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2008 Appraisals
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, collection pertaining to Operation SUN-RUN and the pilot and aircraft that set transcontinental speed records
U. of Delaware, Estate of Marion Flook miniature book collection
U. of MD Library of American Broadcasting, archives of Sandra Michael, creator of the radio drama "Against the Storm"
Estate of Johanna Grimes, inventory of the Old Hickory Bookstore specializing in medicine and medical history
Johns Hopkins U., the A. Doak Barnett library pertaining to China and related subjects
Estate of Vicki K. Heilig, books, prints, photographs and relics relating to the Civil War
U. of California, Berkeley, large collection of feature films from 1930-1963
Georgetown U. Lauinger Library, collection of antiquarian and economic books
St. Paul’s College, scholarly library pertaining to American History
Georgetown U., Woodstock Theological Center Library, one of the world’s largest libraries of Jesuit studies
University of Maryland, large collection of Persian language books relating to Persian history, culture and literature
George Washington U., archival papers and related items of E. Ethelbert Miller, Wash, DC based poet
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, archival papers and uniform of WWI pilot Kenneth P. Grubb
Smithsonian Institution Library, collection of 18th- and 19th-century books pertaining to horticulture
National Museum of the Pacific War, books pertaining to World War II
Institution to be Determined, scrapbook relating to the Don Cossack Choir
Confucius Institute of Maryland at U. of MD, large collection of Chinese calligraphy and paintings
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, large scrapbook of Washingtoniana, 1870's-1950's, including Presidential material and a 1930's Washington retail ledger book
U. of MD Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, collection of audio-and videotaped interviews pertaining to the theater National Cathedral Library, medieval manuscript leaves, including a 1440 Book of Hours, from the Wilhelmina F. Jashemski Trust
Mount St. Mary's Seminary, library of theology and related subjects
Boston University Medical School Library, archival papers and books from the estate of Dr. Chester Scott Keffer, former Dean of the Boston U. Medical School
U. of Pittsburgh, John Woodruff’s Gold Medal for first place in the 800-meter race at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin
Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 1824 autograph letter signed by Jefferson and an 1806 document signed by Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison
American Heritage Magazine, archival and editorial papers and library
U. of Pittsburgh, archival papers and library of Dr. Nicolas Rescher, Professor of Philosophy at the U. of Pittsburgh and current chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science
The Washington Post, The Washington Star newspaper photo archive
PNC Financial Services Group, archaeological artifacts from site at Three PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh, PA
Confucius Institute at Maryland, University of Maryland, Dr. Chun-Tu Hsueh’s library on Chinese studies
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, archival papers relating to the Mlodinoff family and their flight from Nazi Germany on the SS St. Louis.
University of the District of Columbia, large collection of vintage jazz recordings
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards Air Force Base CA, artifacts and memorabilia from the Estate of William J. “Pete” Knight, U.S. politician, combat pilot and test pilot who holds the world’s speed record for winged powered aircraft
PNC Bank, banking artifacts, graphics and memorabilia
Library of Congress, archival papers of U.S. diplomat Norman Davis, President Wilson’s Assistant Secretary of Treasury and later Undersecretary of State
Estate of Irvin Hurwitz, large library of 19th- and 20th-century books and journals, including classical Latin, Greek and French poetry and drama, music composition, art, drama, mathematics, literature and linguistics
2007 Appraisals
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, RI, audio taped interviews conducted by journalist G. Wayne Miller with leading members of Newport society.
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library, A collection of Watergate memorabilia donated by Congressman Alan Steelman.
Tulane University: The Taxco art collection of Penny Morrill including original drawings and photographs by William Spratling.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Audio and videotapes, scripts and related material from "Days of Remembrance 1984: An Evening of Commemoration through the Performing Arts"
George Washington University, Archival papers and related material of Jack Anderson, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Archival papers and related material of Jack J. Valenti, Special Assistant to President Johnson.
