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He also said that the American institution that best exemplified the American dream was the Library of Congress; he contrasted it with European libraries of the time, which restricted access to many of their works, and argued that the Library, as an institution funded by and meant to uphold democracy, was an example of democratic government's ...
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
The John Adams Building of the Library of Congress. The John Adams Building is the second-oldest of the buildings of the Library of Congress of the United States.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 Library of Congress is so huge that it takes in three separate buildings on Capitol Hill; the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John Adams Building, and the James Madison Memorial Building. With ...
The Madison building was originally designed and constructed with the intent to store books, and only after completion did they decide to use the building as office space for Library of Congress officials. These bodies also consulted with a committee appointed by the American Institute of Architects and the James Madison Memorial Commission. [4]
Library of Congress and Healy Hall, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and Carnegie Library (now Hazlett Theater), in Pittsburgh\\ Paul Johannes Pelz (18 November 1841 – 30 March 1918) was a German-American architect, best known as the main architect of the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
The American Dream is over — at least in the way it was traditionally defined. That probably isn’t a surprise to younger generations who grew up during the Great Recession, faced a pandemic ...
The American dream has turned into a fantasy for many people living in the U.S. At the heart of the national ethos is the belief that anyone can achieve a happy life through hard work and ...