Christian A. Nappo

The Librarians of Congress

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 397g
• ISBN-13: 9781442262607
• ISBN-10: 1442262605
• Artikelnr.: 43895816

Autorenporträt

By Christian A. Nappo

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations Foreword by Dr. Roy Balleste, St. Thomas University School of Law Preface Acknowledgments Introduction
A Brief History of the Library of Congress Chapter One: John James Beckley
Jefferson's First Librarian Chapter Two: Patrick Magruder
The Unfortunate Librarian Chapter Three: George Watterston
The Librarian of Letters Chapter Four: John Silva Meehan
The Jacksonian Librarian Chapter Five: John Gould Stephenson
The Civil War Era Librarian Chapter Six: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
The Transformational Librarian Chapter Seven: John Russell Young
The Journalist Librarian Chapter Eight: George Herbert Putnam
The Modern Librarian Chapter Nine: Archibald MacLeish
The Literary Librarian Chapter Ten: Luther Harris Evans
The Diplomatic Librarian Chapter Eleven: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
The Administrative Librarian Chapter Twelve: Daniel Joseph Boorstin
The Scholar Librarian Chapter Thirteen: James Hadley Billington
The Russian Studies Scholar Librarian Index About the Author