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1. Eugene Meyer papers, 1864-1970

   78,500 items. 267 containers plus 2 oversize. 107.6 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Investment banker, financier, public official, and newspaperman. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, diaries, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, congressional testimony, press statements, financial papers, family papers, biographical material, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Meyer's life and career.

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2. Joseph Kingsbury-Smith papers, 1902-2009

   40,000 items. 114 containers plus 1 oversize. 46 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist, editor, and corporate executive. Correspondence, writings, wire-service reports, photographs, biographical material, financial records, background files, clippings, transcribed interviews and phone calls, notes on conversations, printed matter, family material, and other papers relating to Kingsbury-Smith's career with the Hearst news organization and his personal relationship with the Hearst family.

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3. Hanna-McCormick family papers, 1792-1985

   47,300 items. 145 containers plus 13 oversize. 66.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, diary and notebook fragments, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers focusing chiefly on the political activities of Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms. Also includes correspondence of Marcus Alonzo Hanna relating to Ohio and national politics and also to his personal and business affairs. Other papers concern the Chicago Tribune and its publishers, Joseph Medill and Robert Rutherford McCormick, grandfather and brother of Medill McCormick.

4. Allen Neuharth papers, 1949-2013

   87,500 items. 249 containers plus 3 oversize. 100 linear feet. 395 digital files (48.17 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Businessman, publisher, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, digital files, writings, news clippings, articles, interviews, subject files, media files, and workings files relating to Neuharth's chairmanship of Gannett Company, the Gannett Foundation, Freedom Forum, the American Newspaper Publishers Association, and his creation of USA Today.

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5. Washington Post Historical Collection, 1880-2015

   45,000 items. 130 containers plus 8 oversize. 55 linear feet. 6,209 digital files (49.24 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. A collection of clippings, photographs, editorials, research files, memoranda, correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, newsletters, scrapbooks, directories, video files, audio files, and newspapers documenting the broad history of the newspaper through the records and papers of multiple departments and staff members.

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6. Leonard Downie Jr. papers, 1961-2020

   7,500 items. 20 containers plus 2 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist and editor. Correspondence, interoffice memoranda, interviews, speeches, writings, reports, notes, political ephemera, photographs, and other papers documenting Downie's career as a journalist and editor at the Washington Post. Subjects include national politics, domestic terrorism, international affairs, foreign policy, and the internal operations and culture of the Washington Post.

7. Harry Frank Guggenheim papers, 1900-1972

   114,400 items. 285 containers plus 1 oversize. 114.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Businessman, diplomat, newspaper publisher, philanthropist, and horseman. Correspondence and subject files documenting Guggenheim's career in business and publishing, philanthropic and civic activities, and special interests in horse racing and aviation.

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