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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
1st and Independence Avenues, SE
Washington, DC
United States
phone: +1 (202) 707 8695
fax: +1 (202) 707 6647
Contact: James H. Billington (Librarian of Congress), Maricia Battle , C. Ford Peatross (Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering)
Collections
Focus: local, national, international. Consists of: architectural drawings, both individual drawings and complete archives; documents/correspondence; vintage and newly commissioned photographs; slides; ephemera. Strengths: American architectural drawings, photographs, and archives; international photographs and published materials. Accessible by computer and through inventories. Drawings can be reproduced. Institution has a conservation laboratory.
Library Holdings
Collections at the research level internationally in all areas except medicine and agriculture.
Exhibitions
Institution organizes exhibitions. No permanent exhibition. Exhibitions travel.
Publications
Catalogues and other publications.