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1. Samuel Dash papers, 1748-2004

   87,000 items. 253 containers plus 2 classified. 101 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, legal material and opinions, writings, speeches, engagement file, teaching file, organization and committee file, clippings, photographs, appointment calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Dash's legal career after 1964, and more particularly his role in governmental investigations.

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2. Ellen N. La Motte collection on opium traffic, 1919-1933

   360 items. 18 containers plus 2 oversize. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Nurse, superintendent of the tuberculosis division of Baltimore (Md.) Health Department, traveler, and author. Material relating to the League of Nations and the control of narcotic drugs, including mimeographed and printed matter originating from the proceedings of the League of Nations Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, in reports of the committee to the League of Nationals Council, minutes of the Council, and reports of league members.

3. National Consumers' League records, 1882-2003

   119,800 items. 288 containers plus 4 oversize. 116.4 linear feet. 127 microfilm reels. 130 digital files (1.35 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Organization founded in 1899 to monitor the conditions under which goods were manufactured and distributed. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches, project and program files, legal files, scrapbooks, printed material, and other records relating to the league's efforts toward reform in public health, consumer protection, public welfare, and fair labor standards.

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4. Giles S. Rich papers, 1790-1999

   134,500 items. 673 containers plus 1 oversize. 267 linear feet. 522 digital files (430.79 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Federal judge and patent attorney. Legal case files, correspondence, administrative files, subject file, speeches, and writings documenting the career of Giles S. Rich as a judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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5. Frances Oldham Kelsey papers, 1890-2016

   78,000 items;. 253 containers plus 4 oversize; . 101.4 linear feet; 103 digital files (3.7MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Pharmacologist and government official. Correspondence, memoranda, research files, subject file, biographical material, laboratory notebooks and notes, reports and studies, academic material, press releases and clippings, speeches, statements, testimonies, articles and other writings, memorabilia, printed matter, financial records, family and estate papers, reminiscences, card indexes, patient files and records, photographs, microfiche, digital files, and other papers chronicling Kelsey's career as a pharmacologist and instructor at the University of Chicago in Illinois and the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, and as a regulator investigating new drugs at the United States Food and Drug Administration.

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6. Fredric Wertham papers, 1818-1986

   82,200 items. 222 containers plus 2 oversize. 90 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Psychiatrist. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches and lectures, reports, research notes, patient case files, psychiatric tests, transcripts of court proceedings, biographical information, newspaper clippings, drawings, photographs, and other materials pertaining primarily to Wertham's career in psychiatry.

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7. Harvey Washington Wiley papers, 1854-1954

   70,000 items. 245 containers plus 2 oversize. 99.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Chemist, educator, lecturer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, legal records, clippings, memoranda, printed matter, speeches and writings, maps, photographs, and miscellaneous material relating to Wiley's life and career as a scientist.

8. James R. Mann papers, 1887-1922

   8,000 items. 15 containers plus 5 oversize. 5.8 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer and U.S. representative from Illinois. Mounted newspaper clippings, correspondence, telegrams, invitations, memorabilia, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Mann's career in Chicago politics and as a Republican representative from Illinois.