The World's Largest Public Domain Media Search Engine

archibald macleish

public
312 media by topicpage 1 of 4
Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Herbert Putnam, June 6, 1941

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Herbert Putnam, June 6, 1941

Archibald MacLeish expresses his relief over Herbert Putman's understanding about the use of "income from the Hegeman Estate for a consultantship on an annual basis" which "violated the purpose of the giver..."

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, undated

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, undated

Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944), sitting at his desk.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to T. S. Eliot, October 7, 1944

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to T. S. Eliot, October 7, 1944

Archibald MacLeish expresses disappointment that T.S. Eliot has declined his invitation to take the position of Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, undated

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, undated

Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944), sitting at his desk.

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Archibald MacLeish, July 26, 1944

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Archibald MacLeish, July 26, 1944

Felix Frankfurter offers advice about the appointment of the Register of Copyrights.

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, the Marquess of Lothian, and the Magna Carta, November 28, 1939

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, the Marquess of Lothian, and the Mag...

Public domain image - related to Czech and Czechoslovak history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from John R. Bedell to Archibald MacLeish, February 9, 1943

Letter from John R. Bedell to Archibald MacLeish, February 9, 1943

Letter from John R. Bedell of the War Department's Civil Defense Division. He responds to Archibald MacLeish's letter of November 9, 1942, saying that a list has been compiled of the available air raid precauti... More

Portrait of Archibald MacLeish, undated

Portrait of Archibald MacLeish, undated

Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Secretary of State Edward Stettinius presenting new Under-Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew and five of the new assistant secretaries at the oath of office ceremonies. Left to right: William L. Clayton; Dean Acheson; Joseph C. Grew, Under-Secretary; Edward R. Stettinius, Secretary of State; Archibald MacLeish; Nelson A. Rockefeller; James C. Dunn

Secretary of State Edward Stettinius presenting new Under-Secretary of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, December 5, 1944

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, December 5, 1944

Transcribed from item: "The Librarian's Conference meeting the day following Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish's nomination as Secretary of State."

Justice Reed administering oath of office to Archibald MacLeish, Assistant Secretary in charge of Public and Cultural Relations

Justice Reed administering oath of office to Archibald MacLeish, Assis...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, December 5, 1944

Photograph of the Librarian's Conference, December 5, 1944

Transcribed from item: "The Librarian's Conference meeting the day following Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish's nomination as Secretary of State."

"The Librarian and the Democratic Process," by Archibald MacLeish, June 1940

"The Librarian and the Democratic Process," by Archibald MacLeish, Jun...

Archibald MacLeish's speech was given at a American Library Association meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"Deposit of the Magna Carta," by Archibald MacLeish, November 28, 1939

"Deposit of the Magna Carta," by Archibald MacLeish, November 28, 1939

In this draft speech, Archibald MacLeish accepts the gift of the Magna Carta from the Marquess of Lothian, Britain's ambassador to the United States.

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, 1943

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, 1943

Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944), sitting at his desk.

Letter from Augustus E. Giegengack to Archibald MacLeish, July 17, 1943

Letter from Augustus E. Giegengack to Archibald MacLeish, July 17, 194...

Augustus E. Giegengack, Office of the Public Printer, Government Printing Office, accepts the changes Archibald MacLeish wishes to make in the printing of the Annual Report of the Library of Congress.

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, July 20, 1944

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, July 20, 1944

President Franklin D. Roosevelt writes to Archibald MacLeish about a possible candidate for the next Librarian of Congress.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Allen Tate, May 1, 1943
Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, June 26, 1940

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, June 2...

Memorandum detailing the activities of the Rare Book Room.

"The Librarian: His Name and Nature," by Archibald MacLeish, February 22, 1940
"The Librarian: His Name and Nature," by Archibald MacLeish, February 22, 1940
Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Felix Frankfurter, May 15, 1939

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Felix Frankfurter, May 15, 1939

Photocopy of Archibald MacLeish's letter to Felix Frankfurter explaining why MacLeish is reluctant to accept President Roosevelt's offer of the directorship of the Library of Congress.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, June 9, 1943

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, June 9, 1943

President Franklin D. Roosevelt responds to Archibald MacLeish's wish to resign.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

"Address by Archibald MacLeish before the American Library Association," June 26, 1942
Memorandum from Joseph Auslander to Archibald MacLeish, April 9, 1940
Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, the Marquess of Lothian, and the Magna Carta, November 28, 1939
Memorandum from Verner W. Clapp to Archibald MacLeish, July 1, 1940

Memorandum from Verner W. Clapp to Archibald MacLeish, July 1, 1940

Verner W. Clapp responds to the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.'s memorandum of June 26, 1940.

