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1. Rita R. Colwell papers, 1931-2004

   149,000 items. 425 containers plus 1 classified and 16 oversize. 165 linear feet. 11,000 digital files (1.15 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   National Science Foundation director, microbiologist, educator, and administrator. Correspondence, writings, speeches, clippings, notes, meeting minutes, subject files, and other papers in both physical and digital formats documenting Colwell’s tenure as National Science Foundation director and career as a microbiologist.

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2. Charles Wilkes papers, 1607-1959

   6,500 items. 45 containers plus 3 oversize plus 1 vault. 18 linear feet. 26 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer and explorer. Official and family correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial papers, autobiography and other writings, and scientific notebooks relating to Wilkes's command of an expedition (1838-1842) to the Antarctic, Hawaii and various other Pacific islands, and the northwest coast of the United States; his capture of J. M. Mason and John Slidell in the Trent affair (1861); and his command of the James River Flotilla and West India Squadron during the Civil War. Includes legal and business papers of the Wilkes family in England.

3. William Goodell papers, 1818-1917

   50 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Clergyman and missionary to Armenians in the Turkish empire. Correspondence, journals, religious and other writings, Goodell’s translation of the New Testament from Greek into Armeno-Turkish, and other items primarily related to Goodell’s missionary work in the Turkish empire under the sponsorship of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Also includes letters of Goodell’s daughter and granddaughter describing conditions at Harput, Turkey, during the massacre of Armenians by the Kurds, 1895-1896.