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1. Thomas F. Bayard papers, 1780-1899

   60,000 items. 220 containers plus 18 oversize. 49.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Senator, secretary of state, and ambassador. Correspondence, letterbooks, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating to Bayard's career after the Civil War as a politician and legislator and as a cabinet official and diplomat during the presidential administrations of Grover Cleveland.

2. Montgomery Meigs Taylor papers, 1890-1935

   1,200 items. 4 containers. 1 linear foot. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer and commander-in-chief, Asiatic Fleet. Official and personal correspondence reflecting life in Asia and military records, journals, notebooks, writings, and other papers relating mainly to Taylor’s military career.

3. Arthur Sweetser papers, 1913-1961

   22,350 items. 95 containers plus 4 oversize. 36.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Public official and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, press releases, newspaper clippings, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Sweetser's career in journalism and diplomacy.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

4. Frank Ross McCoy papers, 1847-1957

   37,750 items. 110 containers. 44 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer. General and family correspondence, diaries, military and subject files, notebooks, dispatch books, speeches and writings, financial papers, scrapbooks, and other material pertaining chiefly to McCoy’s military career and to various diplomatic assignments.

5. Peyton Conway March papers, 1897-1955

   6,500 items. 18 containers plus 11 oversize. 11 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Army officer and Chief of Staff of the Army during and after World War I. Correspondence, reports, military training manuals, book and article drafts, lectures and speeches, notebooks, news clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to March's military career.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

6. Harry E. Yarnell papers, 1935-1939

   3,500 items. 14 containers. 5.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, writings, notes, reports, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to conditions in East Asia before and during the renewal of hostilities between China and Japan in the late 1930s.