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1. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters records, 1920-1968

   41,000 items. 144 containers. 70 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Part I consists of general correspondence, subject files, and personal papers of the brotherhood's founder, A. Philip Randolph, documenting the growth and functions of the union chiefly after 1940. Part II consists of correspondence and subject files of brotherhood officials Benjamin F. McLaurin (international field organizer), A. Philip Randolph (founder and president), and Ashley L. Totten (secretary-treasurer), and other subject files, financial records, and miscellaneous records.

2. National Women's Trade Union League of America records, 1903-1950

   7,400 items. 28 containers plus 2 oversize. 11 linear feet. 25 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, reports, speeches, notes, and printed matter, including minutes of meetings, proceedings of national conventions and international congresses of working women, biographical material on the league's officers, and correspondence between local and national leagues.

3. Lewis Graham Hines papers, 1916-1959

   13,800 items. 30 containers plus 15 oversize. 13.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Labor leader and public official. Correspondence, speeches and writings, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Hines's activities in organized labor, especially with the American Federation of Labor, and as an official in state offices in Pennsylvania and with the federal government.

4. American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925

   172,300 items. 354 containers. 90.3 linear feet. 341 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Labor organization. Letterpress books containing correspondence of Samuel Gompers and William Green, presidents of the American Federation of Labor. Other letters are signed by James Duncan, Gabriel Edmonston, Frank K. Foster, and John McBride.

5. Gifford Pinchot papers, 1770-1972

   2,000,000 items. 3,023 containers plus 33 oversize. 1,220 linear feet. 37 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Conservationist, chief forester for the United States Department of Agriculture, professor of forestry at Yale University, and governor of Pennsylvania. Primarily correspondence and subject files, together with diaries, memoranda, speeches, articles, reports, financial papers, bulletins, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Pinchot's activities in conservation and forestry and to his terms as governor of Pennsylvania.

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6. National Committee on Atomic Information records, 1945-1948

   29,500 items. 97 containers plus 1 oversize. 39.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Clearinghouse for information on the atomic age. Correspondence with scientists and organizations, reports, memoranda, speeches, articles, financial records, clippings, and printed material reflecting the committee's attempts to promote understanding of the implications of atomic energy in a nontechnical form through the presentation of a popular program in the press, on the radio, and with a speaker's bureau.

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7. John P. Frey papers, 1891-1951

   28,000 items. 32 containers plus 1 oversize. 15.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Labor leader and editor. Correspondence, diary, articles, writings, speeches, research notes, financial data, labor agreements, legal briefs, minutes, reports, printed matter, photographs, and other material relating to Frey’s activities on behalf of labor.