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1. John Payton papers, 1913-2012

   5,000 items. 35 containers plus 1 oversize. 14 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Civil rights attorney and president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Speeches, legal material, documents from the 1994 election in South Africa, correspondence, biographical material, writings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Payton’s career beginning in 1992.

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2. David S. Tatel papers, 1871-2014

   155,000 items. 525 containers. 210 linear feet. 7,171 digital files (4.38 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Judge, lawyer, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, speeches, writings, reports, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers in both physical and digital formats relating chiefly to Tatel’s legal career as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, his service as Director for the Office for Civil Rights for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and his private law practices in Chicago, Ill., and Washington, D.C.

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