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$2,500,000 in rare books acquired for Folger Library. Washington, D.C., May 14. The Folger Shakespeare Library, here, will soon place on it's shelves 9,000 volumes, onced valued at $2,500,000 and containing 787 books by early English authors, only one copy of each of which is known to exist. The 9,000 books were printed in England up to the end of 1640, roughly from the reign of Henry the 8th to the Cromwell Revolt, a period preceding and following Shakespeare. They deal largely with historical and religious subjects. The books were purchased from Lady Harmsworth, widow of the collector by President Stanley King, of Amherst College, the trustees of which administer the Folger Library. Dr. Giles E. Dawson, reference librarian is checking over some of the columes, 5/14/38
Librarian of Congress rounds out 40 years on job. Washington, D.C., April 6 Dr. Herbert Putnam is this week celebrating his 40th Anniversary as Librarian of Congress. Now 77, Dr. Putnam in theory became Librarian Emeritus last July 1, but since President Roosevelt has not yet appointed his successor, he continues at his post. He is a native of New York City where he was born September 20, 1861. 4-6-39

Librarian of Congress rounds out 40 years on job. Washington, D.C., Ap...

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Women in essential services. Formerly a salesgirl, librarian, and sixth-grade school teacher, Grace Northrup, of San Francisco, has been repairing and serving cars for the past six months. She's becoming an expert in this field once open only to men

Women in essential services. Formerly a salesgirl, librarian, and sixt...

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[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Th...

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[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Co...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Th...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Librar...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Dome showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian girls by Weinert with the central disc displaying the mural Letters by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Dome showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian g...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of Congress. Hayden is the first woman and the first African American to hold the post. She is the first professional librarian appointed to the post in over 60 years. Dr. Hayden is standing in the corridor of the Thomas Jefferson Building Great Hall

Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2018; (DLC/PP-2002:038-14) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Arch... More

General Order No. 1218, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, March 25, 1944

General Order No. 1218, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, ...

General Order detailing the reorganization of the Reference Department.

"General Survey and Statement of Objectives by the Librarian," 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.

Brooklyn Public Library (Ingersoll Memorial), Prospect Park Plaza, Brooklyn. Librarian's desk, sharp view

Brooklyn Public Library (Ingersoll Memorial), Prospect Park Plaza, Bro...

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[Librarian's Room. One of four circular murals in pendentive of the Librarian's Room, by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. One of four circular murals in pendentive of the Li...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

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[Librarian's Room. North wall lunette with Pegasus. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. North wall lunette with Pegasus. Library of Congres...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Students in the Reading Room of the Library of Congress with the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, watching]

[Students in the Reading Room of the Library of Congress with the Libr...

No. 354. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Exhibits famous Gutenberg Bible. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of the Library of Congress, exhibits the famous Gutenberg Bible, printed about 1450 by John Gutenberg, the inventor of printing. The Bible is a part of the Vollbehr collection, brought to the United States this year by a special Congressional approriation and now open th the public at the Library. 12/15/30

Exhibits famous Gutenberg Bible. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of the Libr...

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Fairleigh Dickinson College Library, Rutherford, New Jersey. Librarian room

Fairleigh Dickinson College Library, Rutherford, New Jersey. Librarian...

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[Librarian's Room. Dome with the central disc displaying the mural Letters by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Dome with the central disc displaying the mural Let...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Study the Watchword of Fame, by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Study the...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Portrait photo of Ainsworth Spofford, Librarian of Congress

Portrait photo of Ainsworth Spofford, Librarian of Congress

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Brig. General R.E. Noble, Librarian of Army Medical Library, 11/18/24

Brig. General R.E. Noble, Librarian of Army Medical Library, 11/18/24

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Washington, D.C. The school librarian and one of her student assistants at Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, D.C. The school librarian and one of her student assistant...

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[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Th...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Th...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Herbert Putnam in his office. Librarian of Congress

Herbert Putnam in his office. Librarian of Congress

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[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Co...

