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1. Eugene Meyer papers, 1864-1975

   80,000 items. 282 containers plus 4 oversize. 109 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Investment banker, financier, public official, and owner of the Washington Post. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, diaries, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, congressional testimony, press statements, financial papers, family papers, biographical material, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Meyer's life and career.

2. Stuart Eizenstat papers, 1929-2003

   54,200 items. 226 containers plus 2 classified and 17 oversize. 93.2 linear feet. 804 digital files (45.34 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, ambassador, adviser to the president of the United States, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, transcripts of interviews, notebooks and notes, subject files, speeches, writings, reports, briefing books, press releases, clippings, calendars, photographs, printed matter, and other material in both physical and digital formats relating chiefly to Eizenstat's writings.

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3. Oscar Terry Crosby papers, 1878-1947

   1400 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States assistant secretary of the treasury, public utilities executive, explorer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, subject files, speeches and writings, clippings, and printed material relating primarily to Crosby's activities with the Commission for Relief in Belgium, his work at the Treasury Department, 1917-1918, interest in international finance, post-World War I German reparations and Allied debts, the establishment of an international peace tribunal, and travels in Africa, the Near and Far East, and Europe.

4. Charles Evans Hughes papers, 1836-1950

   61,000 items. 233 containers plus 2 oversize. 86 linear feet. 150 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Governor of New York, secretary of state, and chief justice of the United States. Family papers, correspondence, speeches and biographical writings, subject files, notes, scrapbooks, clippings, and other printed and miscellaneous matter relating principally to Hughes's political and judicial career and his service on various international bodies and commissions.

5. Robert Worth Bingham papers, 1856-1939

   12,600 items. 41 containers plus 8 oversize. 20.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomat, lawyer, and newspaper publisher. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, appointment books, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Bingham's service as ambassador to Great Britain.

6. Norman H. Davis papers, 1898-1979

   44,000 items. 99 containers plus 1 classified and 4 oversize. 40.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Economist, diplomat and humanitarian. Correspondence, journals, minutes, speeches, statements, scrapbooks, memoranda, news clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other material relating mainly to Davis's participation between the world wars in international conferences on peace, disarmament, and international monetary matters.

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7. Leonard Porter Ayres papers, 1902-1946

   2,200 items. 25 containers plus 2 oversize. 10 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Statistician, economist, educator, and army officer. Family and general correspondence, journals, notes, reports, subject files, statistical tables and graphs, printed material, and clippings relating primarily to Ayres’s work during World War I as chief statistical officer for the War Department, his service to the Allied Powers Reparation Commission as economic adviser on the Dawes Commission, and his work during World War II as statistical coordinator for the War Department and as consultant to the War Manpower Commission.

8. Robert W. Bonynge papers, 1881-1939

   200 items. 1 container plus 10 oversize. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, state legislator, United States representative, and agent of the United States before the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany. Scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, reports, and correspondence relating primarily to Bonynge's legal career, political career, and his work with the Mixed Claims Commission.

9. Post-World War II posters from Germany, 1945-1947

   16 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 6.4 feet. Approximate number of items: 810. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   A collection of official posters and broadsides from Allied Powers-occupied Germany for the immediate post World War II (post-1945) period, included with confiscated materials from the Library's Third Reich Collection. Contains official notices by the American and Allied occupying government from 1946-1947; official notices by local governments in Leipzig, Berlin, and elsewhere; and announcements for cultural events such as lectures, concerts, plays, sports activities and other events in selected areas throughout Germany, mostly in Bavaria. Also contains numerous party and election posters for the emerging political party movements banned during the Nazi regime (such as the Communist, Liberal, Christian Democrat, and Social Democratic parties).