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BOX OR VOL. 1-41 General Records, 1871-1954
The General Records series primarily contains documentation relating to the functional operations of the Thomas Jefferson Building after it opened to the public. Also included are records pertaining to the commission, construction, and operations of the John Adams Building as well as other buildings and projects Bernard R. Green contributed during his time in office as superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds.
Material types include correspondence, memoranda, account records, employment records, procurement records, operational records, lists, drawings, blueprints, photographs, and printed matter.
Arranged chronologically and alphabetically by material type.
BOX 1 Office of Superintendent of Library Building and Grounds
BOX 1 Green, Bernard R., correspondence received, 1901, 1909-1912
(4 folders)
BOX 1-5 Functional documentation
BOX 1 1911-1920
(3 folders)
BOX 2 1920-1928
(8 folders)
BOX 3 1929-1937
(9 folders)
BOX 4 1938-1943
(6 folders)
BOX 5 1944-1951
(5 folders)
BOX 5 Annex, 1930-1939, undated
Includes photographs
(6 folders)
BOX 6 Building for Library of Congress, interior
BOX 6 Advertisements, circulars, and specifications, 1897-1905
(2 folders)
BOX 6 Purchase of books, bills, 1899
(4 folders)
VOL. 7 Index of firms and books bought, 1898
VOL. 8-10 Expenditures
VOL. 8 Gift and trust funds, circa 1925-circa 1933
VOL. 9 Gift and trust funds, circa 1929-circa 1939
VOL. 10 Gift and revolving funds, circa 1930-circa 1940
VOL. 11-13 Balance sheets
VOL. 11 Building and Grounds, circa 1930-circa 1933
VOL. 12 Trust Fund Board, 1907-1908, circa 1925-circa 1933
VOL. 13 Income from investment and permanent loan accounts, circa 1929-circa 1940
VOL. 14-21 Time books
VOL. 14 1895-1897
VOL. 15 1898-1903
VOL. 16 1904-1909
VOL. 17 1900-1901
VOL. 18 Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C., statue pedestal, 1878
VOL. 19 1908
VOL. 20 1908-1909
VOL. 21 1908-1910
BOX OR VOL. 22-28 Construction of Building for National Museum
VOL. 22-27 Expenditures
VOL. 22 1903-1906
VOL. 23 1906-1907
VOL. 24 1907-1908
VOL. 25 1908-1909
VOL. 26 1909
VOL. 27 1908-1911
BOX 28 Pirie, William, inspector
BOX 28 Schedule of cut granite, 1906-1909
(3 folders)
BOX 28 Building for Library of Congress
BOX 28 Cornerstone inscription
BOX 28 Correspondence, memoranda, and photographic material, 1890, 1942-1954
BOX 28 Contracts, 1906-1917, 1922
(3 folders)
BOX 29 Building for National Museum
BOX 29 Advertisements, circulars, and specifications, 1896, 1904-1910
(7 folders)
BOX 30 Building for State, War, and Navy Departments
BOX 30 Advertisements, circulars, and specifications, 1871-1888, undated
(8 folders)
BOX OR VOL. 31-38 Washington Public Library Building
BOX OR VOL. 31-36 Office of superintendent of construction
BOX 31-33 Green, Bernard R., correspondence received
BOX 31 Ackerman & Ross, 1899-1900
(3 folders)
BOX 31 "A-Z" miscellaneous, 1899-1900
(9 folders)
BOX 32 General, 1900-1902
(12 folders)
BOX 33 General, 1902-1906
(11 folders)
VOL. 34-36 Green, Bernard R., letterbooks
VOL. 34 1899-1900
VOL. 35 1900-1902
VOL. 36 1902-1907
VOL. 37 List of drawings and journal, 1899-1903
VOL. 38 Accounts, 1899-1906
BOX 39 Miscellaneous buildings and projects
BOX 39 Advertisements, circulars, contracts, and specifications
BOX 39 Army Medical Museum and Library, U.S., Washinton, D.C., 1885-1887
BOX 39 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1900, 1905
BOX 39 D.A.R. Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D.C., undated
BOX 39 George Washington University, 1905
BOX 39 Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, Mich., 1872
BOX 39 Mount Vernon, Va., 1899
BOX 39 National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1900
BOX 39 New Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1901-1903
BOX 39 New York Public Library, borough of Manhattan, 1904
BOX 39 Old Post Office and Clock Tower, Washington, D.C., 1905
BOX 39 Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1897-1901
BOX 39 Union Trust Company, Washington, D.C., 1906
BOX 39 United States Capitol and Washington Monument, 1905
BOX 39 United States Patent Office Building, 1879
BOX 39 United States Soldiers' Home, 1884-1897
(2 folders)
BOX 39 Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., 1885-1888
BOX 39 Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y., 1883
VOL. 40 Library of Congress, expenditures, 1909-1914
VOL. 41 Card index register, 1936-1940
BOX OV 1 Oversize, 1880-1896
Material types include a bound volume, lists, and printed matter.
Listed and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the material was separated. The items are physically grouped and housed by size.
Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building
General operations
BOX OV 1 Lists of property returns and sales, 1888-1896 (Container 145)
Miscellaneous
BOX OV 1 Catalogue of photographic negatives, 1880-1891 (Container 159)
Printed matter
BOX OV 1 Book by Bernard R. Green and Snead & Co. Iron Works, Book Stack and Shelving for Libraries, 1892 (Container 159)
BOX OV 1 Trade catalog by W.H. Mullins Inc., undated (Container 159)

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