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Fox Movietone newsreel collection--World War II paper records, 1922-1946
14,000 items. 37 containers plus 7 oversize. 16 linear feet. -- Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Cameramen’s dope sheets (detailed notes of stories filmed), continuity sheets (synopses of newsreels distributed to theaters), and turnovers (one sentence descriptions of each story filmed) from this major pioneer in the newsreel industry. Collection also contains other paper materials including telegrams, speeches, photographs, programs, and memoranda that provide details of the newsreels created by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Although the entire Fox Movietone newsreel collection spans 1916-1963, these materials document the World War II period.
James Martin Barnes papers, 1918-1958
12,000 items. 39 containers plus 9 oversize. 19 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, judge, and United States representative from Illinois. Correspondence, memoranda, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Barnes’s service as administrative assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Philip L. Geyelin papers, 1917-2000
37,000 items. 127 containers plus 2 oversize. 51 linear feet. 2 microfiche. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist. Writings, notebooks and notes, interviews, correspondence, and research material, including clippings, press releases and statements, printed matter, reports, congressional hearing records and other government documents, photographs, and transcripts of broadcasts relating primarily to Geyelin's career as a reporter and editorial page editor covering foreign policy issues for the Wall Street Journal and later the Washington Post.
Merritt Austin Edson papers, 1905-2000
19,700 items. 64 containers plus 1 oversize. 27.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Marine Corps officer. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, reports, notes and notebooks, military records, financial records, clippings, printed matter, awards, certificates, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to his service as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Cartter family papers, 1836-1893
800 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Members of the Cartter family of Ohio. Correspondence mainly between members of the Cartter and Hanford families, including David K. Cartter, his wife, Nancy Hanford Cartter, and their sons, David K. Cartter, Jr., and William H. Cartter, who served in the Civil War.
Art Buchwald papers, 1885-2007
83,000 items. 236 containers plus 22 oversize. 99 linear feet. 4,084 digital files (42.27 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Humorist, political commentator, and playwright. Correspondence, columns, book manuscripts, speeches, plays, screenplays, biographical material, photographs, audiovisual material, digital files, posters, memorabilia, drawings, appointment calendars, address books, artifacts, copyright registration and renewals, legal documents, financial records, and clippings documenting Buchwald's career as a columnist and his personal life.
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Francis Maria Scala papers, 1816-2013
Approximately 900 items. 40 containers. 15.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Francis Maria Scala was an Italian-born naturalized American military band director, musician, and composer. The first musician to lead the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Band, Scala was one of its most influential directors. During his tenure from 1855 to 1871, he increased the size of the band, improved and enlarged its repertoire, enhanced its popularity through public outdoor concerts, and provided balanced instrumentation of both woodwinds and brass which set the groundwork for the improvements made under John Philip Sousa. The collection consists primarily of manuscript and printed music arranged or composed by Francis Scala for band concerts, military formations, and White House functions. It also includes photographs, clippings, programs, promotional materials, correspondence, and other materials.
Augustus S. Nicholson papers, 1861-1934
350 items. 1 container. .4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Marine officer. Correspondence, financial and legal records of the Nicholson family, and biographical material pertaining chiefly to Nicholson's career as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.
William Edward Riley papers, 1941-1948
800 items. 5 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Marine Corps officer. Correspondence, operation plans and reports, memoranda, notes, maps, photographs, and other papers relating to Riley’s World War II service on the staff of Admiral William Frederick Halsey, commander of South Pacific Area and commander in chief of the United States Navy 3rd Fleet; invasions of the Philippines and Ulithi (Micronesia); and United States Marine Corps and United States Navy demobilization efforts after the war.
Joel Thompson Boone papers, 1755-1971
24,000 items. 95 containers plus 5 oversize. 45 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physician and naval officer. A memoir, diaries, correspondence, photographs, reports, military papers, and other material documenting Boone's career as a medical officer in World War I, personal physician to Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, naval officer and doctor, and his work with the Hoover Commission, Veterans Administration, and the medical survey of the bituminous coal industry.
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