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Bob Crozier World War II military intelligence map and aerial photograph collection
20 maps. 15 aerial photographs. 1 booklet. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Bob Crozier served as a Technical Sergeant in the 654th Topographic Engineers from 1943 to 1946. Crozier was part of the American First Army under General Omar Bradley. He donated a collection of photos, photo maps and maps created during World War II to the Geography and Map Division. The collection consists of 36-page booklet that describes the process of aerial reconnaissance and mapping, 15 aerial photographs, and 20 maps. Perhaps the most unique items are a captured German map that depicts Caen and a rare commemorative map of the U.S. and Russian contact at the Elbe River in 1945.
John Leonard Hines map collection
186 map folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The John Leonard Hines map collection consists of maps of World War I, including annotated tactical maps; maps of Mexico related to Hines' part in the Mexican Punitive Expedition; maps of Asia, as Hines was stationed in the Philippines; maps of military camps in the United States; maps of the Allied occupation of the German Rhineland, where Hines was stationed; and maps related to the National Defense Act of 1920.
Robert Lee Bullard papers, 1881-1955
3,200 items. 17 containers plus 1 oversize. 5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, speeches, writings, printed matter, maps, photographs, memorabilia, legal documents, and other material relating chiefly to Bullard's military career, activities as president of the National Security League, and work as an author.
Robert Kleiman papers, 1935-1983
5,000 items. 15 containers plus 1 classified and 9 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, propaganda material including leaflets, newspapers, printed matter, and ephemera, interrogations of prisoners of war, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Kleiman's service with the United States Office of War Information during World War II and pertaining to psychological warfare and the use of propaganda in the Far East, with a much smaller portion reflecting his work as a journalist before and after the war.
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Rilma Oxley Buckman papers, 1885-2015
1,575 items. 5 containers. 1.8 linear feet. 1 digital file (3.33 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Social worker and American Red Cross administrative assistant. Correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, printed matter, newspaper clippings, photographs, memoir, and biographical material relating primarily to Buckman’s career as American Red Cross club director and assistant social welfare officer.
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World War II unit route maps collection, 1944-1945
85 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The World War II unit route maps collection consists of maps created by individual U.S. military units commemorating and outlining their movements, engagements, and routes of travel during the second World War. The maps primarily depict historical and geographic landmarks and major events pictorially. Most maps were created by units of the U.S. Army at the division and battalion level, and many are undated, but presumed to have been created in or around 1945 at the conclusion of the war. Units operating in Western Europe -- particularly France, the Low Countries, and Germany -- have the most representation, with select maps depicting Italy, North Africa, the Pacific Ocean, the Philippines, and the Aleutian Islands. The collection consists of 85 unique maps.
Alexander Hamilton papers, 1708-1917
12,000 items. 44 containers plus 3 oversize. 22.4 linear feet. 34 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Delegate from New York to the United States Continental Congress, United States secretary of the treasury, United States army officer, statesman, and lawyer. Correspondence, speeches and writings, legal and financial papers, printed matter, and other papers relating to Hamilton's personal life and public career, especially his service as an aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War, his participation in the United States Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, his service as United States secretary of the treasury, his New York law practice, and his service as inspector general of the army.
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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, 1853-1999
63,000 items. 185 containers plus 20 oversize. 80 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Private detective agency directed by the Pinkerton family to protect interests of clients in business and industry. The records include business and family correspondence; biographical and genealogical records; administrative records such as procedural guidelines and training manuals; criminal case files which include correspondence, reports, photographs, legal documents, and printed matter; and draft manuscripts and printing plates.
George Van Horn Moseley papers, 1855-1960
4,250 items. 49 containers plus 2 oversize. 19.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer. Correspondence, diary, military reports, statements, notes, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and memorabilia covering Moseley's military career in the Philippines, on the Mexican border, with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, during the Bonus March on Washington, and extending into the period of his retirement.
Georges F. Doriot papers, 1917-1985
3600 items. 18 containers plus 1 classified. 6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Army officer, artist, financier, and professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Correspondence, reports, speeches and lectures, diaries, and photographs pertaining primarily to Doriot's military career in the research and development of equipment and supplies during and after World War II.
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