Library of Congress, Archival papers and related material of Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer prize winner for his book An American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Sport and Entertainment Publications, The Ring Magazine and Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine photographic archives.
Library of Congress, archives of Nobel Prize winner and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
George Washington U., Jim Graham’s archives of material relating to AIDS awareness
Richard McDonald, video production of original presidential and political campaign ads Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, archival papers of Morton Beyer
Union College, Schenectady, NY, Library of Charles Snell, National Park Service Historian
National Defense University, archival papers, artifacts and related items of U.S. Army General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and Supreme Commander of Nato
George Washington U., maps and cartographic material pertaining to the Holy Lands
City of Frederick, MD, six documents relating to a ransom demanded on the city of Frederick, Maryland by General Jubal Early CSA on July 9,1864
Drury U., Springfield, MO, Roland L. Comstock Collection of 20th-century books and periodicals pertaining to literature and literary criticism
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Weilheimer family archives
Library of Congress, letters of American film producer and screenwriter Val Lewton, Sr.
Marshall U., Huntington, WV, Papers of Marvin L. Stone, former Editor-in-Chief of US News & World Report and Deputy Director of USIA
Morris Morgenstern Foundation, 1790 letter by Pres. George Washington to the sextant of Touro Synagogue
U. of Pittsburgh, archival collection of Dick Thornburgh, Attorney General of the U.S. and Governor of Pennsylvania
U. of MD Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, archives and related material of Clara Rockmore, the world’s greatest virtuosa of the theremin
U. of MD Library of American Broadcasting, original 16mm television footage and scripts
George Mason U., collection of books on the works of artist William Hogarth
U. of MD Library of American Broadcasting, audiotapes of Sid Davis, White House correspondent for Westinghouse Broadcasting Corp.
U. of MD Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, correspondence of broadcaster, writer, teacher and radio personality Robert Sherman
American U., mathematics library of Karen D. Michalowicz
U. of MD Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House, poetry library of Rod Jellema
U. of MD Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, photo archive of Washington, D.C. area theater and performing arts by freelance photographer Stanford Barouh
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Artwork of Adam Herszaft
Catholic University of America, Philosophy library of Dr. Antonio Cua
University of Pittsburgh, European Union archives and library holdings
Monty Newborn, archival and artifactual collection of material relating to the creation and growth of computer chess programs (1945-2007)
Library of Congress, archival papers, video and audiotapes of Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor and Emmy Award-winning producer/correspondent
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Moos family archives
Library of Congress, archival papers of Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Original telegram from Secretary of War Stimson to President Truman informing him of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Unpublished autograph manuscript by “Anne of Green Gables” author L. M. Montgomery
Howard U., the archives and related material of Wash., D.C. Mayor Walter E. Washington
Library of Congress, archive of Daniel Boorstin, historian and former Librarian of Congress
U. of Oklahoma, library of Daniel Boorstin, historian and former Librarian of Congress
U. of Nebraska, Barton L. and Sally C. Hacker collection of books on women’s studies
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, archives of Evart Loomis, pioneer of holistic medicine
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Wash., D.C., archival records pertaining to the President's Commission on the Holocaust and the establishment of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Newton, Isaac. Opticks or a Treatise of Light, 3rd Edition, London, 1721
Virginia Historical Society, material pertaining to LaSalle Corbell Pickett and other Pickett family members
University of Maryland’s International Piano Archives, Henry Z. Steinway Collection of letters written to the Steinway Piano Company, 1863-1972, and related photos
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, archives of General Donald S. Dawson, President Truman’s Administrative Assistant
Library and archives of Peter P. Lejins, noted criminologist
Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, material relating to the aviation career of Fred Noonan and Pan American Airlines
Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Gardens, papers relating to the Garden Club of America's Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens
University of Delaware, the Dr. Norman Kelvin collection of research materials, correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs related to The Collection Letters of William Morris
American University Library, Wash, D.C. archival papers and related items of Charles W. Corddry, reporter for United Press International, The Baltimore Sun and a panelist on Washington Week in Review
Samuel Eliot Morison, Archival papers, books, memorabilia and artifacts of noted Naval historian.
