John Y Cole

America's Greatest Library

An Illustrated History of the Library of Congress. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 256 Seiten
ISBN 1911282131
EAN 9781911282136
Veröffentlicht Januar 2018
Verlag/Hersteller Giles
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Beschreibung

A new visual history of the Library of Congress from its creation in 1800 to the present day.

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John Y. Cole is the Library of Congress Historian, the top technical expert and adviser on the history of the Library of Congress, documenting institutional history and conducting historical research. Cole was the founding director of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, which was created by law in 1977. Cole has served the Library of Congress since 1966 following two years of service as a U.S. Army second lieutenant and chief of the library branch of the U.S. Army Intelligence School. He has been instrumental in shaping numerous literacy and reading-promotion programs during his 50-year tenure at the Library and is the author of several books about the institution.