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Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894
5,700 items. 16 containers. 3 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.
Johann Carl Philipp von Krafft papers, 1750-1926
90 items. 1 container plus 1 oversize. .4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Hessian army officer and surveyor. Correspondence, a journal, military records, travel notes, and writings chiefly relating to Krafft's career as a mercenary soldier, including his service for the British during the American Revolution.
Scudder Klyce papers, 1911-1933
4,800 items. 16 containers. 6.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author and naval officer. Correspondence, articles, a typescript of Klyce's book Universe, and other material relating primarily to his career as an author.
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Oswald Veblen papers, 1881-1960
13,800 items. 44 containers plus 1 oversize. 17.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Mathematician. Correspondence, diaries, subject files, articles, book reviews, drafts of books, lecture notebooks, financial papers, and miscellany relating primarily to Veblen's work and research in pure mathematics and mathematical physics and reflecting his association with Princeton University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., and the American Mathematical Society. Also includes material relating to Veblen's efforts on behalf of displaced German scholars and refugees.
T.J.J. See papers, 1887-1960
30,600 items. 131 containers plus 2 oversize. 53 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Astronomer and mathematician. Correspondence, a diary, financial papers, writings, printed matter, photographs, and miscellaneous material dealing with See's work in science and mathematics.
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Siegfried Bernfeld papers, 1854-1975
6,000 items. 22 containers. 8.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Psychoanalyst, biologist, and student and associate of Sigmund Freud. Correspondence, writings, reports, minutes of meetings, research files, and printed material relating to Bernfeld's career as a psychoanalyst in Europe and America and to the study of Sigmund Freud by Bernfeld and his wife, Suzanne Casirer Bernfeld.
Simon Newcomb papers, 1813-1949
46,000 items. 145 containers plus 8 oversize. 61.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Astronomer, mathematician, and economist. Correspondence, diaries, commonplace books, drafts of speeches, articles, reviews, and books, financial papers, genealogical papers, charts, tables, computations, photos, and printed matter reflecting Newcomb's personal and family life, his work in mathematics and astronomy, his writing of articles for encyclopedias and other publications, and his work as president of the International Congress of Arts and Sciences.
Ellerton-Clements cyphering book collection, 1666-2021
1,400 items. 56 containers plus 28 oversize. 25.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Handwritten student manuscripts pertaining to mathematics education collected by professors Nerida F. Ellerton and M. A. Clements. Includes Ellerton and Clements's detailed descriptions of each manuscript.
Elizur Wright papers, 1793-1935
5,300 items. 29 containers. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Abolitionist, publisher, and actuary. Correspondence, manuscript and typewritten transcripts of writings, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Wright's involvement in the antislavery movement and to his work as an actuary and as an author and translator.
Hugh T. Taggart collection relating to the District of Columbia and Maryland, 1751-1889
200 items. 17 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States district attorney. Correspondence, letterbooks, daybooks, minutes, notebooks, accounts, invoices, financial records, broadside, and printed matter collected by Hugh T. Taggart relating to the survey, sale, and assessment of property in the District of Columbia, Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), and Maryland.