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Old Argument Over Who Should Run The Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress, with 4,000 employees, costing about 100 million annually, housing 72 million items, and answering vast requests, becomes the focus of debate over whether a professional librarian or a scholar should run it. Mumford nearing retirement prompts White House inquiries into successors, with names like Nancy Hanks and Oscar Handlin bandied about and the push to fill the post before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Congress
Washington
Congress
Congressional
White House
Senate
Supreme Court
Capitol
Quincy Mumford
Columbus
Con
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Radio Free Europe
Europe
Music Division
Edward G Holley
School of Library
University of North Carolina
American Library Association
National Library
Holley
Stephen A. McCarthy
Association of Research Libraries
McCarthy
Librarian of Congress
Nancy Hanks
National Endowment For the Arts
Miss Hanks
Oscar Handlin
Harvard
Lucien N. Nedzi
D. Mich
Joint Congressional Committee On the Library
Mumford
Gray
Abby