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1. Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe papers, circa 1895-1997

   38,900 items. 112 containers plus 4 oversize and 2 classified. 45.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Diplomats, educators, and scholars. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, reports, writings, subject files, and other papers relating to the Smythes' ambassadorships to Cameroon, Malta, and Syria and their work on African and African American issues with a variety of organizations and educational institutions.

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2. Robert A. Nisbet papers, 1949-1994

   1,500 items. 3 containers. 1 linear foot. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Educator and author. Correspondence, contracts with publishers, reviews, promotional material, research material, and other papers relating mainly to Nisbet's books.

3. Lester Frank Ward papers, 1883-1906

   5 items. 11 containers. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Sociologist. Drafts, notes, and pages proofs of five of Ward’s books: Dynamic Sociology (1883), Psychic Factors of Civilization (1893), Outlines of Sociology (1898), Pure Sociology (1903), and Applied Sociology (1906).

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4. Robert Staughton Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd papers, 1895-1968

   4,000 items. 15 containers. 6 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Sociologist and educator (Robert Staughton Lynd). Sociologist (Helen Merrell Lynd). Family and general correspondence, writings and lectures, notes, research material, student papers, and miscellaneous biographical and genealogical material chiefly relating to the Lynds' sociological research and writings, especially their study of "Middletown," Muncie, Indiana.

5. Amitai Etzioni papers, 1918-2023

   187,250 items. 535 plus 2 oversize. 223 linear feet. 2,535 digital files (67.73 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Educator, sociologist, and leader of the Communitarian movement. Administrative and subject files, research notes, project proposals, position papers, book manuscripts, essays, and other writings, newsletters, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers documenting Etzioni's career as a professor of sociology, his work at various nonprofit organizations, and as an advisor to President Jimmy Carter in both physical and digital formats. Materials in digital format also include digitized family home movies.

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6. James Wyche Green papers, 1921-2012

   9,100 items. 26 containers plus 1 classified and 3 oversize. 10.4 linear feet. 1 digital file (654.7 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Community development officer, rural sociologist, and psychotherapist. Correspondence, writings, reports, publications, military records, biographical materials, journals, clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to Green’s work in rural land use and overseas agricultural and industrial development.

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7. Seymour Martin Lipset papers, 1824-2013

   45,000 items. 120 containers plus 6 oversize. 50.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Sociologist and political theorist. Correspondence, writings, speeches, subject file, teaching material, notes and notebooks, projects file, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers documenting Lipset's career as a sociologist and political theorist and his body of work.

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