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14. George to Rappaport, February 23, 1972.

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1. Letter from Gabe Horchler to Ruth Rappaport, November 30, 1973, Peter Bartis personal collection.

2. Letter from Ruth Rappaport to Gabe Horchler, January 1974, Peter Bartis personal collection.

3. Rappaport to Horchler, January 1974.

4. Letter from Ruth Rappaport to Gabe Horchler, June 1974, Peter Bartis personal collection.

5. Rappaport to Horchler, June 1974.

6. Rappaport to Horchler, June 1974.

7. Subject Cataloging Division, Processing Services, Library of Congress, Classification: Class H, Subclasses HM–HX, Social Sciences: Sociology, 1980.

8. “Library of Congress Classification Outline: Class H,” https://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/classification/lcco/lcco_h.pdf.

9. Rappaport to Horchler, June 1974; Subject Cataloging Division, Processing Services, Library of Congress, Classification: Class H, Subclasses HM–HX, Social Sciences: Sociology, 1980.

10. Rappaport to Horchler, June 1974.

11. Letter from Ruth Rappaport to Gabe Horchler, February 1975, Peter Bartis personal collection.

12. Suzanne E. Thorin and Robert Wedgeworth, “The Librarians of Congress: Past and Future,” American Libraries, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/librarians-of-congress/.

13. Letter from Ruth Rappaport to Gabe Horchler, August 23, 1975, Peter Bartis personal collection.

CHAPTER 32

1. Jon Wiener, Professors, Politics and Pop (New York City: Verso Books, 1994), p. 55.

2. Nomination of Daniel J. Boorstin of the District of Columbia to be Librarian of Congress: Hearings before the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, July 30 and 31, and September 10, 1975 (Washington: GPO, 1975), p. 138.

3. Nomination of Daniel J. Boorstin of the District of Columbia to be Librarian of Congress, p. 177. Williams was fired from his job as a copyright examiner when it was revealed that he had lied about having a law degree from Georgetown University. While at LC, he had become a trusted leader among black employees and held several leadership positions in the AFGE Local 1826 union and the Black Employees of the Library of Congress organization. Williams later unsuccessfully sued LC for discrimination in the case Joslyn N. Williams v. Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of the Library of Congress, Appellant, 1980.

4. “Library of Congress Suspends 28 Employees Staging Protest,” Washington Post, June 24, 1971.

5. “Library of Congress Suspends 28 Employees Staging Protest,” Washington Post.

6. “Peers’ Challenging Library of Congress: Library Challenged by Peers,” Washington Post, January 31, 1972.

7. “District of Columbia—Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990,” United States Census Bureau, 2002.

8. Bridget Bowman, “Diversity Concerns Linger at the Library of Congress,” Roll Call, July 12, 2016, https://www.rollcall.com/news/diversity-concerns-linger-library-congress.

9. “Longest EEOC Class-Action Case Nears End for Black Federal Employees,” Washington Informer, July 19, 1995.

10. “Longest EEOC Class

-Action Case Nears End for Black Federal Employees,” Washington Informer.

11. Library of Congress Personnel Policies and Procedures, Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, March 18 and 24, 1993.

12. Prepared Statement of Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Delegate from the District of Columbia, Library of Congress Personnel Policies and Procedures, Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, March 18 and 24, 1993, p. 48.

13. “Longest EEOC Class-Action Case Nears End for Black Federal Employees,” Washington Informer.