History Channel Features The Library Of Congress On “Modern Marvels”
June 11th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by GDBy Ranjan Bhaduri
History Channel aired a special show on the Library of Congress on June 10. The show formed a part of the “Modern Marvels” segment which took the viewers for a trip across the biggest library of the world which preserves the history of the United States in numerous books and manuscripts.
The special show on Library Of Congress was a long one hour show which was titled as “The Real National Treasure” where the library staff were interviewed and they shared their experience of working for the library and how they preserve, clean and prepare the age old documents for display to one and all.
The Architect of the Capitol staff told the channel about the process in which the library acquires and catalogs over a million books, ancient maps, age old photographs and manuscripts that preserves the history of America in words and pictures put together. They also depicted the process of digitization of photos in state of the art laboratories which are all decked up with modern apparatus for research as well as preservation.
The chief attraction of the program was the Thomas Jefferson building which holds some of the greatest treasures of the Library Of Congress which includes the violins of Guarneri and Stradivarius, the letters from the “Founding Fathers” and music compositions of Mozart in his own handwriting. Along with that the building also preserves maps that were used by no one else other than Lewis and Clark.
As a matter of fact, it was the library of Thomas Jefferson which laid the foundation for the Library of Congress. Before that in the war of 1812, the British burned down the Library of U.S. Capitol which was the most prominent library of the age.
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