LIST OF OFFICERS LIBRARIANS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE LIBRARY 1802-1807-John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Representatives and Librarian 1807-1815-Patrick Magruder, Clerk of the House of Representatives and Librarian 1815-1829-George Watterston 1829-1861-John Silva Meehan 1861-1864-John G. Stephenson 1864-1897 (June 30)—Ainsworth Rand Spofford 1897 (July 1)-January 17, 1899-John Russell Young 1899 (April 5)—Herbert Putnam LIBRARY STAFF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION HERBERT PUTNAM-Librarian of Congress APPLETON PRENTISS CLARK GRIFFIN-Chief Assistant Librarian Allen Richards Boyd-Chief Clerk Jessica Louise Farnum-Secretary DIVISIONS Reading Rooms-William Warner Bishop, Superintendent; Hugh Alexander Morrison, John Graham Morrison, chief assistants. Reading Room for the Blind—Etta Josselyn Giffin, assistant in charge Division of Bibliography—Hermann Henry Bernard Meyer, Chief Catalogue Division-Charles Harris Hastings, Chief; Clarence W. Perley, in charge of Classification Division of Documents-James David Thompson, Chief Division of Manuscripts-Gaillard Hunt, Chief Division of Maps and Charts-Philip Lee Phillips, Chief Division of Music-Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, Chief Order Division-Frederick William Ashley, Chief Division of Periodicals Charles Martel, in charge Division of Prints—Arthur Jeffrey Parsons, Chief Smithsonian Deposit-Paul Brockett, Custodian (office at Smithsonian Institution); Francis Henry Parsons, assistant in charge Law Library-Middleton Goldsmith Beaman, Law Librarian COPYRIGHT OFFICE THORVALD SOLBERG, Register of Copyrights ERNEST BRUNCKEN, Assistant Register of Copyrights LIBRARY BRANCH, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Printing-William Henry Fisher, foreman Binding Charles E. Malpas, foreman LIBRARY BUILDING AND GROUNDS Bernard Richardson Green—Superintendent Charles Benjamin Titlow, Chief Engineer Henry Whitehead, Electrician John Vanderbilt Würdemann, Captain of the watch |