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1. Hulsizer family papers, 1915-1941

   145 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence and newspaper clippings relating primarily to sisters Edith Hulsizer Copher and Sophy Hulsizer Powell and their letters to family members during World War I.

2. John W. Colbert papers, 1895-1966

   400 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.9 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Pathologist and physician. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and lectures, articles, research materials, and artwork pertaining to Colbert's experiences researching tropical diseases, providing medical care to the French and American armies during World War I, accompanying the American Expeditionary Forces to Russia, working as a physician in China, founding the Woman's Ambulance and Defense Corps of America, and serving as a U.S. Army officer during World War II.

3. Arthur Gleason papers, 1863-1931

   3,000 items. 13 containers. 5.2 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist, editor, and social reformer. Family and general correspondence, writings, subject files, clippings, and printed matter relating to Gleason's editorial work with Cosmopolitan, The Survey, and Collier's Weekly; his experiences as a journalist and medic in World War I; his activities on behalf of the British labor movement, Bureau of Industrial Research, United Mine Workers, and socialism; and his interest in topics such as immigration, Jews in the United States, American isolationism, the Irish question, and religious groups and sects in Southern California.

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4. Florence Deakins Becker papers, 1891-1963

   3,000 items. 10 containers plus 21 oversize. 8.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Nurse and volunteer worker. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, subject files, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, and other papers relating principally to Becker’s volunteer activities on behalf of various health and medical causes, especially the crusade against tuberculosis and cancer.

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5. Charles Habib Malik papers, 1888-1994

   112,800 items. 282 containers plus 1 oversize. 114.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lebanese diplomat, statesman, philosopher, and educator. Correspondence, subject files, speeches, writings, and other papers documenting Malik's teaching career at the American University of Beirut and public service as Lebanese minister to the United States, as Lebanese delegate to the United Nations and president of its General Assembly, and as Lebanon's foreign minister during a period of civil and political strife.

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6. George W. Goethals papers, 1830-2014

   31,500 items. 73 containers plus 1 oversize. 27.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 81 digital files (21.36 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Governor of the Canal Zone, army officer, and engineer. Diaries, correspondence, reports, memoranda, photographs, clippings, family papers, and scrapbooks relating chiefly to the construction of the Panama Canal, Goethals' term as governor of the Canal Zone, his other public service positions, and the Goethals family.

7. Joel Thompson Boone papers, 1755-1971

   24,000 items. 95 containers plus 5 oversize. 45 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Physician and naval officer. A memoir, diaries, correspondence, photographs, reports, military papers, and other material documenting Boone's career as a medical officer in World War I, personal physician to Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, naval officer and doctor, and his work with the Hoover Commission, Veterans Administration, and the medical survey of the bituminous coal industry.

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8. Carl Conrad Loth papers, 1896-1967

   1,000 items. 1 container plus 3 oversize. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Army officer and aviator. Correspondence, newsletters, photographs, certificates, and scrapbooks related primarily to Loth's service as a driver in the American Volunteer Motor-Ambulance Corps and as an aviator and officer in the United States Army during World War I and World War II.

9. 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.

10. Coolidge-Pollard families papers, 1818-2015

    8,000 items. 34 containers plus 8 oversize. 20 linear feet. 2,981 digital files (5.00 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Correspondence, diaries, travel journals, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, legal records, drawings, newspaper clippings, genealogical research notes, poetry and other writings, books, and other printed matter chronicling the lives of the Pollard family of Vermont who were maternal relatives of Calvin Coolidge. The collection includes correspondence between Coolidge and his relatives as well as photographs of the president during visits to Vermont.

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