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Catherine Bosley Allen was born in Nashville, TN, in 1896 to Minta Bosley and H. W. Allen. While her early years were spent in France and Germany, [2] her family moved to Brooklyn, NY when she was a child, and she continued to live in New York for most of her adult life.
The National Library for the Blind was an American philanthropic and educational institution. Thomas Nelson Page Sara Weeks Roberts. The National Library for the Blind was incorporated December 26, 1911, and was located at 1729 H Street, Washington, D.C. The American ambassador to Italy, the Hon. Thomas Nelson Page, was the first president.
The Nation's Library: The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. (Library of Congress, 2000) Cole, John Young. Jefferson's legacy: a brief history of the Library of Congress (Library of Congress, 1993) Cole, John Young. "The library of congress becomes a world library, 1815–2005." Libraries & culture (2005) 40#3: 385–398. in Project MUSE
An interesting tidbit concerning the library: ‘the library's collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the ...
The primary focus of the articles is on accessibility to blind and physically disabled readers. As early as 1958, [1] [2] issues of the Division for the Blind Newsletter were published by what was then called the Library of Congress Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. [2] Around 1967, the name became DBPH News.
The 4th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , from March 4, 1795, to March 4, 1797, during the last two years of George Washington 's ...
The National Register is a federal register for buildings, structures, and sites of historic significance. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts in Columbus. There are 360 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Franklin County, including 3 National Historic Landmarks.
It is Congress's oldest continuing joint committee. [1] The Committee currently has oversight of the operations of the Library of Congress, as well as management of the congressional art collection, the National Statuary Hall Collection, and the United States Botanic Garden, but does not have legislative authority.