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1. James Couzens papers, 1903-1940

   32,000 items. 350 containers. 207 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   General manager and treasurer of Ford Motor Company, mayor of Detroit, and United States senator. Correspondence, articles, speeches, subject files, and scrapbooks documenting his career as an industrialist and politician.

2. Andres Soriano papers, 1940-1984

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

   Summary:

   United States Army officer and Filipino industrialist. Correspondence, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Soriano's service on the staff of General Douglas MacArthur during World War II and to conditions in the Philippines during the war.

3. Andrew Carnegie papers, 1803-1935

   67,400 items. 304 containers. 72 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Industrialist and philanthropist. Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches, articles, book files, financial papers, printed materials, and other papers relating to Carnegie's steel manufacturing and other business and philanthropic activities.

4. James Fowler Simmons papers, 1771-1939

   21,000 items. 58 containers. 19 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Manufacturer, political leader, and United States senator from Rhode Island. Correspondence, family letters, memoranda, legal documents, account books, photographs, and printed matter relating to Simmons's cotton and yarn manufacturing enterprises and to public matters, including the tariff, Thomas Dorr and the Dorr Rebellion of 1842, the nomination and election of Abraham Lincoln as president, and social, economic, and political conditions in Rhode Island.

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5. Ernest Gallaudet Draper papers, circa 1919-1955

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

   Summary:

   Manufacturer and government official. Chiefly speeches and articles, including also biographical material, a diary, correspondence, book reviews, clippings, and notes, relating to Draper's service as assistant secretary of commerce and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and including his involvement with various New York state and city agencies concerned with unemployment and labor.

6. Myron Charles Taylor papers, 1928-1953

   1250 items. 8 containers. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Industrialist, diplomat, and lawyer. Correspondence, reports, and other papers documenting Taylor's activities as the president's personal representative to Pope Pius XII.

7. John C. Spooner papers, 1855-1909

   10,000 items. 203 containers. 83 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. senator and railroad corporation lawyer from Wisconsin. Correspondence with constituents, Republican Party leaders, congressional colleagues, cabinet members, industrialists, and railroad executives and miscellaneous papers relating mainly to Spooner's career as a businessman and senator.