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1. Fox Movietone newsreel collection--World War II paper records, 1922-1946

   14,000 items. 37 containers plus 7 oversize. 16 linear feet. -- Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Cameramen’s dope sheets (detailed notes of stories filmed), continuity sheets (synopses of newsreels distributed to theaters), and turnovers (one sentence descriptions of each story filmed) from this major pioneer in the newsreel industry. Collection also contains other paper materials including telegrams, speeches, photographs, programs, and memoranda that provide details of the newsreels created by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Although the entire Fox Movietone newsreel collection spans 1916-1963, these materials document the World War II period.

2. Joseph Kingsbury-Smith papers, 1902-2009

   40,000 items. 114 containers plus 1 oversize. 46 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist, editor, and corporate executive. Correspondence, writings, wire-service reports, photographs, biographical material, financial records, background files, clippings, transcribed interviews and phone calls, notes on conversations, printed matter, family material, and other papers relating to Kingsbury-Smith's career with the Hearst news organization and his personal relationship with the Hearst family.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

3. Courtney Letts de Espil papers, 1925-1994

   525 items. 12 containers plus 1 oversize. 4.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Writer and wife of the Argentine ambassador to the United States (1933-1943). Correspondence, diaries, writings, clippings, photographs, and other papers concerning social affairs in Washington and including references to many prominent individuals of the New Deal era. Also includes material on a cruise to the Arctic in 1927, the Espils’s return to Argentina in 1943, and life in Argentina under Juan Perón.

4. Joseph Edward Davies papers, 1860-1958

   75,000 items. 224 containers plus 5 oversize. 97.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomat, lawyer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, drafts of articles, books, and speeches, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating to Davies's career as an ambassador to Belgium and Russia, presidential advisor, and author.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

5. John Wills Greenslade papers, 1847-1961

   2,870 items. 11 containers plus 17 oversize. 15.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, subject files, dispatches, contracts, blueprints, charts, maps, tables, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting Greenslade's career in the United States Navy from the Spanish-American War through both world wars.