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1. Frederick Lewis Allen papers, 1890-1954

   10,500 items. 30 containers. 12 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor and author. Correspondence, articles, biographies, date books, diaries, radio scripts, histories, and speeches documenting Allen's career as editor of Harper's Magazine, director of the Foreign Policy Association, author of many popular works on American social history, and an overseer of Harvard University.

2. Katharine Amend Kellock papers, 1924-1969

   400 items. 1 container. .4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Economist and editor. Correspondence, project reports, writings, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Kellock's work with the Federal Writers' Project, the Department of State, and the Department of Agriculture Resettlement Administration.

3. J.G. Randall and Ruth Painter Randall papers, 1779-1970

   35,000 items. 110 containers plus 3 oversize. 49.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, historian, and educator (J. G. Randall). Biographer (Ruth Painter Randall). Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journal, writings, speeches, research material, printed matter, financial papers, and other papers primarily concerning J. G. Randall's works on Abraham Lincoln and on the Civil War. Also includes material relating to Randall's tenure as professor of history at the University of Illinois and to Ruth Painter Randall's research and writings, especially relating to Mary Lincoln.

4. Catherine Drinker Bowen papers, 1793-1980

   39,000 items. 85 containers plus 1 oversize. 34.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and biographer. Family and general correspondence; research notes; drafts of writings, speeches, and articles; publication production materials; clippings; scrapbooks; and printed matter relating primarily to Bowen's writings, especially her biographies of John Adams, Francis Bacon, Sir Edward Coke, Benjamin Franklin, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, and her study of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

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5. Elmer Holmes Davis papers, 1865-1957

   7,800 items. 25 containers. 10 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official. Correspondence, manuscripts of articles and early pieces of fiction, subject file, radio scripts, biographical material, lectures and speeches, and photographs relating to Davis's career.

6. Fairfield Osborn papers, 1924-1969

   3,400 items. 8 containers plus 5 oversize. 3.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Zoologist and conservationist. General correspondence, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Osborn's interest in population control, soil conservation, forestry, public health, and natural resources.

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