Harvard University Law Library, collection of Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter’s letters and signed books
Villanova University, archival papers and related items pertaining to the career of Lawrence O’Rourke, distinguished journalist, attorney and national political correspondent
Maryland State Law Archives, Audubon Birds of America Havell edition engravings, John Dabour oil painting, and entire audio, video and print archives
Maryland State Law Archives, books, archival papers, special collections, journals, reports and photographs
College Park Aviation Museum, memorabilia and artifacts from Walter Boyne, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum, 1983-86
Eisenhower Presidential Library, archival papers of Abbott Washburn, special assistant to President Eisenhower

2006 Appraisals
Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum, collection of aviation philatelic covers and related items
Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss), large collection of correspondence, many with original art
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archival papers of Fela and Chaim Perelman
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards Air Force Base, William Joseph “Pete” Knight artifacts and memorabilia, U.S. politician, combat pilot and test pilot who holds the world’s speed record for winged, powered aircraft
National Defense, University, Wash., D.C., World War II editions of the Stars and Strips newspaper and related documents
Allen R. Haberman, collection of aviation philatelic covers, autographs and related items
Martin Gold, collection of books related to China, 1700 to the present
NAACP Crisis Magazine, large collection, including original editions
Library of Congress, Collection of art bindings created by Lage Carlson
Art Directives, Phila, PA, large collection of original ledgers, rosters, books and pamphlets on firefighting, insurance and related fields from the late 1700’s-1960
Target Corporation, scrapbooks pertaining to The Dayton Company Department Store
Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art,archival papers and business files of the Richard York Gallery, New York, NY
Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art, Archival papers,books and related items pertaining to the career of Dr. Charles Moore (1855-1941) chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts and author of books and articles on architecture, urban planning, biography and history
National Gallery of Art, Collection of photographic negatives of outdoor statues and monuments in the Wash., D.C. metropolitan area belonging to James M. Goode, noted architectural historian
Library of Congress, archives of Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense under Pres. Reagan, and under Pres. Nixon, served as Director of Office Management and Budget and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Library of American Broadcasting, U. of MD, archival papers and library of John Michael Kittross, professor and author of works on broadcasting law and related areas.
PNC Bank, archival papers and related items of Riggs Bank, Wash., D.C.
Center for Norbertine Studies, St. Norbert College, William M. Klimon Collection of the editions of St. Augustine’s Confessions
Archival papers of Betty T. Bennett, noted Mary W. Shelley scholar
Library of Congress, archives and original scores of Louis Gesensway, American composer and violinist
Library of Congress, archival paper of Hedrick Smith, noted journalist, writer and producer of PBS Television specials
George Washington U. Gelman Library, Melvin P. Lader collection of art books
Archival papers of William B. Coolidge, including the Dame and Coolidge family archives
Civil War Diary of surgeon Lt. James Gheislin
Texas Tech University, Susan Albers collection of books and magazines relating to the Holocaust
Gerald Ford Library, Gerald Ford’s original speech accepting the Republican Party nomination for President in 1976
Mexican-American War Ship Journal of Rapheal Semmes, later Commander of the CSA Alabama
University of Washington, Dr. Paul R. Brass archive of Indian Political and Social History
U.S. Naval Observatory, Joseph Spigai Collection of books and reports relating to oceanography University of Maryland Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, the Carl A. Rosenthal Collection of 20th-century Sheet Music
University of Notre Dame, collection of audiotapes relating to Yves R. Simon, noted 20th-century philosopher
Smithsonian Institution American History Archives, collection of letters relating to John and Abigail Adams
Collection of archival material including original letters relating to Isaac Babel
George Mason University, Virginia Reports, Vols. 1-263, 1798-2002, reports from Virginia’s appellate court
Library of Congress, archives of Williard B. Prince, WWI map maker and later the originator of the Heisman Trophy
Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art, artwork and archives of superrealist painter Honore Sharrer
Matrix College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, 112 audio-cassette tape recordings from the South Africa Forum
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington D.C., a detailed five-piece scale model replica installation titled “The Mountain of the Lord Exhibit”
Library of Congress American Folklife Center, material from the estate of noted folklore archivist and author Isabel Gordon Carter
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny, archives of noted gay rights pioneer and activist
University of Maryland Library of American Broadcasting, papers and videotapes of Jeffrey Levine, one of the original CNN broadcasters
Lawrence Seidman Collection of children’s mechanical and moveable pop-up books and related material
George Washington University Gelman Library, the Lois Schwoerer collection of books and documents primarily pertaining to Renaissance, Tudor and 17th-century history.
