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Charles H. Townes papers, 1898-2014
129,250 items. 468 containers plus 2 classified and 4 oversize . 187.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 98 digital files (6.38GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist, astrophysicist, and educator. Correspondence, computation notebooks, technical memoranda and notes, patents, teaching files, astronomical observations, grants and projects, subject files, legal files, speeches, writings, biographical material, awards, printed matter, photographs, digital files, microfilm, and other papers relating to Townes's career beginning in 1948.
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Alan H. Shapley papers, 1934-1996
88,000 items. 255 containers plus 1 oversize. 102.0 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Geophysicist and science administrator. Correspondence, memoranda, organizational and government records, reports, writings, printed matter, scientific data, photographs, subject files, and miscellaneous material relating to Shapley's career and his participation in the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958.
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William H. Littlewood papers, 1904-2007
2,000 items. 14 containers plus 1 oversize. 5.5 linear feet. 3,637 digital files (2.24 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Civilian oceanographer with the United States Navy and science attaché with the United States Foreign Service. Correspondence, cables, dispatches, memoranda, reports, journals, clippings, writings, newsletters, photographs, digital scans, maps, ephemera, planning files, and reference materials primarily related to Operation Deep Freeze between 1955 and 1959.
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William Hoppen papers, 1831-1998
150,000 items. 431 containers plus 6 oversize. 182 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer and environmental activist. Correspondence, memoranda, a collection inventory, litigation files, legal research, legislative bills, meeting agenda and minutes, reports, proposals, hearing transcripts, organizational mailings, newsletters, fact sheets, handbooks, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, press releases, posters, lists, notes, petitions, speeches, statements, financial records, maps, photographs, drawings, news clippings, and other printed matter relating to Hoppen's involvement in the environmental movement as a lawyer engaged in environmental litigation, an advisor on environmental legislation, and an activist who participated in and helped to coordinate citizen-based environmental groups, largely in the state of New York.
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Walter Sullivan papers, 1929-1997
75,000 items. 214 containers plus 5 oversize. 90 linear feet. 243 digital files (12.82 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, lecture files, writings, reviews, wire service reports, notes, book files, alphabetical files, research files, maps, prints, photographs, digital files, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Sullivan’s career as a journalist for the New York Times. Documents his years as a correspondent in China and Antarctica, and his work as a science writer and editor.
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Finn Ronne and Edith M. Ronne papers, 1900-2012
15,800 items. 45 containers plus 1 classified and 2 oversize. 18.4 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 6,613 digital files (17.84 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Antarctic explorer and his wife, writer, lecturer, and the first American woman in Antarctica. Correspondence, reports, photographs in both printed and digital formats, flight logs, diaries, writings, lectures, clippings, and other items relating to Finn Ronne's scientific expeditions to Antarctica including Richard Evelyn Byrd's expedition of 1933-1935, the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1946-1948, the United States Antarctic Service Expedition of 1939-1941, and the expedition for the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
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Elizabeth Allen Smart papers, 1924-1961
6,000 items. 18 containers. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lobbyist for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Correspondence, reports, legislative proposals, writings, printed material, newsletters, and newspaper clippings reflecting the organization’s political objectives.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights records, 1943-2014
128,000 items. 364 containers plus 1 oversize and 7,620 digital files (13.61GB). 145.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a national association of civil rights organizations, was founded in 1950 by Roy Wilkins (chairman), A. Philip Randolph, and Arnold Aronson. The records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, notes of meetings, position papers, reports, financial records, congressional testimony, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, digital files including text, image, sound, and moving image files as well as multimedia content, and other records documenting efforts by the organization to lobby for and monitor enforcement of civil rights legislation at the national level.
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I.I. Rabi papers, 1899-1989
41,500 items. 105 cartons plus 1 oversize plus 4 classified. 42 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist and educator. The collection documents Rabi's research in physics, particularly in the fields of radar and nuclear energy, leading to the development of lasers, atomic clocks, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to his 1944 Nobel Prize in physics; his work as a consultant to the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and as an advisor on science policy to the United States government, the United Nations, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during and after World War II; and his studies, research, and professorships in physics chiefly at Columbia University and also at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Merle Montgomery papers, circa 1904-1983
5093 items. 18 containers. 7.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Merle Montgomery was a music educator, composer, author, editor, administrator, translator, lecturer, and concert pianist. The collection primarily contains business papers and materials related to Montgomery's career and her leadership roles in various music, educational, and arts organizations, including Carl Fischer Inc., Mu Phi Epsilon, National Federation of Music Clubs, and the National Music Council. In addition, the collection includes personal and professional correspondence, biographical materials, photographs, programs, clippings, promotional and publicity materials, and publications.
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