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1. Grosvenor family papers, 1827-1981

   67,300 items. 192 containers. 76.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, subject material, financial papers, printed matter, and personal miscellany, chiefly 1872-1964, of various members of the Grosvenor family, principally of Amherst and Millbury, Mass., and Washington, D.C.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

2. Edward Everett Hayden family papers, 1817-1963

   11,000 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 12.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer and scientist. Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, financial material, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Hayden's naval and scientific careers and to his family.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

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. Arthur J. Goldberg celestial chart and map collection

   10 items. 9 maps. 1 textual document. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of two celestial charts published by National Geographic and seven tourist maps that depict locations in the Mid-Atlantic states, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, and Japan. Golderberg, the compiler, had a career as a lawyer, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, secretary of labor, and United States representative to the United Nations.

5. Charles B. Peterson III road map collection, 1911-2007

   14,476 maps in 151 boxes (67.2 linear ft.) and 7 index card boxes (2.8 linear ft.). -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Charles B. Peterson III road map collection contains maps collected by Charles B. Peterson III dating from 1911 to 2007. The maps cover locations in the United States, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Peterson, as a child, began collecting maps from gas service stations and later wrote letters to publishers, in which he requested maps. Peterson described each map on 3 x 5 inch index card. The index cards are part of the collection and housed in seven boxes.