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Book-of-the-Month Club records, 1939-1967
15,600 items. 61 containers. 24.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Editorial and publishers’ correspondence and preliminary readers’ reports consisting of book reviews and evaluations relating primarily to books that were submitted by publishing houses for consideration by the Book-of-the-Month Club but were not selected for distribution by the club.
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Henry F. Pringle papers, 1932-1957
7,500 items. 32 containers. 12.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist, historian, and government official. Personal and official correspondence, subject files consisting of correspondence, reports, minutes, lists, research data, and print and near-print material, and other papers relating principally to Pringle's biography of William H. Taft and to his work in the Office of Facts and Figures (later the Office of War Information).
Abraham Flexner papers, 1865-1989
12,500 items. 35 containers. 14 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Educational reformer and author. Correspondence, research files, speeches and writings, and miscellany pertaining to Flexner's work in medical education and administration of educational foundations.
Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer papers, 1898-1978
52,500 items. 141 containers plus 13 oversize. 60.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Edgar Ansel Mowrer, journalist, and Lilian Thomson, author, married 1916. Correspondence, manuscripts of speeches and writings, lectures, subject files, and other papers documenting the Mowrers' careers as authors and lecturers on foreign affairs, particularly on the diplomacy of France, Germany, Italy, and the United States.
Tyler Dennett collection relating to John Hay, 1861-1937
200 items. 8 containers. 3.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Historian, editor, and biographer. Correspondence, research notes, galley proofs, photographs, and printed matter relating to Dennett's books John Hay: From Poetry to Politics and Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay.
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James M. Cain papers, 1901-2004
32,000 items. 103 containers. 41.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Author, journalist, and screenwriter. Correspondence, writings, legal and financial records, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cain's work as a journalist and to his career as a novelist and Hollywood screenwriter.
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John Hall Wheelock papers, 1910-circa 2000
450 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Poet and editor. Correspondence; drafts of poems, speeches, and articles; and miscellany relating largely to Wheelock's poetry.
Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977
37,000 items. 64 containers plus 1 oversize. 24 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, historian, and newspaper editor. Correspondence, memoranda, writings and speeches, research notes, and other papers reflecting Brant's career with various newspapers, in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a playwright, and his interest in James Madison.
William J. Ghent papers, 1876-1942
15,000 items. 48 containers. 19.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author and journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notes, reports, subject files, photographs, clippings, and printed material relating to Ghent's writings on the West and the socialist movement in the U.S. Includes biographical sketches appearing in the Dictionary of American Biography and articles and book reviews appearing in trade journals. Also includes diaries of Edward Settle Godfrey and Holmes O. Paulding, participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Douglas Southall Freeman papers, 1900-1979
70,000 items. 242 containers plus 2 oversize. 96 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Biographer, editor, educator, and lecturer. Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts and proofs of books and other works, articles, speeches, notebooks, source materials largely relating to the American Revolution and Civil War, bibliographical material, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Freeman's biographical and historical research and writing.