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1. Merle Antony Tuve papers, 1901-1982

   152,000 items. 434 containers plus 1 classified. 174 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physicist. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, reports, laboratory and personal notebooks, notes, personnel records, printed material, blueprints, diagrams, photographs, and other papers relating to Tuve's administration of government-sponsored scientific projects such as the development of the proximity fuze for the United States Navy during World War II.

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2. Robert R. Williams papers, 1911-1981

   11,000 items. 35 containers. 15.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Chemist, nutritionist, and developer of vitamin B1. Correspondence, diaries, affidavits, reports, subject files, laboratory notebooks, speeches and writings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Williams's research in nutritional chemistry.

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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.