University of the District of Columbia, the Lawrence Marshall Family Collection of Jazz Records
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, earliest known official document acknowledging the creation of the Provisional Government of Israel by the United Nations Mandate, signed by Pres. Truman and Sec. of State Marshall
Estate of Richard Malone, collection of rare stocks, bonds and autographs
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archive of Herbert Fierst, a leading member of the American Jewish community
Library of Congress, archival papers of United States Senator and historian Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862-1927)
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, World War II artifacts once belonging to Friedrich Wilhelm Kruger, senior SS commander
Library of Congress, archive of Melville B. Grosvenor, president, editor and editor-in-chief of the National Geographic Society, 1957-1977
University of Pittsburgh, archive of Donald Goldstein, noted military historian and expert on World War II
Saunders Kramer, creator of first U.S. Space Station, archives
National Defense University, personal papers and archives of General John R. Galvin, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and the Commander-in-Chief of the United States European Command
John Adams’ Family Bible inscribed to his granddaughter Abigail Smith Adams
Truman Presidential Library, John S. Steelman, personal assistant to President Truman

2005 Appraisals
Oklahoma State Historical Society and Omniplex Museum, Oklahoma City, Col. Jerauld Gentry USAF, Chief Pilot for USAF/NASA LOADING BODY Program, Archival Collection, including books, flight logs, films and artifacts
Florida State University, George Judy Collection of books, magazines and scores relating to the theater
U. of Maryland Hornbake Library, Fuegi Brecht & Company Archival Papers
Kenyon College, Special Collections and Kenyon Review Archives
Denison College, Special Collections
College of Wooster, Special Collections
Jonathan M. Foltz, first Surgeon General of the United States Navy and first White House Physician, correspondence from James Buchanan
Harry S. Truman Library, Ambassador Emmett O’Neal’s collection of accounts of Filipino life under Japanese occupation during World War II
Teresa Clawson collection of 19th- and 20-century children’s books
Barbara Krupski and Donna Reiter, memorial volumes dedicated to Sgt. Lawrence Russell Kelly, first American soldier to enter liberated Paris who was shot by a French resistance fighter
Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art, original artwork by Bauhaus artist Werner Drewes
Newspaper Association of American, Journalism Library
William and Mary College, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger’s artifacts and memorabilia
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, Tito Puente’s Archival Artifacts, including instruments and memorabilia
Bruce Bartlett, library and archival material pertaining to economics
Dr. Clark T. Sawin, archives relating to the history of medicine with emphasis on endocrinology and hyperthyroidism
State of Pennsylvania, over 50,000 journals, reports and periodicals pertaining to Pennsylvania law
Ruth and Robert Kempner, World War II archives, including material from international tribunal at Nuremberg, Catholic victims of Nazi aggression, personal reparations and material relating to the trial and conviction of Adolph Eichmann
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Eva Skrenta’s collection of Jerzy Kajetanski’s original artwork depicting the Holocaust
West Virginia Wesleyan College, general rare book collection and West Virginia special collection
University of Arkansas, archives of Diane D. Blair, noted political scientist specializing in Arkansas government and women in politics
Estate of Murray Teigh Bloom, archives of noted American freelance writer
National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine, Julius Axelrod, recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals, archival papers and library
Library of Congress, the Samuel Dash archives, including his tenure as Chief Counsel and Staff Director, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities during the Watergate investigation
Estate of Jeff L. Ethell, photographic aviation archive and related material
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Archives, Robert S. Sanford Collection, including his WWI 139th Aero Squadron insignia
