Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Herbert Putnam, June 6, 1941
Archibald MacLeish expresses his relief over Herbert Putman's understanding about the use of "income from the Hegeman Estate for a consultantship on an annual basis" which "violated the purpose of the giver..."
Photograph of the "Library of Congress World War II Memorial Dedicatio...
The World War II memorial dedication ceremony, held in the Library of Congress Great Hall.
Photograph of Luther Harris Evans and Members of the European Mission,...
Photograph of Luther Harris Evans and members of the European Mission, the Library of Congress cooperative acquisitions program.
Portrait of Verner W. Clapp, undated
Verner W. Clapp, Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress (1947) and Acting Librarian of Congress (1953-54).
Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, undated
Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944), sitting at his desk.
Letter from Archibald MacLeish to T. S. Eliot, October 7, 1944
Archibald MacLeish expresses disappointment that T.S. Eliot has declined his invitation to take the position of Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.
Photograph of Carl Sandburg, J.G. Randall and Alan Lomax, August 29, 1...
The preparation of papers from the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection for a CBS documentary program on September 14, 1947.
Photograph of the Library of Congress Rare Book Room, undated
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Photograph of the Gutenburg Bible, Library of Congress, November 1944
Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Order No. 1218, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, ...
General Order detailing the reorganization of the Reference Department.
Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, undated
Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944), sitting at his desk.
Photograph of W. Jack Duncan's "U.S. Troops Disembarking at Brest," un...
Transcribed from item: "W. Jack Duncan's drawing of U.S. TROOPS DISEMBARKING AT BREST, which opens the section dealing with the first World War in the exhibition of American Battle Art to be shown at the Librar... More
Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Archibald MacLeish, July 26, 1944
Felix Frankfurter offers advice about the appointment of the Register of Copyrights.
Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, the Marquess of Lothian, and the Mag...
Public domain image - related to Czech and Czechoslovak history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Cândido Portinari's mural "Entry of Pioneers into the Pr...
Cândido Portinari's mural was painted in the anteroom of the Hispanic Foundation, now the Hispanic Reading Room in the Library of Congress.
"General Survey and Statement of Objectives by the Librarian," June 30...
Reprinted from the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1940.
Photograph of Gertrude Clarke Whittall, undated
Photograph of Gertrude Clarke Whittall, Library of Congress benefactor.
Photograph of Carl Sandburg, 1947
Transcribed from item: "Carl Sandburg prepares for the second of CBS' documentary shows on the finding of the Robert Todd Lincoln collection of Abraham Lincoln's papers at the Library of Congress. The CBS docum... More
Photograph of the evacuation of Library of Congress materials from Was...
Transcribed from item: "War Precautionary Measures- Evacuation of Library of Congress materials from Washington, D.C., shortly after December 7, 1941. Approximately 5,000 boxes were transported in 29 van loads ... More
"Deposit of the Magna Carta," by Archibald MacLeish, November 28, 1939
In this draft speech, Archibald MacLeish accepts the gift of the Magna Carta from the Marquess of Lothian, Britain's ambassador to the United States.
Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, 1943
Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944), sitting at his desk.
Portrait of Allen Tate, undated
Allen Tate, Library of Congress Consultant in Poetry. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait of Joseph Auslander, undated
Joseph Auslander, Consultant in Poetry (1939-1944). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Frederick Goff and Gladys Harris, undated
Frederick Goff, Chief of the Rare Book Division, and Gladys Harris examining two books from the division's collection. The books are a first edition of the King James version of the Bible, which was published i... More
"The Library's Development, 1945-1953," by Marlene Wright, August 28, ...
Item is a draft essay.
Letter from John R. Bedell to Archibald MacLeish, February 9, 1943
Letter from John R. Bedell of the War Department's Civil Defense Division. He responds to Archibald MacLeish's letter of November 9, 1942, saying that a list has been compiled of the available air raid precauti... More
Photograph of Library of Congress staff packing materials for evacuati...
Transcribed from item: "War Precautionary Measures- Packing Library of Congress materials for evacuation from Washington- 1941 (December)."
Photograph of an Army truck carrying a V-1 bomb parked in front of the...
Transcribed from item: "Sixth War Loan Drive - opened November 13, 1944. Photograph of Army truck parked on 2nd Street, between Main and Annex Buildings, displaying a V-1 robot bomb."
Photograph of Harold Spivacke, 1946
Harold Spivacke, Chief of the Music Division (1937-1972).
"The Permanence of Jefferson," by Felix Frankfurter, April 13, 1943
Address given by Felix Frankfurter in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress.
Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, July 1, 1950
Luther Harris Evans presiding over the Librarian's Conference. Public domain photograph of the board of directors, managers, group of men, portrait, office, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions im... More
Portrait of Luther Harris Evans, undated
Luther Harris Evans, Librarian of Congress (1945-1950). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of a page from "Aesopus," 1945
Transcribed from item: "Aesopus. Naples, 1485. From the Rosenwald Collection."
Photograph of the evacuation of Library of Congress materials from Was...
Transcribed from item: "War Precautionary Measures- Evacuation of Library of Congress materials from Washington, D.C., shortly after December 7, 1941. Approximately 5,000 boxes were transported in 29 van loads ... More
Photograph of Library of Congress staff packing materials for evacuati...
Transcribed from item: "War Precautionary Measures- Packing Library of Congress materials for evacuation from Washington- 1941 (December)."
Photograph of Luther Harris Evans examining items from the Yudin Colle...
The Yudin Collection includes publications related to Russian history, bibliography and literature.
Photograph of Library of Congress World War II Civilian Defense Collec...
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Library of Congress World War II Civilian Defense Collec...
Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Order No. 1308, Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress, De...
General Order No. 1308 concerns staff participation in Library of Congress administration. Luther Harris Evans explains efforts "to provide all members of the staff with an enlarged and organized opportunity fo... More
"American Songs for American Soldiers," by Milton Plumb, March 1941
Milton Plumb's article on the Library of Congress' Archive of American Folk Song. Publication information: Democratic Digest, March 1941, Volume 18
Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, July 1, 1950
Luther Harris Evans presiding over the Librarian's Conference.
Portrait of Elsie Rackstraw, September 18, 1950
Elsie Rackstraw, Chief of the Loan Division (1944-1950). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait of Allen Tate, undated
Allen Tate, Library of Congress Consultant in Poetry. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Lessing J. Rosenwald and Luther Harris Evans, 1947
Transcribed from item: "Lessing J. Rosenwald, of Jenkintown, PA, (left) and Luther Harris Evans, Librarian of Congress (right), are shown with the unique copy of the Doctrina Christiana which Mr. Rosenwald pres... More
Portrait of Archibald MacLeish, undated
Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of the W. Somerset Maugham Luncheon, October 11, 1950
Transcribed from item: "W. Somerset Maugham luncheon in Whittall pavilion, Oct. 11, 1950, when he presented original manuscript of 'Of Human Bondage.' Seated at table: Mr. Maugham; bending over, David Mearns, C... More
Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, December 5, 1944
Transcribed from item: "The Librarian's Conference meeting the day following Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish's nomination as Secretary of State."
"The Librarian and the Democratic Process," by Archibald MacLeish, Jun...
Archibald MacLeish's speech was given at a American Library Association meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.
William Blake - Photograph of a page from William Blake's Milton, unda...
Transcribed from item: "Los and Enitharmon Regard With Horror the Flaming Orc. Blake's Milton. 1804." Item is from the Rosenwald Collection.
Photograph of Robert Penn Warren, undated
Robert Penn Warren, Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.
Photograph of a page from Thomas Hariot's The Arrival of the Englishem...
Chapter is titled "The Arrival of the Englishemen in Virginia." From the Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress.
General Order No. 1218, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, ...
General Order detailing the reorganization of the Reference Department.
Photograph of Luther Harris Evans, June 18, 1945
Luther Harris Evans taking the oath of office as Librarian of Congress on June 18, 1945.
Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, December 5, 1944
Transcribed from item: "The Librarian's Conference meeting the day following Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish's nomination as Secretary of State."
Photograph of Luther Harris Evans and Members of the European Mission,...
Photograph of Luther Harris Evans and members of the European Mission, the Library of Congress cooperative acquisitions program.
Portrait of Verner W. Clapp, undated
Verner W. Clapp, Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress (1947) and Acting Librarian of Congress (1953-54).
Memorandum from Leicester Bodine Holland, December 29, 1939
Letter from Leicester Bodine Holland, Chief of the Division of Fine Arts, supporting Roy Emerson Stryker's suggestion to establish a photographic collection at the Library of Congress.
General Order No. 992, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, O...
General Order announcing the appointment of Luther Harris Evans as Chief Assistant Librarian.
Letter from Augustus E. Giegengack to Archibald MacLeish, July 17, 194...
Augustus E. Giegengack, Office of the Public Printer, Government Printing Office, accepts the changes Archibald MacLeish wishes to make in the printing of the Annual Report of the Library of Congress.
Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, July 20, 1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt writes to Archibald MacLeish about a possible candidate for the next Librarian of Congress.
Letter from Luther Harris Evans to Robert Penn Warren, April 7, 1945
Luther Harris Evans asks Robert Penn Warren to call a meeting of the Fellows in American Letters.
"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," ...
The guide was created to provide a resource for Library of Congress collections that may not have indexes or catalogs.
