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1. Meg Greenfield papers, 1890-1999

   35,000 items. 102 containers plus 4 oversize and digital files. 46 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor and journalist. Correspondence, speeches and writings, research files, interview transcripts, memoranda, minutes, reports, calendars and schedules, cartoons, financial and legal records, travel files, academic records, biographical material, honors and awards, childhood diaries and writings, family papers, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and digital files documenting Greenfield's career in journalism.

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2. Robert H. McNeill family papers, 1839-2008

   33,000 items. 103 containers plus 6 oversize. 42.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   A middle class African American family living in the District of Columbia during the twentieth century. Correspondence, journals, speeches, writings, notebooks and notes, military papers, medical records, financial papers, legal papers, genealogical papers, appointment books, calendars, address books, clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting primarily the lives of Robert H. McNeill, photographer; Bertha C. McNeill, educator and newspaper columnist; Mary A. McNeill, homemaker, educator, and civic leader; and William C. McNeill, physician and educator.

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3. John Spencer Bassett papers, 1770-1978

   25,450 items. 63 containers plus 5 oversize. 26.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian, editor, and educator. Correspondence, diaries and journals, lectures, speeches, writings, research material, subject files, family correspondence, and collected historical manuscripts documenting Bassett's career as historian, editor and university professor.

4. Peggy Clark papers, 1880-1997

   64,240 items . 473 containers. 291 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Peggy Clark (1915-1996) was an American lighting, scenic, and costume designer. The collection includes light plots, scenic renderings, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, blueprints, programs, photographs, posters, scripts, scrapbooks, clippings, notes, memorabilia and other materials related to her life and career.

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5. Henry S. Pritchett papers, 1876-1967

   3,700 items. 18 containers plus 1 oversize. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Astronomer, superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Correspondence, travel diaries and autobiographical fragments, drafts and reprints of writings, speeches, essays, reports, Pritchett's book entitled What is Religion? (1906), and other papers relating to Pritchett's career in science and education.