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Librarians of Congress, 1802-1974
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- English
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- Washington : Library of Congress : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977
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- ix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780844402383, 0844402389
- OCLC
- ocm02929000
- A collection of articles which first appeared in the Quarterly journal of the Library of Congress.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The first librarian of congress, John Beckley / Edmund Berkeley and Dorothy Smith Berkeley -- Patrick Magruder, citizen, congressman, librarian of congress / Martin K. Gordon -- George Watterston, advocate of the national library / William Matheson -- John Silva Meehan, a gentleman of amiable manners / John McDonough -- John Gould Stephenson, largely known and much liked / Constance Carter -- Answorth Rand Spofford, the valiant and persistent librarian of congress / John Y. Cole -- John Russell Young, the internationalist as librarian / John Broderick -- Herbert Putnam, the tallest little man in the world / Edward N. Waters -- Archibald MacLeish, the poet librarian / Nancy L. Benco -- Luther Evans, man for a new age / William J. Sittig -- Lawrence Quincy Mumford, twenty years of progress / Benjamin E. Powell