"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," ...
The guide was created to provide a resource for Library of Congress collections that may not have indexes or catalogs.
Memorandum from the Division of Manuscripts to the Reference Librarian...
Memorandum is in reference to the suggestion of a reduction in personnel at a meeting called by the Chief Assistant Librarian, Luther Harris Evans, February 18, 1942.
"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," ...
The guide was created to provide a resource for Library of Congress collections that may not have indexes or catalogs.
"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," ...
The guide was created to provide a resource for Library of Congress collections that may not have indexes or catalogs.
"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," ...
The guide was created to provide a resource for Library of Congress collections that may not have indexes or catalogs.
"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," ...
The guide was created to provide a resource for Library of Congress collections that may not have indexes or catalogs.
General Order No. 1218, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, ...
General Order detailing the reorganization of the Reference Department.
General Order No. 1218, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, ...
General Order detailing the reorganization of the Reference Department.
"The Activities of the Library of Congress in Wartime," by David C. Me...
Speech delivered before the Special Libraries Association in Detroit, Michigan.
Memorandum from Harold Spivacke to Clyde Edwards, June 7, 1944
Memorandum from Harold Spivacke, Chief of the Music Division, detailing the scope of the collection of recordings in the Music Division.
Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, June 2...
Memorandum detailing the activities of the Rare Book Room.
"What Reference Librarians Can Further Do to Help Our American Democra...
Report by Luther Harris Evans on reference librarians and library services at the Library of Congress.
"What Reference Librarians Can Further Do to Help Our American Democra...
Report by Luther Harris Evans on reference librarians and library services at the Library of Congress.
Memorandum from Robert C. Gooch to the Chief Assistant Librarian, June...
Memorandum from Robert C. Gooch to the Chief Assistant Librarian reporting on the development of the War Collections in the Science and Technology Reading Room.
Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Felix Frankfurter, May 15, 1939
Photocopy of Archibald MacLeish's letter to Felix Frankfurter explaining why MacLeish is reluctant to accept President Roosevelt's offer of the directorship of the Library of Congress.
"Activities of the Division of Aeronautics in the War Effort," Library...
Divisional report which indicates the increased demands World War II is making on Library of Congress services.
"Activities of the Division of Aeronautics in the War Effort," Library...
Divisional report which indicates the increased demands World War II is making on Library of Congress services.
"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...
Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.
"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...
Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.
"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...
Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.
Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, June 9, 1943
President Franklin D. Roosevelt responds to Archibald MacLeish's wish to resign.
Memorandum from Alvin W. Kremer, October 7, 1942
Report on "The Library of Congress Program for the Security of its Collection," by Alvin W. Kremer.
Memorandum from the Reference Department to the Acting Librarian of Co...
Memorandum gives an account of the survey taken of possible libraries that can offer safe and secure storage for the Library of Congress collections.
Memorandum from the Reference Department to the Acting Librarian of Co...
Memorandum gives an account of the survey taken of possible libraries that can offer safe and secure storage for the Library of Congress collections.
Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948
The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.
"The Library of Congress and the Other Scholarly Libraries of the Nati...
Speech given by Verner W. Clapp.
Press Release No. 182, "Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress," L...
Press release describes the work of the Library of Congress both in connection with the war and as an international center of learning.
Memorandum from Verner W. Clapp to Archibald MacLeish, July 1, 1940
Verner W. Clapp responds to the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.'s memorandum of June 26, 1940.
Report from the Library of Congress Planning Committee, March 12, 1947
Chaired by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, Harvard University, the Library of Congress Planning Committee sends Librarian Luther Harris Evans its report which addresses the future role of the Library of Congress in the a... More
Report from the Library of Congress Planning Committee, March 12, 1947
Chaired by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, Harvard University, the Library of Congress Planning Committee sends Librarian Luther Harris Evans its report which addresses the future role of the Library of Congress in the a... More
Report from the Library of Congress Planning Committee, March 12, 1947
Chaired by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, Harvard University, the Library of Congress Planning Committee sends Librarian Luther Harris Evans its report which addresses the future role of the Library of Congress in the a... More
Press Release No. 63, Library of Congress, April 27, 1942
Press release reveals the effects of the pre-war Defense Program upon the Library of Congress and the resultant record increase in the services it rendered to Congress, defense agencies, and the public.
"General Survey and Statement of Objectives by the Librarian," June 30...
Reprinted from the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1940.
"General Survey and Statement of Objectives by the Librarian," June 30...
Reprinted from the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1940.
"General Survey and Statement of Objectives by the Librarian," June 30...
Reprinted from the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1940.
"General Survey and Statement of Objectives by the Librarian," June 30...
Reprinted from the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1940.