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[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Librar...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, December 5, 1944

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, June 1940

"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.

[George Watterston, head-and-shoulders profile portrait; Librarian of Congress 1815-1829]

[George Watterston, head-and-shoulders profile portrait; Librarian of ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. "Aetatis 28." Catalog no. 23, orig. in P&P.

Folger Library. Mr. Slade, librarian at Folger Library III

Folger Library. Mr. Slade, librarian at Folger Library III

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Librarian's Room. Circular mural in pendentive of the Librarian's Room, by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Circular mural in pendentive of the Librarian's Roo...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Dome showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian girls by Weinert. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Dome showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian g...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Dome detail showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian girls by Weinert. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Dome detail showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Gr...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Dome showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian girls by Weinert with the central disc displaying the mural Letters by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Dome showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian g...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Suggestion for a pentagonal library plan W.A. Borden, librarian.

Suggestion for a pentagonal library plan W.A. Borden, librarian.

Print from The American architect, March 19, 1904, no. 1473. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Department Office of the Supervising Architect and General Services Administration resource volumes and scrapbooks]. A... More

[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Th...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Portrait photo of Spofford, Ainsworth, Librarian of Congress

Portrait photo of Spofford, Ainsworth, Librarian of Congress

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Herbert Putnam, 3/4-length portrait, holding an open book; Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939]

[Herbert Putnam, 3/4-length portrait, holding an open book; Librarian ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Photo by Frances B. Johnston. Catalog no. 91. (Original photo in P&P)

[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Librar...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. North wall lunette with Pegasus. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. North wall lunette with Pegasus. Library of Congres...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Darkness, Light, by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Darkness,...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

General Order No. 1308, Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress, December 5, 1946

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

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, July 1, 1950

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, July 1, 1950

Luther Harris Evans presiding over the Librarian's Conference.

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she inspects aircraft parts. Prior to Alma Jean Vincent's employment in a large Midwestern aircraft plant, she managed the junior book section of a suburban library. She had also been an assistant buyer of sportswear, but this lack of industrial experience seems to have been no handicap for her present job of visual gauge operator, inspecting airplane motor parts. With only six months of war work behind her, she's more than meeting plant requirements for speed and precision. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she insp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

[Librarian's Room. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Wash...

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[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Co...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Co...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, December 5, 1944

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."

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Tire registration took place in the school library, supervised by principal M.C. Demmy. At right is the town librarian, Mrs. Searle

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Tire registration took place in the school libra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Joan Fertig, Hungarian-born librarian at the Westinghouse plant

Mrs. Joan Fertig, Hungarian-born librarian at the Westinghouse plant

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Librarian's Room. Dome showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian girls by Weinert with the central disc displaying the mural Letters by Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Dome showing stuccoed relief of a ring of Grecian g...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. North wall lunette with Pegasus. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. North wall lunette with Pegasus. Library of Congres...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[John Russell Young, half-length portrait, facing front; Librarian of Congress from 1897 to 1899]

[John Russell Young, half-length portrait, facing front; Librarian of ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Photo by Dinwiddie Studio. Catalog no. 85. (Original loaned by G.E. Young)

[Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825-1908). Sixth Librarian of Congress, 1864-97]

[Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825-1908). Sixth Librarian of Congress, 186...

Photograph by L.C. Handy Studios, Washington, D.C. Brady-Handy Collection. Title and date from Ten First Street, Southeast: Congress Builds a Library, 1886-1897 / Helen-Anne Hilker. Washington, DC: Library of C... More

Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress

Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace Goodhue Coolidge at the dedication of the "shrine" for public display of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress, is on the left]

[President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace Goodhue Coolidge at the ...

Title devised by Library staff, from information in John Y. Cole / For Congress and the Nation, p. 90. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Last rites for Marchall of U.S. Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., April 28. Funeral services for the late Frank Key Green, Marshal of the United States Cupreme Court for the last 23 years, were conducted today at Holy Trinity Catholic Church here. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Associate Justices of the Court attended the services. Green had been actively connected with the high tribunal sice 1891, when he was appointed a page at 14. He successfully rose to librarian, crier, and in 1915, marshal, a policeman, acting as active pallbearers, are pictures carrying the casket from the church, 4/28/38

Last rites for Marchall of U.S. Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., April...

