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1. William Ralph Bennett papers, 1922-circa 1998

   43,400 items. 124 containers plus 21 oversize. 49.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physicist, inventor, educator, and author. Topical files, notebooks, records of scientific experiments, research material, correspondence, scientific papers, lecture files, drafts of books with related background and research material, printed matter, and miscellaneous material documenting Bennett's development of the gas laser and other inventions, his academic and professional career, and his authorship of scientific papers and books.

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2. Alexander Vassiliev papers, 1895-2011

   110 items. 11 containers. 4.2 linear feet. 168 digital files (0.4 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist, author, espionage historian, and former KGB operative. Notebooks, file guide, concordance, legal documents, and notes compiled by Vassiliev from KGB files relating to KGB espionage activity in the United States during the 1930s through the early 1950s. Digital files include material relating to VENONA, the code name for the U.S. Army's Signal Intelligence Service's project to analyze and decrypt Soviet communications primarily during World War II.

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3. Venona Project records, 1940-1996

   21 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Records relating to the Venona Project undertaken by the United States Army Signal Intelligence Service to examine encrypted Soviet diplomatic communications during World War II.

4. John J. Walsh papers, 1933-2004

   3,000 items. 10 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Federal Bureau of Investigation agent. Correspondence, writings, and research material relating to Walsh’s career as a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and as an investigator for congressional committees and executive branch agencies. Includes Walsh’s unpublished memoir and research files relating to the Venona project and to Matthew Silverman, a figure in the Alger Hiss case.

5. Marquis de Lafayette papers, 1757-1990

   64 microfilm reels (34.5 linear feet, 25,000 items). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Soldier and statesman. Correspondence, letterbooks, writings, speeches, reports, minutes, notes, military records, financial and legal documents, family papers, broadsides, and other papers relating chiefly to the Marquis de Lafayette's military, political, and private life, as well as to French and American history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Subjects include Lafayette's involvement in the American Revolution and in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830, his imprisonment in Prussian and Austrian jails (1792-1797), and his dealings with French and American political figures and with leaders of revolutionary movements in other countries.

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