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1. Library of Congress archives, 1800-2015

   2,225,000 items. 5,200 containers plus 10 classified. 3,000 linear feet. 335 microfilm reels. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Library of Congress Archives is a collection of records created by the Library of Congress in the course of its operations, activities, and initiatives. It includes correspondence and memoranda, ledgers and record books, photographs, imprints, recorded sound, electronic records, and documents, among other formats. The records date to 1800, when the Library of Congress was established.

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2. Pinelands Folklife Project collection, 1983-1991

   approximately 31,303 items. 26 containers. 13 linear feet. approximately 9,500 sheets ; 8.5 x 14 in. or smaller. approximately 75 sheets ; oversize documents. 113 floppy disks : single-sided and double sided ; 5 1/4 in.. 5 floppy disks ; 3 1/2 in.. 3 computer tape cartridges (DC 300XL). 247 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 5 in., 7 in.. 118 sound cassettes : analog. 11,793 film negatives : black-and-white ; 35 mm. 9,205 film transparencies : color ; 35 mm. 222 film transparencies : color ; 2 x 2 in.. 11 photographic prints : color ; 3.5 x 3.5 in.; 3.5 x 5 in.. 4 photographic prints : black-and-white ; 3.5 x 5 in.. 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.. 3 videocassettes (U-Matic) (150 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.. 2 film reels : silent, color ; 16 mm. 1 t-shirt. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of ethnographic materials gathered by a team of fieldworkers in the mid-1980s to document the cultural traditions of the people inhabiting the Pinelands National Reserve in New Jersey. Sponsored by the American Folklife Center.

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