A group of men standing around a casket. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Filipino Woman's Club, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Miss Remedios Vergara, librarian, Philippine Commonwealth; Mrs. Jaime Hernandez, wife of Secretary of Finance; Miss Rose Santos, secretary in commonwealth

Filipino Woman's Club, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Miss Remedios V...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Librarian's Room. Light fixture. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Light fixture. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Study the Watchword of Fame, by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Study the...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Wash...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, July 1, 1950

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

Librarian's room. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Librarian's room. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows an office with a desk, book stand, cabinets, books, and a fireplace at the Millicent Library, Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Handwritten on recto: "card 107, Fairhaven, Mass., Millicent Library, 2-... More

[Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]

[Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress, three-quarter length portrait,...

Photoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood Studio, Washington. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Paul Brockett, Librarian, Smithsonian Nat'l Academy of Science, 7/19

Paul Brockett, Librarian, Smithsonian Nat'l Academy of Science, 7/19

A black and white photo of a man in a library. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam, reading at his desk in the Library of Congress]

[Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam, reading at his desk in the Libr...

Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris, 25 May to 25 November 1937 (Report of the Librarian... More

Librarian of the small lending library at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona

Librarian of the small lending library at the Casa Grande Valley Farms...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural and architectural ornamentation. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural and architectural ornamentation. Li...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Librar...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Darkness, Light by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Darkness,...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

General Order No. 1218, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, March 25, 1944

General Order No. 1218, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, ...

General Order detailing the reorganization of the Reference Department.

Thursday, 181 The American Philosophical Society, hold a stated meeting at their hall, to-morrow evening, at seven o'clock. John Vaughan, Librarian.

Thursday, 181 The American Philosophical Society, hold a stated meetin...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 152, Folder 13.

Special Order No. 102, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, May 9, 1944

Special Order No. 102, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, M...

Appointment of Robert Penn Warren as the Library of Congress Consultant in Poetry and editor of the Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions for 1944-45.

Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of Congress. Hayden is the first woman and the first African American to hold the post. She is the first professional librarian appointed to the post in over 60 years. Dr. Hayden is standing in the corridor of the Thomas Jefferson Building Great Hall

Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2018; (DLC/PP-2002:038-14) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Arch... More

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in the Library of Congress," August 29, 1940

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in ...

Remarks by Archibald MacLeish regarding the status of the Processing Division in advance of the arrival of the division's new coordinator, Lawrence Q. Mumford.

Members of 36th Congress to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, February 28, 1861  (Petition recommending Librarian of Congress)
Press Release No. 182, "Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress," Library of Congress, April 2, 1942

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.

"General Survey and Statement of Objectives by the Librarian," 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, 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, 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.

[Librarian's Room. Circular mural in pendentive of the Librarian's Room, by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Circular mural in pendentive of the Librarian's Roo...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Books, the Delight of the Soul, by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Books, th...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

General Order No. 1271, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, November 30, 1945
Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in the Library of Congress," August 29, 1940

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in ...

Remarks by Archibald MacLeish regarding the status of the Processing Division in advance of the arrival of the division's new coordinator, Lawrence Q. Mumford.

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in the Library of Congress," August 29, 1940

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in ...

Remarks by Archibald MacLeish regarding the status of the Processing Division in advance of the arrival of the division's new coordinator, Lawrence Q. Mumford.

Elsie Marsteller to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 19, 1861  (Seeks position as Librarian of Congress)
Elsie Marsteller to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 19, 1861  (Seeks position as Librarian of Congress)
"The Librarian: His Name and Nature," by Archibald MacLeish, February 22, 1940
Memorandum from the Reference Department to the Acting Librarian of Congress, February 11, 1942

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 Congress, February 11, 1942

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.

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