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Andrew H. Foote papers, 1822-1890
1,000 items. 11 containers plus 1 oversize. 4.4 linear feet. 5 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naval officer. Correspondence, letterbooks, manuscript of "Africa and the American Flag" (1854), journals, logbooks, miscellaneous ships' records, and other papers relating principally to Foote's naval career, trade with Japan, missionaries in Hawaii, Civil War naval actions, and Foote's personal life. Also includes a journal, 1845-1847, kept by Madison Rush on a cruise from New York to China and South America.
Daniel Carroll papers, 1662-1920
3,100 items. 10 containers plus 1 oversize. 4.4 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Landowner and businessman. Correspondence, financial and legal records, plat surveys, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Carroll's business interests and real estate holdings in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md.
Meg Greenfield papers, 1890-1999
35,000 items. 102 containers plus 4 oversize and digital files. 46 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Editor and journalist. Correspondence, speeches and writings, research files, interview transcripts, memoranda, minutes, reports, calendars and schedules, cartoons, financial and legal records, travel files, academic records, biographical material, honors and awards, childhood diaries and writings, family papers, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and digital files documenting Greenfield's career in journalism.
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Edward O. Wilson papers, 1931-2015
95,000 items. 284 containers plus 4 oversize. 120 linear feet. 976 digital files (71.02 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Biologist, educator, and author. Correspondence, drafts of writings, speeches, field notes, reports, memoranda, minutes, conference papers, grant applications, lists, teaching files, awards and honors, book reviews, press clippings, photographs, family papers, school records, military applications, printed matter, digital files, and audiovisual recordings chronicling most aspects of Wilson’s professional life, including his seminal research and writings on ants, sociobiological investigations into the evolutionary and genetic basis of social behavior, and environmental advocacy.
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Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine collection, 1913-1992
approximately 89,161 items. 794 containers. 4 mapcase folders. 257.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Danny Kaye (1911-1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, and humanitarian. His wife, Sylvia Fine (1913-1991), was an American lyricist, composer, writer, lecturer, and producer. The collection, which documents their lives and careers, contains printed and manuscript music, scripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, promotional and publicity materials, speeches, oral history transcripts, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, posters, honors, and realia.
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Arno A. Penzias papers, 1931-2006
9,500 items. 27 containers plus 2 oversize and 1 artifact. 10.8 linear feet. 1,006 digital files (442.70 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scientist, corporate executive, and author. Correspondence, drafts of books, articles, and speeches, interviews, scientific articles, photographs, topical files, printed matter, digital files, and miscellaneous material.
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Philip C. Jessup papers, 1574-1983
120,000 items. 394 containers plus 2 oversize and 1 classified. 157.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Jurist, diplomat, and educator. Family and general correspondence, reports and memoranda, speeches and writings, subject files, legal papers, newspaper clippings and other papers pertaining chiefly to Jessup's work with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Institute of Pacific Relations, United States Department of State, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and International Court of Justice. Includes material relating to his World War I service in Spartanburg, S.C., and in France; and to charges made against him by Senator Joseph McCarthy and postwar loyalty and security investigations. Also includes papers of his wife, Lois Walcott Kellogg Jessup, relating to her work for the American Friends Service Committee, United States Children's Bureau, and United Nations, her travels to Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, and to her writings.
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William E. Odom papers, 1913-2008
102,250 items. 286 containers plus 10 oversize and 8 classified. 120 linear feet. 3 microfiche sheets. 20,923 digital files (5.87 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, logbooks, subject files, scrapbooks, printed material, family papers, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Odom's military career, particularly his service as military assistant to the assistant to the president for national security affairs, United States Army assistant chief of staff for intelligence, and director of the National Security Agency as well as his work as an authority on national security policy and the Soviet Union in the years following his retirement from the Army.
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Reinhold Niebuhr papers, 1907-1997
16,250 items. 70 containers plus 1 oversize. 28 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Theologian, philosopher, and author. Correspondence, speeches, sermons, lectures, articles, book reviews, typescripts of books and articles, family papers, subject files, biographical material, bibliographies, photographs, and memorabilia reflecting Niebuhr's influence on twentieth-century theology, politics, and society and his efforts to apply religious and ethical standards to modern social and political problems including labor and race relations.
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Carl Schurz papers, 1837-1983
24,500 items. 229 containers plus 1 oversize. 57.8 linear feet. 126 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States cabinet officer, diplomat, senator from Missouri, Union army officer, journalist, and reformer. Correspondence, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and scrapbooks pertaining to Liberal Republicanism, tariff reduction, civil service reform, anti-imperialism, election campaigns, and the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes in which Schurz served as secretary of the interior.