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1. Maxine Singer papers, 1950-2007

   23,600 items. 69 containers plus 1 oversize. 27.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Biochemist, science advocate, and administrator. Correspondence, laboratory notebooks, subject files, research material, reports, speeches and writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous items documenting Singer's genetic research, science advocacy, and administrative service with various scientific institutes and organizations, including her tenure as president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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2. George Gamow and Barbara Gamow papers, 1915-1975

   8,000 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 13 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   George Gamow, physicist, astronomer, and author. Barbara Gamow, editor and translator. Correspondence, drafts of speeches, articles, and books, and other papers relating principally to George Gamow's career as an astronomer, physicist, and popularizer of science and to Barbara Gamow's personal and literary associations.

3. Robert C. Cook papers, 1882-1992

   19,600 items. 56 containers plus 1 oversize. 22.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Geneticist, demographer, editor, and author. Correspondence, diaries, writings, research notes, professional files, family and estate papers, genealogical and biographical information, photographs, and other papers documenting Cook's career as managing editor and editor of the American Genetic Association's Journal of Heredity, as director and president of the Population Reference Bureau and editor of its Population Bulletin, and as an authority on population policy, eugenics, and the effect of population growth on the environment.

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4. Jacques Loeb papers, 1889-1924

   11,000 items. 60 containers plus 1 oversize. 24 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physiologist and educator. General, professional, and family correspondence, biographical data, speeches, awards, photographs, and other material, including Loeb's laboratory notebooks and drafts of his scientific writings relating to the development of the tropism theory.

5. Barry Commoner papers, 1915-2009

   169,000 items. 528 containers plus 16 oversize. 217 linear feet. 142 digital files (0.39 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Biologist, ecologist, and environmental activist. Correspondence, speeches, writings, research files, subject files, organizational files, printed matter, photographs in both physical and digital formats, and other papers documenting Commoner's career as a biologist, ecologist, and environmental activist. Subjects include the physiochemical basis of biological processes, moral obligations of scientists, ecology, and the politics of environmental stewardship.

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6. Nina V. Fedoroff papers, 1914-2012

   29,000 items. 80 containers plus 6 oversize. 33.2 linear feet. 36,150 digital files (14.92 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Molecular biologist, geneticist, educator, and science and technology advisor to the United States Department of State. Correspondence, notes, subject files, writings, and speeches in both physical and digital formats relating primarily to Fedoroff’s career as a scientist and professor and to her involvement in professional organizations from 1971 to 2012.

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