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1. Stuart Chase papers, 1907-1978

   5,000 items. 29 containers. 14 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Economist and author. Correspondence, drafts and manuscripts of books and writings, notes, reports, book reviews, contracts, subject files, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to Chase's contributions to economics and social policy, especially as member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "brain trust."

2. MacKinlay Kantor papers, 1885-1998

   52,000 items. 180 containers plus 3 oversize. 73.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Novelist and author. Correspondence, diaries, drafts and galleys of playscripts, poems, songs, and fiction and nonfiction books, tearsheets, dictation and interview transcripts, notes, research materials, descriptive inventories of personal papers, legal and financial documents, clippings, printed material, scrapbooks, publicity and promotional records, maps, book illustrations, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Kantor's literary career.

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3. Book-of-the-Month Club records, 1939-1967

   15,600 items. 61 containers. 24.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editorial and publishers’ correspondence and preliminary readers’ reports consisting of book reviews and evaluations relating primarily to books that were submitted by publishing houses for consideration by the Book-of-the-Month Club but were not selected for distribution by the club.

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4. John Kieran papers, 1917-1985

   400 items. 2 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naturalist, author, and sports columnist. Correspondence, annotated transcripts of his World War I diary, nature diary, ornithological notes, essays, notes and drafts of writings, clippings, and a photograph pertaining to Kieran's career as a sports columnist and panelist of the radio and television program, Information Please, as well as to his expertise in ornithology and natural history.

5. Wesley Winans Stout papers, 1913-1954

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

   Summary:

   Editor. Chiefly editorial correspondence of Stout and his predecessor, George H. Lorimer, and other members of the editorial staff of the Saturday Evening Post.