Of Note: Registering the Dewey Decimal System at the Library of Congress

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Of Note: Registering the Dewey Decimal System at the Library of Congress

04/23/2026 10:00 AM EDT

An 1876 letter from Melvil Dewey to Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Rand Spofford represents the beginnings of Dewey Decimal Classification being shared with the wider bibliographic world, showing the connection between the history of the Library of Congress and the history of American libraries.

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