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Before becoming director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover was a clerk at this D.C. library the Library of Congress $400 DJ EXCITING LIBRARIANS 2025-07-03 #9369
2 essential types of call numbers are Dewey Decimal & this classification system abbreviated L.C. the Library of Congress $200 J LIBRARY GLOSSARY 2025-02-06 #9264
As a young man, D.C.-born J. Edgar Hoover worked at this library as a messenger & in the cataloging department the Library of Congress $400 DJ TIME TO HIT THE LIBRARY 2023-02-20 #8811
You don't have to work in government to use the main reading room here, but you do need an appointment the Library of Congress $800 DJ LIBRARIES 2022-03-14 #8596
Begun in 1800 with an appropriation of $5,000, it's one of the largest libraries in the world, with over 160 million works the Library of Congress $800 DJ LIBRARIES 2021-10-15 #8490
The Folger Library is in D.C. across 2nd Street SE from this much larger library the Library of Congress $1,600 DJ LIBRARIES 2020-01-20 #8141
It houses more than 160 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves the Library of Congress $400 DJ U.S. LIBRARIES 2016-03-04 #7250
America's poet laureate is officially called a consultant in poetry to this library The Library of Congress $200 J LIBRARIES 2013-12-19 #6734
Irving Berlin's & Walt Whitman's personal papers are held in this library founded in 1800 the Library of Congress DD $4,000 DJ LIBRARIES 2007-05-11 #5230
The James Madison, Thomas Jefferson & John Adams buildings provide about 65 acres of floor space for this library the Library of Congress DD $1,000 J LIBRARIES 2003-11-12 #4413
The world's largest library, it contains over 115 million volumes on 532 miles of bookshelves Library of Congress $200 DJ LIBRARIES 2000-04-19 #3608
The U.S. Poet Laureate is officially a poetry consultant to this Washington, D.C. library Library of Congress $200 DJ LIBRARIES 1997-02-19 #2878
A widely used book classification system is named for this major Washington, D.C. library Library of Congress $200 DJ AROUND THE LIBRARY 1997-02-14 #2875
Herbert Putnam served as head of this U.S. library for 40 years, 1899-1939 Library of Congress $500 J LIBRARIES 1996-03-28 #2674
The James Madison Memorial Building, part of this library, is the largest library building in the world the Library of Congress $400 DJ LIBRARIES 1995-03-03 #2425
The U.S. Copyright Office is one of its departments Library of Congress $600 DJ LIBRARIES 1993-11-16 #2117
This library's administrator is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate Library of Congress $100 J LIBRARIES 1991-04-15 #1536
The T. Jefferson Building, John Adams Building & James Madison Memorial Bldg. house this Library of Congress $100 J LIBRARIES 1990-03-19 #1286
The James Madison Memorial Building is the largest of the 3 Capitol Hill buildings housing this library the Library of Congress $300 J LIBRARIES 1989-05-12 #1095
This national library was burned during the War of 1812 the Library of Congress $200 J THE LIBRARY 1985-10-16 #288
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