Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Administrative History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1898 | Librarian of Congress John Russell Young established Order Department |
| 1900 | Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam established Order Division, William Parker Cutter appointed chief; functions included accessioning Library materials received by purchase, gift, exchange, Smithsonian deposit, and copyright |
| 1924 | Order Division renamed Accessions Division to reflect greater proportion of materials acquired through exchange, gift, and copyright deposit than by purchase; Martin Arnold Roberts appointed chief |
| 1940 | Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish established Processing Department to coordinate acquisitions and cataloging functions, moved Accessions Division within; Accessions Division renamed Order Division |
| 1943 | General Order 1188 created Acquisitions Department, with Order Division functions covering acquisition by exchange, gift, transfer, and deposit removed to establish Exchange and Gift Division; John L. Nolan appointed chief; offices located on second floor of John Adams Building |
| 1947 | Acquisitions and Processing Departments merged, containing nine divisions, including Exchange and Gift |
| 1968 | Processing Department reorganized into three functional areas; Exchange and Gift Division grouped within Acquisitions and Overseas Operations |
| 1970s | Division offices moved temporarily to Navy Yard Annex |
| 1980s | Division offices housed in James Madison Memorial Building |
| 1997 | Division reorganized geographically within Acquisitions and Support Services Directorate |
| 2004 | Cataloging and Acquisitions Directorates merged to form Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate |