Library of Congress -- An Important Slice Of Its History

From the American Memory project at the Library of Congress -- Freedom's Fortress: The Library of Congress 1939-1953

This site "tells the history of the Library of Congress during a particularly important period ...[when] the Library underwent a myriad of changes that established the institution as one of
America's foremost citadels of intellectual freedom." Search and browse thousands of images representing memoranda, letters, photographs, and other resources. Offers biographical sketches of key figures such as Archibald Macleish and Luther Harris Evans.