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1. Irving Langmuir papers, 1871-1957

   32,000 items. 107 containers plus 4 oversize. 42.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Chemist. Correspondence, diaries, experimental notebooks, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material containing data that led to scientific developments such as the gas-filled incandescent lamp, the high vacuum power tube, atomic hydrogen welding, and screening smoke generators for the armed forces. Includes material on cloud seeding experiments and smoked bathythermograph records obtained at Lake George, N.Y. Also includes material relating to Langmuir’s student years.

2. Isabella Karle and Jerome Karle papers, 1912-2010

   170,000 items. 429 containers plus 65 oversize. 200 linear feet. 1,210 digital files (.93 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physical chemists. Writings, speeches, correspondence, research data, subject files, photographs, notes, and miscellaneous textual materials in both physical and digital formats primarily relating to the Karles’ careers at the Naval Research Laboratory and their contributions to the field of crystallography.

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