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1. Owen Lattimore papers, 1907-1997

   22,175 items. 62 containers. 27.1 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Orientalist, author, educator, and historian. Correspondence, journals, writings, reviews, speeches, research notes, interviews, reports, transcripts of hearings, and other papers pertaining to Lattimore's studies in Chinese and Mongolian history and linguistics, his appointment as a political advisor to Chiang Kai-shek, and his service as director of Pacific Operations in the United States Office of War Information Overseas Operations Branch, and as a member of the United States Reparations Mission to Japan. Other topics include accusations by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and subsequent Senate Foreign Relations Committee investigations (1951), and the establishment of the Lattimore Institute for Mongolian Studies.

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2. Wharton Barker papers, 1864-1921

   7,000 items. 27 containers plus 1 oversize. 9 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Financier, publicist, and politician. Correspondence, letterbooks, photographs, pamphlets, printed matter, and scrapbooks reflecting Barker’s broad interests in American and foreign business matters especially in Russia and China, bimetallism, and politics.

3. Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1900-1926

   1,000 items. 11 containers. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Librarian and historian. An untitled writing by Ford, indexes of historical papers, and notes on China, Cuba, Netherlands East Indies, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, and other countries and topics compiled by Ford while chief of the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. Also includes correspondence, notes, and notebooks from later in his career.

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4. John W. Colbert papers, 1895-1966

   400 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.9 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Pathologist and physician. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and lectures, articles, research materials, and artwork pertaining to Colbert's experiences researching tropical diseases, providing medical care to the French and American armies during World War I, accompanying the American Expeditionary Forces to Russia, working as a physician in China, founding the Woman's Ambulance and Defense Corps of America, and serving as a U.S. Army officer during World War II.

5. Richard Dudman papers, 1911-2014

   22,000 items. 70 containers. 22 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor, executive, and journalist. Correspondence, notebooks, writings, and background material relating mainly to Dudman's career as a journalist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

6. Nelson T. Johnson papers, 1916-1955

   22,400 items. 70 containers plus 5 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. assistant secretary of state, minister and ambassador to China and minister to Australia. Personal correspondence, memoranda of conversations and engagement books, speeches and writings, and other material chiefly relating to Johnson's diplomatic service in China, Australia, and east Asia.

7. Frederick Rodgers papers, 1852-1920

   3,150 items. 18 containers plus 1 oversize. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, reports, journals, notebooks and diaries, charts and maps, writings, legal papers, photographs, and printed matter relating to Rodgers's naval career and family.

8. Hayes, Hollister, and Kelman families papers, 1826-2012

   6,000 items. 21 containers. 8.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, diaries, memoirs, lectures and sermons, genealogical material, and printed matter pertaining chiefly to members of the Hayes family and their careers as Presbyterian missionaries in China. Includes papers of Margaret Hayes Hollister; her parents, John David Hayes and Barbara Monteath Kelman Hayes; her paternal grandparents, W. M. Hayes and Margaret Young Hayes; her maternal grandfather, John Kelman; and her paternal great-grandfather, David Hayes.

9. Robert Kleiman papers, 1935-1983

   5,000 items. 15 containers plus 1 classified and 9 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, propaganda material including leaflets, newspapers, printed matter, and ephemera, interrogations of prisoners of war, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Kleiman's service with the United States Office of War Information during World War II and pertaining to psychological warfare and the use of propaganda in the Far East, with a much smaller portion reflecting his work as a journalist before and after the war.

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10. Stacy Conrad Farrior family papers, 1907-1949

    1,050 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Presbyterian missionary. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to Farrior's missionary work in China and daily life of his family.