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1. Harold Gardiner Bowen papers, 1907-1977

   1,000 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer and engineer. Correspondence, military orders, news clippings, writings, and other papers relating to Bowen's activities with the Newcomen Society and the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation and his various business interests. Some material pertains to his duties as chief of the United States Navy Bureau of Engineering and as director of the Naval Research Laboratory during World War II.

2. Cornell H. Mayer papers, 1940-2005

   450 items. 6 containers plus 2 oversize. 2.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Electrical engineer and radio astronomer. Scientific notebooks, biographical material, correspondence, topical files, writings, printed matter, scrapbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous material documenting Mayer's career with the Naval Reseach Laboratory during which he improved radio telescope technology and measured the surface temperatures of Venus and other planets.

3. Isabella Karle and Jerome Karle papers, 1912-2010

   170,000 items. 429 containers plus 65 oversize. 200 linear feet. 1,210 digital files (.93 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physical chemists. Writings, speeches, correspondence, research data, subject files, photographs, notes, and miscellaneous textual materials in both physical and digital formats primarily relating to the Karles’ careers at the Naval Research Laboratory and their contributions to the field of crystallography.

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