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We finally made a trip to the Library of Congress. If you know much about our family, you know that books are an important part of our family's culture. Also, we a known for taking out-of-town visitors on tours of our local libraries. We also tend to visit libraries across the country. We rode the Metro downtown and walked a block or so to the Library.
It was a lovely warm day in April, which is quite a treat after an endless winter. We planned to take a guided tour of the Library but got there just as the tours left so we decided to wander around a bit.
I thought we might as well get started looking at the books, so we found the Registration Room to apply for "Readers Cards." The application process turned out to be efficient and quite simple and we very shortly had our cards in hand.
As Senior Missionaries, we are encouraged to take advantage of cultural and educational opportunities in our mission area. We don't have an official "Preparation Day," but we now work all day Monday through Friday. That means that anything that takes time is done on Saturday.
Back to the Library of Congress. We went right across the hallway from the Registration Room to the Big Reading Room of the Library.
We met two very nice staff workers who spent a considerable amount of time explaining the use of the Library and showing us where to look for genealogy books. The Library of Congress used to have a Local History and Genealogy Reading room but that has been abandoned and the reference books that were in that room are now in the general reference stacks.
This area is not quite as impressive as the rest of the Library. We got unlimited access to the reference books in this area.
Although there is an extensive online catalog, the Library still has its 3 x5 card catalogs available for searching.
I am afraid that my fingers don't work as well as they did when I was searching the card catalog in the University of Utah Library so many years ago. But I did find the Rhode Island books and, out of habit, we both started doing research.
My wife Ann ordered a book, but it was not available. We spent a couple of hours before we came to our senses and decided to see the rest of the Library. Here is what the Reading Room looks like from the ground floor.
We then walked across the street to the Capitol and went on a tour. We also got to see the National Botanical Garden for about half an hour before we got on the train to go back to Annapolis.
I will probably write about the Library of Congress again sometime.
We finally made a trip to the Library of Congress. If you know much about our family, you know that books are an important part of our family's culture. Also, we a known for taking out-of-town visitors on tours of our local libraries. We also tend to visit libraries across the country. We rode the Metro downtown and walked a block or so to the Library.
It was a lovely warm day in April, which is quite a treat after an endless winter. We planned to take a guided tour of the Library but got there just as the tours left so we decided to wander around a bit.
I thought we might as well get started looking at the books, so we found the Registration Room to apply for "Readers Cards." The application process turned out to be efficient and quite simple and we very shortly had our cards in hand.
As Senior Missionaries, we are encouraged to take advantage of cultural and educational opportunities in our mission area. We don't have an official "Preparation Day," but we now work all day Monday through Friday. That means that anything that takes time is done on Saturday.
Back to the Library of Congress. We went right across the hallway from the Registration Room to the Big Reading Room of the Library.
We met two very nice staff workers who spent a considerable amount of time explaining the use of the Library and showing us where to look for genealogy books. The Library of Congress used to have a Local History and Genealogy Reading room but that has been abandoned and the reference books that were in that room are now in the general reference stacks.
This area is not quite as impressive as the rest of the Library. We got unlimited access to the reference books in this area.
Although there is an extensive online catalog, the Library still has its 3 x5 card catalogs available for searching.
I am afraid that my fingers don't work as well as they did when I was searching the card catalog in the University of Utah Library so many years ago. But I did find the Rhode Island books and, out of habit, we both started doing research.
My wife Ann ordered a book, but it was not available. We spent a couple of hours before we came to our senses and decided to see the rest of the Library. Here is what the Reading Room looks like from the ground floor.
We then walked across the street to the Capitol and went on a tour. We also got to see the National Botanical Garden for about half an hour before we got on the train to go back to Annapolis.
I will probably write about the Library of Congress again sometime.
Wow! So that is what you look like in a not white shirt. Thanks for the tour.
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