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1. Philip Hauge Abelson papers, 1924-2002

   59,000 items. 176 containers plus 1 oversize. 70.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Nuclear physicist, chemist, and editor. Correspondence, notes, reports, speeches and writings, and other papers documenting Abelson's contribution to scientific policy-making through committees, organizations, and publications.

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2. Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

   5,700 items. 16 containers. 3 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

3. Phi Beta Kappa records, 1776-2006

   265,300 items. 554 containers plus 32 oversize and 76 cartons. 283 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Collegiate scholastic honor society founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. The records include correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, publications, printed material, and other material relating to the functions of the organization.

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4. Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996

   530,000 items. 1,791 containers plus 50 oversize. 783.4 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 31,604 digital files (564 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Anthropologist, author, and educator. Personal, professional, and family papers, consisting of correspondence, notebooks, organization files, appointment books, writings, teaching and office files, field notes, photographs, and miscellany relating primarily to anthropological and ethnological fieldwork, Mead's association with various universities and other cultural, scientific, and educational institutions, and her interests and activities in the broader areas of race, technological change, overpopulation, and peace. Also includes papers of Mead's associates and colleagues.

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5. James McKeen Cattell papers, 1835-1948

   49,000 items. 189 containers plus 1 oversize. 76 linear feet. 7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Educator, editor, and psychologist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, lectures, articles, notes, financial papers, biographical and genealogical material, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cattell's professional and academic affiliations.

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6. Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1912-1967

   17,700 items. 59 containers plus 1 classified. 23.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Physicist and science administrator. Correspondence, diary notes, speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, and biographical material chiefly relating to Waterman’s activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the United States Office of Naval Research and as director of the United States National Science Foundation.

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7. Charles Albert Browne papers, 1783-1947

   20,000 items. 36 containers plus 2 oversize. 14.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Chemist, food technologist, and historian of science. Correspondence, writings, accounts of foreign travel, autographs of past luminaries, and research material relating primarily Browne's work in the history of chemistry and agriculture.

8. The Seth MacFarlane collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan archive, 1860-2004

   595,000 items. 1,705 containers plus 1 classified and 38 oversize. 19,163 digital files (242.63 MB). 690.6 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Astronomer, author, and educator (Carl Sagan). Author and television producer (Ann Druyan). Correspondence, memoranda, scripts, notes, subject files, course files, articles, book drafts and resource material, reports, organization files, biographical material, clippings, printed matter, slides and transparencies, photographs and negatives, electronic files, and other material documenting Sagan's career as a scientist and educator and the collaboration of Sagan and Druyan on articles, books, television shows, movies, and other projects.

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9. Barry Commoner papers, 1915-2009

   169,000 items. 528 containers plus 16 oversize. 217 linear feet. 142 digital files (0.39 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Biologist, ecologist, and environmental activist. Correspondence, speeches, writings, research files, subject files, organizational files, printed matter, photographs in both physical and digital formats, and other papers documenting Commoner's career as a biologist, ecologist, and environmental activist. Subjects include the physiochemical basis of biological processes, moral obligations of scientists, ecology, and the politics of environmental stewardship.

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10. Vera C. Rubin papers, 1781-2014

    86,000 items. 242 containers plus 17 oversize. 104 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Astronomer. Correspondence, writings, lecture notes and illustrations, observation logs, astronomical data, photographs, reports, and other papers relating to Rubin's career as an astronomer specializing in the movement of galaxies and in the existence of dark matter in the universe as well as her involvement in professional organizations and her efforts to promote women in science.

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