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BOX 95-142 |
Speeches and Writings, 1921-circa 1970
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Drafts of texts, galley and page proofs, as well as research notes,
correspondence, and newspaper clippings. |
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Arranged chronologically. Book reviews, miscellaneous radio and television
scripts, ghost writings, and introductions of persons are filed at the end of the
series along with files for Mearns's books Three Presidents and Their Books, Largely Lincoln, The Lincoln Papers, and The Story Up to Now. |
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BOX 95 |
1921-1941
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Apropos of Max Beerbohm. A letter to the
Editor of Current Opinion. 6 Apr. 1921. Printed in the May issue of Current Opinion. Vol. 70, No. 5, page 702. 1921
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Aubrey Beardsley's Posthumous Frown. A letter
to the Editor of Current Opinion. 10 July 1921. Printed in the September issue of Current Opinion, Vol. 71, No. 3, page 390. 1921
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The Ballad of a Dead King. 1923, Written by Mr. Mearns to amuse his
mother. |
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Notes on a Bibliography of Bret Harts. 1927. |
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The Chambers of the Supreme Court in New
York, 1790. Washington, D.C., 1933.
JK1561.A5 1790 |
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The Chambers of the Supreme Court in
Philadelphia, 1791-1800, with Verner W. Clapp, Washington, D.C., 1933. JK1561.A5 1800 |
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The Chambers of the Supreme Court in
Washington, 1801-1867, with Verner W. Clapp, Washington, D.C., 1933. JK1561.A5 1867 |
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Some Materials for a Life of Elias Boudinot
Caldwell, with Observations on the Early History of Capitol Hill, with
Verner W. Clapp, 1933,
F197.036 |
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A Descriptive List of the Principal Pamphlet
Collections in the Library of Congress in 1934. Washington, D.C., 1934. Z733.U63P2 |
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Egg-rolling on the White House Lawn;
Descriptions by Eye-Witnesses of an Ancient Easter Monday Custom in
Washington. . . , 1858-1934, with Verner W. Clapp, Washington, D.C., 1935. F195.M43 Office |
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Small Backlog 20,547; Mark Twain in
Washington 1867-1868. Washington, D.C. PS1332.M35 1935. |
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The Mouse Trap Quotation. 22 Jan. 1935. Prepared for Burton Stevenson
and quoted by him in The Colonhon and in Famous Single Poems with acknowledgment to Mr. Mearns. |
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What the Founders Thought, May 1935.
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Thomas Jefferson, the Architect. Washington,
LC, 1936. E332.M53 |
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F. W. A. A poem honoring Frederick W. Ashley.
17 Dec.1936. Published in D.C. Libraries
Jan. 1937, page 39 |
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The Constitution of the United States; an
account of its travels since 17 Sept. 1787, compiled by David C. Mearns and
Verner W. Clapp. Washington, D.C., 1937. |
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Mr. Archibald MacLeish. Washington (1939?),
From D.C. Libraries, Vol. II, No. 1, Oct.
1939
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Magna Carta; the Lincoln Cathedral Copy
Exhibited in the Library of Congress; some notes prepared by David C. Mearns
and Verner W. Clapp, Washington, D.C., 1939 and
1941. JN147.M4 1939 Same 1941. |
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Some Women of Achievement. A typed list,
buckram bound, 1939. |
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Random Comments on Books Selected for
Inclusion in "Outpost" Libraries of the Department of State. Prior to 1940. |
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An original play, balcony scenes derived from
Shakespeare. Composed by David C. Mearns and Verner W. Clapp. Early 1940's. To be performed before the
District of Columbia Library Association, Pierce Hall, Washington,
D.C. |
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The Five Little Millions and How They Grew:
Their Beginnings. A talk delivered to the staff of the Library of Congress
in the Coolidge Auditorium. 31 Jan. and 1 Feb.
1940.
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The Library of Congress (140 years old). An
address before the Congressional Secretaries ' Club, 21 Mar. 1940. Printed
in the Congressional Record, 28 Mar. 1940, Vol. 86, No. 62,
pp. 5575-76. |
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The Library of Congress: A Brief History. A
speech before the Seventy-Second Club, 1 Apr.
1940.
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Lincolnians in the Library of Congress. Paper
read before the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, 15 Apr. 1940.
Printed in the Congressional Record, Vol. 86, No. 106, 29 May 1940.
pp. 10871-10873. |
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Tribute to L. H. E. For: The Bookman, Vol. 1, No. 2, 26 November
1940. Stipulation: To be published anonymously. |
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The Arsenal. A speech made informally before
the Congressional Secretaries' Club, 28 Jan.
1941.
