Letters to Roy Land [manuscript], 1940-1952.

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Letters to Roy Land [manuscript], 1940-1952.

Clemons writes to Land about Alderman Library and its personnel. Topics include acquisitions of manuscripts and early Virginia newspapers, the housing of Library of Congress manuscripts and staff during World War II, military activities at the University of Virginia during the war, and former librarians in the armed services. Of interest is a description of the dedication of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1943. People mentioned include Randolph Greenfield Adams, Francis Berkeley, Lucy Clark, Jack Dalton, Jefferson R. Kean, Dumas Malone, Louise Savage, Carroll Mason Sparrow, and John Cook Wyllie.

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

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Land, Roy, 1908-1994

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Clemons, Harry, 1879-1968

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Wyllie, John Cook, 1908-1968

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Sparrow, Carroll Mason

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