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  2. Thomas Jefferson Library - Wikipedia

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    The Thomas Jefferson Library was one of the first of three new buildings constructed on the campus. It opened in 1968 under the leadership of its first Library Director, Susan Freegard. Within its 5 stories, the Library was designed to house more than 240,000 volumes and allow seating for 1,000 students.

  3. Paul J. Gutman Library - Wikipedia

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    The Paul J. Gutman Library is the main library of Thomas Jefferson University, [1] which is located in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Gutman Library opened in 1992 to replace the university's Pastore Library (now the Architecture & Design School).

  4. Library of Congress - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view from the United States Capitol of the five-year old Library of Congress in its new building, built 1890-1897, pictured in 1902, (since renamed in 1980) Thomas Jefferson Building for third President Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826, served 1801-1809) Thomas Jefferson Building, built 1890-1897, the Library of Congress's main building, on ...

  5. St. Louis Mercantile Library - Wikipedia

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    The St. Louis Mercantile Library, founded in 1846 in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, was originally established as a membership library, and is the oldest extant library west of the Mississippi River. [1] Since 1998 the library has been housed at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as a Special Collections library within the Thomas Jefferson ...

  6. Presidential library system - Wikipedia

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    The presidential library system is made up of thirteen presidential libraries operated fully, or partially, by NARA. [n 1] [4] Libraries and museums have been established for earlier presidents, but they are not part of the NARA presidential library system, and are operated by private foundations, historical societies, or state governments, including the James K. Polk, William McKinley ...

  7. Thomas Jefferson Building - Wikipedia

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    The building name was changed on June 13, 1980, to honor former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, who had been a key figure in the establishment of the Library in 1800. Jefferson offered to sell his personal book collection to Congress in September 1814, one month after the British had burned the Capitol in the War of 1812. Inside the book tunnel

  8. James Madison Memorial Building - Wikipedia

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    With the help of former Librarian of Congress Lawrence Quincy Mumford, plans for a third Library of Congress building were started in 1957. [3] Congress appropriated planning funds for the structure in 1960, and construction was approved by an act of Congress on October 19, 1965, that authorized an appropriation of $75 million (equivalent to ...

  9. John Adams Building - Wikipedia

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    Built in the 1930s, it is named for John Adams, the second president, who signed the law creating the Library of Congress in 1800. The building is in the Capitol Hill district of Washington D.C. next to the library's main building (now known as the Thomas Jefferson Building) in the Capitol Complex. The Adams building opened to the public on ...