Mabel Thorp Boardman papers, 1853-1945
4,000 items ; 13 containers ; 5.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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American Red Cross official. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical material, letterbooks, newspaper clippings, printed items, and other material relating to Boardman’s career in the American Red Cross and as a commissioner of the District of Columbia.
Maxine Singer papers, 1950-2004
23,600 items ; 69 containers plus 1 oversize ; 27.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Biochemist, science advocate, and administrator. Correspondence, laboratory notebooks, subject files, research material, reports, speeches and writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous items documenting Singer's genetic research, science advocacy, and administrative service with various scientific institutes and organizations, including her tenure as president of the Carnegie Institution of...
Howard Teichmann papers, 1857-2001
49,500 items ; 141 containers plus 13 oversize ; 60 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, educator, and theater administrator. Correspondence, drafts and typescripts of writings, financial records, notes, photographs, and research material pertaining to Teichmann's career as a playwright, biographer, educator, and theater administrator.
Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1917-1967
17,700 items ; 59 containers plus 1 classified ; 23.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist and science administrator. Correspondence, diary notes, speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, and biographical material chiefly relating to Waterman’s activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the United States Office of Naval Research and as director of the United States National Science Foundation.
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Raymund L. Zwemer papers, 1903-1979
12,000 items ; 36 containers plus 1 classified ; 14 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Biologist, educator, and scientific administrator. Correspondence, speeches and writings, professional and organizational files, appointment diaries, personnel records, printed matter, and other papers documenting Zwemer's career as a professor of anatomy and scientific administrator.
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Russell E. Train papers, 1898-2005
35,000 items ; 115 containers plus 2 classified and 1 oversize ; 42 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Conservationist, jurist, and administrator. Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, governmental and organizational records, topical files, photographs, and miscellaneous papers relating to Train's work in public and private sectors on national and international environmental issues and policy.
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Winfred Overholser papers, 1911-1965
5,000 items ; 34 containers ; 10 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Psychiatrist, educator and superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, D.C. Correspondence, letters scrapbooks, writings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Overholser's career in psychiatry and his research in forensic psychiatry.
Homer G. Smith papers, 1971-1987
125 items ; 1 container ; 0.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Accountant, banker, and credit administrator. Correspondence, notes, and oral history transcripts pertaining to his book, A Challenge to U. S. Agriculture: Building the Cooperative Production Credit System.
Thomas Watt Gregory papers, 1896-1933
8,000 items ; 27 containers ; 11.3 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States attorney general, regent of the University of Texas, and lawyer. Chiefly legal material and correspondence from the period of Gregory's law practice in Washington, D.C. Correspondence also reflects Gregory's interest in the University of Texas, the Woodrow Wilson administration, and the presidential campaign of 1932.
Vannevar Bush papers, 1901-1974
55,000 items ; 174 containers ; 69.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist, engineer, government official, and science administrator. The collection relates primarily to Vannevar Bush's role as coordinator of the scientific community for defense efforts during and after World War II when he served as chairman of the National Defense Research Committee and director of its successor, the Office of Scientific Research and Development, where he supervised the...
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