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1. Daniel P. Moynihan papers, 1765-2003

   1,306,400 items. 3,734 containers plus 10 oversize and 3 classified. 1,490 linear feet. 1,021 microfilm reels. 275 digital files (534.8MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Public official, diplomat, educator, and senator. Correspondence, memoranda, journals, speeches, writings, legislative files, notes, research material, subject files, appointment books, press releases, printed material, clippings, and photographs documenting Moynihan's career in public service, in higher education, and in politics, particularly his years as United States senator from New York.

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2. Charles Follen McKim papers, 1838-1929

   4,200 items. 14 containers. 5.6 linear feet. 14 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Architect. Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, diary, notes, legal and financial records, sketches, drawings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, & White, New York, N.Y.

3. Frances Benjamin Johnston papers, 1855-1956

   19,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. 37 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographer and illustrator. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial papers, family papers, clippings, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Johnston's career as a photographer of national figures and events, her photography of gardens and estates, compilation of a photographic record of Southern colonial architecture, participation in international exhibitions, travels and personal life, and the emerging role of women in the profession of photography.

4. Nathaniel Alexander Owings papers, 1911-1983

   28,300 items. 64 containers plus 12 oversize. 29.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Architect and engineer. Correspondence, journals. memoranda, minutes and reports, drafts of speeches and writings, legal and financial papers, subject file, biographical material, poetry, notes, appointment calendars, charts, graphs, diagrams, clippings, printed matter, photographs, scrapbooks, and other material chiefly dating from 1960 to 1980, documenting Owings's career as a founding partner of the architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as chairman of public commissions responsible for the redesign of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., as a member of various commissions relating to conservation, preservation, and redevelopment in California, and as an author of works on architecture and city planning.

5. Charles Moore papers, 1848-1944

   6,000 items. 22 containers. 8.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and art historian. Correspondence, letterbooks, date books, notes, articles, speeches, picture post cards, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the Plan of 1901 for Washington, D.C., the restoration of the White House in 1902-1903, the Washington, D.C., Park Commission, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and American architecture.

6. Cass Gilbert papers, 1841-1961

   9,000 items. 30 containers plus 1 oversize. 13 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Architect. Correspondence, diaries, biographical material, financial papers, speeches, articles, poems, and memorabilia relating to Gilbert’s family and his work as an architect. Includes letters addressed to Thomas Jefferson by William Thornton and typescript of a letter to Jefferson from James R. Dermott.

7. Yousef Waffa papers, 1932-1934

   10 items. 8 containers. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Landscape design student. Ten scrapbooks consisting of photographs, maps, blue prints, and notes detailing the urban and park planning of different cities and subdivisions across the United States at the outset of the New Deal.

8. Koyl-Mathieson collection, 1963-1969

   8,500 items. 24 containers. 9.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Architectural drawings, surveys, correspondence, subject files, and related research material used to compile an architectural catalog.

9. Frances Benjamin Johnston photograph collection (Library of Congress)

   25,000 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Primarily photographs by Frances B. Johnston, including portraits of prominent Americans, foreign dignitaries, and members of Washington, D.C., social and political circles. As a photojournalist she provided stories for magazines about schools, industries, and such events as world's fairs, ca. 1890-1913. Architecture and gardens in the United States, concentrating on the South, Mid-Atlantic, New England, and the Pacific Coast, ca. 1910-1945. Travels in Europe, Middle East, Bermuda, and across the United States, ca. 1899-1925. Also includes material collected by Johnston, such as artistic photos primarily by women photographers, family photos, albums, graphic ephemera, and architectural and watercolor drawings.

10. Donald E. Schomacker courthouse photography collection

    751 color photographic prints in 4 albums : color prints ; prints 9 x 13 cm, albums 27 x 35 cm.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Photographs show the exteriors and grounds of hundreds of different county courthouses around the United States. Courthouses from 30 different states are present in the collection. Also included are several pages of written history on courthouses and hand-drawn maps recording locations of them within states. One 1911 black and white postcard of the courthouse in Marshall County, Lewisburg, Tennessee is also included.