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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 46, November 11, 2001, Article 8

LARGEST COLLECTION OF U.S. CITY DIRECTORIES?    

  Inspired by last week's item on numismatic research by Dick   
  Johnson, Ron Benice writes: "I'd like to nominate another   
  candidate for the "largest collection of city directories."  The   
  Library of Congress in Washington D.C. has a huge collection.   
  On one level of stacks that runs an entire city block they   
  have original directories from what appears to be almost every   
  place and every year.  They also have telephone directories   
  -- worldwide -- going back to the beginning of telephone   
  number directories.  They also have a complete year set of   
  Dun and Bradstreet (initially separately and then together)   
  business directories for the whole country on microfilm.    

  I had access to roam the stacks freely when researching both   
  editions of my book "Alaska Tokens".  Unfortunately, they no   
  longer permit outside researchers to access the stacks, but   
  they'll bring out whatever you request, including many   
  directories that are in the stacks but not in  the catalog.   
  Working from old-fashioned hard copy books is faster and   
  easier on the eyes."  

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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