Abstract Building and Grounds Division, Library of Congress, was the unit responsible for the planning, design, construction, general operations, and maintenance of the Congressional Library Building, later named the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, journals, procurement records, account records, employment records, reports, schedules, writings, drawings, blueprints, photographs, printed matter, and artifacts primarily document the commission,...

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Librarian of Congress. Personal and professional files of Evans's undergraduate and graduate studies and career as a teacher, director of the Work Projects Administration Historical Records Survey, member of the executive board and advisor to the United States delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and various positions at the Library of Congress.

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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.

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Law Library of the Library of Congress. Correspondence, bibliographies, speeches and writings, printed matter, travel files, a guest book, and photographs largely documenting the operations of the Law Library under John T. Vance from the 1920s to the 1940s.

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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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Photographs, illustrations, and objects from the Library of Congress Information Office documenting daily Library activities, including images of staff, buildings, grounds, equipment, social and ceremonial functions, and notable guests of the Library. Comprised largely of photographs used in Information Bulletin and other Library publications but also includes images from the Library’s Poetry Office and Literary Functions File.

Abstract Correspondence, articles, poetry, photographs, notes, financial and legal papers, a Bible, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating to the Pierson, Rioch, and Layton families residing chiefly in southeastern New York and Washington, D.C. The bulk of the collection is composed of the papers of Harriet Wheeler Pierson (Library of Congress cataloger), Frances Lupton Pierson Rioch (teacher, nurse, and homemaker), Katherine Frances Rioch Layton (teacher and homemaker), and Phebe Ann...

Abstract Bibliophile, businessman, and philanthropist. Correspondence, subject files, speeches and writings, printed matter, and miscellany relating to Rosenwald's career with Sears, Roebuck & Company; his activities on behalf of various Jewish causes and his opposition to Zionism; his public service work with the National Recovery Administration and the War Production Board; his various charitable, educational, and cultural philanthropies; and his work as a bibliographer and collector of books...