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1. Frederick D. Patterson papers, 1861-1988

   15,000 items. 41 containers. 18.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   African-American educational administrator and advocate. Correspondence, journal, writings and speeches, notes, reports, organizational records, clippings, printed materials, memorabilia, and miscellaneous items relating chiefly to Patterson's efforts, following his retirement as president of Tuskegee Institute in 1953, to preserve and develop African-American institutions of higher learning.

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2. Faith Berry papers, 1859-2009

   6,500 items. 30 containers plus 2 oversize. 13.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, editor, and professor. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, speeches, writings, book reviews, reports, radio and television transcripts, research materials, press releases, clippings, printed matter, posters, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Berry's research on the life and literary career of poet Langston Hughes; to her collaboration with professor and literary critic J. Saunders Redding; to her career as a writer, editor, and professor; and to her work on behalf of civil rights and women.

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