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John Vachon papers, 1913-1995
4,000 items. 12 containers. 4.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Photographer. Correspondence, family papers, writings, and miscellaneous material relating primarily to Vachon’s career as a photographer with the Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information, and Look magazine.
Ralph Edwards Productions radio and television scripts, 1940-1975
7,900 items. 251 containers. 100.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Radio and television production company. Scripts from Ralph Edwards Productions' radio and television shows, primarily This Is Your Life and Truth or Consequences.
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Robert Orben papers, 1941-2019
23,800 items. 52 containers plus 17 oversize. 35.8 linear feet. 81 digital files (5.88GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Comedy writer and political speechwriter. Correspondence, jokes and other writings, business papers, photographs, printed matter, interviews, and speeches in both physical and digital formats pertaining to Orben's work as a comedy writer and humor consultant for entertainers, public figures, and corporate clients, editor of a topical humor service, writer for television, and speechwriter for President Gerald R. Ford.
Jim Walsh papers, 1867-1987, and undated
38.28 linear feet (51 boxes, 1 map case folder, approximately 23,486 items). -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The papers consist of correspondence, research files, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials that form part of a larger collection of sound recordings and audio equipment assembled by journalist, radio host, and early recording collector Jim Walsh.
Marshall P. Wilder papers, 1880-1914
2,000 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Humorist and entertainer. Correspondence, diaries, humor notes and clippings supplying the raw material for Wilder's performances, notebooks containing lists of theatrical agents and performers, scrapbooks of playbills and theatrical broadsides, and photographs.
Margaret Webster papers, 1837-1974
7,000 items. 28 containers. 11 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Actress, theatrical producer, author, and lecturer. Correspondence, family papers, prompt copies of plays and operas, musical scores, set and staging diagrams, articles, lectures, research material, scrapbooks of clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers consisting primarily of material used by Webster in compiling two family biographies and reflecting her theatrical career.
Clifton Fadiman papers, 1952-1964
400 items. 21 containers. 8.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Translator, anthologist, author, and radio and TV entertainer. Drafts and proofs of books and articles by Fadiman and correspondence with his publishers and brother, Edwin Fadiman, also an author.
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Art Buchwald papers, 1885-2007
83,000 items. 236 containers plus 22 oversize. 99 linear feet. 4,073 digital files (42.27 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Humorist, political commentator, and playwright. Correspondence, columns, book manuscripts, speeches, plays, screenplays, biographical material, photographs, audiovisual material, digital files, posters, memorabilia, drawings, appointment calendars, address books, artifacts, copyright registration and renewals, legal documents, financial records, and clippings documenting Buchwald's career as a columnist and his personal life.
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Rena Robbins collection, 1942-1945 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
9 photographs.. 40 letters (158 pages). -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collection includes photographs and correspondence written by Rena Robbins to her parents about her experiences as a United Service Organizations (USO) performer during World War II.
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Alanna Nash archive, 1924-2008
approximately 2,573 items. 9 containers. 3.36 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Alanna Nash is an American journalist and biographer. Articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs in this collection document Nash’s research of John Dillinger, D.W. Griffith, and Jean Muir.