National Library
Subtitle: [ten separate publications dealing with the planning and construction of the Library of Congress building, bound together in 1886 for R.R. Hitt].
Published: 1882
Language: eng
Subjects: Library of Congress -- History -- Sources.; National Libraries -- United States -- History -- Sources.; Library buildings -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources.
Notes: Title taken from binder's title on spine.
Source: Gift of the Jenkins Company, Oct. 15, 1987.
Table of contents: title: [1] The National Library / speech of Hon. W.W. Rice, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, June 20, 1882; title: [2] Congressional Library building / 49th Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives, Report no. 173; title: [3] Congressional Library building / 47th Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives, Report no. 164; title: [4] Remarks on library construction / by William F. Poole [at] American Library Association Buffalo meeting, August 14-17, 1883 ; to which is appended An examination of Mr. J.L. Smithmeyer's pamphlet entitled "Suggestions on library architecture, American and foreign"; title: [5] Description of the plans for a new building for the Congressional Library / [John L. Smithmeyer ; printed for the information of members of the House, April 3, 1884]; title: [6] Suggestions on library architecture, American and foreign : with an examination of Mr. Wm. F. Poole's scheme for library buildings / J.L. Smithmeyer; title: [7] Location of Congressional Library / [petition to the Joint Select Committee on National Library, signed "Many Citizens"]; title: [8] Congressional Library building / 48th Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives, Report no. 471; title: [9] Review of the pending legislation on the National Library : with comments on the facts and issues involved, the action of public bodies thereon, and conclusions in the shape of suggestions; title: [10] Congressional Library building ; remarks of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, February 7, 1884, on S. 1139, authorizing the construction of a building for the accommodation of the Congressional Library.