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Mark W. Olver collection, 1966-1968, 2019 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
218 items. 8 items: digital. 3 items. 3 items. 8 items. 50 photographs: black and white, color. 32 slides : color. 66 slides : digital. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Mark W. Olver served as an infantry soldier in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, military papers, periodicals, photographs, slides, as well as digital files.
Quilt Alliance, Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories interviews collection, 1999-2016
17,495 items. 33 containers (13 3/4 linear feet). approximately 855 sound cassettes : analog.. approximately 310 sound files : digital, WAV.. 1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.. approximately 425 photographic prints : color ; various sizes.. more than 1840 images : digital, color, jpeg, tiff.. approximately 1200 folders (12,390 items). approximately 665 digital documents (doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf). approximately 950 optical discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 10 floppy disks ; 3 1/2 in.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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This collection consists of sound recordings, transcripts and photographic images documenting interviews conducted as a part of Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories (QSOS) project. QSOS is one of several projects and partnerships created by the Quilt Alliance in an effort to preserve, document, and share the lives and stories of quilters and quiltmaking. The project began in 1999 and continued though 2016.
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Jean Ritchie and George Pickow collection, 1923-2015
78,521 items. 119 containers. 108 linear feet. manuscripts: 41,650 sheets. 7 wire sound reels : analog. approximately 642 sound tape reels ; various sizes. 1 sound only videocassette (VHS). approximately 766 film elements : analog, black and white, color ; various sizes. approximately 255 videocassettes ; various sizes. approximately 35,000 photographs, various formats : black and white, color ; various sizes. 1 award. approximately 100 lanyards. approximately 100 buttons. 1 Appalachian dulcimer ; length 808 mm. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Multiformat materials that document the careers of folksinger and folklorist Jean Ritchie, and her husband, photographer and filmmaker George Pickow, from the 1940s to 2000.
Joseph Desha and John R. Desha papers, 1773-1871
1,900 items. 5 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Soldier and politician (Joseph Desha) and physician (John R. Desha). Correspondence, contracts, land records, wills, receipted bills, and newspapers dealing with the War of 1812, Kentucky politics, and national affairs.
Harry Innes papers, 1754-1900
3,000 items. 11 containers. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer and jurist. Correspondence, financial, business and legal papers, biographical and genealogical material, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Innes's work as a lawyer and judge handling land claims and surveys.
Roger Jones family papers, 1649-1896
7,000 items. 40 containers. 8.8 linear feet. 15 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, financial and legal papers, miscellany, and printed matter, chiefly the papers of the descendants of Captain Roger Jones (1625[?]-1701), who accompanied Thomas Culpeper, Baron Culpeper (1635-1689), to Virginia in 1680, chronicling the lives of several generations of Jones family members in Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
Joseph Holt papers, 1797-1917
20,000 items. 118 containers and 3 oversize. 26.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Postmaster general, secretary of war, judge advocate general of the United States Army, and lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, legal papers, newspaper clippings, speeches, photographs, and printed matter relating to Holt's duties as judge advocate general, especially his work on the military commission that tried the Lincoln assassination conspirators, the trial of Mary Surratt, and various controversies surrounding the work of the commission. Other topics include Kentucky and Mississippi politics, Democratic Party politics, the elections of 1852 and 1856, the Civil War, and Holt's duties as secretary of war.
Robert Worth Bingham papers, 1856-1939
12,600 items. 41 containers plus 8 oversize. 20.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Diplomat, lawyer, and newspaper publisher. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, appointment books, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Bingham's service as ambassador to Great Britain.
Elizabeth Madox Roberts papers, 1921-1941
500 items. 10 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, poet, and novelist. Drafts, notes, outlines, page proofs, and miscellaneous material relating to Roberts’s novels, poetry, short stories, and miscellaneous writings.
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Robert R. Hitt papers, 1830-1906
2,200 items. 40 containers. 16 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. Representative from Illinois. Personal, political, diplomatic, and business correspondence and other papers, including shorthand notes and material relating to Abraham Lincoln, the Lincoln Douglas Debates, and Civil War courts-martial. Other topics include his congressional service and the annexation of Hawaii.