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Photograph of President Harry S. Truman and General George C. Marshall, May 22, 1950

Photograph of President Harry S. Truman and General George C. Marshall...

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Photograph of Gertrude Clarke Whittall, undated

Photograph of Gertrude Clarke Whittall, undated

Photograph of Gertrude Clarke Whittall, Library of Congress benefactor.

Photograph of Luther Harris Evans, undated
Photograph of Gertrude Clarke Whittall, undated

Photograph of Gertrude Clarke Whittall, undated

Photograph of Gertrude Clarke Whittall, Library of Congress benefactor.

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Special Order No. 272 and Press Release No. 333, April 18, 1946
Letter from Joseph Auslander to Archibald MacLeish, May 7, 1940

Letter from Joseph Auslander to Archibald MacLeish, May 7, 1940

Letter to Archibald MacLeish informing him of Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of A. E. Housman poems.

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to W. Somerset Maugham, July 10, 1945

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to W. Somerset Maugham, July 10, 1945

Archibald MacLeish's letter thanking W. Somerset Maugham for the manuscript "Of Human Bondage."

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Lawrence C. Wroth, Librarian, John C. Brown Library, and the Library of Congress consultant in the acquisition of rare books, reports to Archibald MacLeish on Lessing J. Rosenwald's agreement to give his Willia... More

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Special Order No. 272 and Press Release No. 333, April 18, 1946
Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Lawrence C. Wroth, Librarian, John C. Brown Library, and the Library of Congress consultant in the acquisition of rare books, reports to Archibald MacLeish on Lessing J. Rosenwald's agreement to give his Willia... More

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, September 24, 1940

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, Septem...

Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., suggests "steps for a more active program of soliciting gifts to the Library of Congress."

Memorandum from Archibald MacLeish to Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., September 24, 1940

Memorandum from Archibald MacLeish to Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Septemb...

In his memorandum to Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Archibald MacLeish inquires whether the Library of Congress "oughtn't to prepare ourselves now for a possibly more effective future policy in the matter of gifts."

Letter from W. Somerset Maugham to Archibald MacLeish, July 6, 1945
Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Lawrence C. Wroth, Librarian, John C. Brown Library, and the Library of Congress consultant in the acquisition of rare books, reports to Archibald MacLeish on Lessing J. Rosenwald's agreement to give his Willia... More

Photograph of Luther Harris Evans, undated
Photograph of President Harry S. Truman and General George C. Marshall, May 22, 1950
Letter from Luther Harris Evans to Gertrude Clarke Whittall, February 18, 1948
Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Special Order No. 272 and Press Release No. 333, April 18, 1946
Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, September 24, 1940

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, Septem...

Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., suggests "steps for a more active program of soliciting gifts to the Library of Congress."