Published Reports

Library of Congress European Mission Representatives described their work for the European Mission in Germany and the various types of materials they collected in the Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions and several other scholarly journals between 1946 and 1950. They are listed below in order of publication date:

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Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
Call Number: Z675.M4 M4
Adams, Scott. “Report on the Library of Congress Mission.” Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, vol. 35, no.4, 1947, pp. 360-364.
College and Research Libraries
Call Number: Z671 .C6
Clapp, Verner W. “The Purchase of Books in Europe”. College and Research Libraries, vol. 7, no. 2, 1946, pp. 127–134.
Peiss, Reuben. “Report on Europe.” College & Research Libraries,vol. 8, no. 2, 1947, pp. 113–119.
College Art Journal
Call Number: N81 .A887
Breitenbach, Edgar. “Historical Survey of the Activities of the Intelligence Department, MFA & a Section, OMGB, 1946-1949.” College Art Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 1949, pp. 192–198.
Information bulletin (Library of Congress)
Call Number: Z733.U57 I6
Luther H. Evans, 1902-1981, (Librarian of Congress), Librarian of Congress weekly reports.
The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy
Call Number: Z671 .L713
Downs, Robert B. “Wartime Co-Operative Acquisitions.” The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, vol. 19, no. 3, 1949, pp. 157–165.
Reichman, Felix. "The Reorganization of the Book Trade in Germany" Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, vol. 17, no. 3, 1947. pp. 185-200.
Music Library Notes
Call Number: ML27.U5 M6775
Hill, Richard S. “The Former Prussian State Library.” Notes, vol. 3, no. 4, 1946, pp. 327–410.
Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions
Call Number: Z881.U49 A3
Hill, Richard S. “Buying Music in Germany.” Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, vol. 4, no. 1, 1946, pp. 15–25.
Lederer, Max. “German Language and Literature.” Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, vol. 4, no. 4, 1947, pp. 35–39.
Lederer, Max. “‘Know Thy Enemy.’” Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, vol. 1, no. 2, 1944, pp. 60–63.
Lederer, Max. “Nazi Victims In the World of Books.” Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, vol. 2, no. 1, 1944, pp. 91–94.
Lederer, Max. “The Deutsches Ausland-Institut.” Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, vol. 3, no. 4, 1946, pp. 7–9.
Stuurman, Douwe. “The Nazi Collection: A Preliminary Note.” Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, vol. 6, no. 1, 1948, pp. 21–22.
Vanderbilt, Paul. “Prints and Photographs of Nazi Origin.” Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, vol. 6, no. 4, 1949, pp. 21–27.

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