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1. Jack S. Kilby papers, 1878-2003

   34,500 items. 107 containers plus 21 oversize. 46 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Engineer and inventor. Correspondence, memoranda, patents and related material, drawings, blueprints, transparencies, photographs, subject files, speeches, writings, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating primarily to Kilby's inventions and projects while an engineer and later a consultant for Texas Instruments. The papers also document Kilby's work as a consultant and adviser to various companies and organizations.

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2. Peter L. Stark World War II map collection

   3 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of three items, which includes a guide to reading aerial photography, a book of photomaps of Central Luzon, and an AAF Cloth Chart of the East China Sea.

3. Herold J. Wiens collection, 1939-1971

   264 pieces. chiefly maps. charts, and views. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Consists of pen and ink drawings, pencil sketches, facsimiles, and photographs of aerial views showing all or part of China during the period of World War II. The collection also consists of technical drawing equipment, notes, charts, atlases, some books, personal folders, letters, correspondence, and other miscellaneous items.

4. Robert Kleiman papers, 1935-1983

   5,000 items. 15 containers plus 1 classified and 9 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, propaganda material including leaflets, newspapers, printed matter, and ephemera, interrogations of prisoners of war, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Kleiman's service with the United States Office of War Information during World War II and pertaining to psychological warfare and the use of propaganda in the Far East, with a much smaller portion reflecting his work as a journalist before and after the war.

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5. David L. Quaid World War II map collection

   21 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 21 photocopied maps that are annotated and depict operations of Merrill's Marauders during World War II. Maps labeled 1 to 7 concern the Marauder's 1944 campaign in Burma, in which the unit captured the Japanese airfield at Myitkyina.