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Freedom's Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/freedoms_fortress/

Description:
This site "tells the history of the Library of Congress during a particularly important period ... [when] the Library underwent a myriad of changes that established the institution as one of America's foremost citadels of intellectual freedom." Search and browse thousands of images representing memoranda, letters, photographs, and other resources. Offers biographical sketches of key figures such as Archibald Macleish and Luther Harris Evans. From the American Memory project at the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
The Library of Congress

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Intellectual freedom
Library of Congress -- History
National libraries -- Government policy -- United States

LII Database Information:
Record 445 created by Karen Schneider on 11/16/2004
Last modification on 11/16/2004
Published: 11/16/2004  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/445