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[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.

Portret van Dr. David Irving, biograaf en 'Advocate's Librarian'

Portret van Dr. David Irving, biograaf en 'Advocate's Librarian'

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In Honor of Antonio Magliabecchi, Florentine Librarian

In Honor of Antonio Magliabecchi, Florentine Librarian

Medalist: M. Antonio di Gennaro (Italian, 1675–1744) Public domain photograph of Italian artifact, archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photog... More

In Honor of Antonio Magliabecchi, Florentine Librarian

In Honor of Antonio Magliabecchi, Florentine Librarian

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Portrait of Johan van der Does the Younger, Librarian in Leiden

Portrait of Johan van der Does the Younger, Librarian in Leiden

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[Patrick Magruder, head-and-shoulders portrait; Librarian of Congress 1807-1815]

[Patrick Magruder, head-and-shoulders portrait; Librarian of Congress ...

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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.

[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.

Charles, Baron de Meneval (1778–1856), Secretary and librarian to Napoleon I

Charles, Baron de Meneval (1778–1856), Secretary and librarian to Napo...

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Helen Marie Gunz, scientist, Smithsonian Institution archives

Helen Marie Gunz, scientist, Smithsonian Institution archives

90-105, 9, Portraits Gui-Guz; "Helen Marie Gunz served as Assistant Librarian at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, with Hazel Gay (see SIA Digital No. 2008-1852)."

S. B. Gookins to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 27, 1860  (Recommendation for Librarian of Congress)
George Bishop, et al. to E. P. Bland, Tuesday, January 08, 1861  (Petition recommending E. M. Joslin as Librarian of Congress)
Elisha Whittlesey to H. L. Hosmer, Friday, January 25, 1861  (Application for position as Librarian of Congress)
Biblioteksservice, 17 mars 1967

Biblioteksservice, 17 mars 1967

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Portrait photo of Ainsworth Spofford, Librarian of Congress

Portrait photo of Ainsworth Spofford, Librarian of Congress

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Portrait photo of Spofford, Ainsworth, Librarian of Congress

Portrait photo of Spofford, Ainsworth, Librarian of Congress

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In memoriam of Gen. U. S. Grant. By Edward J. Virtue. Entered according to an act of Congress, in the year 1885, by Edward J. Virtue, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

In memoriam of Gen. U. S. Grant. By Edward J. Virtue. Entered accordin...

Verse.; Grant, U. S. 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 207, Folder 35.

Portrait photo of The Librarian, U.S. Naval Academy

Portrait photo of The Librarian, U.S. Naval Academy

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Bibliotekarie vid K.B Percy Elfstrand. Gävle, Sverige

Bibliotekarie vid K.B Percy Elfstrand. Gävle, Sverige

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[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)

[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).

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 in his office. Librarian of Congress

Herbert Putnam in his office. Librarian of Congress

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Academic reception of the honorable delegates of universities, colleges and societies, Catholic University. Washington, D.C., Nov. 13. Among the many who attended the solemn observance of the semicentennial of the founding of the Catholic University of America where William W. Bishop, Librarian of the University of Michigan, Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress Emeritus, and the Right Reverend Henry Hyvernat, Andrews Professor of Biblical Archeology and Professor of Semetic Languages and Literatures at the Catholic University of America. Honorary degrees were conferred upon them

Academic reception of the honorable delegates of universities, college...

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[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)

Herbert Putnam and his family - Victorian era public domain image

Herbert Putnam and his family - Victorian era public domain image

Herbert Putnam, Litt.D., LL.D. (September 20, 1861 - August 14, 1955) was Librarian of Congress. Putnam was appointed elected president of the American Library Association in 1898 and again in 1904, and was app... More

[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 and his family - Victorian era public domain image

Herbert Putnam and his family - Victorian era public domain image

Herbert Putnam, Litt.D., LL.D. (September 20, 1861 - August 14, 1955) was Librarian of Congress. Putnam was appointed elected president of the American Library Association in 1898 and again in 1904, and was app... More

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

Mr Younger(?),  the Principal, Barcley/Bardy(?) and Douglas

Mr Younger(?), the Principal, Barcley/Bardy(?) and Douglas

Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) has been photographed in academic robes, possibly on the occasion of being conferred with an honorary degree. Haig had been educated at Brasenose College Oxford between 1880 and 188... More

American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous - Base Hospital, Camp Sherman, Ohio. ALA Librarian DISO distributing books

American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous - Base Hospi...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Library truck, Camp Jackson, S.C.; J.G. Moulton, Librarian

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Library truck, Camp...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Library Personnel Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image ... More

American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi - 3,280 books and about 800 magazines distributed by the A.L.A. librarian among troops entraining. A real cycloe of "handshakes and salutes" received from the men, so the camp librarian write, Camp Beauregard

American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi ...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi

American Library Association - O through R - CO P. Soloman is the proudest noncom. in camp. He acts as librarian for the detachment and is a world beater. He knows every military hand books in the library and sees that his fellow noncoms study them. Books in one of our cases. Camp Doniphan

American Library Association - O through R - CO P. Soloman is the prou...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - O through R

