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1. Seymour Martin Lipset papers, 1824-2013

   45,000 items. 120 containers plus 6 oversize. 50.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Sociologist and political theorist. Correspondence, writings, speeches, subject file, teaching material, notes and notebooks, projects file, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers documenting Lipset's career as a sociologist and political theorist and his body of work.

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2. 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.

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   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 World Bank, his role as counselor and adviser to various private corporations and nonprofit organizations and foundations, and his commentary on and advocacy for solutions to the critical domestic and foreign policy issues of the times.

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3. James McCauley Landis papers, 1916-2004

   63,000 items. 202 containers plus 2 oversize. 82 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Government official, lawyer, and educator. Correspondence, legal drafts and briefs, memoranda, drafts and copies of Landis's writings, scrapbooks, financial papers, and other material relating to his career as professor at Harvard, dean of the Harvard Law School, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, U.S. State Department minister to the Middle East, advisor to John F. Kennedy, and supervisor for the town of Harrison, N.Y.

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4. Robert R. Nathan Associates records, 1950-1966

   7,600 items. 36 containers. 14.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   International economic consulting firm. Correspondence, memoranda, journals, travel diaries, reports, statistical materials, technical and legal documents, speeches, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous subject files documenting Robert R. Nathan Associates’s administration of an economic development plan for the government of Burma from 1951 to 1957.

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5. Leon Howard Sullivan papers, 1940-2002

   8,400 items. 24 containers. 9.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Civil rights leader, entrepreneur, and minister. Correspondence, speeches, subject files, clippings, printed material, awards, and other papers relating chiefly to Sullivan’s work with the International Foundation for Education and Self Help.

6. Laurence Ilsley Hewes Jr. papers, 1911-2019

   2,000 items. 6 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Land reform economist. Primarily unpublished manuscripts, journals, speeches, and correspondence documenting Hewes's work both domestically and internationally. Also included are his works of creative writing, as well as those of family members.

7. Robert H. Nooter papers, 1951-2011

   4,200 items. 12 containers plus 1 classified. 4.8 linear feet. 157 digital files (182.36 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   United States Marine Corps officer, United States Agency for International Development administrator, World Bank official, and African art collector. Correspondence, memoranda, biographical material, photographs, calendars, and daily itineraries relating to his experience as a Marine Corps officer during the Korean War and his career as an administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and as an official at the World Bank.

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