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John Hays Hammond papers, 1908-1965
6,000 items. 19 containers plus 1 oversize. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Inventor and scientist. Correspondence, notebooks, sketches, technical papers, legal briefs, printed matter, chronologies, and annotated photographs relating to Hammond's scientific career and inventions.
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James McKeen Cattell papers, 1835-1948
49,000 items. 189 containers plus 1 oversize. 76 linear feet. 7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Educator, editor, and psychologist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, lectures, articles, notes, financial papers, biographical and genealogical material, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cattell's professional and academic affiliations.
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Merril Eisenbud papers, 1933-1997
4,200 item. 15 containers plus 1 classified and 1 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scientist and educator. Correspondence, reports, writings by Eisenbud and others, medical case summaries, and legal papers primarily concerned with beryllium disease among workers in beryllium manufacturing and in the fluorescent light industry. Includes papers from Eisenbud’s work as director of the Health and Safety Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Commission and as director of the Laboratory of Environmental Studies at New York University.
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John William Draper family papers, 1777-1951
16,100 items. 45 containers plus 2 oversize. 18.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scientist and historian. Correspondence, family papers, subject files, manuscript and printed copies of speeches, articles, and books, financial papers, and miscellany relating to Draper's scientific work and as a historian and including the papers of his son, Daniel Draper (1841-1931), and other family members.
John Davis Batchelder collection of manuscripts, 1537-1944
2,000 items. 14 containers. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Educator and collector. Autographs, letters, official documents, writings, printed material, photographs, and other papers of prominent historical figures in the arts, science, and politics of the Western world collected by Batchelder.
Eger Vaughan Murphree papers, 1932-1963
1,000 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scientist, engineer, and businessman. Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and biographical material relating primarily to Murphree's activities as president of Esso Research and Engineering Company and as an official of the Fifth World Petroleum Congress.
W J McGee papers, 1880-1916
7,000 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 12.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Geologist, anthropologist, and hydrologist. Correspondence, letterbooks, speeches, articles, scientific papers, lectures, notes, geological notebooks, scrapbooks, bibliographical notes, and memorabilia relating chiefly to McGee's career as a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and as an ethnologist in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution. Includes correspondence when he was director of the anthropological and historical exhibit of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
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Philipp Franz von Siebold papers, 1609-1927
20 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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German physician, explorer, and scientist. Microfilm of correspondence, notes, memoranda, writings, reports, printed matter, and other papers consisting primarily of Siebold's notes and writings on the flora, fauna, geology, and meteorology of Japan, including observations and comments on its history, culture, customs, and languages. Also includes material relating to Korea and Taiwan.
J.L.M. Curry papers, 1637-1939
3,900 items. 30 containers. 6.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Statesman, author, clergyman, diplomat, and educator. Diaries, correspondence, printed matter, clippings, memorabilia, notes and memoranda, legal papers, accounts, lectures and sermons, essays, scrapbook, manuscript of autobiography, speeches, and articles, and catalog of Curry's library. Includes autographs of presidents, Confederate leaders, Spanish noblemen, royalty, and writers, jurists, diplomats, educators, historians, scientists, reformers, artists, statesmen, literary figures, clergymen, and military men of the United States and Europe.
Nikola Tesla correspondence, 1890-1934
7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scientist, inventor, and electrical engineer. Microfilm of original correspondence in Tesla’s papers in the Muzej Nikole Tesle (Tesla Museum), Belgrade, Serbia.