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1. Hermann Hagedorn papers, 1912-1933

   10,200 items. 23 containers. 9.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet and biographer. Correspondence, subject files, research material, and miscellaneous items relating primarily to Hagedorn’s biographies of Leonard Wood and William Boyce Thompson. Includes original material relating to Thompson’s role in relief work in Russia following the Russian Revolution and in securing diplomatic recognition for the Soviets. Also includes material on Hagedorn’s activities relating to World War I loyalty questions, especially the problems of his fellow German Americans and the Vigilantes, a militant group of patriotic writers.

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2. Frank Ross McCoy papers, 1847-1957

   37,750 items. 110 containers. 44 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer. General and family correspondence, diaries, military and subject files, notebooks, dispatch books, speeches and writings, financial papers, scrapbooks, and other material pertaining chiefly to McCoy’s military career and to various diplomatic assignments.