right|thumb|200px|luther evans luther harris evans (13 october 1902 â 23 december 1981) was an american political scientist who served as the tenth librarian of the united states congress. ==biography== born in bastrop county, texas in 1902, evans received his bachelor's (1923) and master's (1924) from the university of texas at austin and his doctorate from stanford university (1927). he taught political science at new york university, dartmouth college and princeton university (1927- 1935). evans left princeton university abruptly after a faculty dispute. friends referred him for help to the powerful lehman family of new york, who got him an appointment with harry hopkins, the advisor to franklin delano roosevelt. at a meeting in the white house, hopkins asked the young professor to propose a plan for a project hopkins already wanted to do. evans went back the next day and told hopkins that the project wasn't worth doing. instead, he pointed out that the states archives of the united states were in a state of disarray with profound consequences to american history. hopkins said, "dr. evans, you have a lot of guts -- i know you have no money and that your wife is nine months pregnant, and i have never thought about the state archives. but i hear that you have a good reputation." this is how evans came to organize and direct the historical records survey for the works project administration (1935-1939). after this, he was appointed by librarian of congress archibald macleish as head of the legislative reference service and later chief assistant librarian of congress. after macleish resigned, president harry s. truman appointed evans as his successor, a position he held from 1945 to 1953. during his tenure, evans opposed censorship of the library's holdings, and greatly expanded the library's collection. well versed in international relations, he also returned a number of manuscripts to their countries of origin. he helped draft the universal copyright convention at geneva in 1952. he also served with various u.s. delegations during the forming of unesco. in 1953 he resigned from the library to accept a position as unesco's third director general, the only american to hold this post. he was active in international peace issues throughout his life, serving in many capacities with educational organizations and commissions. he served as president of the united world federalists in 1970 - 1976, and his thinking of this period is seen in his testimony before the committee on foreign affairs in the u.s. house of representatives on february 4, 1975 concerning "the united nations in the 1970s: recommendations for u.s. policy". working with a range of other americans prominent in foreign policy, inclu
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