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1. Adelaide Rosalia Hasse papers, 1862-1951

   600 items. 3 containers. 1 linear foot. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Librarian, bibliographer, and civil servant. Correspondence, subjects files, printed matter, and other papers relating to Hasse's life and career.

2. Henry Putney Beers papers, 1910-1992

   7,500 items. 18 containers. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian, bibliographer, and archivist with the National Archives and Records Service. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, book reviews, reports, and other papers relating primarily to Beers's work as a bibliographer in American history.

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3. R.R. Bowker papers, 1831-1931

   2,200 items. 11 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor, publisher, bibliographer, author, literary promoter, and industrial director. Correspondence, certificates, clippings, international copyright law material, literary manuscripts, and miscellaneous items relating chiefly to Bowker's activity as an organizer of the Independent Republican movement. Included are literary manuscripts by European and American authors and correspondence with writers, politicians, and inventors.

4. Gizella Lakhman papers, 1883-1969

   2,500 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet, translator, and bibliographer. Correspondence, poems, translations, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, printed matter, and other material relating to Lakhman's interests.

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5. Adolph Law Voge papers, 1915-1939

   1,300 items. 19 containers. 7.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Chemical engineer, bibliographer, and genealogist. Correspondence, writings, and genealogical notes relating to Roger Barton and the Barton family, the family of John Law (1636-1708), the Reeve family, and the Serine family.

6. James Alexander Robertson papers, 1816-1939

   22,000 items. 59 containers plus 1 oversize. 22.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor, biographer, and archivist. Correspondence, diaries, notes, writings, subject files, and miscellany relating primarily to Robertson's activities and scholarship in Hispanic studies, especially Florida and the Philippines.

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7. E.B. O'Callaghan papers, 1830-1879

   2,000 items. 20 containers. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physician, historian, and bibliographer. Correspondence pertaining primarily to O'Callaghan's career as a physician, legislator in Lower Canada, and editor of the Montreal Vindicator. Also concerns bibliographic matters including records of New York state, rare bibliographic Americana, editions of the Bible, and material relating to America found in European archives. Includes a draft of his History of New Netherland (1846-1848).

8. Sir Thomas Phillipps collection, circa 1400-1857

   1,100 items. 63 containers plus 1 oversize. 13.3 linear feet. 10 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Manuscript materials relating chiefly to various aspects of the colonial history of British North America and the West Indies. Formerly a part of Bibliotheca Phillippica, a library of manuscripts and printed books compiled by Sir Thomas Phillipps. Of particular note are papers relating to the Board of Trade and Sir William Blathwayt; letterbooks of George Macartney while governor of the Caribbean Islands; English and Italian genealogical material; papers of Jean Louis Berlandier relating to his surveys of the United States-Mexican border and to his various explorations in Mexico, Lower California, and Texas; English court records and reports; and miscellaneous papers of various colonies in British North America.