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1. Mary Church Terrell papers, 1851-1962

   13,000 items. 51 containers plus 1 oversize. 22.5 linear feet. 34 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   African-American civil rights leader, lecturer, and educator. Correspondence, diaries, printed material, clippings, speeches and writings, and other papers focusing primarily on Terrell's career as an advocate of women's rights and equal treatment for African Americans.

2. Robert McNutt McElroy papers, circa 1909-1924

   5,700 items. 28 containers plus 1 oversize. 11.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor, author, and historian. Correspondence, writings, and other material relating to McElroy's book Grover Cleveland: The Man and the Statesman and papers pertaining to his work as educational director of the National Security League, as professor of American history at Princeton University, and supporter of Leonard Wood and Warren G. Harding for the Republican nomination for president in 1920.

3. Leonard Wood papers, 1825-1942

   85,000 items. 295 containers plus 9 oversize. 134.3 linear feet. 25 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer, surgeon, and diplomat. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, military papers, subject files, biographical data, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Wood’s career in the United States Army, including his participation in the Apache Wars, especially the campaign to capture Geronimo. Also documents Wood's service as military governor of Cuba, and later, of Moro Province, Philippines.