Letter from Marianne Moore to Archibald MacLeish, March 13, 1944
Letter from Archibald MacLeish to W. Somerset Maugham, July 10, 1945

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to W. Somerset Maugham, July 10, 1945

Archibald MacLeish's letter thanking W. Somerset Maugham for the manuscript "Of Human Bondage."

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, November 4, 1939

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, November 4, 1...

Franklin D. Roosevelt gives Archibald MacLeish permission to accept the care of Britain's Magna Carta.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in the Library of Congress," August 29, 1940

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in ...

Remarks by Archibald MacLeish regarding the status of the Processing Division in advance of the arrival of the division's new coordinator, Lawrence Q. Mumford.

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in the Library of Congress," August 29, 1940

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in ...

Remarks by Archibald MacLeish regarding the status of the Processing Division in advance of the arrival of the division's new coordinator, Lawrence Q. Mumford.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Eleanor Roosevelt, October 14, 1940
"The Librarian: His Name and Nature," by Archibald MacLeish, February 22, 1940
"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October 19, 1939

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October...

Speech given at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, 1943

Photograph of Archibald MacLeish, 1943

Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress (1939-1944), sitting at his desk.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Franklin D. Roosevelt, May 28, 1939

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Franklin D. Roosevelt, May 28, 1939

Archibald MacLeish, writing to Franklin D. Roosevelt, declines the position of Librarian of Congress.

"Library of Congress Employee Relations Program, Personnel Administration," by Archibald MacLeish, May 1943
Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

"Address by Archibald MacLeish before the American Library Association," June 26, 1942
Memorandum from Archibald MacLeish, 1944

Memorandum from Archibald MacLeish, 1944

The memorandum "Duties of the Incumbents of Library of Congress Chairs" describes the duties of the holders of the Library of Congress endowed chairs.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to William Donovan, December 23, 1942

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to William Donovan, December 23, 1942

Archibald MacLeish's letter to William Donovan, Director of the Office of Strategic Services, requesting OSS staff to help the Library of Congress acquire foreign publications.

Letter from Lucy Salamanca to Archibald MacLeish, February 1, 1942

Letter from Lucy Salamanca to Archibald MacLeish, February 1, 1942

In her letter, Lucy Salamanca asks Archibald MacLeish to write the foreward for her book, Fortress of Freedom: The Story of the Library of Congress.

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Lawrence C. Wroth, Librarian, John C. Brown Library, and the Library of Congress consultant in the acquisition of rare books, reports to Archibald MacLeish on Lessing J. Rosenwald's agreement to give his Willia... More

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, November 4, 1939

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, November 4, 1...

Franklin D. Roosevelt gives Archibald MacLeish permission to accept the care of Britain's Magna Carta.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Lucy Salamanca, February 5, 1942

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Lucy Salamanca, February 5, 1942

Archibald MacLeish sends a draft of the foreword for Lucy Salamanca's book, Fortress of Freedom: The Story of the Library of Congress.

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in the Library of Congress," August 29, 1940

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in ...

Remarks by Archibald MacLeish regarding the status of the Processing Division in advance of the arrival of the division's new coordinator, Lawrence Q. Mumford.

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October 19, 1939

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October...

Speech given at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, June 9, 1943

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, June 9, 1943

President Franklin D. Roosevelt responds to Archibald MacLeish's wish to resign.

"The Jefferson Bicentennial," by Archibald MacLeish, April 1943
"Library of Congress Employee Relations Program, Personnel Administration," by Archibald MacLeish, May 1943
"Library of Congress Employee Relations Program, Personnel Administration," by Archibald MacLeish, May 1943
"Library of Congress Employee Relations Program, Personnel Administration," by Archibald MacLeish, May 1943
Memorandum from Verner W. Clapp to Archibald MacLeish, May 18, 1942

Memorandum from Verner W. Clapp to Archibald MacLeish, May 18, 1942

Verner W. Clapp describes the measures taken to preserve the Declaration of Independence.

