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1. Anita Newcomb McGee papers, 1688-1932

   3,000 items. 12 containers plus 1 oversize. 5.1 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Anthropologist and physician. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, writings, scientific and medical data, and miscellaneous material pertaining to McGee's studies of communistic societies in the United States such as the Shakers and the Bethel and Oneida communities, to her duties as acting assistant surgeon, U.S. Army in the Spanish-American War; and to the formation of the Women's Anthropological Society of America. Contains family correspondence of McGee's grandfather, Charles A. Hassler, which includes a letter from James Madison, 1832.

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2. 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.

3. John D. Whiting papers, 1890-1970

   950 items. 19 containers plus 1 oversize. 8.3 linear feet. 41 digital files (0.36 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Businessman, photographer, author, cultural tour guide, and embassy and intelligence officer. Correspondence, diaries, photographs, notebooks, reports, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to Whiting’s life as a prominent member of the American Colony in Jerusalem and the American Colony (Jerusalem) Photo Department.

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