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1. Charl Ormond Williams papers, 1924-1959

   3,200 items. 9 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Educator. Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating to Williams’s association with the National Education Association of the United States and her work in the field of education and educational reform, including her participation in the 1944 White House Conference on Rural Education.

2. Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer papers, 1853-2010

   70,000 items. 201 containers plus 1 oversize. 90 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and social activist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings including an unpublished memoir, subject files, research material, family papers, and other papers relating to Meyer's career as an author, authority on Asian art, literary critic and linguist, and social activist as well as to her personal and family life.

3. People for the American Way and People for the American Way Foundation records, 1980-2009

   105,000 items. 359 containers plus 1 oversize. 143.4 linear feet. 107 digital files (273 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Progressive advocacy organization. Founded in 1981 by Norman Lear, Barbara Jordan, Theodore M. Hesburgh, and Andrew Heiskell as Citizens for Constitutional Concerns, Inc. Renamed People for the American Way in 1985 and People for the American Way Foundation in 1998. The records include administrative files, reports, correspondence, meeting materials, photographs, publications, press files, financial documents, and legal files documenting public policy initiatives, field projects, and litigation actions.

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4. Sandra Day O'Connor papers, 1944-2008

   256,575 items. 851 containers plus 1 classified and 10 oversize. 339.8 linear feet. 356 digital files (0.88 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, judge, and state legislator of Arizona and first woman associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, legal papers, subject files, speeches, and writings relating primarily to O'Connor's judicial career.

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