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1. 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.

2. John Spencer Bassett papers, 1770-1978

   25,450 items. 63 containers plus 5 oversize. 26.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian, editor, and educator. Correspondence, diaries and journals, lectures, speeches, writings, research material, subject files, family correspondence, and collected historical manuscripts documenting Bassett's career as historian, editor and university professor.

3. Solon J. Buck papers, 1778-1962

   15,000 items. 50 containers plus 3 oversize. 21.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian and archivist. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, drafts of speeches and writings, subject files, financial papers, bibliographies, and research material relating primarily to Buck's career at the National Archives and Library of Congress.

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4. Bernadotte Everly Schmitt papers, 1868-1970

   31,000 items. 54 containers plus 9 oversize. 23.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Educator, historian, and author. Correspondence, research notes, scrapbooks, writings and lectures, bibliographies, and printed matter relating principally to Schmitt's studies in modern European diplomatic history, especially his work on the outbreak of World War I.

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5. Henry Barrett Learned papers, 1907-1931

   2,000 items. 7 containers. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian and professor at Stanford University. Chiefly notes and related materials gathered by Learned for revision of his book The President’s Cabinet (1912) and an unpublished history of the vice presidency.

6. 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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7. American Historical Association records, 1884-1986

   364,000 items. 1,155 containers plus 1 oversize. 464.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   National professional association for historians. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, manuscripts of published and unpublished articles, reports, notes, resolutions, legal briefs, membership cards and lists, administrative files, subject files, financial records, printed matter, and other records reflecting the association's history and its development of programs stimulating scholarly historical research and activities. Includes files of the secretary and executive secretary, treasurer, executive director, Executive Council, Historical Service Board, and various divisions and committees, as well as editorial files of the American Historical Review.

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8. American Council of Learned Societies records, 1910-2019

   867,650 items. 2,717 containers plus 47 oversize. 1,109 linear feet. 13 microfilm reels. 497 digital files (544.13 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Federation of scholarly organizations specializing in fellowships and grants to promote the study of the humanities and social sciences. Correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, financial material, fellowship and grant files, project files, committee files, manuscripts, reports, notes, applications, announcements and publicity, memoranda, speeches and lectures, articles, surveys and questionnaires, administrative files, trip files, fundraising files, and future plans in both physical and digital formats.

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