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Lincoln Collections in the Library of
Congress. Article published in The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, December 1941. Reprint issued May 1942; 2nd ed. Jan. 1943. |
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BOX 96 |
1942-1946
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The Canon-Aid; or, The Egg Which Was Laid on
Memorial Day. A Speech before the Librarian's Council held in the Senate
Reading Room LC on May 30, 1942.
Concerning the acquisition policy of LC. |
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The Activities of the Library of Congress in
Wartime. A Speech delivered before the Special Libraries Association in
Detroit, 20 June 1942. Printed in: Special Libraries, Sept. 1942.
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A Report on Certain Collections in the
Library of Congress. Prepared for the American Library Association, Board of
Resources of American Libraries. Washington, D.C., 1942. Z733.U63R45 |
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Biographical foreword to In His Own Country, by Charles Washington Coleman. Privately printed in limited
edition, 1942
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A "New" Washington Letter. Article for LC
Quarterly Journal, July-Sept. 1943 Vol. 1, No.
1 |
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Architects and Poets and Prophets. Article
for LC Quarterly Journal, Oct.-Dec. 1943 Vol. 1, No. 2 |
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Another England in the Great South Sea.
Article for LC Quarterly Journal, Jan.-Mar. 1944 Vol. 1, No.
3 |
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The President's Geranium. 1944. |
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The Constitution of the United States,
together with an Account of its Travels since 17 Sept. 1787, compiled by
David C. Mearns and Verner W. Clapp. Third edition, Oct. 1944.
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Mr. Lincoln and the Man Who Bore the Battle.
A talk delivered before veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., Feb. 1945.
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The Reference Services of the Library of
Congress. Script prepared for the Office of War Information for translation
into Italian and broadcast on their Radio University Program. 4 June 1945.
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Lest We Forget. Draft of a speech prepared
for possible use on Saturday, 30 June
1945, in connection with the opening of the exhibition of German
atrocity pictures sponsored by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Evening Star. |
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This Is My America. Remarks made in accepting
for the Library of Congress a copy of the anthology of poems. "This Is My
America" Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 18 Mar. 1946.
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The Story Up to Now: The Library of Congress,
1800-1946. Reprinted (in 1947) from the Annual Report of the Librarian of
Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending 30 June
1946. |
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The First Sixty Years of the Enoch Pratt Free
Library: An Appreciation. 1946. |
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BOX 97 |
1947-1948 |
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The Resources of the Library of Congress for
the Study of the War of 1812. Speech delivered before the Society of the War
of 1812 at the Jackson Day Dinner, Baltimore, Md., 8 Jan. 1947.
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The Lincoln Year. Speech given informally in
the Library of Congress before the Illinois Delegation in Congress on 12 Feb. 1947.
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The Exquisite Inebriation. A speech delivered
before the Cleveland Library Club, 27 Feb.
1947.
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Essay in Alteration. A study of and
commentary on the New Draft of Planning Committee Report. 28 Feb. 1947.
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Memorandum on the Robert Todd Lincoln
Collection. Prepared for incorporation in an article in America, 26 July 1947, pp.
459-461. |
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The Lincoln Papers. Article prepared for
The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, Vol. IV, No. 8, Dec. 1947, pp.
369-385. |
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Nothing Only Plenty of Friends. An article
prepared for publication in the New York Herald Tribune Book Review, Sunday, 8 Feb. 1948, Vo.. 24,
No. 25. |
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The Great Reality. A speech delivered before
the Friends of the Library of Brown University, 10 Feb. 1948. Repeated with
a few deletions before the ladies of The Congressional Club, Washington,
D.C., 2 Feb. 1948 and 10 Feb.
1948. |
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Reminiscing Letter by Dave Mearns, '16,
Recalls Early Days. Published in The Saint Albans News, Vol. 27, No. 9, 2 Mar. 1948,
page 4. |
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The Significance of the Lincoln Papers: an
Exposition by Way of Impression. A paper read before the Mississippi Valley
Historical Society, Rock Island, Ill., 22 Apr.
1948.
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Master of Materials: Random Reflections on
Reference Librarianship. Lecture delivered before the Department of Library
Science, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 29 Apr. 1948.
Printed in The Catholic Library World, Vol. 19, No. 8, May 1948, pp.
249-251; 275, and reprinted in Reference Services, Selected by Arthur Ray Rowland, Shoe String Press, Hamden, Conn.,
1964, page 177. |
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Foreword to A Catalog of Important Recent Additions to the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, compiled by Frederick R. Goff. Published in LC Quarterly Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3, May
1948.
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The Federal Institute Dinner. Speech
delivered at the Special Libraries Association Dinner, 7 June 1948.
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The Dubious Intelligencer. Library of
Congress, Aug. 1948. Daily Journal from
DOM to the Librarian, Volume one, Nos. one, two, and three. |
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The Lincoln Papers; the Story of the
Collection, with Selections for 4 July 1861; introd. by Carl Sandburg.
