. 0.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Union army officer and lecturer and advocate for civil rights and the Freedmen's Bureau. Married Cora Hatch, Spiritualist medium and lecturer. Handwritten diary with photographs, illustrations, and newspaper clippings in three volumes kept by Daniels during his Civil War service and Reconstruction. The third volume was written primarily by his wife, Cora Hatch. Also included are a typescript of summaries and transcripts of the diaries by C. P. Weaver and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings assembled by Daniels or his wife.

4. Eleanor Dickinson collection, 1901-2004

   manuscripts: 90 folders.. preservation tapes: 99 sound tape reels (261 hrs. 30 min.) : analog, 2 track, various speeds ; 10 in.. 86 sound cassettes : analog.. 170 video reels ; various sizes.. 11 videocassettes ; various sizes.. 18 photographic prints : black and white ; 3 x 5 in.. 17 color slides.. 222 powerpoint slides : digital prints, grayscale.. 2 artifacts.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This collection of video recordings, sound recordings, manuscripts, photographs, graphic materials, and artifacts documents Protestant religious revival meetings of various denominations in the southern Appalachian region, primarily in Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. The collection includes interviews with church leaders and members of congregations, and documentation of religious services, healing services, revivals, hymn singing, sermons, snake handling, and other religious rites and customs recorded by Eleanor Dickinson from 1968 to 1991. Other topics include beekeeping, church roadside signs, religious quilts, snake hunting, drinking strychnine, decorating graves in cemeteries, church dinners, and more. Included are some religious and secular radio programs recorded by Dickinson, including programs from Nashville, Tennessee, featuring bluegrass music, and a program featuring Paul Simon; and documentation of Protestant revivals in Oakland and San Francisco, California. Dickinson's interviews with visionary artist Rev. Howard Finster on various occasions between August 1, 1981 and July 25, 1991 in Summerville, Georgia, are included in the collection. The collection also includes audio logs and transcripts, video logs, the collector's powerpoint presentations (2004), documentation of Dickinson's exhibition, "Revival!," at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1970; and other manuscripts.

5. Jeff Todd Titon collection, 1956-2016

   approximately 24,773 items. 6,300 documents. 43 document files (RTF, PDF, DOCX, TIFF): digital. 147 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 24 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in.. 277 sound cassettes : analog. 14 sound cassettes (microcassettes) : analog. 20 sound files (AIFF, MP3) : digital. 78 video tape reels : sound, color ; 1/2 in.. 37 videocassettes (VHS) : analog ; 1/2 in.. 22 videocassettes (Video8) : analog. 5 videocassettes (Hi8) : digital. 1 videocassette (U-matic) : analog. 1 videocassette (Betacam) : digital. 13 videocassettes (MiniDV) : analog. 6,109 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35mm. 864 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 120mm. 761 photographs : color transparencies (slides) ; 35mm. 497 photographs : film negatives, color ; 35mm. 93 photographs : film positives, black and white ; 35mm. 83 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 126 film. 32 photographs : film negatives, color ; 120mm. 30 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 3.5 x 2 in.. 9,322 photographs : digital, TIFF, JPG, PDF, PNG, CR2, PSD. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of field recordings, photographs, and related documentation from Titon's fieldwork for various projects including work on the Fellowship Independent Baptist Church in Stanley, Virginia, the life history of Reverend C.L. Franklin, and documentation of blues musicians.