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Vincent Price papers, 1883-1992
60,000 items. 230 containers plus 8 oversize. 92.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Actor, art collector, and supporter of the arts. Correspondence, speeches and writings, lectures, business records, family papers, scripts, programs, playbills, publicity material, photographs, and other papers documenting Price's career as an actor in the theater, motion pictures, and television, as an art collector, critic, and consultant, and as a gourmet cook.
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James A. Michener papers, 1906-1992
55,300 items. 202 containers plus 6 oversize. 82.6 linear feet. 177 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author. Correspondence, writings, speeches, journal, interviews, scripts, notes, legal and financial records, biographical material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting Michener's literary career, his interest in politics, his art collection, and the adaptation of his works for stage and screen.
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Freddy Homburger papers, 1926-1990
3,150 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 4.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physician, scientist, and artist. Correspondence, reports, speeches, writings, academic records, printed matter, and photographs documenting Homburger's career as a physician involved in cancer research, his interest in art as a collector and a painter, and his service as honorary Swiss consul in Boston, Mass.
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Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop papers, 1699-1989
114,000 items. 324 containers plus 1 classified. 130.5 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Authors and journalists. Correspondence, writings, interviews, notes, subject files, office files, financial papers, family papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Joseph Alsop's family and personal life; acquaintance with prominent politicians, public figures, writers, and scholars; work as a journalist; World War II experiences in China; and research and writing as an art historian. Includes material relating to Joseph and Stewart Alsop's business partnership in the “Matter of Fact” column, Joseph Alsop's memoirs, Stewart Alsop's travels, and the Alsop family.
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Armand Hammer papers, circa 1508-1989
50 items. 1 container plus 1 oversize. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Business executive, philanthropist, and art collector. Chiefly correspondence documenting Hammer's career as a citizen diplomat (particularly to the Soviet Union), humanitarian, and art collector gathered for an exhibition honoring him at the Library of Congress in 1989, including also a facsimile edition of the Codex Hammer (a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci) and a photograph album.
Theodore Marburg papers, 1856-1940
15 items. 6 containers plus 5 oversize. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Diplomat, publicist, civic leader, and peace advocate. Scrapbooks and correspondence relating to Marburg's civic activities in Baltimore, Maryland, his belief in internationalism and advocacy for peace before and after World War I, his role as United States minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914, and his work as an art collector and public art advocate.
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Fredric Wertham papers, 1818-1986
82,200 items. 222 containers plus 2 oversize. 90 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Psychiatrist. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches and lectures, reports, research notes, patient case files, psychiatric tests, transcripts of court proceedings, biographical information, newspaper clippings, drawings, photographs, and other materials pertaining primarily to Wertham's career in psychiatry.
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Raoul Heilbronner papers, 1887-1952
9,000 items. 9 containers. 3.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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German-born antique dealer, of Paris, France, who specialized in Gothic and Renaissance art, furniture, tapestries and statues and supplied many nineteenth and early twentieth century American collectors. Correspondence; letterbooks; business records including invoices, inventories, notebooks, address book, records of purchases and sales, deposits, and consignments; and historical notes and clippings relating to particular objects.
Georg Von Békésy papers, 1928-1972
51,300 items. 119 containers. 47.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist, physiologist, and educator. Chiefly writings and research papers, reports, notes, and other materials, along with some correspondence, printed matter, financial papers, biographical material, subject files, and other papers pertaining primarily to von Békésy's research and writing in the area of speech and hearing and in sensory sciences.
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Erwin Swann papers, 1949-1976
10,000 items. 26 containers. 10.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Art collector, film producer, and advertising executive Correspondence, play scripts, financial and legal papers, calendars, clippings, printed material, and photographs pertaining primarily to Swann's business activities as a producer of art and cultural films and as a collector of caricature and cartoon art, modern European and American art, French impressionist art, and Indic and Far Eastern art.