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1. 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.

2. William Zorach papers, 1822-1974

   14,000 items. 48 containers plus 1 oversize. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist. Correspondence; speeches, articles, and books; lectures; sketches; newspaper clippings; financial records; printed material; subject files; and other papers relating principally to the creation, production, and sale of sculpture and paintings by Zorach and his fellow artists.

3. Jacob B. Schoener family papers, 1752-2009

   800 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.25 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Nineteenth-century itinerant portraitist, miniaturist, and son of William Schöner (William B. Schoener Jr.), Reading, Pennsylvania, politician. Family correspondence, hand-colored sketches, deeds, indentures, bonds, clippings, notes, and wallets.

4. Samuel Finley Breese Morse papers, 1793-1944

   10,070 items. 74 containers plus 3 oversize. 18.6 linear feet. 36 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist and inventor. Family and general correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other papers. Includes letters from Samuel Finley Breese Morse to his family describing his studies in England during the War of 1812 and his subsequent struggle to support himself as a portrait painter in the United States; correspondence and other papers relating to Morse's invention of the telegraph, lawsuits over patents, and his dispute with Joseph Henry who also claimed to have invented the telegraph.