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1. Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009

   93,500 items ; 268 containers plus 5 classified and 2 oversize ; 107.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States secretary of defense, president of the World Bank, and corporate executive. Correspondence, memoranda, organization records, subject files, speeches and writings, reports, conferences and meetings, background and research material, and other papers relating primarily to McNamara's private and public life following his service as secretary of defense, including his leadership of the...

2. I.I. Rabi papers, 1899-1989

   41,500 items ; 105 cartons plus 1 oversize plus 4 classified ; 42 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physicist and educator. The collection documents Rabi's research in physics, particularly in the fields of radar and nuclear energy, leading to the development of lasers, atomic clocks, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to his 1944 Nobel Prize in physics; his work as a consultant to the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and as an advisor on science policy to the...

3. Ethel L. Payne papers, 1857-1991

   15,500 items ; 45 containers plus 1 classifed ; 18 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist and social activist. Correspondence, articles, syndicated columns, transcripts of radio broadcasts, speeches, reports, notes, biographical subject file, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Payne's career as a foreign correspondent, syndicated columnist for two African-American newspaper chains, Afro-American Newspapers and Sengstacke...