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1. Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952

   24,000 items. 73 containers plus 1 oversize. 23 linear feet. 60 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Landscape architect. Correspondence, letterbooks, journals, drafts of articles and books, speeches and lectures, biographical and genealogical data, business papers, scrapbooks, maps, drawings, and other papers encompassing Olmsted's career and private life. The papers focus on Olmsted's career as a landscape architect, specifically as a designer of parks and the grounds of private estates and public buildings and as a city and regional planner.

2. John Merven Carrère papers, 1894-1911

   3 items. 1 container. .4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Architect. Bound volumes of correspondence, telegrams, transcripts of diary notes, clippings, photographs and other papers relating chiefly to a controversy involving Carrère and the architect of the United States Capitol.

3. Frances Benjamin Johnston papers, 1855-1956

   19,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. 37 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographer and illustrator. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial papers, family papers, clippings, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Johnston's career as a photographer of national figures and events, her photography of gardens and estates, compilation of a photographic record of Southern colonial architecture, participation in international exhibitions, travels and personal life, and the emerging role of women in the profession of photography.

4. Elihu Root papers, 1863-1937

   66,050 items. 257 containers plus 9 oversize. 87.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States secretary of state, secretary of war, United States senator from New York, and statesman. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notes, reports, subject files, financial papers, calendar and appointment books, invitations, and printed materials relating to Root's career as a lawyer and statesman.

5. Charles Moore papers, 1848-1944

   6,000 items. 22 containers. 8.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and art historian. Correspondence, letterbooks, date books, notes, articles, speeches, picture post cards, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the Plan of 1901 for Washington, D.C., the restoration of the White House in 1902-1903, the Washington, D.C., Park Commission, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and American architecture.