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   How many books are in the Library of Congress miniature book collection?

   • The Library of Congress miniature book collection consists of 1,596 books that are ten centimeters or less in height. It offers digitized materials from the miniature collection, including many editions from the 19th century.

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   What is the smallest children's book in the world?

   • You might imagine the Library of Congress is serious business, filled with boring old books and lots of research material no one actually wants to read. But it's also full of amazing curiosities — like the former Guinness World Record holder for smallest children's book in the world. The book is Old King Cole, printed in 1985.

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   What do you know about the Library of Congress?

   • Most of us don't know a lot about the Library of Congress. It's a library. It's used by Congress. And it's (possibly) the largest library in the world. Beyond that, many people probably don't think too hard about it.

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   What are the most interesting secrets of the Library of Congress?

   • Here are 12 of the most interesting secrets of the Library of Congress. When people die under more or less normal circumstances, they have some kind of chance to settle their affairs — writing a will, bequeathing possessions, and making arrangements. When you're suddenly and shockingly assassinated, however, it's a whole other ballgame.

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   How big is a miniature book?

   • In general terms, a miniature book is defined as being no larger than four inches in any dimension. In most of the United States, only books under three inches are classified as a miniature. The Library of Congress is a bit more generous and includes books up to 12 cm in height.

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   How many miniature books are there in Iowa?

   • The University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives holds a collection of 4,000 miniatures donated by collector Charlotte M. Smith (Iowa: 4,000). The Library of Congress miniature book collection consists of 1,596 books that are ten centimeters or less in height (Library of Congress: 1,596).

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2. www.grunge.com › 302085 › a-look-at-the-smallestA Look At The Smallest Children's Book Inside The Library Of ...

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   Feb 2, 2023 · "Old King Cole" is still the smallest children's book within the Library of Congress, but as of 2007, it no longer held the record for smallest children's book in the world. Per Guinness World Records, that honor now belongs to the smallest reproduction of a printed book, "Teeny Ted From Turnip Town." Written by Malcolm Douglas Chaplin and ...

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3. www.loc.gov › about › fascinating-factsFascinating Facts | About the Library | Library of Congress

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   The Library was founded in 1800, making it the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation. On August 24, 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building (where the Library was housed) and destroyed the Library's core collection of 3,000 volumes. On January 30, 1815, Congress approved the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of 6,...

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   The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with millions of items a variety of formats. View detailed collection statistics.

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   Each working day the Library receives some 15,000 items and adds more than 10,000 items to its collections. Materials are acquired as Copyright deposits and through gift, purchase, other government agencies (state, local and federal), Cataloging in Publication (a pre-publication arrangement with publishers) and exchange with libraries in the United...

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   Since 1962, the Library of Congress has maintained offices abroad to acquire, catalog and preserve library and research materials from countries where such materials are essentially unavailable through conventional acquisitions methods. Overseas offices in New Delhi (India), Cairo (Egypt), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Jakarta (Indonesia), Nairobi (Keny...

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   Approximately half of the Library’s book and serial collections are in languages other than English. The collections contain materials in some 470 languages.

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   The Law Library of Congress is the world's largest law library, including one of the world's best rare law book collections and the most complete collection of foreign legal gazettes in the United States. The Law Library contains United States congressional publications dating back to the nation's founding.

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   The Library holds the largest rare-book collection in North America, including the largest collection of 15th-century books in the Western Hemisphere. The collection also includes the first book printed in what is now the United States, “The Bay Psalm Book” (1640).

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   Prints and Photographs

   The Library's Prints and Photographs Division contains millions of visual images, including the most comprehensive international collection of posters in the world, the most comprehensive visual record of the Civil War, and pioneering documentation of America's historic architecture. Many of these are accessible on the Prints and Photographs online catalog at www.loc.gov/pictures/.

   Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

   Opened in 2007, the Library’s Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va., was designed for the acquisition, cataloging, storage and preservation of the nation’s collection of moving images and recorded sounds. In partnership with the Packard Humanities Institute, the U.S. Congress and the Architect of the Capitol, the Library’s state-of-the-art facility houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of American and foreign-produced films, television broadcasts and sou...

   Music

   The Library holds the most comprehensive collection of American music in the world. The collection includes an extensive assemblage of original manuscripts by composers of the American musical theater and the largest collection of any one kind of musical instrument (flute) in the world. The Library sponsors a long-running broadcast concert series of chamber music.

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   Digital Talking Books

   Since 1931, the Library has provided books to the blind in braille and on sound recordings. The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled has replaced its inventory of recordings on audio cassettes with newly developed Digital Talking Books and digital playback equipment.

   Cartography

   The Library's Geography and Map Division holds the world's largest collection of cartographic materials. It has the largest collection of fire-insurance maps of cities and towns in the United States, providing unparalleled coverage of the growth of urban America from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. The collection also includes the 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemüller, known as "America’s Birth Certificate," the first document on which the name "America" appears.

   Telephone Directories

   The Library’s general collections contain the largest historical collection of U.S. telephone criss-cross (phone number and address) and city directories in the world. The Library holds thousands of telephone books and microfilmed city directories from hundreds U.S. cities and towns. This vast collection also includes historical foreign telephone books and city directories.

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4. www.loc.gov › item › 86125497Book/Printed Material - Old King Cole. | Library of Congress

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   Nursery rhyme. "The smallest printed book in the world 1985"--Display card on which the book is mounted. Title from display card. "The book was printed using offset lithographic methods ... The final sizes of the books vary from 0.9 to 1.25 millimetre square"--Accompanying instruction sheet. LC copy is over 1 mm. in height. Issued in a plastic box.

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6. libraries.news.niu.edu › 2022/03/08 › a-matter-ofA Matter of Size: A Closer Look at Miniature Books

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   Mar 8, 2022 · In general terms, a miniature book is defined as being no larger than four inches in any dimension. In most of the United States, only books under three inches are classified as a miniature. The Library of Congress is a bit more generous and includes books up to 12 cm in height.

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   Jan 23, 2023 · Sadly, Old King Cole is no longer the smallest book ever — according to the Guinness folks. That honor is currently held by Teeny Ted from Turnip Town, by Malcolm Douglas Chaplin, carved on silicon and just 70 micrometers by 100 micrometers. Still, Old King Cole is pretty small.

9. medium.com › lessons-from-history › remarkableRemarkable Treasures in the World’s Largest Library

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   Sep 8, 2023 · The smallest book in the Library of Congress is 1/25th of an inch by 1/25th of an inch — about the size of a period at the end of a sentence. The largest book in the Library measures...