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1. Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996

   530,000 items. 1,791 containers plus 50 oversize. 783.4 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 31,604 digital files (564 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Anthropologist, author, and educator. Personal, professional, and family papers, consisting of correspondence, notebooks, organization files, appointment books, writings, teaching and office files, field notes, photographs, and miscellany relating primarily to anthropological and ethnological fieldwork, Mead's association with various universities and other cultural, scientific, and educational institutions, and her interests and activities in the broader areas of race, technological change, overpopulation, and peace. Also includes papers of Mead's associates and colleagues.

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2. John M. Murray papers, 1915-1982

   10,500 items. 21 containers. 8.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Correspondence, subject files, writings, and other papers documenting Murray's career in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Relates chiefly to his introduction of psychiatric concepts and training to the American military during his service as chief psychiatrist for the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, his role as founding member and president of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and his work as professor of clinical psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine.

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