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1. European Mission and Cooperative Acquisitions Project series, Library of Congress archives, 1942-1957

   8,000 items. 36 containers. 13.8 linear feet. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The European Mission and Cooperative Acquisitions Project series of the Library of Congress Archives comprises the records of the Library's European Mission (Mission to Germany) and subsequent Cooperative Acquisitions Project to collect materials in Europe in the immediate post-World War II period. The files include correspondence, lists of publications, index cards, printed matter, and other records, and memoranda used to organize the collection, shipment, and distribution of materials to participating libraries in the United States.

2. 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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3. Verner W. Clapp papers, 1901-1994

   16,000 items. 52 containers. 18.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Librarian. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, notes, subject files, printed matter, and other papers relating to Clapp's service as a librarian, including at the Library of Congress, duties as chief librarian to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, Calif., 1945; work for Unesco on various international library matters; his role in the establishment of the National Diet Library (Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan) of Japan; and work for the Council on Library Resources.