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1. George Biddle papers, 1863-1973

   3,500 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 12 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist and public official. Correspondence; diaries; drafts and printed copies of speeches, articles, and a memoir; sketchbooks; scrapbooks; announcements; book reviews; and other papers relating chiefly to Biddle's role in American art, his work for the federal support of art, and the Federal Art Project, including also material relating to his involvement with the United States War Department Art Advisory Committee, World War II, and the Nuremberg War Crime Trials.

2. Boris Brasol papers, 1919-1954

   22,000 items. 64 containers. 25.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Russian author and critic, criminologist, and lawyer. Correspondence, speeches, drafts and typescripts, notes, memoranda, and other material relating to Russia and the Soviet Union and to Brasol's writings and work as a criminologist.

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3. Louis Simpson papers, 1922-2011

   66,000 items. 212 containers plus 1 oversize. 84.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Pulitzer Prize winning poet and author. Correspondence, working drafts of various poems and writings, administrative material regarding publishing and publications, reviews, translations, interviews, memorabilia, and subject files related to Simpson's career as an author and professor.

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