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11/28/2008
Dual place-names in Library of Congress (Otago Daily Times)
Five English/Maori place-names have been given international recognition by the United States Library of Congress, and more Southern locations are likely to follow.
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11/30/2008
NYC Mayor LaGuardia's Legendary Radio Readings (NPR)
The year is 1945. The world is at war, and New York City's newspaper boys are on strike. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia solves the problem. Independent producer Ben Manila shares the story behind LaGuardia's legendary radio readings of comic strips like "Little Orphan Annie." It's part of our series on legendary audio moments in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
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11/30/2008
Writing On The Walls Of The Nation's Library (NPR)
The Library of Congress is a cathedral to the written word. The white marble building may hold the nation's collection of books, but those aren't the only words in the building worth reading.
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11/20/2008
Union Pacific to Be Exclusive Sponsor of Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition at Library of Congress (Centre Daily Times)
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will be the exclusive sponsor of the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial exhibition, which opens at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., February 12, 2009, in celebration of Lincoln’s 200 th birthday.
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12/01/2008
Retired Teacher's Book A Photo History Of State (Hartford Courant)
Consider it Connecticut's family album.
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12/01/2008
Author compiles photo history of state By FRANK JULIANO Connecticut Post (New London Day)
Stafford - Consider it Connecticut's family album. There is a rare photograph of the Leatherman, a reclusive Frenchman who wandered the state on a regular
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12/01/2008
Robert Pumphrey (Point Pleasant Register)
Robert Lee “Robby” Pumphrey passed away Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 at Pleasant Valley Hospital. He was a member of Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Point Pleasant.
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12/01/2008
"Complete Lyrics" of Hammerstein, in Stores Now, Required Climbing Ev'ry Mountain (Playbill)
In the six-book "Complete Lyrics" series from Knopf, "The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II" — which has a Dec. 1 publication date — is the volume that might be most valuable to musical theatre fans. Hammerstein is regarded by many as the father of the modern musical.
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12/01/2008
Project turns uniforms into paper (The Burlington Free Press)
Combat Paper Project helps veterans cope
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12/01/2008
Pulitzer prize-winning poet to visit Smith (Massachusetts Daily Collegian)
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand will visit Smith College Tuesday Dec. 2, for a reading in Stoddard Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
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  • American Memory - Consists of primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history, more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
  • America's Library - Stories and facts celebrate the library's 200th anniversary.
  • Cataloging Directorate - Provides innovative and effective bibliographic control of the Library's collections and leadership to the library and information communities in the development of cataloging theory and practice.
  • Country Studies: Area Handbook Series - A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division sponsored by the Department of the Army. This online series presently contains studies of 100 countries.
  • Jefferson's Legacy - A brief history of the Library of Congress and a chronology of the collections with a selected bibliography on the library.
  • Library of Congress: Bicentenial Symposia - Biographies of speakers and commentators at the Frontiers of the Mind symposium.
  • National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - Administers a free library program of braille and recorded materials circulated to eligible borrowers.
  • State and Local Governments - The Library of Congress reference guide and index of links to organizations representing various facets of state and local governments including bodies representing executive and legislative branches of government.
  • U.S. Copyright Office Home Page - Office of public record for copyright registration and deposit of copyright material.
  • World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings - Exhibition, divided into four sections: Introduction, Creating, Explaining and Ordering, and Recording the Past.

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