06769cpcaa2201093 i 4500 mm 79049916 DLC 20260227111657.0 790830|||||||||||| eng mm 79049916 ms 80002037 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC L lcmd Clapp, Verner W. (Verner Warren), 1901-1972. Verner W. Clapp papers, 1901-1994 (bulk 1945-1972). 16,000 items. 52 containers. 18.4 linear feet. Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1914-1972; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1918-1972; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1923-1972; Series 4: Subject File, 1901-1972; Series 5: Speeches and Writings File, 1937-1973; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1901-1972. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, notes, subject files, printed matter, and other papers relating to Clapp's service as a librarian, including his years at the Library of Congress; duties as chief librarian to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, Calif., 1945; work for Unesco on various international library matters; role in the establishment of the Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan, also known as the National Diet Library of Japan; and work for the Council on Library Resources. Subjects include librarianship and library science; abstracting, bibliographic, and indexing services; automation in libraries; bibliographic control; cataloging; classification; copyright law; depository libraries; documentation; information retrieval; storage methods; preservation of library materials; the effects of World War II on libraries; Elias Boudinot Caldwell; the Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.; and United Nations Library, New York, N.Y. Organizations represented include the American Documentation Institute, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Council of National Library Associations, Special Libraries Association, and the United States National Committee for FID. Includes material pertaining to Clapp's personal and family life and his travels, especially to Japan. Family correspondents include Clapp's wife, Dorothy Devereaux Ladd Clapp. Correspondents include Theodore Besterman, David H. Clift, Jack Dalton, William S. Dix, Luther Harris Evans, Charles E. Feinberg, Edward B. Hungerford, Robert Thayer Jordan, Dan Lacy, Stephen A. McCarthy, Archibald MacLeish, David C. Mearns, L. Quincy Mumford, Jerrold Orne, Tsuyoshi Saito, Yasushi Sakai, Odell Shepard, James E. Skipper, Sarah K. Vann, Frederick Herbert Wagman, Ruth Warncke, Joseph Lewis Wheeler, and Gordon R. Williams. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Librarian. Assistant Chief Librarian and Acting Librarian of Congress. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Collection related to the Library of Congress Archives. Besterman, Theodore, 1904-1976 Correspondence. Caldwell, Elias Boudinot, 1776-1825. Clapp, Dorothy Devereaux Ladd, 1901-1983 Correspondence. Clift, David H. (David Horace), 1907-1973 Correspondence. Dalton, Jack, 1908-2000 Correspondence. Dix, William S. Correspondence. Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981 Correspondence. Feinberg, Charles E., 1899-1988 Correspondence. Hungerford, Edward Buell, 1900- Correspondence. Jordan, Robert Thayer Correspondence. Lacy, Dan, 1914-2001 Correspondence. McCarthy, Stephen A. (Stephen Anthony), 1908-1990 Correspondence. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 Correspondence. Mearns, David C. (David Chambers), 1899-1981 Correspondence. Mumford, L. Quincy (Lawrence Quincy), 1903-1982 Correspondence. Orne, Jerrold, 1911-2008 Correspondence. Saito, Tsuyoshi, 1913-1977 Correspondence. Sakai, Yasushi, 1913- Correspondence. Shepard, Odell, 1884-1967 Correspondence. Skipper, James E., (James Everett), 1920-2005 Correspondence. Vann, Sarah K., 1916-2012 Correspondence. Wagman, Frederick Herbert, 1912-1994 Correspondence. Warncke, Ruth Correspondence. Wheeler, Joseph Lewis, 1884-1970 Correspondence. Williams, Gordon R. (Gordon Roland), 1914- Correspondence. Clapp family. Clapp family Correspondence. American Documentation Institute. American Library Association. Association of Research Libraries. Council of National Library Associations. Council on Library Resources. Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan) Library of Congress. Library of Congress Officials and employees. Special Libraries Association. Supreme Court Building (Washington, D.C.) Unesco. United Nations Library (New York, N.Y.) United States National Committee for FID. United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.) Abstracting and indexing services. Bibliographical services. Cataloging. Classification. Copyright. Courthouses Washington (D.C.) Depository libraries. Documentation. Information services. Information storage and retrieval systems. Librarians. Libraries. Libraries Automation. Libraries Societies, etc. Libraries Japan. Libraries New York (State) New York. Libraries United States. Libraries Washington (D.C.) Library materials Conservation and restoration. Library science. World War, 1939-1945 Libraries. Japan Description and travel. Librarians. itoamc 42335 42335