American Library Association - Hospitals by State A thru I - Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. The librarian at her desk in the Red Cross House. Several of the men around the desk have been returned from overseas with loss of limb

American Library Association - Hospitals by State A thru I - Walter Re...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Hospitals by State A thru I

American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi - Camp Funston, Librarian's Quarters

American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi ...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi

American Library Association - European - French - Miss Alice Goddard, Librarian, A.L.A. Library. Dijon, France

American Library Association - European - French - Miss Alice Goddard,...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - European - French Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group of people, discussion, office table, free to use, no copyright... More

American Library Association - Library Personnel - M.P. Josselyn, Asst. Librarian, Camp Jackson, S.C

American Library Association - Library Personnel - M.P. Josselyn, Asst...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Library Personnel Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image ... More

American Library Association - Library Personnel - A.L.A. Camp Kearny Library, Linda Vista, Cal. Left to right: J.J Quire, Camp Librarian; Fr. Herbert Putman, General Director, Library War Service; I.N. Lawson, Jr., Asst. Librarian

American Library Association - Library Personnel - A.L.A. Camp Kearny ...

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American Library Association - Library Personnel - J.G. Moulton, Librarian, Camp Jackson, S.C

American Library Association - Library Personnel - J.G. Moulton, Libra...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Library Personnel

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Miss Anne Mulhern, Librarian, Base Hospital, Camp Cody, N.M

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Miss Anne Mulhern, ...

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American Library Association - Libraries - Alabama through Iowa - L.W. Josselyn, Librarian in his war car, Camp Johnston

American Library Association - Libraries - Alabama through Iowa - L.W....

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Libraries - Alabama through Iowa

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Left to Right: Miss Marie Fox Wait, Librarian, Base Hospital; John E. Johnston; Unknown woman

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Left to Right: Miss...

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American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous - Hospital - Base, Camp Wadsworth, S.C. Librarian -- 6 soldiers

American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous - Hospital -...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous

American Library Association - ALA - European - French - A.L.A. Library at Neufchateau, Vosges, France. Miss Gleason Librarian. A.L.A. Library Service

American Library Association - ALA - European - French - A.L.A. Librar...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - ALA - European - French Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions ... More

American Library Association - European - French - Miss Milbourn, Librarian at Lavenay Hospital and a sailor from U.S.S. Kerowlee, who has come to select books for his ship. St. Nazaire, France

American Library Association - European - French - Miss Milbourn, Libr...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - European - French

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - Camp Cody, New mexico. Interior of Red Cross house for convalescents, Base Hospital. Mrs. J.A. Cody, Hostess; Miss Edith Childers, Asst. Hostess; Miss Nelle Olson, A.L.A., Librarian

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - Camp Cody, New mexico....

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American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi - Living quarters of the Librarian, Camp Taylor, KY

American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi ...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi

American Library Association - Miscellaneous - St. Helena Naval Station. "Y" Librarian at shelf -- May, 1919. A.L.A. book collection

American Library Association - Miscellaneous - St. Helena Naval Statio...

Date Taken: 5/1/1919 Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Miscellaneous

American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous - Base Hospital, Camp Sherman. #2 Ward in Hospital. ALA Librarian distributing books to soldiers

American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous - Base Hospi...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - O thru W and Miscellaneous

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Camp Lee, VA. Hospital #1, Librarian

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Camp Lee, VA. Hospi...

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American Library Association - Library Personnel - Edward E. Ruby, Librarian, Camp Lewis, Wash

American Library Association - Library Personnel - Edward E. Ruby, Lib...

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American Library Association - O through R - Living quarters of the Librarian, Camp Sherman, Ohio

American Library Association - O through R - Living quarters of the Li...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - O through R Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picr... More

Hazel Gay, scientist, Smithsonian Institution archives

Hazel Gay, scientist, Smithsonian Institution archives

Description: When she retired in 1961, Hazel Gay had served for 45 years as head librarian at the American Museum of Natural History in New York...Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer..Medium: Black ... More

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

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

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Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress

Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress

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

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

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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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[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).

Magna Carta deposited in Congressional Library for duration of war. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. The most cherished existing copy of the Magna Carta was today deposited in the Congressional Library here for the duration of the war by British Ambassador Lord Lothian. Librarian Archibald MacLeish, left, is shown thanking Lord Lothian after accepting the document which can be seen in the background. The Magna Carta will be on display for the public in a spot opposite the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

Magna Carta deposited in Congressional Library for duration of war. Wa...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Photograph of James B. Rhoads and Pavel Podlesnyy, USSR (The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Embassy Librarian Presenting Vol. 15 USSR Foreign Policy to NARS

Photograph of James B. Rhoads and Pavel Podlesnyy, USSR (The Union of ...

This is a photograph of James B. Rhoads and Pavel Podlesnyy, USSR (The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Embassy Librarian, presenting Vol. 15 of USSR Foreign Policy to NARS. Historic Photograph File of Nati... More

Portrait Photograph of Miss Luisa L. Vigo-Cepeda, Librarian, Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico

Portrait Photograph of Miss Luisa L. Vigo-Cepeda, Librarian, Institute...

