Forged in fire : the Thomas Jefferson collection at the Library of Congress
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| Description | (Producer) The nucleus of the Library of Congress was forged in fire. In 1815 Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson's personal library--then the largest private book collection available in North America--to replace the congressional library destroyed when the British burned the U.S. Capitol the previous year. When Mr. Jefferson's books arrived in Washington, D.C., Library of Congress found its center and impetus. Reconstructing his landmark collection provides fresh insights into the mind of Thomas Jefferson and the world from which he drew his revolutionary ideas. The lecture is approximately forty five minutes long with slides. Mr. Dimunation takes questions for about fifteen minutes. Credits: Presenter, Mark Dimunation. Received: Feb. 4, 2008; transfer; from Dr. Stephen Greenberg, reference librarian, History of Medicine Division. |
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| Source | collections.nlm.nih.gov |
| Author | Dimunation, Mark G., National Library of Medicine (U.S.) |
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Attribution: Dimunation, Mark G., National Library of Medicine (U.S.)