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1. William H. Taft papers, 1784-1973

   676,000 items. 1,563 containers plus 10 oversize. 902.7 linear feet. 658 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   President of the United States and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence including letterpress books, speeches and addresses, presidential and judicial files, legal files and notebooks, family papers and letters, business and estate papers, engagement calendars, guest lists, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs documenting Taft's career.

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2. Theodore Roosevelt papers, 1759-1993

   276,000 items. 964 containers plus 9 oversize. 282 linear feet. 485 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   President and vice president of the United States, United States civil service commissioner, governor of New York, author, and conservationist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, executive orders, family papers, press releases and proclamations, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the political, social, and cultural history of Roosevelt's life and presidency.

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3. Melville Weston Fuller papers, 1794-1949

   5,000 items. 16 containers plus 1 oversize. 6.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer and jurist; chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Chiefly correspondence, 1849-1910, between Fuller and members of his family, friends, and professional associates. Also includes printed matter, notes, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, and memorabilia. The papers relate to personal and family affairs; Fuller's student life at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine; his activities in Chicago, including his law practice, Democratic politics, and his real estate holdings; his term on the Supreme Court; and his work on behalf of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, negotiations for shipping rights of Muscat dhows, 1905, the Venezuelan boundary dispute, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Peabody Education Fund.

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4. George Dewey papers, 1805-1949

   25,000 items. 86 containers plus 6 oversize. 42.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journal, military papers, financial papers, scrapbooks, and photographs chiefly relating to Dewey's activities as naval commander in the Far East during the Spanish-American War, especially at the battle of Manila Bay; as admiral and president of the General Board of the Navy ; president of the court of inquiry concerning Winfield Scott Schley; and commander-in-chief of naval winter maneuvers.

5. George B. Cortelyou papers, 1871-1948

   17,000 items. 76 containers. 35 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Public official and presidential secretary. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, memoranda, subject files, printed matter, and miscellany relating to Cortelyou's duties as secretary to William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, his service as secretary of commerce and labor, postmaster general, and secretary of the treasury, and his work as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

6. Charles O'Neil papers, 1833-1927

   5,500 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 10 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, diaries, subject files, scrapbooks, financial records, genealogical data, and photographs relating primarily to O'Neil's service as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance in the navy.