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1. Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952

   24,000 items. 73 containers plus 1 oversize. 23 linear feet. 60 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Landscape architect. Correspondence, letterbooks, journals, drafts of articles and books, speeches and lectures, biographical and genealogical data, business papers, scrapbooks, maps, drawings, and other papers encompassing Olmsted's career and private life. The papers focus on Olmsted's career as a landscape architect, specifically as a designer of parks and the grounds of private estates and public buildings and as a city and regional planner.

2. Rhoda Métraux papers, 1837-1997

   90,000 items. 224 containers plus 1 classified and 21 oversize. 101 linear feet. 802 digital files (2.2 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Anthropologist and author. Correspondence, lectures, and writings in both physical and digital format. Physical materials also include field diaries, field notes and notebooks, reports, proposals, minutes, programs, interview transcripts, questionnaires, statistical analyses, artwork and drawings, photographs, maps, census data, projective testing materials, financial records, and printed matter pertaining to Métraux's career as an anthropologist and her professional and personal relationship with anthropologist Margaret Mead.

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3. Harold Foote Gosnell papers, 1931-1962

   9,200 items. 23 containers. 9.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Political scientist, educator, and government consultant. Chiefly subject files consisting of correspondence, memoranda, reports, research data, maps, charts, printed and near-print material, and miscellany. The papers relate principally to projects Gosnell conducted for various government agencies, including a study on state and regional planning for the National Resources Committee; studies on government information services, especially those of the Office of War Information and the Department of State; and analyses of foreign elections for the Central Intelligence Agency, primarily in the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Sudan.

4. Liberia map collection, 1764-1970

   4 drawers. 104 folders. 121 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Liberia map collection consists of 121 maps depicting Liberia at the whole country, region, and city level, covering a variety of subjects and uses, primarily in French. These maps make up a small part of the Geography and Map Division's holdings of maps that were acquired before the advent of digital cataloging in the 1970s. The collection's strengths are in maps of administrative and tribal boundaries, locations of natural resources and animals, population density, mines, plantations, communication and transport lines, roads and fuel stations, water systems, and locations of churches in Liberia.

5. Sierra Leone map collection, 1764-1965

   4 drawers. 63 folders. 66 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 66 maps of Sierra Leone at the whole country, region, and city level, covering a variety of subjects and uses. These maps make up a small part of the Geography and Map Division's uncataloged holdings of maps that were acquired before the advent of digital cataloging in the 1970s. The collection's strengths are in maps depicting administrative and tribal boundaries, locations of natural resources, transportation and telecommunication lines, and other related subjects. The materials date between 1764 and 1965. The maps in this collection came to the Library through a variety of means, including government transfer, purchase, donation, and government agency deposits.