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1. Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

   14,250 items. 57 containers plus 27 oversize. 26.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

2. Burk Uzzle photojournalism collection (Library of Congress)

   246,887 photographs : chiefly black & white 35mm negatives and contact sheets. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Selections from Burk Uzzle's collection represent over 300 photo assignments for print media and corporate clients as well as some personal work. Subject coverage depicted in his professional work is broad with emphasis on places, people and events in the United States. Topics include business and industry, personalities and politicians, social protests, urban and suburban life, and the Woodstock music festival. His personal work, chiefly unidentified, shows images from his "American Landscape" series, motorcycles, his family, and other miscellaneous subjects.

3. Peter Sekaer photograph collection : architecture, housing and urban conditions in the United States

   281 photographic prints: gelatin silver; majority 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.) or smaller. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographs show buildings, housing, slums and urban life in the South, Midwest, and some areas of the Northeast such as New York City and Pittsburgh.

4. Visual materials from the Ralph Ellison papers

   ca. 23,600 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Ralph Ellison, African American author and educator, was also a photographer and collector of a wide range of visual materials and ephemera. This collection includes the images he created and collected over the course of 60 years, mostly of life in New York City. Numerous images show Ralph Ellison and his wife Fanny Ellison, as well as famed authors, artists, and civil rights activists, including Langston Hughes, Albert Murray, Ida Guggenheimer, Francis and Beatrice Steegmuller, among others. Formats include photographs, photograph albums, contact sheets, slides, prints, and other medias.

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