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1948. 2
vols. |
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The Library of Congress: A Statement Without
a Conclusion. 15 Oct. 1948. Prepared for the Hansard Society London. Printed
in Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. II, No. 3, Summer 1949. |
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The Lincoln Papers. 22 Oct. 1948. A speech in Chicago before
the Civil War Round Table. |
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The Man in the Memorial. 9 Dec. 1948. A talk
delivered at the Arts Club, Washington, D.C. |
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BOX 98 |
1949-1950
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Our Reluctant Contemporary. Speech delivered
at St. John's (Parish House) Library. 4 Feb.
1949.
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Preface to the Lincoln Encyclopedia. 7 March
1949. Published by Macmillan 1950. |
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Morsels of History. An address before the
National Society of Autograph Collectors at Princeton, New Jersey, 11 Apr.
1949. Printed in the Autograph Collectors' Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, Apr
1949.
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The Kinsman. 1
June 1949. A foreword to accompany translations of selections from
Abraham Lincoln's works. Sent to Department of Cultural Affairs, Pan
American Union. |
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The Heresy of Abraham Lincoln: An Attempt at
the Last but Edgewise Word. Prepared for LC Information Bulletin, 1-11 June 1949. Reprinted in
Autograph Collectors' Journal. |
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Twenty Thousand Years of Comics. 3 Oct. 1949. Remarks at the opening of an
exhibit in the Library of Congress. |
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The Library of Congress and Public Relations.
Intern Lecture in the Library of Congress. 29
Nov. 1949.
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Library of Congress Sesquicentennial Year. 52
lead articles in the LC Information Bulletin, Vol. 9, Nos. 1-52, 1950. |
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Our Reluctant Contemporary: Abraham Lincoln.
A speech before members of the Abraham Lincoln Association at their annual
meeting, Springfield, Ill., 13 Feb.
1950.
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The Sesquicentennial Program of the Library
of Congress. Remarks at Professional Forum, LC, 15 Mar. 1950.
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For the Library of Congress wives. Address at
a luncheon meeting, 12 Apr.
1950.
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Remarks of greeting to members of the
National Society of Autograph Collectors meeting in Washington, D.C. The
Dodge Hotel, 1 May 1950.
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The Law Library of the Library of Congress.
15 June 1950. Prepared for Judge
Stevens and delivered via Mr. Dwyer. |
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The Information Bulletin of the Library of Congress. Intern Lecture in the Library of
Congress. June 20, 1950.
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Introduction to the Library of Congress.
Sesquicentennial Exhibit Catalog. June 27,
1950.
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Inside Evans; or, Rosemary for the Boss.
Speech delivered at the Division Chiefs' luncheon on June 29, 1950.
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Of Archibald Beatty Evans. A tribute to Mr.
Evans in the form of a letter addressed to Mrs. Mary Martin, Principal,
Bradley School, Washington, D.C. September 29,
1950.
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The Lincoln Papers. An address to the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion Commandery of the District of Columbia.
Dinner at Raleigh Hotel, October 10,
1950.
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On José Martí. On the occasion of dedication
ceremonies attending the unveiling of a bronze bust of José Martí in Grove
of Educators, St. Augustine, Florida, October 12, 1950. Proceedings
published in pamphlet by Inter-American Center of Florida, St. Augustine,
Florida, 1951. Published also in: Archive José Martí, Tomo V, Enerc-Junio 1951, No. 3, Publicaciones del Ministerio de
Educacion, La Habana, Cuba, 1951. |
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Virginia in the History of the Library of
Congress; or, Mr. Jefferson's Other Seedling. A speech delivered before the
Virginia Library Association meeting in Roanoke, October 20, 1950. Printed
in: Virginia Library Bulletin, No. 16, May 1, 1951.New Light on an Old Subject: Thanksgiving as a
National Holiday. Memorandum. November 16,
1950.
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The Declaration of Independence; the Story of
a Parchment. Washington, D.C., 1950.
Reprinted from the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1949. |
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BOX 99 |
1951 |
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Exhibits, Publications, and Informational
Activities of the Library of Congress. Orientation Lecture-Special
Recruiting Program-LC-February 15,
1951
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The Constant American. An address before the
Colonial Dames, Washington, D.C., April 11,
1951.
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A Neglected Bookman: Calvin Coolidge. A paper
read before the Literary Society (Washington, D.C.) at the Folger
Shakespeare Memorial Library, April 21,
1951.
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The Community of Greatness. An address at the
annual meeting of the National Society of Autograph Collectors, May 2, 1951.
