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11. Mercer Green Johnston papers, 1860-1954

    40,000 items. 112 containers plus 3 oversize. 45.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Educator, Episcopal clergyman, and author. Correspondence, diaries, sermons, notebooks, autobiographical papers, poems, prayers, financial papers, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Johnston's career as an Episcopal clergyman in the United States and the Philippines, worker for the Young Men's Christian Association during World War I, director of the People's Legislative Service, director of the National Citizens Committee on Relations with Latin America, and assistant to the administrator of the United States Rural Electrification Administration.

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12. George W. Goethals papers, 1830-2014

    31,500 items. 73 containers plus 1 oversize. 27.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 81 digital files (21.36 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Governor of the Canal Zone, army officer, and engineer. Diaries, correspondence, reports, memoranda, photographs, clippings, family papers, and scrapbooks relating chiefly to the construction of the Panama Canal, Goethals' term as governor of the Canal Zone, his other public service positions, and the Goethals family.

13. Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson papers, 1910-1934

    262,000 items. 510 containers. 204 linear feet. 4 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    United States senators from Montana. Official correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, legislative files, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs relating chiefly to the senatorial career of Walsh and his successor, John Edward Erickson.

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14. Philander C. Knox papers, 1796-1922

    8,450 items. 75 containers. 30 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, articles, notebooks, bills and resolutions, legal records, biographical sketches, library catalog, clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, cartoons, and other papers relating chiefly to Knox's service as U.S. attorney general, secretary of state, and senator from Pennsylvania.

15. George Fort Milton papers, 1828-1985

    30,000 items. 100 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Editor, historian, advisor to diplomatic delegations, consultant to U.S. government agencies, and special assistant to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, research and historical source material, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and biographical matter relating primarily to Milton’s work as a historian of the Civil War and career as a newspaper editor and in government.

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16. Samuel Guy Inman papers, 1901-1965

    20,000 items. 74 containers plus 1 oversize. 29 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Author, educator, missionary, and social worker. Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject files, notebooks, scrapbooks, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs relating primarily to Inman’s work in Latin America as a Christian missionary and government representative.

17. John Sharp Williams papers, 1902-1924

    36,000 items. 120 containers. 91 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    United States representative and senator, lawyer, and planter from Mississippi. Correspondence, biographical and genealogical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers documenting Williams's Congressional service. Pertains primarily to politics in Mississippi and the nation during the presidential administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Warren G. Harding.