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1. Ragheb Moftah collection of Coptic Orthodox liturgical chants and hymns, 1926-2018

   circa 3,000 items. 18 boxes. 6 linear feet. 988 files (657 MB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of transcriptions of Coptic chant music by Ernest Newlandsmith and Margit Toth. Both contain transcriptions of the Liturgy of St. Basil. Basil. Marian Robertson Wilson created a guide to Moftah's audio tapes in 1996, which consists of transcriptions, transliterations and translations into English of the texts sung on the tapes. Wilson also devised a new order for the pieces on the tapes, putting them in a more logical order, as used in the context of the liturgy. Included is also correspondence, most importantly of letters from Ernest Newlandsmith to Ragheb Moftah concerning their collaboration. Writings in the collection consist of articles by Moftah and an autobiography, both manuscript and printed. There are notes about chant written by Moftah. The collection also contains articles written by Marian Robertson Wilson concerning Coptic chant from the transcriptions Moftah contracted. Other materials include clippings, tickets, receipts, photographs and a few legal papers.

2. Ara Mesrobian papers, 1876-2011

   2,800 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographer and railroad enthusiast (railfan). Correspondence, railroad and trolley tickets and ticket books, railroad dining car menus, ephemera, and other material documenting mid-twentieth century rail travel, the operations of railway historical societies, and railfan subculture in the United States.

3. Photograph album on early aviation owned by the family of Ian Hornak

   1 album containing 172 photographs, 8 newspaper clippings, 5 autographed papers, 1 photomechanical print, 1 pin, and 1 baseball ticket ; album 21 x 56 cm.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The album documents early aviation and includes photographs of aviators Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart as well as other well-known figures of the twentieth century including Henry Ford, President Calvin Coolidge, President William H. Taft, Jack Dempsey, Albert Einstein, Lowell Thomas, the 1934 Detroit Tigers baseball team, and others. Multiple images of the Spirit of St. Louis plane and other aircraft and airfields are also present.

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