Chief cataloger correspondence, 1953-1960.

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Chief cataloger correspondence, 1953-1960.

Correspondence of the Chief Cataloger with the Library of Congress, other libraries, and authors and publishers concerning the Farmington Plan (by which the Library supplies the Library of Congress with entries for the National Union Catalog), the search for information to be used in making full and complete author and title entries, and the establishment of a program for producing library catalog cards.

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