Washington Office Subject File, 1934-2014 | The American Library Association Archives

Description: Subject files of the Washington Office, under directors Julia Bennett (1952-57), Germaine Krettek (1957-72) and Eileen Cooke (1972- ), contains correspondence, bills, Congressional testimony, articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, press releases and brochures about federal legislation affecting librarians at national, state, and local levels, and ALA lobbying activities, includes censorship, civil rights, communications and technology, Committee on Scientific and Technical Information (COSATI), depository library system (1956-73), library programs affected by Federal educational departments (e.g. HEW), the handicapped, international educational programs, Library of Congress (1954-71), library employment, obscenity (1963-72), reading promotion, taxation of gifts (1969-72), Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA), Higher Education Acts including library services and facilities (1965-73, 1975), Library Services Act and Library Services and Construction Act, arts and humanities legislation (1966-76), National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS, 1968-74), National Defense Education Act (NDEA, 1963-69), National Education Improvement Act (NEIA, 1963-64), ALA National Legislative Network Workshop (1972-73), postal rates (1961-72), and appropriations for libraries. Note this series contains a file of statements made by the ALA to Congress about legislative concerns, and two files of correspondence, ordered by states, about ALA legislative activities (1949-51 and 1952-53), correspondence with legislators (1974-1988), and speeches (1966-1967).