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Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1912-1967
17,700 items. 59 containers plus 1 classified. 23.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist and science administrator. Correspondence, diary notes, speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, and biographical material chiefly relating to Waterman’s activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the United States Office of Naval Research and as director of the United States National Science Foundation.
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G.E. Mueller papers, 1876-2012
116,400 items. 327 containers plus 2 oversize and 1 classified. 130.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Engineer, administrator of the United States manned space flight program, and corporate executive. Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, printed matter, and other papers relating principally to Mueller's studies in electrical engineering at the University of Missouri--St. Louis and Purdue University and his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Ohio State University, Space Technology Laboratories, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, General Dynamics Corporation, System Development Corporation, Burroughs Corporation, George E. Mueller Corporation, and Kistler Aerospace Corporation.
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Irving R. Levine papers, 1930-2009
100,750 items. 288 containers. 115 linear feet. 652 digital files (1.56 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist and news commentator. Correspondence, memoranda, notebooks and notes, transcripts of interviews, radio and television scripts, news commentaries, articles, speeches, book drafts, background and research material, and other papers documenting Levine's career as a broadcast journalist and news commentator.
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N.C. Gerson papers, 1928-1998
6,300 items. 18 containers. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Research physicist. Correspondence, biographical material, drafts and offprints of scientific articles, memoranda, minutes, notes and equations, reports, research material, rosters, schematics, and other papers documenting Gerson's career as a research physicist and his service as a member of the United States National Committee for the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).
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Constance McLaughlin Green papers, 1920-1969
22,000 items. 17 containers plus 1 oversize. 6.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Historian and author. Correspondence, drafts, galleys, and page proofs of writings, notes, printed and near-print material, clippings, speeches, and other papers relating primarily to Green's research on the history of Washington, D.C., and the publication of her two-volume Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Washington (1962-1963).
Clay Thomas Whitehead papers, 1927-2012
26,250 items. 77 containers. 31 linear feet. 578 digital files (0.58 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States government official and businessman. Memoranda, correspondence, notes, briefing books, position papers, conference proceedings, university coursework, Ph.D. dissertation, subject files, research material, reports, speeches, writings, trip itineraries and records, printed matter, corporate annual reports, and miscellaneous items documenting Whitehead's service as special assistant to the president and director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy in the White House during the Richard M. Nixon administration, as well as his activities as a student, businessman, and professor.
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James R. Schlesinger papers, 1863-2013
49,500 items. 134 containers plus 32 classified, 3 oversize, and 1 artifact. 65.2 linear feet. 4,150 digital files (16.51 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Economist, U.S. secretary of defense, and U.S. secretary of energy. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notebooks, subject files, appointment books, telephone logs, photographs, printed matter, and other papers chiefly concerning Schlesinger's service as secretary of defense and secretary of energy and his activities in the years following that government service. Materials from the post-government period are in both physical and digital formats.
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Gladys B. West and Ira V. West papers, 1944-2023 (bulk 1955-1999)
800 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. 86 digital files (237.27 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Mathematicians. Articles, biographical material, calculations, certificates, correspondence, personnel records, flowcharts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, and photographs in both physical and digital formats relating primarily to the careers of Gladys B. West and Ira V. West as mathematicians at the Dahlgren Naval Proving Ground (now the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division) as well as to their personal lives. Particularly well-documented is Gladys B. West's career and her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). Additional material in physical format includes a dissertation journal, manuals, notebooks, and printed matter. Material in digital format also includes a map.
Samuel C. Phillips map and chart collection
32 items. 3 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The collection consists of 32 maps and charts that depict Apollo missions and the Northern Hemisphere.