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1. Richmond Pearson Hobson papers, 1889-1966

   27,300 items. 78 containers plus 1 oversize. 31.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer and United States representative from Alabama. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, lectures, articles, reports, notes, analyses, naval orders, press clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Hobson's naval career and to his efforts on behalf of prohibition, restrictions on international drug trafficking, and opposition to the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration.

2. Ellen N. La Motte collection on opium traffic, 1919-1933

   360 items. 18 containers plus 2 oversize. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Nurse, superintendent of the tuberculosis division of Baltimore (Md.) Health Department, traveler, and author. Material relating to the League of Nations and the control of narcotic drugs, including mimeographed and printed matter originating from the proceedings of the League of Nations Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, in reports of the committee to the League of Nationals Council, minutes of the Council, and reports of league members.

3. Charles Henry Brent papers, 1860-1991

   14,740 items. 72 containers. 32 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Clergyman and missionary. Correspondence, diaries, sermon notes, speeches and articles, reports, memoranda, family and personal correspondence, obituaries, Bibles, printed matter, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting Brent's career as a clergyman and missionary.

4. Jerome Jaffe papers, 1959-2006

   19,250 items. 55 containers. 22 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Clinical professor and head of the United States Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (drug czar) during the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration. Correspondence, reports, research material, speeches and writings, administrative material, and other papers relating primarily to Jaffe's role as drug czar.

5. Elizabeth Allen Smart papers, 1924-1961

   6,000 items. 18 containers. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lobbyist for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Correspondence, reports, legislative proposals, writings, printed material, newsletters, and newspaper clippings reflecting the organization’s political objectives.