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1. Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009

   93,500 items. 268 containers plus 5 classified and 2 oversize. 107.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States secretary of defense, president of the World Bank, and corporate executive. Correspondence, memoranda, organization records, subject files, speeches and writings, reports, conferences and meetings, background and research material, and other papers relating primarily to McNamara's private and public life following his service as secretary of defense, including his leadership of the World Bank, his role as counselor and adviser to various private corporations and nonprofit organizations and foundations, and his commentary on and advocacy for solutions to the critical domestic and foreign policy issues of the times.

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2. Neil Sheehan papers, 1920-1993

   110,000 items. 239 containers plus 8 classified and 1 oversize. 129 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and journalist.Correspondence, drafts of writings, notes, research material, interview transcripts, and other papers relating to Sheehan's writings concerning the Vietnam War, especially his books, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (1988) and After the War Was Over: Hanoi and Saigon (1992), and to publication of the Pentagon Papers.

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