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1. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund records, 1915-1968

   80,000 items. 264 containers plus 55 restricted plus 12 oversize. 132 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Records documenting the NAACP's legal program through the mid-1960s and its coordinated attack on legal segregation and racial discrimination waged in state, federal and supreme courts. Includes administrative records, conference agenda, reports, committee files, correspondence and memoranda, notes, printed material, and legal case files.

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2. Julius W. Becton papers, 1780-2008

   69,300 items. 198 containers plus 8 oversize and 21 classified. 79.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Army officer, federal agency head, university president, public school superintendent. Correspondence, speeches, writings, military and civilian government documents, topical files, reports, printed matter, monographs, and miscellaneous material documenting Becton's army career, leadership of federal agencies, college presidency, and superintendency of a large, urban public school system.

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3. Samuel L. Gravely Jr. papers, 1940-2007

   1,400 items. 4 containers plus 1 oversize. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Commander, captain, rear admiral, and vice admiral. Speeches and writings, newspaper and magazine clippings relating mostly to Gravely's career, personal and professional correspondence, awards and certificates, professional and personal event files, a file related to his wife, Alma C. Gravely, miscellany, photographs, and a scrapbook related to his time as commandant of the Eleventh Naval District.

4. Robert H. Nooter papers, 1951-2011

   4,200 items. 12 containers plus 1 classified. 4.8 linear feet. 157 digital files (182.36 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   United States Marine Corps officer, United States Agency for International Development administrator, World Bank official, and African art collector. Correspondence, memoranda, biographical material, photographs, calendars, and daily itineraries relating to his experience as a Marine Corps officer during the Korean War and his career as an administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and as an official at the World Bank.

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