University of Maryland Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, James Taylor’s Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive
Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Elmerina and Paul Parkman Archives pertaining to studio glass and other craft media
Estate of Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, Manhattan Project nuclear physicist and prolific author on radiation fallout
John F. Kennedy, large collection of news footage of the November 1963 Dallas trip and assassination, appraisal requested by private owner for sale or donation

2004 Appraisals
Georgetown University Law School Library, the library of Samuel Dash
Martin Millspaugh, Architect of the Baltimore Inner Harbor and Sydney, Australia’s Darling Harbour, library and archives
National Museum of Health and Medicine Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, anatomical and related artifacts
FDR Presidential Library, Martin Conboy Archive containing the following cases: Prosecuted Ulysses appeal to Second Circuit (sought exclusion of book from United States claiming obscenity); Prosecuted Arthur Flegenheimer (Dutch Schultz) for income tax evasion; Sought to have Czech film Ecstasy banned as obscene; Prosecuted the case against former New York Mayor James J. Walker
Thomas S. McFee, Continental Army Order signed by George Washington
University of Maryland, Music Library Association Archives
Hugo Knepler, archives including manuscript score by Johann Strauss
Marshall Field’s and Dayton Hudson Corporation archives, objects and artifacts, including original Norman Rockwell painting
Dr. Harvey Harlow Nininger Collection of Meteorites, Gems and Minerals
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, James Grover McDonald diary and archive
Animal Welfare Institute archive for North Carolina State University
Center for Naval Analysis Corp. Knowledge Center library and archives
Charles L. Seitz, MD diaries of Polar explorations, 1901-05
Edmund J. Gleazer, Jr., archive of author and past president and CEO of the American Association of Community Junior Colleges
Ed Rabel, audio and video archive of Emmy award winning broadcast journalist
Deena Clark, archive of Emmy award winning TV talk show host
Esther Handler Archive of Kenneth Rexroth letters and related material
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Adam Plummer diary, only known diary written by a slave
University of Maryland, National Trust Library, books and archives
University of Maryland, historic document and manuscript archives
Nicholas Carosi III, land transfer files pertaining to Alexandria, VA over the past three centuries

2003 Appraisals
Dr. Debra Pincus, art reference library and slide collection
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, library and archives
NIH Library of Medicine, Dr. Evelyn K. Tomes collection of videotapes pertaining to Black American nurses
Louis Sullivan, original architectural drawings and letters
National Empowerment Television, videotapes
U.S. Department of Agriculture and various institutions, Nancy and Charles Leidenfrost archives
International Tennis Hall of Fame, Albert Ritzenberg Tennis Collection
Mary Ann Sures, Ayn Rand’s secretary and close friend, collection of Rand books and materials
Riggs National Bank, archives 1809-Present, including National Bank of Washington and Farmer’s and Mechanics Bank
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Moritz Henschel Cultural Archive, relating to Terezin concentration camp
United States Postal Service, rare item vault, including original proof sheets and art- work of U.S. stamps
Jack Richardson Aeronautics Collection, original photos, some signed, of Lindbergh, Hughes, Trippe, Haizlip, Sikorsky among other pioneers in aviation, along with early aircraft, including the Hindenburg
Animal Rights Network, world’s largest collection of material pertaining to animal rights
Mary Barelli Gallagher and Providencia Paredes, personal secretary and personal attendant to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, personal artifacts and memorabilia
Dr. Murray Bowen, family counseling archives
National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, manuscript archive collection
Senator Robert Packwood, diaries
Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, archives of oldest existing bank in America, 1800-2003
Rev. Paul Weyrich, papers of Free Congress Foundation
