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Treasures of the Library of Congress / Charles A. Goodrum ; all photography by Micheal Freeman and Jonathan Wallen.
- Title
- Treasures of the Library of Congress / Charles A. Goodrum ; all photography by Micheal Freeman and Jonathan Wallen.
- Author
- Goodrum, Charles A.
- Publication
- New York : H.N. Abrams, 1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | Z733.U58 G66 1991 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) MsSM
- Description
- 344 p. : ill. (some col.); 30 cm.
- Summary
- In this newly revised and expanded edition of the volume published a decade ago (1981), author Goodrum, librarian and writer of numerous books, describes in an incomparable blend of facts and anecdotal history, the range of the Library of Congress's extraordinary holdings. The largest collection of stored knowledge in the world (almost 100 million objects), the Library of Congress has items in 470 languages, rare books, virtually every phonograph ever made, vast collection of science and technology, archival recordings of the total television output of the major networks, music scores, photographs, rare documents, letters - aside from its "regular" book collection. Goodrum provides a fascinating narrative for each.
- Subject area, as well as of the history of the Library and of the exceptional, sometimes eccentric men - the Librarians of Congress who created this incredible collection.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0810938529
- LCCN
- ^^^90001147^
- OCLC
- 23081622
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library