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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995
14,250 items. 57 containers plus 27 oversize. 26.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.
Russell W. Peterson papers, 1917-2004
46,000 items. 140 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified. 56 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Environmentalist and governor of Delaware. Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, trips and events files, and other papers relating primarily to Peterson's work as an environmentalist and his employment as the chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, president of New Directions, director of the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress, and president of the National Audubon Society.
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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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Nicholas E. Golovin papers, 1915-1971
10,600 items. 29 containers. 11.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist, government official, and presidential advisor for aviation and space science. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, reports, notes, working diaries, agenda and meeting summaries, academic, employment, and military records, clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Golovin's administrative positions at the National Bureau of Standards, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Office of Science and Technology; a small amount documents his education and family matters.
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Ronald Harmon Brown papers, 1992-1996
4,000 items. 29 containers plus 1 oversize. 11.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U. S. secretary of commerce and lawyer. Government documents, briefing books, topical files, newsletters, reports, speeches, photographs, trip itineraries, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Brown’s service as a cabinet member during the Bill Clinton administration.
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James R. Schlesinger papers, 1863-2013
49,500 items. 134 containers plus 32 classified, 3 oversize, and 1 artifact. 65.2 linear feet. 4,150 digital files (16.51 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Economist, U.S. secretary of defense, and U.S. secretary of energy. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notebooks, subject files, appointment books, telephone logs, photographs, printed matter, and other papers chiefly concerning Schlesinger's service as secretary of defense and secretary of energy and his activities in the years following that government service. Materials from the post-government period are in both physical and digital formats.
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Charles H. Townes papers, 1898-2014
129,250 items. 468 containers plus 2 classified and 4 oversize . 187.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 98 digital files (6.38GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist, astrophysicist, and educator. Correspondence, computation notebooks, technical memoranda and notes, patents, teaching files, astronomical observations, grants and projects, subject files, legal files, speeches, writings, biographical material, awards, printed matter, photographs, digital files, microfilm, and other papers relating to Townes's career beginning in 1948.
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Daniel F. Margolies papers, 1935-1999
2,800 items. 19 containers. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Nuremberg prosecutor and foreign policy advisor to the President's Science Advisory Committee. Reports, press releases, printed matter, memoranda, photographs, clippings, and other material pertaining chiefly to Margolies's work as a consultant for the United States Agency for International Development and other organizations.
John H. Gibbons papers, 1947-2015
84,000 items. 239 containers plus 10 oversize. 96.4 linear feet. 2,397 digital files (324.06 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scientist, presidential advisor for science and technology, government official, and science administrator. Correspondence, writings, speeches, notes, topical files, appointment books, telephone logs, reports, newspaper clippings, research and supporting material, printed matter, and other miscellaneous material in physical formats. Materials in digital format include speech and engagement files and topical files. The materials pertain to Gibbons's career and activities relating to energy, environment, science, and technology. Prominently documented are his positions as the director of the Office of Technology Assessment and assistant to the president for science and technology as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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Charles Herzfeld papers, 1892-2014
84,400 items. 246 containers plus 2 classified and 4 oversize. 99.6 linear feet. 2,108 digital files (7.33 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist and technology advisor. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, speeches, writings, PowerPoint presentations, photographs, and other papers in physical and digital formats relating to Herzfeld's career in government and business that focused on the development and use of science and technology. Materials in digital format also include videos and a sound recording.
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