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1. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov papers, 1918-1974

   7,000 items. 22 containers plus 1 oversize. 8.4 linear feet. 13 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet, novelist, literary critic, lecturer, and translator. Correspondence and notes with holograph and typescript drafts, galley proofs, page proofs, and printed versions of biographies, book reviews, essays, interviews, memoirs, novellas, novels, plays, poems, short stories, and translations of works by others.

2. William McGuire papers, 1868-1998

   30,300 items. 87 containers. 34.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and editor. Correspondence, memoranda, subject files, drafts, production and publication material, reports, project proposals, editorial and research material, minutes of meetings, notes, promotional material, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers relating to McGuire's career as an editor and author.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

3. Smith/Skolnik Literary Management records, 1901-2019

   4,200 items. 12 containers. 4.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Literary management agency representing the estate of Vladimir Nabokov. Contracts relating to publishing, performance, and translation of Nabokov's work, copyright records, promotional material, writings by Nabokov, and writings by others based on Nabokov's works.

4. Bollingen Foundation records, 1927-1981

   117,000 items. 460 containers plus 3 oversize. 184 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Endowment established in 1942 by Paul and Mary Mellon to fund scholarly research and publication in the humanities. Correspondence, memoranda, bylaws, minutes, reports on publications and projects, grant applications, financial statements, and other records concerning the genesis and administration of the foundation. Translations of literary works, editorial correspondence, and production records document publications in the Bollingen Series

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

5. Sergei Rachmaninoff archive, 1872-1992

   17,668 items. 89 containers. 68.6 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. The Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive contains material related to his life and career after he and his family left Russia in 1917 to establish themselves in the United States. The archive contains Rachmaninoff's holograph music manuscripts, correspondence, writings, biographical articles and clippings, awards and honors, concert programs, scrapbooks, financial papers, iconography, realia, and published books and other materials held within the personal library of Rachmaninoff and his family. A section is also devoted to the papers of Sophie Satin, the composer's sister-in-law and biographer. This section contains Satin's writings, as well as the results of her lifelong research on Rachmaninoff.