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1. Daniel P. Moynihan papers, 1765-2003

   1,306,400 items. 3,734 containers plus 10 oversize and 3 classified. 1,490 linear feet. 1,021 microfilm reels. 275 digital files (534.8MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Public official, diplomat, educator, and senator. Correspondence, memoranda, journals, speeches, writings, legislative files, notes, research material, subject files, appointment books, press releases, printed material, clippings, and photographs documenting Moynihan's career in public service, in higher education, and in politics, particularly his years as United States senator from New York.

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2. Elliot L. Richardson papers, 1780-1999

   369,000 items. 1,055 containers plus 12 classified and 10 oversize. 470 linear feet. 1 digital file (594.73 KB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   U. S. cabinet officer, politician, and lawyer, of Massachusetts. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, subject files, reports, briefing data, financial records, printed materials, photographs, and other papers relating to Richardson's political career in Massachusetts, as a cabinet official or representative of the president during the administrations of Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Jimmy Carter, and his work with various corporate boards and other organizations until his death in 1999.

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3. United States. President's Research Committee on Social Trends records, 1924-1936

   17,000 items. 31 containers plus 6 oversize. 13.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Statistics compiled from census returns of 1910, 1920, and 1930 for eighteen cities used in preparing three chapters of the final report of the committee; also drafts of some of the chapters with commentary prepared for the Library of Congress by authors of the chapters, scrapbooks relating to the committee and reaction to its final report, a serialized condensation of the report; and data from a survey of rural communities used in preparing the report.

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4. Emanuel Celler papers, 1924-1973

   195,000 items. 604 containers plus 8 oversize. 224.8 linear feet. 9 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Lawyer and U.S. representative from New York. Correspondence, notes, clippings, memoranda, speeches, financial records, printed material, and other papers relating chiefly to Celler's service as representative in Congress from New York and as chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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5. Anthony Lewis papers, 1941-2007

   347,000 items. 998 containers plus 1 classified. 399.0 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Newspaper columnist and author. Correspondence, memoranda, book drafts, research files for books, notebooks and notes, articles and columns by Lewis, reports, speeches, newsletters, photographs, press releases, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting primarily Lewis’s professional activities.

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6. Roger W. Wilkins papers, 1861-2012

   18,000 items. 25 containers plus 1 classified. 10 linear feet. 69 digital files (4.20 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Civil rights activist, professor of history, journalist, and United States assistant attorney general in President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notebooks, teaching material, family papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, digital files, and other papers relating to Wilkins's career and civil rights and social activism.

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7. A.B. MacDonald papers, 1878-1976

   2,100 items. 8 containers plus 31 oversize. 8.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Journalist. Scrapbooks, diaries, clippings, correspondence, photographs, legal reports, ephemera, and other papers relating to A. B. MacDonald’s career at the Kansas City Star and other publications, his family life and history, and his personal interests. Includes material concerning his coverage of the Leo Frank lynching of 1915, diaries documenting MacDonald’s time with Billy Sunday’s evangelical campaigns from 1917 to 1918, and his coverage of the A. D. Payne murder case that won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1931.

8. George Lardner papers, 1923-2005

   180,000 items. 561 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified. 225 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Journalist and author. Writings, notes, interviews, correspondence, and research material including newspaper clippings, printed matter, reports, photographs, legal documents, financial records, and congressional hearing records and other government documents. Pertains chiefly to Lardner's career as a national news reporter for the Washington Post.

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