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1. Faith Berry papers, 1859-2009

   2,500 items. 16 containers plus 1 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and editor. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, speeches, writings, book reviews, reports, radio and television transcripts, research materials, press releases, clippings, printed materials, posters, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Berry's research on the life and literary career of poet Langston Hughes and to her work on behalf of civil rights and women.

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2. Oveta Culp Hobby papers, 1941-1997

   2,200 items. 11 containers plus 2 oversize. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Newspaper editor and publisher, director of the Women’s Army Corps, secretary of health, education, and welfare, and businesswoman. Correspondence, printed matter, and other papers relating to Hobby’s work during World War II as chief of the Women’s Interest Section of the Bureau of Public Relations in the War Department and as the first director of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.