Carl Barks, noted Disney artist and creator of Uncle Scrooge, personal correspondence
Dr. Jules Davids, archives pertaining to his ghostwriting of John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage
University of Puerto Rico, Dr. Cicely D. Williams archival collection of her life and medical career in Maternal and Child Health
Library of Congress, Katherine and Lawrence Karr collection of movie memorabilia
University of Maryland Library of American Broadcasting
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, material relating to Viennese cabaret and theater before 1938
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Reagan’s personal college yearbook
National Medical Museum Walter Reed Hospital, Dr. M.I. Sensemen Collection of Homeopathic Medicine and Library
Smithsonian Institution American History Museum, IBM Deep Blue Chess Computer System
Leonard Bernstein, manuscript copy of original string quartet composition, his earliest known work
Arthur Anderson Co., historical artifacts
Dr. William L. Pierce, archive and library relating to adoption and child development
Motts Museum of Columbus Ohio, Hugh Alexander Collection of holocaust material
Paul Weiss, library and personal property of noted 20th century philosopher

2002 Appraisals
Carmelitana Collection, 11,000 books on the history of the Carmelite Order
Dr. James Bosma, archives pertaining to dysphagia (swallowing disorder)
Robert Hall Lewis, music archives of pianist and composer
Estate of Karl Peter Stuckl, official photographs relating to the Nazi Party’s Ministry of Information
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, archive of Lt. Benjamin Gerow relating to the Nuremberg tribunals
Georgetown University Library, collection of American Communist Party and related material
National Institute of Health Library of Medicine, archives of Dr. James F. Bosma
Estate of Col. Henry Tufts, archives relating to U.S. Army CID 1968-1972
National Air and Space Museum, John O’Keefe’s tektites and aerospace archives
National Arboretum, books on botany
Neil Armstrong Space Suit
U.S. State Department, entire rare book collection, including vault
Leopold Godowsky, original manuscripts and sheet music
Patrick T. Ryan collection of theater and literary criticism
The Charles Carroll House, Carroll was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence
Dr. Albert Schatz, discoverer of streptomycin, samples of Streptmyces griseus and streptomycin
Charlton E. Meyer Collection of holocaust and related numismatics
Howard Serwer, archives pertaining to music
Murray Drabkin, archives pertaining to the development of bankruptcy laws during the 20th century
Washington National Cathedral, catalog and appraise library
Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA, Rare Book Library
Adler Enterprises, appraise Smithsonian Jazz Series
Production material used for the documentary The Warren Commission
Jay Miller Collection of Aviation and Space material, Butler Aviation Museum
Jose de Creeft notebooks and diaries of noted 20th century sculptor

2001 Appraisals
Dr. Mary C. Rodgers archives of the American Open University
Bernard Corbett et al – City of Alexandria, VA real estate titles from 1700s-1900s
Martin L. Millspaugh archives of the concept and development of Baltimore’s Charles Center and Inner Harbor projects
The Charles and Jennifer Monaghan Collection of Historic Textbooks
Mary B. Gallagher, personal secretary to John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, memorabilia and archival material
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, photos by Charles Alexander of the War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg
Smithsonian Institution American Art Library, Jean Jepson Page American Art Reference Collection representing over 14,000 artists
University of Maryland, Gordon W. Prange Collection, comprehensive archive of Japanese printed material dating 1945-1949
College Park Aviation Museum, archives of Major General Foulois, first member of the US Air Corps
Thomas Kane, library and archives relating to Ethiopian language and related subjects
Paul G. Dembling, Chief Consul for NASA and GAO, archives
U.S. Congressman Bud Shuster, 9th District of Pennsylvania, archives and memorabilia
Dr. Ernest Boyer, U.S. Commissioner of Education, archives
Col. Merle Moore, art history archives at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American Art

2000 Appraisals
Frederick Douglass’ Bible
