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1. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records, 1842-2019

   3,827,000 items. 10,969 containers plus 1 classified and 53 oversize. 4,855 linear feet. 43 microfilm reels. 7,919 digital files (136.63 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Civil rights organization. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, itineraries, speeches, testimonies, writings, legal case files, legislation, publications, resolutions, policy statements, constitutions, bylaws, charters, contracts, proposals, scripts, manuals, handbooks, music, awards, certificates, directories, daily mail sheets, notes, lists, questionnaires and surveys, flags, photographs, maps, subject files, annual convention files, biographical material, financial records, and publicity files in both physical and digital formats. Materials in digital format also includes software, databases, videos, and radio programs.

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2. Theodore Gordon Ellyson papers, 1912-1951

   1,050 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States naval officer and pioneer aviator. Biographical information and correspondence chiefly between Ellyson and his wife, Helen Mildred Lewis Glenn Ellyson, describing his naval sea duty and naval aviation.

3. Rhoda Métraux papers, 1837-1997

   90,000 items. 224 containers plus 1 classified and 21 oversize. 101 linear feet. 802 digital files (2.2 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Anthropologist and author. Correspondence, lectures, and writings in both physical and digital format. Physical materials also include field diaries, field notes and notebooks, reports, proposals, minutes, programs, interview transcripts, questionnaires, statistical analyses, artwork and drawings, photographs, maps, census data, projective testing materials, financial records, and printed matter pertaining to Métraux's career as an anthropologist and her professional and personal relationship with anthropologist Margaret Mead.

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4. W. Cameron Forbes papers, 1904-1946

   2,500 items. 11 containers. 2.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Business executive, government official, and diplomat. Typewritten transcripts of journals documenting Forbes’s activities in the civil government of the Philippines and as a diplomat and businessman.

5. Bayard Rustin papers, 1942-1987

   17,500 items. 49 containers plus 1 oversize. 19.6 linear feet. 23 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Civil rights activist and author. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notes, reports, press releases, financial records, agendas, printed material, and other papers documenting Bayard Rustin's leading role as an activist in the African American civil rights movement, advocate of international human rights and social reform, and pacifist.

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6. Vodou religious expression in Haiti collected by Odette Mennesson Rigaud, Milo Rigaud, and Shirley Keller, 1944-1985

   104 items. 1 folder (21 sheets). 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 10 in.. 11 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.. 50 sound wire reels : analog ; 3 in.. 17 audiocassettes : analog. 1 videocassette (Hi-8) : sound, color. 1 DVD-R : sound, color. 1 file : digital, sound, color ; .vob. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection includes audio documentation of religious expression in Haiti, circa 1940s-1950s.

7. Diane Wolkstein collection, 1960-2013

   approximately 13,526 items. approximately 6,838 documents. 274 sound cassettes : analog. 7 sound cassettes (DAT) : digital. 7 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in.. 6 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 6 sound tape reels : analog ; 10 in.. 244 sound discs (CD) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 371 sound files (WAV, AIFF) : digital. 658 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35 mm. 20 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 4x5 in.. 13 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 120 mm. 9 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 126 film. 4 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 8x10 in.. 313 photographs : film negatives, color ; 35 mm. 62 photographs : film negatives, color ; 126 film. 2 photographs : film negatives, color ; 4x5 in.. 2 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm. 514 photographs : prints, color ; various sizes. 338 photographs : prints, black and white ; various sizes. 50 photographs : contact sheets, black and white ; various sizes. 2,152 photographs : digital : JPG, PSD. 204 videocassettes (MiniDV) : analog. 82 videocassettes (VHS) : analog. 34 videocassettes (Hi8) : analog. 7 videocassettes (VHS-C) : analog. 5 videocassettes (U-matic) : analog. 4 videocassettes (DVCam) : analog. 4 open reel video tape : analog ; 1/2 in.. 2 videocassettes (BetacamSP) : analog. 2 film reel : analog ; 16 mm. 145 videodiscs (DVD) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 1,147 video files (IFO, BUP, VOB, MOV, MP4, MPG): digital. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Performance recordings, publicity, story drafts, photographs, and research files comprising the professional archive of storyteller Diane Wolkstein.

8. Anthony Lake papers, 1916-2003

   18,600 items. 64 containers plus 2 classified. 26.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Assistant to the president for national security affairs and foreign service officer. Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, campaign file, financial and legal records, testimony, and reports documenting Lake's activities in the United States foreign service and as head of the National Security Council during President Bill Clinton's first term.

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9. William Banks Caperton papers, 1873-1939

   1,100 items. 5 containers plus 7 oversize. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Navy officer. Correspondence, largely with William Shepherd Benson, reports, orders to duty, and newspaper clippings, chiefly relating to Caperton's naval career, particularly his command of the cruiser squadron, Atlantic Fleet, detailed in 1915-1916 to restore order in Haiti.

10. Rayford Whittingham Logan papers, 1925-1982

    800 items. 10 containers. 4.0 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Historian and educator. Correspondence, diaries, and biographical material documenting Logan's concern with racial inequality and his career as an historian of Africans and African Americans.

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