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1. John L. McCrea papers, 1898-1984

   5,255 items. 14 containers. 5.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer, aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and insurance executive. Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, and photographs relating primarily to McCrea's career as a naval officer.

2. J. Thomas Schneider papers, 1915-1960

   700 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer, government official, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, treaties, writings, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Schneider's service as personal aide to Gen. John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during and after World War I.

3. William Sowden Sims papers, 1856-1951

   43,000 items. 153 containers plus 1 oversize. 61.8 linear feet. 45 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notes, reports, military orders, biographical material, clippings, and other papers primarily documenting Sims's naval career and his work relating to naval reforms.

4. John Callan O'Laughlin papers, 1895-1949

   45,000 items. 107 containers plus 2 oversize. 42.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Politician, statesman, newspaperman, and publisher. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, reports, printed material, scrapbooks, and records of the Army and Navy Journal documenting O'Laughlin's career as a newspaperman and advocate of Republican Party and conservative causes.

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5. John Wills Greenslade correspondence transcripts, 1900-2010

   7,000 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. 420 digital files (16.85 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Transcripts of correspondence, biographical material, and digital files relating to Greenslade's career in the United States Navy.

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6. Charles Edward Russell papers, 1864-1941

   12,000 items. 53 containers. 16 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, writings, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating principally to Russell's writings and to his activities on behalf of various progressive reform causes.

7. Elijah Reynolds papers, 1897-1959

   350 items. 1 container plus 1 oversize. 0.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Army officer. Writings, certificates, photographs, correspondence, medals, and other papers related chiefly to Reynolds’s service in the Twenty-Fifth Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War and Philippine American War, and his position as the instructor of military science and tactics at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.

8. Brett Riggs influenza pandemic archive, 1891-1945

   1,100 items. 3 containers plus 3 oversize. 6.1 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, artifacts, clippings, diaries, ephemera, newspapers, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, postcards, printed matter, publications, reports, and other papers relating to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.

9. George S. Patton papers, 1807-1979

   26,100 items. 78 containers plus 23 oversize. 40 linear feet. 10 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Army officer. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches and lectures, military papers, scrapbooks, military publications, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Patton's military career as a student at the U.S. Military Academy (1904-1909), member of John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico (1916), aide-de-camp to Pershing and later tank commander in Europe during World War I, and commander of forces in Europe and North Africa during World War II.

10. Everett Strait Hughes map collection

    2 maps : some colored ; various sizes. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Everett Strait Hughes was a colonel in the artillery of American Expeditionary Force in World War I. During World War II, he served closely with Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Allied Supreme Commander in Europe. The collection contains two maps with annotations showing the American zone of occupation in Germany in 1919 and of its headquarters in Coblenz, Germany.