Clapp, Verner W. (Verner Warren) 1901-1972 creator mixed material monographic eng 16,000 52 18.4 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. Open to research. 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 mm 79049916 Open to research. DLC 790830 20260227111657.0 mm 79049916 eng