Printed in: Autograph Collectors' Journal, Summer 1951. |
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Publications Program of the Library of
Congress: Historical Aspects. Speech before the Staff Forum in Coolidge
Auditorium to consider the publications program of the Library of Congress
May 17, 1951.
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The Nitid Crimson. An address before the
Society of American Archivists, Annapolis, Maryland, October 16, 1951.
Offprint published April 9,
1952.
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The Fair Inheritance. An address to the
Public Library of the District of Columbia and the Motion Picture Council,
November 2, 1951.
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A Plume for Madame. An address to the
District of Columbia Branch of the National League of American Penwomen,
November 28, 1951.
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Alfred Whital Stern and the Hoaf Prints.
December 10, 1951. Published in Library of Congress Quarterly Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, February
1952.
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Abraham Lincoln: Bibliographer: Some Notes on
the First Inaugural. Compiled by David C. Mearns and C. Percy Powell. December 21, 1951.
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BOX 100 |
1952
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The Fair Inheritance. An address delivered to
the Colonial Dames, Dumbarton House, Washington, D.C., January 9, 1952. A variation of the 1951
writing. |
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History of the Manuscript Division. An
address delivered before the American University class in the History and
Administration of Archives, held in the Manuscript Division of the Library
of Congress, January 23,
1952.
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Activities of the Manuscript Division.
Special Recruits Lecture Series, 1951-1952, Page School in LC, Room 309 MB,
February 21, 1952.
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Who in Triumph Advances. An address before
the Lincoln Association of Jersey City, February 12, 1952.
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Research in American History: Opportunities
Provided by the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. A speech
delivered before a dinner meeting of Beta Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta,
National Honorary History Fraternity, March 23,
1952.
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No Tedious Business. An address by the
Assistant Librarian for American Collections upon receiving from Alfred
Whital Stern the gift of the printer's copy of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
April 28, 1952.
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Gloriously Dispelled. Written for a
Festschrift honoring Nathan Van Patten, Stanford University. June 6, 1952.
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Abraham Lincoln Goes to Press: A Documentary
Memorandum. Published in the LC Quarterly Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, August
1952.
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Forever is Twenty-Eight Years. Concerning the
transfer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the
United States to the National Archives. August
14, 1952.
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Change the Name of NSAC? An article appearing
in Autograph Collectors' Journal. Summer 1952, p.
37. |
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The Formative Years of the Manuscript
Division 1897-1903: An Intimate Search for Origins. A Talk presented at the
Staff Forum of LC, September
1952.
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The Story of the Queen's Letter. A historical
note to accompany a facsimile of a letter of condolence written on April 29,
1865, by Queen Victoria to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. Printed in limited edition
for presentation to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in remembrance of the
visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of
Edinburgh to the Library of Congress, November 2, 1951. Washington, D.C.,
1952. E457.52.U593 |
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The Library of Congress. A talk delivered
before the Chevy Chase Branch of the National League of American Pen Women,
October 11, 1952, in the Whittall
Pavilion, Library of Congress. |
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Remarks at a reception given by Mrs. John R.
Murdock. December 1, 1952.
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Nineteenth Century Collectors. Article
appearing in the Autograph Collectors' Journal. Vol. IV, No. 11, Winter 1952. |
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BOX 101 |
1953
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Abraham Lincoln as a Purer Nelson. Address
delivered before the Pennsylvania Historical Junto in the Conference Room,
National Archives, Washington, D.C., February
6, 1953.
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Lincoln and the Image of America. An address
before the Lincoln Fellowship of Hamilton, Canada, at McMaster University,
February 12, 1953.
E457.7.M4 |
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Remarks at the Opening of the Manuscript,
Exhibition, Ohio State Museum, Columbus, Ohio, May 3, 1953.
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The First White House Library. Article
prepared for D.C Libraries, Vol. 24, No. 3, July 1953. |
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In the Presence of the Scholars. An address
delivered before the North Carolina Library Association, Asheville, N.C.,
October 22, 1953. Printed in North Carolina Libraries, Vol. 12, No. 3, April 1954, and in College and Research Libraries, April 1954. |
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Manuscript Sources of American History:
Problems of Their Control, Use, and Publication. Comments on a Symposium
held on November 12, 1953, at the American Philosophical Society. Printed in
Proceedings of the Society, Vol. 98, No. 3, June
15, 1954. Also reprinted in pamphlet form. |
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The Great Invention of the World: Mr. Lincoln
and the Books He Read. A Confused and Confusing Consideration. Phineas
Windsor Lecture delivered at the University of Illinois, December 2, 1953.
Printed by University of Illinois Press in Three Presidents and Their Books by Arthur E. Bestor, David C. Mearns, and Jonathan Daniels.
Hardback 1955: Paperback, 1964.
E176.1T48 |
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BOX 102 |
1954
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