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1. Saul Kolodny papers, 1940-1983

   100 items (includes 64 volumes containing 15,000 items). 38 containers. 13.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Economist. Correspondence, reports, memoranda, graphs, charts, printed matter, and photograph albums pertaining to Saul Kolodny’s career as an economist for the sugar industry.

2. Francis W. Reichelderfer papers, 1918-1983

   3,150 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States naval officer and meteorologist. Correspondence, memoranda, agendas, notes, speeches, writings, transcripts of radio broadcasts, interviews, biographical material, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Reichelderfer's career in meterorology as chief of the United States Weather Bureau.

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3. Cleveland Abbe papers, 1850-1954

   9,700 items. 33 containers plus 3 oversize. 13 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Astronomer and meteorologist. Correspondence, diaries, and other papers relating mainly to Abbe's career with the Weather Service of the Army Signal Corps, his participation in the West African Eclipse Expedition (1880s), and his career in the United States Weather Bureau.

4. William H. Littlewood papers, 1904-2007

   2,000 items. 14 containers plus 1 oversize. 5.5 linear feet. 3,637 digital files (2.24 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Civilian oceanographer with the United States Navy and science attaché with the United States Foreign Service. Correspondence, cables, dispatches, memoranda, reports, journals, clippings, writings, newsletters, photographs, digital scans, maps, ephemera, planning files, and reference materials primarily related to Operation Deep Freeze between 1955 and 1959.

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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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6. Irving Langmuir papers, 1871-1957

   32,000 items. 107 containers plus 4 oversize. 42.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Chemist. Correspondence, diaries, experimental notebooks, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material containing data that led to scientific developments such as the gas-filled incandescent lamp, the high vacuum power tube, atomic hydrogen welding, and screening smoke generators for the armed forces. Includes material on cloud seeding experiments and smoked bathythermograph records obtained at Lake George, N.Y. Also includes material relating to Langmuir’s student years.

7. Edward N. Lorenz papers, circa 1895-2009

   15,000 items. 44 containers plus 12 oversize. 17.6 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 1 artifact. 4,775 digital files (2.419 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Meteorologist and mathematician. Correspondence, articles, scientific papers, speeches, presentations, photographs, data and data visualizations in both physical and digital formats. Material in physical format also includes military records, subject files, and book files. Material in digital format also includes games and sound recordings. The collection documents Lorenz's activities as a meteorology professor and his discovery of deterministic chaos.

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