Memorandum from Archibald MacLeish to the Marine Guard, October 1, 1944

Memorandum from Archibald MacLeish to the Marine Guard, October 1, 194...

Transcribed from item: "Instructions of the Librarian of Congress to the Marine Guard Posted for the Protection of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Magna Carta, Oc... More

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Allen Tate, May 1, 1943
Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to John W. McCormack, December 30, 1940

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to John W. McCormack, December 30, 1940

Letter to Senator John W. McCormack, Majority Floor Leader, suggesting that the Library of Congress "might perform useful service to new members of Congress at the beginning of the next session."

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Lucy Salamanca, February 5, 1942

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Lucy Salamanca, February 5, 1942

Archibald MacLeish sends a draft of the foreword for Lucy Salamanca's book, Fortress of Freedom: The Story of the Library of Congress.

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October 19, 1939

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October...

Speech given at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, September 24, 1940

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, Septem...

Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., suggests "steps for a more active program of soliciting gifts to the Library of Congress."

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Franklin D. Roosevelt, June 1, 1939
Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

"Address by Archibald MacLeish before the American Library Association," June 26, 1942
"Address by Archibald MacLeish before the American Library Association," June 26, 1942
Memorandum from Verner W. Clapp to Archibald MacLeish, May 18, 1942

Memorandum from Verner W. Clapp to Archibald MacLeish, May 18, 1942

Verner W. Clapp describes the measures taken to preserve the Declaration of Independence.

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Archibald MacLeish, July 26, 1944

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Archibald MacLeish, July 26, 1944

Felix Frankfurter offers advice about the appointment of the Register of Copyrights.

"The Obligation of Libraries in a Democracy," by Archibald MacLeish, January 1940
Memorandum from Joseph Auslander to Archibald MacLeish, April 9, 1940
Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Felix Frankfurter, July 22, 1944

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Felix Frankfurter, July 22, 1944

Archibald MacLeish asks Felix Frankfurter for advice about the appointment of the Register of Copyrights.

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Felix Frankfurter, May 3, 1939

Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Felix Frankfurter, May 3, 1939

Franklin D. Roosevelt's letter to Felix Frankfurter asking if Archibald MacLeish is a good choice as the Librarian of Congress.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 6, 1945

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 6, 1945

Archibald MacLeish offers additional names for candidates for Librarian of Congress to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Letter from Lawrence C. Wroth to Archibald MacLeish, August 2, 1943

Lawrence C. Wroth, Librarian, John C. Brown Library, and the Library of Congress consultant in the acquisition of rare books, reports to Archibald MacLeish on Lessing J. Rosenwald's agreement to give his Willia... More

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Herbert Putnam, June 3, 1941

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Herbert Putnam, June 3, 1941

The letter is in regards to Herbert Putnam's donations toward "the establishment in the Library of Congress of positions to be filled by specialists in the various fields..."

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to Augustus E. Giegengack, July 14, 1943
"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in the Library of Congress," August 29, 1940

"Remarks of the Librarian at a Meeting of the Processing Divisions in ...

Remarks by Archibald MacLeish regarding the status of the Processing Division in advance of the arrival of the division's new coordinator, Lawrence Q. Mumford.

Memorandum from Allen Tate to Archibald MacLeish, August 24, 1943

Memorandum from Allen Tate to Archibald MacLeish, August 24, 1943

Draft of a General Order for the Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, explaining the publication's purpose and scope.

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, June 26, 1940

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, June 2...

Memorandum detailing the activities of the Rare Book Room.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archibald MacLeish, The Library Quarterly, October 1944

"The Reorganization of the Library of Congress, 1939-1944," by Archiba...

Reprinted for private circulation from the Library Quarterly, v, xiv, October 1944.

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, September 24, 1940

Memorandum from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., to Archibald MacLeish, Septem...

Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., suggests "steps for a more active program of soliciting gifts to the Library of Congress."

"Library of Congress Employee Relations Program, Personnel Administration," by Archibald MacLeish, May 1943
Memorandum from the Office of the Librarian of Congress, October 15, 1945

Memorandum from the Office of the Librarian of Congress, October 15, 1...

Memorandum concerns the cooperative acquisition of recent foreign publications.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Previous

of 4

Next