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, archives
Huntington Library, California, original drawings of Harrison B. Brown
Inventors’ Hall of Fame, Ohio, collection of patents
U. S. Patent Office, paintings, including one by Gilbert Stuart, and other material
A.Doak Barnett, noted authority on China, library and archives
Dr. Sidney Mintz, renowned expert on the Caribbean, library and archives
Abbot Handerson Thayer, American artist, archives
Charlie Byrd, noted guitarist and composer, music archives and manuscripts
Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense, library

1999 Appraisals
Chuck Rosenak, American Folk Art archives
Dr. Robert Kempner, Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Trials, papers and archives
Dr. Christian Anfinsen, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 1972, papers and archives
Dr. Marshall Nirenberg, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Biochemistry for the decoding of DNA, papers and archives
Estate of Clark M. Clifford, Presidential Advisor, books, papers and archives
Carrie Nation, Kansas Historical Society, personal property
Bruce Crockett, collection of Oz material
Dr. C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General of the United States, memorabilia and citations
D.C. Council Member, Jim Grahm, papers and archives as director of the Whitman Walker Clinic, pertaining to AIDS and HIV
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, archives of the Fendrick Gallery, Wash., D.C.
Guy Sainty, document collection relating to the Knights of Malta
Dr. Alex Saliba, archival collection relating to the Order of St. John

1998 Appraisals
Dr. Julius Richmond, Surgeon General of the United States, archives and papers
American Psychiatric Association, library, archives, artifacts and associated material
General Andrew Goodpaster, Chief of Staff, Eisenhower Administration, Supreme Commander NATO, Commandant USMA, papers and archives
Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt, Chief of Protocol Reagan Administration, personal papers and archives
Walter Reed Medical Museum, Alexander Fleming’s original penicillin mold and miscellaneous medical instruments
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Joseph and Olga Hirschorn’s personal library
General George Patton, Jr., World War I diaries and archives
Florida State University, Sir Leon Radzinowicz, Criminologist, archives
American Institute of Physics, complete archives and library

1997 Appraisals
National Park Service, complete inventory of Ford’s Theater and Museum
Naismith Basketball Foundation, Dr. Naismith’s original rules for basketball
Sir Alan Walters, Economist, personal library
Georgetown University, Larry Collins, archives and research material for his eight novels
Mutual of New York, complete historical and corporate archives of the country’s oldest insurance company
Florida State University, Dr. Paul Dirac, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics, personal and professional papers

1996 Appraisals
Supreme Court, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger’s archives and personal estate, over 1.5 million items
Air and Space Museum, papers relating to the Air and Space Industry
Library of Congress and The Historical Society of the District of Columbia, papers of Herman Hollorith, founder of IBM
Dibdin Library, Smithsonian Institution, special collection of book on horology
American History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, material from the laboratory of Dr. Stanley Cohen, discoverer of recombinant DNA
Vice President Al Gore, personal property
The Honorable Helen Bentley, U.S. Congresswoman of Maryland, personal property

Prior to 1996 (Archives and Personal Property)
Sarah McClendon, White House journalist, archives
Howard University School of Divinity, Andre Tweed, Jr. Collection, Ethiopian artifacts and manuscripts
Senator Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon, personal property
William S. Paley, President of CBS, library and archives
State Senator Bob Coffin, Nevada, Union Pacific archives
Nellie Tayloe Ross, First Woman Governor in the United States (Wyoming)
National Forest Service, Estate of Sally and Gifford Pinchot and the Estate of Mary Moody Northern
Hirshorn Museum, Estate of Cornelius Roosevelt relating to works of M.C. Escher
International Piano Archive, University of Maryland, William Kappell, American pianist
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