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1. Eric Sevareid papers, 1909-2008

   51,400 items. 149 containers plus 2 oversize. 60.4 linear feet. 17 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist, radio and television commentator, and author. Includes correspondence, fan mail, radio and television scripts, news analyses, lectures, speeches, writings, book and subject files, awards, newspaper clippings, printed matter, a diary, photographs, and other papers. Primarily consists of scripts for Sevareid's radio and television news broadcasts and analyses documenting his career with the Columbia Broadcasting System from World War II as a correspondent in Burma, China, and western Europe; as chief Washington, D.C., correspondent from 1946 to 1959; and as news analyst and essayist until his retirement from CBS News in 1977.

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2. Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop papers, 1699-1989

   114,000 items. 324 containers plus 1 classified. 130.5 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Authors and journalists. Correspondence, writings, interviews, notes, subject files, office files, financial papers, family papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Joseph Alsop's family and personal life; acquaintance with prominent politicians, public figures, writers, and scholars; work as a journalist; World War II experiences in China; and research and writing as an art historian. Includes material relating to Joseph and Stewart Alsop's business partnership in the “Matter of Fact” column, Joseph Alsop's memoirs, Stewart Alsop's travels, and the Alsop family.

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3. Hayes, Hollister, and Kelman families papers, 1826-2012

   6,000 items. 21 containers. 8.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, diaries, memoirs, lectures and sermons, genealogical material, and printed matter pertaining chiefly to members of the Hayes family and their careers as Presbyterian missionaries in China. Includes papers of Margaret Hayes Hollister; her parents, John David Hayes and Barbara Monteath Kelman Hayes; her paternal grandparents, W. M. Hayes and Margaret Young Hayes; her maternal grandfather, John Kelman; and her paternal great-grandfather, David Hayes.

4. Curtis E. LeMay papers, 1918-1969

   131,550 items. 243 containers plus 14 classified and 4 oversize. 90 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Aviator and U.S. Army and Air Force officer. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, teletype messages, flight orders, mission reports, strategic plans and operation reports, appointment calendars, maps, photographs, commissions, scrapbooks, and other papers chiefly concerning LeMay's career as an aviator and officer in the U.S. Army and Air Force and as a vice-presidential candidate in 1968.

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5. 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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6. William H. Tunner and Margaret Ann Hamilton Tunner papers, 1900-2006

   21,500 items. 61 containers plus 1 classified and 24 oversize. 57 linear feet. 35 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   William H. Tunner, United States Air Force officer, and Margaret Ann Hamilton Tunner, World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) pilot. Correspondence, reports, military records, biographical materials, writings, photographs, and photograph albums relating primarily to William H. Tunner's career in the United States Air Force. Correspondence, military records, biographical materials, photographs, and scrapbooks concerning Margaret Ann Hamilton Tunner's private life as well as her service as a WASP during World War II and her work in Japan for the occupation forces after the war.

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7. Frank Farrell map collection

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

   Summary:

   Frank Farrell served in the Marine Corps as an interrogator and prosecutor for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Shanghai, China. His collection includes a map from World War II that depicts the military situation in China, maps of Guangxi Province, and various tourist maps. Some maps have annotations on the reverse in English and French and other maps are in Chinese.

8. 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.

9. John Jacob Wolfe and Esther Blum Wolfe papers, 1929-2012

   1,750 items. 5 containers plus 3 oversize. 2.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   John Jacob Wolfe, dentist and physician; and his wife, Esther Blum Wolfe. Correspondence, writings, wartime journal, lectures, memorabilia, photographs, press clippings, and other documents pertaining primarily to their life and work in China and India in the 1930s and 1940s and his service as a medical officer with the United States Tenth Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.

10. Frans August Larson family papers, 1864-2021

    6,700 items. 19 containers plus 2 oversize. 7.7 linear feet. 21 digital files (322.95 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Frans August Larson, Swedish-born missionary, expedition guide, entrepreneur, and diplomatic advisor in Mongolia; his wife, Mary Rodgers Larson, American missionary in northern China; their children, especially Mary Larson Walker and her husband, writer C. Lester Walker. Correspondence, photographs, writings, and other records relating to family life and activities during their time in Mongolia and Kalgan (now known as Zhangjiakou), China, 1893-1939, and subsequent years in the United States, primarily in Alabama, California, and Connecticut, and on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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