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1. Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969

   150,000 items. 490 containers plus 93 oversize. 221 linear feet. 21 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer and secretary of the interior. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, family papers, legal and financial records, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting all aspects of Ickes's career, especially his service as secretary of the interior.

2. Roy Wilson Howard papers, 1911-1966

   115,000 items. 351 containers. 140.4 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Newspaperman. Correspondence, family papers, reports, clippings, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating to Howard's career in the newspaper business, especially with United Press Associations (later United Press International) and with the Scripps-Howard newspapers, particularly the New York World-Telegram.

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3. William Dudley Foulke papers, circa 1470-1952

   2,500 items. 12 containers plus 1 oversize. 5.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, public official, and author from Indiana. Correspondence, diaries, journals, copybook, speeches, writings, notes, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers, including a late fifteenth century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland. The bulk of the collection consists of Foulke's correspondence reflecting his literary career and public service, including letters from Theodore Roosevelt discussing civil service reform, the Progressive movement, Woodrow Wilson, the World Court (Permanent Court of International Justice), and pacifism.

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4. Claude Charles Bloch papers, 1926-1945

   1,400 items. 5 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, printed matter, and other material relating to Claude Charles Bloch’s naval career before and during World War II, including his command at Pearl Harbor.

5. Dudley Wright Knox papers, 1864-1950

   6,550 items. 24 containers. 9 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer and historian. Correspondence, subject files, speeches, articles, book file, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and other material relating to Knox's activities as director of the United States Office of Naval Records and Library, as secretary of the Naval Historical Foundation, and as an author of books and articles on naval affairs.

6. Stanford Caldwell Hooper papers, 1899-1955

   14,000 items. 33 containers. 13.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer and electronics consultant. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, transcripts of tape recordings, research notes, notebooks, financial and legal papers, bibliographical file, and newspaper clippings relating to Hooper's role in the planning and development of radio communications in government service.

7. John Callan O'Laughlin papers, 1895-1949

   45,000 items. 107 containers plus 2 oversize. 42.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Politician, statesman, newspaperman, and publisher. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, reports, printed material, scrapbooks, and records of the Army and Navy Journal documenting O'Laughlin's career as a newspaperman and advocate of Republican Party and conservative causes.

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8. Philander C. Knox papers, 1796-1922

   8,450 items. 75 containers. 30 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, articles, notebooks, bills and resolutions, legal records, biographical sketches, library catalog, clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, cartoons, and other papers relating chiefly to Knox's service as U.S. attorney general, secretary of state, and senator from Pennsylvania.

9. John Bassett Moore papers, 1866-1949

   100,000 items. 298 containers. 119.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, educator and jurist. Correspondence, letterbooks, autobiographical and biographical material, memoranda and notes, speeches, literary manuscripts, and printed matter principally concerning the subject of international law, which Moore taught, wrote about, and practiced.

10. Ben B. Lindsey papers, 1838-1957

    95,000 items. 320 containers plus 35 oversize. 142 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Judge and social reformer. Correspondence, notebooks, journals, lectures, memoranda, legal papers, briefs, legislative matter, campaign literature, family papers, scrapbooks, and other material documenting Lindsey's judicial, political, and literary career.