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Photograph of L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress and James B. Rhoads, Archivist of the U.S. Viewing the "Printing of the Constitution" Exhibit

Photograph of L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress and James B. Rh...

This is a photograph of L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress, and James B. Rhoads viewing the Printing of the Constitution exhibit. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel

[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

Arvin camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA) California. A small library in camp with Works Progress Administration (WPA) librarian in charge is now available to agricultural workers. Part of the program for recreational and education instituted in all government camps for migratory farm families

Arvin camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA) Cali...

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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...

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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
The Library of Congress. The Hispanic Foundation. Office of the Director. Mr. Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress will speak at 3:45 o'clock at the opening of the Hispanic Room on Thursday afternoon, October 12. Inasmuch as the address is

The Library of Congress. The Hispanic Foundation. Office of the Direct...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 242, Folder 22a. Copy scanned: 1

Academic reception of the honorable delegates of universities, colleges and societies, Catholic University. Washington, D.C., Nov. 13. Among the many who attended the solemn observance of the semicentennial of the founding of the Catholic University of America where William W. Bishop, Librarian of the University of Michigan, Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress Emeritus, and the Right Reverend Henry Hyvernat, Andrews Professor of Biblical Archeology and Professor of Semetic Languages and Literatures at the Catholic University of America. Honorary degrees were conferred upon them

Academic reception of the honorable delegates of universities, college...

A black and white photo of three men in robes, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. G... More

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...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gene... More

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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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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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...

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Victor Albert [Librarian, Boston Symphony Orchestra] to Danny Kaye, December 15, 1965

Victor Albert [Librarian, Boston Symphony Orchestra] to Danny Kaye, De...

Regarding Danny Kaye's performance conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra for a pension relief concert. (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and researc... More

General Order No. 992, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, October 31, 1940

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.

Africa Center director learns about anti-Marshall Plan propaganda during visit

Africa Center director learns about anti-Marshall Plan propaganda duri...

John Crawford, librarian at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, showcases anti-Marshall Plan propaganda to Kate Knopf, director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, during her vi... More

Daniel J. Boorstin [The Librarian of Congress] to Sylvia Fine, March 4, 1987

Daniel J. Boorstin [The Librarian of Congress] to Sylvia Fine, March 4...

Condolence letter regarding the death of Danny Kaye. (General)

Memorandum from Harry J. Krould to the Librarian of Congress, October 28, 1941

Memorandum from Harry J. Krould to the Librarian of Congress, October ...

Harry J. Krould writes to the Librarian that the "War Collection" has proven to be a great success.

"Services of the Library of Congress," Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, January 8, 1941

"Services of the Library of Congress," Office of the Librarian, Librar...

An announcement from the Librarian's Office about new services offered by the Library of Congress to the Congress.

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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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...

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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...

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Memorandum from Edward N. Waters to the Librarian of Congress, January 6, 1942

Memorandum from Edward N. Waters to the Librarian of Congress, January...

Memorandum about the evacuation of Library of Congress collections to Lexington, Virginia, during World War II.

Victory Book Campaign. At ceremonies in the Capitol where members of Congress contributed books for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign. Left to right: Senator Albert B. Chandler of Kentucky; Jim Vance, Law Librarian of Congress; David Lynn, Architect of the Capitol; and Vice-President Henry A. Wallace

Victory Book Campaign. At ceremonies in the Capitol where members of C...

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

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

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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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Special Order No. 114, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, June 3, 1944

Special Order No. 114, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, J...

Special Order announcing the appointment of Elsie Rackstraw as Chief of the Loan Division.

General Order No. 1222, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, June 8, 1944

General Order No. 1222, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, ...

General Order regarding the Library of Congress wartime vacation policy.

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.

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.

Reading to Children, Germany - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Reading to Children, Germany - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...

Original caption: Employee reads stories to a group of youngsters in the children's day room of the Amerika Haus, Hamburg. Photographs of Information Center Service Activities in Foreign Countries

Original caption: The Librarian Carefully Enters the Consignment Into Her Books

Original caption: The Librarian Carefully Enters the Consignment Into ...

Original caption: The books are on loan for a period of three months completely free of charge. Photographs of Information Center Service Activities in Foreign Countries

Photograph of Dr. Hermann Robinton, Assistant to the State Librarian, Albany, New York, Turning over to Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States, Some of New York's Most Treasured Documents to be Preserved and Rehabilitated for Display on New York's Freedom Train

Photograph of Dr. Hermann Robinton, Assistant to the State Librarian, ...

Original caption: Photograph of Dr. Hermann Robinton, Assistant to the State Librarian, Albany, New York, turning over to Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States, some of New York's most treasured d... More

Lake Macquarie Shire mobile library, 20 October 1950, by Sam Hood

Lake Macquarie Shire mobile library, 20 October 1950, by Sam Hood

Format: Photograph. .Notes: Find more detailed information about this photograph: 31914 ( http://31914 ) ..Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: ( http:// ) . .From the collection of... More

Photograph of Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States, and Dr. Luther Evans, Librarian of Congress, Unveiling the Shrine

Photograph of Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States, and...

Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel Public domain photograph related to history of the US National Archives, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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