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1. Gibson-Getty-McClure families papers, 1777-1926

   2,500 items. 7 containers. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, military papers, and miscellany relating to various members of these allied families from the area of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Includes correspondence of General George Gibson (d. 1861) and the jurist John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853) and papers, 1777-1854, relating to the Revolutionary War service of their father, Colonel George Gibson (1747-1791); papers of George Washington Getty (1819-1901) and members of his family relating primarily to his Civil War service with the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, to various military campaigns against Native American groups, to the Fitz-John Porter court-martial, and to personal and family affairs; and papers of Charles McClure (1835-1902) and members of his family relating to his military service with the United States Army at Santa Fe, New Mexico, at other posts in the United States and in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish-American War.

2. Caleb Henry Carlton papers, 1831-1954

   2,500 items. 5 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States army officer. Correspondence, diaries, articles, military transcripts and papers, biographical and genealogical material, financial records, maps, and charts pertaining to Carlton's service in the Union army and following the Civil War in wars with various Native American groups in the western United States.

3. Thomas F. Peel World War II map collection

   14 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 14 maps that date to World War II. Some maps depict waritme situations in France and Germany and others show military bases in the United States. The collection also contains a celebratory campaign map the U.S. 13th Armored Division, known as the Black Cats. Peel annotated some of the maps.

4. William H. Littlewood map collection

   31 items. 1 folder. 12 maps. 17 volumes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of nine maps of the Osaka-Kobe area of Japan, one World War II-era map of the United States that includes military insignias, 17 issues of The Geographical Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, and two Swedish government documents. William H. Littlewood, the compiler, was a chief oceanographer with the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office and science attaché with the U.S. Foreign Service.