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1. Carter Godwin Woodson papers, 1736-1974

   18,000 items. 54 containers plus 19 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. 46 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian, author, and collector. Papers of prominent African Americans, research files, business records, writings, correspondence, and other material relating to Woodson's leadership of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and to scholarship and publishing in the field of African and African-American history.

2. Otto Sternoff Beyer papers, 1905-1951

   45,000 items. 129 containers plus 5 oversize. 53 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Engineer, economist, and labor consultant. Correspondence, speech and article file, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Beyer's career as an engineer and economist in industry and government.

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3. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters records, 1920-1968

   41,000 items. 144 containers. 70 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Part I consists of general correspondence, subject files, and personal papers of the brotherhood's founder, A. Philip Randolph, documenting the growth and functions of the union chiefly after 1940. Part II consists of correspondence and subject files of brotherhood officials Benjamin F. McLaurin (international field organizer), A. Philip Randolph (founder and president), and Ashley L. Totten (secretary-treasurer), and other subject files, financial records, and miscellaneous records.