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Yousef Waffa papers, 1932-1934
10 items. 8 containers. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Landscape design student. Ten scrapbooks consisting of photographs, maps, blue prints, and notes detailing the urban and park planning of different cities and subdivisions across the United States at the outset of the New Deal.
Harold H. Burton papers, 1792-1965
118,000 items. 399 containers plus 4 oversize plus 1 classified. 159.5 linear feet. 5 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and United States senator. Diaries, correspondence, legal case files, speeches and writings, reports, photographs, maps, printed matter, and newspaper clippings pertaining primarily to Burton's activities as an associate justice of the Supreme Court and Senator.
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Herbert Block papers, 1863-2002
72,250 items. 211 containers plus 1 oversize. 84.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Political cartoonist, author, and journalist. Correspondence, writings, speeches, interviews, clippings, cartoon reprints, and printed matter documenting principally Block's career at the Washington Post.
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Newton Diehl Baker papers, 1896-1962
100,000 items. 276 containers. 110.4 linear feet. 31 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. secretary of war, author, lawyer, and municipal official of Cleveland, Ohio. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches and articles, newspaper articles, and printed material relating primarily to Baker's post-World War I activities as the head of several business firms and of organizations devoted to education, law and jurisprudence, and philanthropy, relief, and other types of human services.
Harry Augustus Garfield papers, 1855-1961
60,000 items. 197 containers plus 7 oversize. 29 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, educator, public official, and son of President James A. Garfield. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, legal files, subject files, writings, scrapbooks, financial matter, printed matter and other papers relating to Garfield's career as a lawyer, professor, and university administrator, and to his interest in politics and international affairs.
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Leonard Porter Ayres papers, 1902-1946
2,200 items. 25 containers plus 2 oversize. 10 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Statistician, economist, educator, and army officer. Family and general correspondence, journals, notes, reports, subject files, statistical tables and graphs, printed material, and clippings relating primarily to Ayres’s work during World War I as chief statistical officer for the War Department, his service to the Allied Powers Reparation Commission as economic adviser on the Dawes Commission, and his work during World War II as statistical coordinator for the War Department and as consultant to the War Manpower Commission.
Rilma Oxley Buckman papers, 1885-2015
1,575 items. 5 containers. 1.8 linear feet. 1 digital file (3.33 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Social worker and American Red Cross administrative assistant. Correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, printed matter, newspaper clippings, photographs, memoir, and biographical material relating primarily to Buckman’s career as American Red Cross club director and assistant social welfare officer.
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Felix Frankfurter papers, 1846-1966
70,650 items. 259 containers. 106.5 linear feet. 165 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, professor of law, and Supreme Court justice. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, oral history interviews, writings, speeches, notes, legal file, newspaper clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers reflecting Felix Frankfurter's involvement with significant political and social movements and events and his acquaintance with leaders in many segments of society.
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Leonard B. Smith papers, 1859-2001
approximately 202,260 items. 739 containers. 9 mapcase folders. 301 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Leonard B. Smith (1915-2002) was an American cornetist, concert band conductor, and band music publisher. Smith is primarily known as the leader of the Detroit Concert Band (1946- circa 1990), and the approximately 3,200 titles in the concert band library comprise the largest portion of the collection. Also included is a portion of the Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra music library, method books, chamber music, cornet and trumpet solos, clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, and writings.
James Rudolph Garfield papers, 1879-1950
70,000 items. 245 containers. 98 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Attorney and secretary of the interior. Diaries, correspondence, family papers, legal documents, and business and political records relating primarily to Garfield's business concerns and public service.
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