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1. Eugene Meyer papers, 1864-1975

   80,000 items. 282 containers plus 4 oversize. 109 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Investment banker, financier, public official, and owner of the Washington Post. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, diaries, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, congressional testimony, press statements, financial papers, family papers, biographical material, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Meyer's life and career.

2. Washington Post Historical Collection, 1877-2015

   45,500 items. 132 containers plus 8 oversize. 56 linear feet. 6,209 digital files (49.24 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. A collection of clippings, photographs, editorials, research files, memoranda, correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, newsletters, scrapbooks, directories, video files, audio files, and newspapers documenting the broad history of the newspaper through the records and papers of multiple departments and staff members.

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3. Herbert Block papers, 1863-2002

   72,250 items. 211 containers plus 1 oversize. 84.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Political cartoonist, author, and journalist. Correspondence, writings, speeches, interviews, clippings, cartoon reprints, and printed matter documenting principally Block's career at the Washington Post.

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4. Mary Church Terrell papers, 1851-1962

   13,000 items. 51 containers plus 1 oversize. 22.5 linear feet. 34 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   African-American civil rights leader, lecturer, and educator. Correspondence, diaries, printed material, clippings, speeches and writings, and other papers focusing primarily on Terrell's career as an advocate of women's rights and equal treatment for African Americans.

5. Joseph Pulitzer papers, 1897-1958

   67,500 items. 193 containers. 77.2 linear feet. 163 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Newspaper editor and publisher. Family and general correspondence, subject material, business files, and personal financial papers relating primarily to Pulitzer's editorship of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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6. Robert Worth Bingham papers, 1856-1939

   12,600 items. 41 containers plus 8 oversize. 20.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomat, lawyer, and newspaper publisher. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, appointment books, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Bingham's service as ambassador to Great Britain.

7. Montgomery family papers, 1771-1974

   12,000 items. 33 containers. 13.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, speeches and writings, financial papers, newspaper clippings and miscellany of various members of the Montgomery family, especially Giles Foster Montgomery (1835-1888) and Emily Redington Montgomery (1839-1898). Includes papers of allied Peck and Perkins families relating to the experiences of members in the Civil War.

8. Ogden Livingston Mills papers, 1920-1939

   60,000 items. 206 containers. 102.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. representative from New York and secretary of the treasury. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, statements, book material, nd printed matter dealing primarily with taxation, foreign debts, the Federal Reserve System, the tariff, and other financial matters.

9. Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer papers, 1853-2010

   70,000 items. 181 containers plus 8 oversize. 90 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and social activist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, including an unpublished memoir, subject files, research material, family papers, and other papers relating to Meyer's career as an author, authority on Asian art, literary critic and linguist, and social activist as well as to her personal and family life.

10. Archibald MacLeish papers, 1907-1981

    20,000 items. 61 containers plus 1 oversize. 25 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Poet, playwright, government official, and Librarian of Congress. Papers include correspondence reflecting MacLeish's relations with friends, literary colleagues, and government associates; notebooks (1919-1940s) containing drafts of poetry and prose; manuscript drafts of plays and radio broadcasts, and speeches, including those written for Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward R. Stettinius, and Harry S. Truman; and notes and manuscripts for classroom lectures on modern poetry given by MacLeish at Harvard University (1949-1962).