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1. Carl Eckart papers, 1921-1973

   8,400 items. 24 containers plus 1 oversize. 13 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physicist, oceanographer, and educator. Correspondence, writings, lectures, subject files, biographical information, printed material, photographs, and other material relating to Eckart's career as oceanographer and physicist.

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2. John Von Neumann and Klára Dán Von Neumann papers, 1912-2000

   19,200 items. 57 containers plus 1 oversize. 22.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   John Von Neumann, mathematician, atomic energy commissioner, and educator; and Klára Dán Von Neumann, pioneer computer programmer. Correspondence, memoranda, journals, speeches, article and book drafts, notes, charts, graphs, patent, biographical material, family papers, and other material pertaining to John Von Neumann's career as professor of mathematics, scientific advisor to government and industry, and author, and to the scientific career and family of Klára Dán Von Neumann, his wife.

3. Claude Elwood Shannon papers, 1932-1995

   7,000 items. 20 containers plus 1 oversize. 8 linear feet. 10 digital files (211.9 KB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Mathematician, information theorist, and computer scientist. Correspondence, scientific papers, theorems, topical files, articles, notes, speeches, and miscellaneous material relating to Shannon's professional life.

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4. Oswald Veblen papers, 1881-1960

   13,800 items. 44 containers plus 1 oversize. 17.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Mathematician. Correspondence, diaries, subject files, articles, book reviews, drafts of books, lecture notebooks, financial papers, and miscellany relating primarily to Veblen's work and research in pure mathematics and mathematical physics and reflecting his association with Princeton University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., and the American Mathematical Society. Also includes material relating to Veblen's efforts on behalf of displaced German scholars and refugees.

5. Harry Wexler papers, 1929-1962

   13,000 items. 44 containers. 19 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Geophysicist and meteorologist. Correspondence and papers relating primarily to Wexler's career in the United States Weather Bureau and the Weather Service of the United States Air Force.

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