Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1943 Of material To the United States of America, to be placed in the Library of Congress and administered therein by the authorities there'of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1947 Copyright Functions: The copyright activities of the Library were Operated with an average of 149 employees in 1946 and '192 in 1947; 246 were requested for 1948 and 180 granted. Funds available for personnel, _ printing of catalogs, etc., totaled in 1946, in 1947; we requested for 1948 and received The amount deposited in the Treasury by virtue of the activities of the Copyright Office was in 1946 and in 1947, the amounts actually earned by registrations or other services of the Copyright Office and deposited in miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury was -in 1946, and in 1947. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1945 The Library has grown great, and the mark of its greatness is the growth of its responsibilities. Because this is so, it should be declared now and unequivocally that my colleagues and I repudiate every movement toward reckless aggrandize ment, and that we disclaim any ambition to absorb any and all national and inter national functions elsewhere satisfactorily and consistently performed in the public interest. As for the American library system, it is our fixed purpose to supple ment rather than supplant the' local re source. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1951 Appendix VII. Statistics of Cataloging and Maintenance of Catalogs. Appendix VIII. Statistics of Card Distribution Appendix IX. General Orders Issued. Appendix X. Statistics of Employment and Personnel Actions Appendix XI. Financial Statistics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1958 An act of Congress, approved March 3, 1925, as amended, created the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, a quasi-corporation with perpetual succession and all the usual powers of a trustee, including the power to invest, reinvest, or retain invest ments and, specifically, the authority to accept, receive, hold, and administer such gifts, bequests, or devises of property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the Library, its collections, or its services, as may be approved by the Board and by the Joint Committee on the Library. (u. S. C. 2: 154 - 163) A notable provision of the act (section 2, last paragraph) permits endowment funds, up to a total limit of to be treated as a perpetual loan to the United States Treasury, at an assured interest of four percent per annum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1968 It is not surprising, then, that the Nation's library, situated in the Nation's Capital and serving a substantial part of the Nation's research needs, should feel the pulse of the national life and should itself throb with some of the same ferment and self-examination, the same questioning of old values and the search for new ones, the same universal sense of responsibility for the country's course. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1942 Willard Webb, Assistant Superintendent (in military service since November 14, 1940) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1956 HE Library of Congress began the year with an array of resources that, measured in terms of dollars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1964 Members 01? The committee. Senators Claiborne Pell, Joseph S. Clark, John Sherman Cooper, and Hugh Scott; Representatives Paul C. Jones, Frank Thompson, Jr. Paul F. Schenck, and Robert J. Corbett. Chief Clerk: Gordon F. Harrison. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.