When LC and the Archives fought over our Charters

Rob Lopresti writes “Fascinating Story by Milton Gustafson in the Winter issue of Prologue (published by NARA) about the Charters of Freedom (Declaration of Independence and Constitution) coming to reside in the National Archives building.


Apparently the fight with the Library of Congress turned so bitter that FDR decided to wait until the Librarian retired before approving the move. My favorite fact is that in 1921: “Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam went to the State Department, signed a receipt, placed the Declaration and Constitution on a pile of leather U.S. mail sacks and a cushion in a Model-T Ford truck, returned with them to the Library of Congress, and placed them in a safe in his office.” “

April 9, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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