Manuscript Reading Room (Library of Congress)

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Manuscript Reading Room (Manuscript Division, Library of Congress)

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Caption for image: Courtroom Illustration of Supreme Ct. Assoc. Justice Harry Blackmun, by Howard Brodie, [ca. 1974]. Used with permission of Howard Brodie.

Available now for viewing online:
>> oral history videos and transcript
>> collection highlights, finding aid

Hours:
  Weekdays and Saturday
  8:30am to 5:00pm
  Closed Federal holidays

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Location:
  101 Independence Ave. SE
  Room LM 101
James Madison Memorial Bldg
  Washington, D.C. 20540-4680

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Before Visiting the Library: All researchers are advised to write or telephone the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site, and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

The Manuscript Division's holdings, approximately sixty million items in eleven thousand separate collections, include some of the greatest manuscript treasures of American history and culture and support scholarly research in many aspects of political, cultural, and scientific history.

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May 29, 2008