It is essential that NTIS' basic functions and services continue whether it is at NTIS or another government organization, said Caroline Long, associate university librarian for collection services at the Gelman Library at George Washington University.

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The major Fleming collection held by the Lilly Library at Indiana University does not even include an autographed manuscript or typescript of Chitty, auction house Sotheby's said.

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McCabe is curator of manuscripts for the Archives and Special Collections division at the university's Alden Library in Athens, Ohio, where the Cornelius Ryan Collection is housed.

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