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1. 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.

   Summary:

   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...

2. Courtney Letts de Espil papers, 1925-1994

   525 items ; 12 containers plus 1 oversize ; 4.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Writer and wife of the Argentine ambassador to the United States (1933-1943). Correspondence, diaries, writings, clippings, photographs, and other papers concerning social affairs in Washington and including references to many prominent individuals of the New Deal era. Also includes material on a cruise to the Arctic in 1927, the Espils’s return to Argentina in 1943, and life in Argentina under...