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100 1 _aClapp, Verner W.
_q(Verner Warren),
_d1901-1972.
245 0 0 _aVerner W. Clapp papers,
_f1901-1994
_g(bulk 1945-1972).
300 _a16,000
_fitems.
300 _a52
_fcontainers.
300 _a18.4
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged 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.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 _aCorrespondents 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.
544 _3Photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aLibrarian. Assistant Chief Librarian and Acting Librarian of Congress.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
580 _aCollection related to the Library of Congress Archives.
600 1 0 _aBesterman, Theodore,
_d1904-1976
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCaldwell, Elias Boudinot,
_d1776-1825.
600 1 0 _aClapp, Dorothy Devereaux Ladd,
_d1901-1983
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClift, David H.
_q(David Horace),
_d1907-1973
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDalton, Jack,
_d1908-2000
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDix, William S.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEvans, Luther Harris,
_d1902-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFeinberg, Charles E.,
_d1899-1988
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHungerford, Edward Buell,
_d1900-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJordan, Robert Thayer
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLacy, Dan,
_d1914-2001
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcCarthy, Stephen A.
_q(Stephen Anthony),
_d1908-1990
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMacLeish, Archibald,
_d1892-1982
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMearns, David C.
_q(David Chambers),
_d1899-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMumford, L. Quincy
_q(Lawrence Quincy),
_d1903-1982
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aOrne, Jerrold,
_d1911-2008
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSaito, Tsuyoshi,
_d1913-1977
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSakai, Yasushi,
_d1913-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aShepard, Odell,
_d1884-1967
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSkipper, James E.,
_q(James Everett),
_d1920-2005
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVann, Sarah K.,
_d1916-2012
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWagman, Frederick Herbert,
_d1912-1994
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWarncke, Ruth
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWheeler, Joseph Lewis,
_d1884-1970
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilliams, Gordon R.
_q(Gordon Roland),
_d1914-
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aClapp family.
600 3 0 _aClapp family
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Documentation Institute.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Library Association.
610 2 0 _aAssociation of Research Libraries.
610 2 0 _aCouncil of National Library Associations.
610 2 0 _aCouncil on Library Resources.
610 2 0 _aKokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan)
610 2 0 _aLibrary of Congress.
610 2 0 _aLibrary of Congress
_xOfficials and employees.
610 2 0 _aSpecial Libraries Association.
650 2 0 _aSupreme Court Building (Washington, D.C.)
610 2 0 _aUnesco.
610 2 0 _aUnited Nations Library (New York, N.Y.)
610 2 0 _aUnited States National Committee for FID.
611 2 0 _aUnited Nations Conference on International Organization
_d(1945 :
_cSan Francisco, Calif.)
650 0 _aAbstracting and indexing services.
650 0 _aBibliographical services.
650 0 _aCataloging.
650 0 _aClassification.
650 0 _aCopyright.
650 0 _aCourthouses
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aDepository libraries.
650 0 _aDocumentation.
650 0 _aInformation services.
650 0 _aInformation storage and retrieval systems.
650 0 _aLibrarians.
650 0 _aLibraries.
650 0 _aLibraries
_xAutomation.
650 0 _aLibraries
_xSocieties, etc.
650 0 _aLibraries
_zJapan.
650 0 _aLibraries
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aLibraries
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLibraries
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aLibrary materials
_xConservation and restoration.
650 0 _aLibrary science.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xLibraries.
651 0 _aJapan
_xDescription and travel.
656 7 _aLibrarians.
_2itoamc
999 _c42335
_d42335