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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Alfred Easton Poor papers, 1866-1985 (bulk 1919-1983)</title>
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    <namePart>Poor, Alfred Easton</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1899-1988</namePart>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>600</extent>
    <extent>9</extent>
    <extent>3.5</extent>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, writings, logbooks, subject files, publications, reports, appointment calendars, sketchbooks, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Poor's architectural career, particularly his designs for public buildings.  Includes materials relating to designs for the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kitty Hawk, N.C., and the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building in Washington, D.C., to the restoration of the West Front and renovation of the old Supreme Court chamber of the U.S. Capitol, and to his activities as an official with the National Academy of Design.  Also includes materials related to his naval service during World War I and his command of the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Some photographic images, architectural drawings and plans, construction reports, and related materials transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.</note>
  <note>Architect and U.S. naval officer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008116">Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008116</note>
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      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Naval Reserve.</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Officers</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building (Washington, D.C.)</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>National Academy of Design (U.S.)</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Architecture</topic>
    <geographic>Washington (D.C.)</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Library buildings</topic>
    <geographic>Washington (D.C.)</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Memorials</topic>
    <geographic>North Carolina</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Public buildings</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>World War, 1914-1918</topic>
    <topic>Naval operations, American</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>World War, 1939-1945</topic>
    <topic>Naval operations, American</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Capital and capitol</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Wright Brothers National Memorial (N.C.)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Architects</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Naval officers</occupation>
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