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Thomas H. Robbins papers, 1918-1971
2,250 items. 11 containers plus 1 classified. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
United States naval officer. Correspondence, duty orders, logbooks, biographical material, speeches, and other papers relating to Robbins's naval career and emphasizing his specialty in naval aviation.
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Roger Welles papers, 1884-1926
2,100 items. 8 containers. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naval officer. Correspondence, journals, orders to duty, article and speech file, diary of Welles's wife, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellaneous materials relating to Welles's duties as special representative for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, as director of naval intelligence, and as commander of the Asiatic and Atlantic Fleets and of the U.S. Naval Forces in Europe.
George Fielding Eliot papers, 1939-1971
5,000 items. 23 containers. 8.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, journalist, and military analyst. Correspondence, diary, biographical material, manuscripts of writings, drafts of various articles, notes, speeches and drafts of radio broadcasts, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating mainly to Eliot's career as a newspaper columnist, contributor to periodicals, and military editor of Collier's Encyclopedia.
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Herman R. Friis cartographic manuals collection
18 manuals . 1 box (.4 linear ft). -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Hermann R. Friis collection contains cartographic manuals published by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Army, War Department, and Geological Survey. A number of the manuals are from World War II, which discuss aerial photographs and military map symbols. Maps in the manuals include: the world, North America, the United States, Montana, Scandinavia, and France, among others. These maps exemplify different cartographic techniques.
Ian Mumford World War II cartographic intelligence reports collection
9 cartographic reports . 91 aerial photographs . 3 manuals . 1 box (.4 linear ft). -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection contains nine British intelligence cartographic reports created during World War II. The areas covered by the reports include Germany, Italy, and France, among other places in Europe. The reports are supplemented with aerial photographs and are arranged by sortie number. The collection also contains three British government manuals, which include maps, that relate to the history of the British Ordnance Survey.
Frank Farrell map collection
21 maps : some colored ; various sizes . 1 folder . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Farrell served in the Marine Corps as an interrogator and prosecutor for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Shanghai, China. His collection includes a map from World War II that depicts the military situation in China, maps of Guangxi Province, and various tourist maps. Some maps have annotations on the reverse in English and French and other maps are in Chinese.
Frank Farrell papers, 1897-1988
28,000 items. 78 containers plus 2 oversize and 1 classified. 34.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Marine Corps officer, journalist, radio commentator, public relations consultant, and advertising executive. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, magazine articles, poetry, reports, radio broadcast transcripts, trial transcripts, research notes, biographical notes, financial records, personnel records, travel records, press releases, address lists, awards, newspaper clippings, obituaries, printed matter, drawings, floor plans, photographs, posters, maps, and other papers chiefly documenting Farrell's career from 1945 to 1975.
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William E. Odom papers, 1913-2008
102,250 items. 286 containers plus 10 oversize and 8 classified. 120 linear feet. 3 microfiche sheets. 20,923 digital files (5.87 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, logbooks, subject files, scrapbooks, printed material, family papers, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Odom's military career, particularly his service as military assistant to the assistant to the president for national security affairs, United States Army assistant chief of staff for intelligence, and director of the National Security Agency as well as his work as an authority on national security policy and the Soviet Union in the years following his retirement from the Army.
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Bernard A. Schriever papers, 1931-2005
87,000 items. 235 containers plus 14 classified and 3 oversize. 100.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Air Force officer, aerospace consultant, and aviator. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, writings, subject files, and other papers relating to Schriever's career as a United States Air Force officer responsible for the research and development of the intercontinental ballistic missile and early military space programs and his post-military career as a corporate and government consultant.
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Benjamin Franklin Fuller papers, 1856-1971
35 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Union army soldier and clerk in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material relating to Fuller's military service and family.