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1. Francis Edwin Brennan papers, 1927-1984

   6,000 items. 22 containers. 9.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Art director, editorial consultant, and political cartoonist. Correspondence, diaries, datebooks, printed material, artwork, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Brennan's World War II service with the U.S. Office of War Information as chief of the graphics divisions in Washington, D.C., Paris, and London, and to his career as an art advisor and design consultant.

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2. John Edward Stavast Jr. collection, 1965-2016 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)

   2 items.. 9 items.. 192 items.. 3 items.. 5 items.. 22 maps.. 54 items.. 9 items.. 1 item.. 102 photographs.. graphic materials: 1 photograph : film negatives, black and white ; 3.5 in x 5 in.. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   John Stavast served as a pilot in the United States Air Force for 30 years, and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Collection includes civilian papers, correspondence, journals, maps, military papers, printed matter, a transcript, and photographs relating to his service.

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3. George Biddle papers, 1863-1973

   3,500 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 12 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist and public official. Correspondence; diaries; drafts and printed copies of speeches, articles, and a memoir; sketchbooks; scrapbooks; announcements; book reviews; and other papers relating chiefly to Biddle's role in American art, his work for the federal support of art, and the Federal Art Project, including also material relating to his involvement with the United States War Department Art Advisory Committee, World War II, and the Nuremberg War Crime Trials.

4. Solon Hannibal Borglum papers, 1886-1969

   875 items. 5 containers plus 2 oversize. 2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Sculptor. Correspondence, commission files, subject files, articles, certificates and awards, photographs, printed matter, a scrapbook, and microfilm mostly relating to Borglum's career as a sculptor, his works of art, and his activities with the American Expeditionary Forces Art Training Center in Bellevue, France, Silvermine Group of Artists in New Canaan, Connecticut, and the School of American Sculpture in New York.

5. Pennell-Whistler collection, 1597-1937

   106,500 items. 408 containers plus 5 oversize. 114 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, clippings, book drafts and galleys, articles, lecture files, and other papers of Pennell and his wife, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, relating to family affairs, his art work, their joint book publications, and to James McNeill Whistler.

6. David E. Finley papers, 1921-1977

   31,000 items. 92 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Museum director and lawyer. Correspondence, subject files, financial papers, drafts of speeches and writings, family material, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating chiefly to Finley's duties as special assistant to Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon, his role in the founding and his subsequent service as director of the National Gallery of Art, and his activities with numerous other artistic and cultural organizations.

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7. Charles Wellington Reed papers, 1776-1926

   400 items. 4 containers plus 2 oversize. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist and soldier. Correspondence, a diary, ink and pencil sketches, watercolors, prints, military papers, books with illustrations by Reed, maps, medals, and photographs relating chiefly to Reed’s service in the Ninth Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery during the Civil War.