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1. Lewis Nathaniel Chase papers, 1836-1947

   89,000 items. 224 containers. 89.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor, author, and educator. Autographed letters and correspondence with poets, writers, artists, musicians, and actors; family papers; and miscellaneous personal and academic material stemming from Chase's career as a writer and university professor.

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2. Coolidge-Pollard families papers, 1818-2015

   8,000 items. 34 containers plus 8 oversize. 20 linear feet. 2,981 digital files (5.00 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, diaries, travel journals, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, legal records, drawings, newspaper clippings, genealogical research notes, poetry and other writings, books, and other printed matter chronicling the lives of the Pollard family of Vermont who were maternal relatives of Calvin Coolidge. The collection includes correspondence between Coolidge and his relatives as well as photographs of the president during visits to Vermont.

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3. John Jacob Wolfe and Esther Blum Wolfe papers, 1929-2012

   1,750 items. 5 containers plus 3 oversize. 2.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   John Jacob Wolfe, dentist and physician; and his wife, Esther Blum Wolfe. Correspondence, writings, wartime journal, lectures, memorabilia, photographs, press clippings, and other documents pertaining primarily to their life and work in China and India in the 1930s and 1940s and his service as a medical officer with the United States Tenth Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.

4. Pierson, Rioch, and Layton families papers, 1777-2012

   11,500 items. 33 containers plus 1 oversize. 13.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, articles, poetry, photographs, notes, financial and legal papers, a Bible, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating to the Pierson, Rioch, and Layton families residing chiefly in southeastern New York and Washington, D.C. The bulk of the collection is composed of the papers of Harriet Wheeler Pierson (Library of Congress cataloger), Frances Lupton Pierson Rioch (teacher, nurse, and homemaker), Katherine Frances Rioch Layton (teacher and homemaker), and Phebe Ann Dusinberre Pierson (homemaker).