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1. Rhoda Métraux papers, 1837-1997

   90,000 items. 224 containers plus 1 classified and 21 oversize. 101 linear feet. 802 digital files (2.2 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Anthropologist and author. Correspondence, lectures, and writings in both physical and digital format. Physical materials also include field diaries, field notes and notebooks, reports, proposals, minutes, programs, interview transcripts, questionnaires, statistical analyses, artwork and drawings, photographs, maps, census data, projective testing materials, financial records, and printed matter pertaining to Métraux's career as an anthropologist and her professional and personal relationship with anthropologist Margaret Mead.

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2. 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.

   Summary:

   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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3. Charles W. Hack papers, circa 1800-1926

   15 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Army officer and surgeon. Mainly a journal of Hack’s medical service in the United States Army in the Philippines, 1901-1903, two manuscripts, portions of the Koran, in Arabic, and one Arabic-script manuscript in Maranao, a native Philippine language from Mindanao, an excerpt from the epic “Darangen.”

4. Joseph Hodges Choate papers, 1745-1929

   11,000 items. 40 containers plus 1 oversize. 16 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Lawyer, author, and diplomat. Correspondence, letterbooks, addresses, lectures, legal memoranda, memorabilia, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Choate's student days at Harvard University, his law practice in New York, his charitable work, and his diplomatic career.

5. Henry Spira papers, 1906-2002

   120,000 items. 340 containers plus 6 oversize. 140 linear feet. 114 digital files (3.84 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Animal welfare advocate and political activist. Correspondence, writings, notes, newspaper clippings, advertisements, printed matter, and photographs, primarily relating to Spira's work in the animal welfare movement after 1974.

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6. Harry C. Oberholser papers, 1856-1960

   8,400 items. 25 containers. 9.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Ornithologist. Chiefly correspondence with ornithologists and other scientists on bird life and bird specimens of the United States and other countries, Oberholser's work with scientific organizations, and publication of his books and articles.

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