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1. 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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2. Robert H. Bork papers, 1798-2012

   201,000 items. 690 containers plus 1 classified and 1 oversize. 279 linear feet. 14,018 digital files (7.16 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Lawyer, educator, and judge. Personal and official correspondence, lectures, legal briefs and opinions, legal case files, memoranda, speeches, writings, research notes, and other papers documenting Bork's career as a lawyer, legal scholar, professor of law, and federal appellate court judge. Also included is material relating to his unsuccessful nomination to the Supreme Court.

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3. Harry T. Edwards papers, 1940-2012

   260,000 items. 737 containers plus 1 classified. 294.6 linear feet. 17,617 digital files (13.702 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Judge, labor arbitrator, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, speeches, writings, reports, interviews, briefs, orders, opinions, motions, family papers, and other papers relating chiefly to Edwards's legal career as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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4. Bob Adelman Photograph Archive

   ca. 541,000 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   The archive of documentary photographer and photojournalist Bob Adelman offers users a wide range of images illustrating life in America in the mid-to-late 20th century. As a photographer for the Congress of Racial Equality, he was an integral part of documenting many of the most important events and personalities of the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968. Adelman also photographed themes of poverty, education, and culture, as well as famous artists and writers, and underrepresented communities. The archive includes iconic images and supports the in-depth study of Adelman's life and career and American photojournalism.

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