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The Packard Campus including quite a lot of material in the process of being entered into digital catalogs before it heads into conservation, the archives, or digitization.
It's not Raiders of the Lost Ark, but the hallway under Mount Pony of temperature controlled vaults stretches on.
A gentleman's collection was donated recently of an enormous amount of miscellaneous theatrical prints, including many science-fiction titles. He apparently collected these without an overriding theme, with films spanning decades of modern moviemaking. It's a treasure trove, filling in missing pieces in the not-so-distant past.
Paul Marie Verlaine, Parallèlement, lithographs by Pierre Bonnard. Paris, A. Vollard, 1900 – from the collection of the Library of Congress
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.
Paul Marie Verlaine, Parallèlement, lithographs by Pierre Bonnard. Paris, A. Vollard, 1900 – from the collection of the Library of Congress
A table in the offices has material across the entire range of film production, including printed copies of films (Edison had negatives printed to copyright them before copyright covered films!), and a modern encrypted hard drive used in theaters with digital projection.
Paul Marie Verlaine, Parallèlement, lithographs by Pierre Bonnard. Paris, A. Vollard, 1900 – from the collection of the Library of Congress
Paul Marie Verlaine, Parallèlement, lithographs by Pierre Bonnard. Paris, A. Vollard, 1900 – from the collection of the Library of Congress
The oldest of the three United States Library of Congress buildings, the Thomas Jefferson Building was built between 1890 and 1897. It was originally known as the Library of Congress Building and is located on First Street SE, between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior.
Needing more room for its increasing collection, the Library of Congress under Librarian Ainsworth Rand Spofford suggested to the Congress that a new building be built specifically to serve as the American national library. Prior to this the Library existed in a wing of the Capitol Building. The new building was needed partly because of the growing Congress, but also partly because of the Copyright Law of 1870, which required all copyright applicants to send to the Library two copies of their work. This resulted in a flood of books, pamphlets, maps, music, prints and photographs. Spofford had been instrumental in the enactment of this law.
After Congress approved construction of the building in 1886, it took eleven years to complete. The building opened to the public on November 1, 1897, met with wide approval and was immediately seen as a national monument. 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.
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