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1. Association of Research Libraries records, 1932-1981

   77,700 items. 222 containers. 88.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Organization of research libraries in the United States and Canada. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, financial records, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating to the association's membership and its assessment and evaluation projects and services on behalf of client institutions.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

2. Keeper of the Collections series, Library of Congress archives, 1900-1971

   4,800 items. 62 containers. 15 linear feet. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Keeper of the Collections, Library of Congress, an office responsible for the physical custody, security, and preservation of all Library of Congress collections. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, bound volumes, statements, photographs, articles, and card files relating to the office of the Keeper of the Collections, and including a few files from its successor the Office of Collections Maintenance and Preservation and early recording books from the Binding Division.

3. Exchange and Gift Division series, Library of Congress archives, 1893-1979

   44,500 items. 127 containers. 51 linear feet. 124 microfilm reels. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Exchange and Gift Division, Library of Congress, was a unit responsible for receiving materials for the Library's collections through exchange, gift, transfer, and deposit. Card index, correspondence, memoranda, lists, and printed matter, in both microfilm and physical formats, and one audio cassette, document the unit's collection development activities.

4. Order Division series, Library of Congress archives, 1898-1991

   542,000 items. 1548 containers. 645 linear feet. 68 microfilm reels. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Order Division, Library of Congress, was a unit responsible for accessions to the Library's collections from all sources, including acquisitions by purchase, exchange, gift, and copyright deposit. Correspondence, memoranda, acquisition records, collection catalogs, lists, reports, photographs, and printed matter, in both microfilm and physical formats, documenting the unit's acquisition and accessioning operations.

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5. Library of Congress archives, 1800-2015

   2,225,000 items. 5,200 containers plus 10 classified. 3,000 linear feet. 335 microfilm reels. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Library of Congress Archives is a collection of records created by the Library of Congress in the course of its operations, activities, and initiatives. It includes correspondence and memoranda, ledgers and record books, photographs, imprints, recorded sound, electronic records, and documents, among other formats. The records date to 1800, when the Library of Congress was established.

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6. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection archive, 1913-2005

   ca. 10,800 items (31 containers, 13 linear feet). -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Records of the collection of illustrated books acquired by Lessing J. Rosenwald and now held by the Library of Congress. Correspondence, Subject File, speeches and writing, printed ephemera, and miscellany related to the rare book collection and its creator, Lessing J. Rosenwald. Contains records of the Library of Congress's custodianship of the collection, administrative and legal documents, planning material for related exhibits and publications, and research files.