Librarians of Congress

Informationen zum Autor By Christian A. Nappo Klappentext For over 200 years the Library of Congress has served as our national library. Since its establishment in 1800, thirteen librarians have served as the institution's head librarian. Sadly, little is known about most of them. The Librarians of Congress is the first book to contain the biographies of all these librarians. Beginning with a brief history of the Library of Congress, the book then contains short biographies of each of the thirteen Librarians of Congress, beginning with John J. Beckley and ending with James H. Billington. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrationsForeword by Dr. Roy Balleste, St. Thomas University School of LawPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction-A Brief History of the Library of CongressChapter One: John James Beckley-Jefferson's First LibrarianChapter Two: Patrick Magruder-The Unfortunate LibrarianChapter Three: George Watterston-The Librarian of LettersChapter Four: John Silva Meehan-The Jacksonian LibrarianChapter Five: John Gould Stephenson-The Civil War Era LibrarianChapter Six: Ainsworth Rand Spofford-The Transformational LibrarianChapter Seven: John Russell Young-The Journalist LibrarianChapter Eight: George Herbert Putnam-The Modern LibrarianChapter Nine: Archibald MacLeish-The Literary LibrarianChapter Ten: Luther Harris Evans-The Diplomatic LibrarianChapter Eleven: Lawrence Quincy Mumford-The Administrative LibrarianChapter Twelve: Daniel Joseph Boorstin-The Scholar LibrarianChapter Thirteen: James Hadley Billington-The Russian Studies Scholar LibrarianIndexAbout the Author

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• Authors: Nappo, Christian A. Nappo, Nappo Christian A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9781442262607
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6260-7
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; USA, Collected biographies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 21st Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Library & Information Sciences, Library and information sciences / Museology, Library History;Library of Congress