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1. 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.

2. Poetry Office series, Library of Congress archives, 1915-1990

   91,000 items. 317 containers. 127 linear feet. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poetry Office, Library of Congress, an office established to provide assistance to the Consultants in Poetry to the Library of Congress and, later, the Poet Laureate Consultants in Poetry, as well as oversight of various poetry and literature programs. Correspondence, memoranda, notes, literary manuscripts, minutes, reports, financial records, photographs, printed matter, and exhibits relating to the operation of the Poetry Office, the work of the Consultants in Poetry and, later, the Poet Laureate Consultants in Poetry, and various literary programs sponsored by or held at the Library of Congress.

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3. 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.

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4. Letters of Delegates to Congress Project series, Library of Congress archives, 1746-2004

   28,350 items. 81 containers plus 3 oversize. 31.6 linear feet. -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Documentary publishing project. Correspondence, editorial guidelines, financial records, search files, source files, maps, lists and photocopies of delegates’ original letters, diaries, and congressional journals created in the production of the Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789 series by the Library of Congress.

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5. Consultants and Fellows series, Library of Congress archives, 1917-1973

   -- Library of Congress Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence and administrative files pertaining to Library of Contress consultants, fellows, associate fellows (Library of Congress staff members), and chairs at the Library of Congress as well as to the administration of the Library of Congress program.

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6. 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.