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Alexis Saint-Léger, L’ordre des oiseaux, illustrated by George Braque, Paris, Au vent d'Arles, 1962 – from the collection of the Library of Congress
The main reading room (in Jefferson) is able to get all the books from Adams, which has all the technology and business books. However, I was researching Johann Niklaus von Dreyse (inventer of the bolt-action rifle and thus the "needle gun", which basically ensured a Prussian victory over Austria in the Austro-Prussian war), and the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator. Both topics were mostly covered by this reading room, and the time between requesting a book and actually having it brought to me was reduced from 1 hour to 20-30 minutes, and I was occasionally able to find them on the shelf. So this is the Adams building, fifth floor.
Many of Bergen County New Jersey’s earliest settlers were Lutherans. Originally these settlers had to attend church in New Bridge (Hackensack / River Edge area) or Remmerspack (now Mahwah) at the Ramapough Lutheran Church. As the Saddle River valley became more settled, the Lutherans organized a local congregation, and every fourth Sunday they used the Reformed Church in Upper Saddle River for worship. This arrangement did not last long and services where then held at the home of Thomas Van Buskirk, using the barn in the summer and the garret (attic) in the winter.
In 1819 the congregation decided to build a church. Andrew Esler, chairman of the building committee, designed the church. The land was donated by Thomas Van Buskirk and David I. Ackerman. The corner stone was laid on October 4, 1820. A bottle of wine, a loaf of bread, a bible and a hymn book were placed within the stone. On October 14, 1821, the Rev. Dr. Schaeffer preached the dedication of the new church building. The new church was named the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saddle River and Ramapough. In 1900 the name was changed to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saddle River. It is the oldest church building in Bergen County and the sixth oldest church in New Jersey to be associated with a Lutheran congregation.
The ceiling of the library's Great Hall at the front of the building is inlaid with six decorative stained-glass skylights and aluminum plating.
Alexis Saint-Léger, L’ordre des oiseaux, illustrated by George Braque, Paris, Au vent d'Arles, 1962 – from the collection of the Library of Congress
"It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigor is in our immortal soul." Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Alexis Saint-Léger, L’ordre des oiseaux, illustrated by George Braque, Paris, Au vent d'Arles, 1962 – from the collection of the Library of Congress
Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon, Eaux-fortes originales [de] Picasso pur des texts de Buffon, Paris, Fabiani, 1942
Guillaume Apollinaire, Calligrames, lithographs by Giorgio de Chirico, Paris, 1930 – from the collection of the Library of Congress