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    Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist, prolific writer and the sixth Librarian of Congress. He served...
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  • York City Spofford, Texas Spofford (play), a 1967 play Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825–1908), Librarian of Congress, 1864–1897 Charles Spofford (1902–1991)...
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    taking office, firing all but one assistant. He hired journalist Ainsworth Rand Spofford, a friend of his brother, as assistant librarian in August 1861...
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    hiring of Spofford, who directed the library in his absence, may have been his most significant achievement. Librarian Ainsworth Rand Spofford, who directed...
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    programs were in many cases set out by the Librarian of Congress, Ainsworth Rand Spofford. The central block is broadly comparable to the Palais Garnier...
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    Magruder (1807–15) Watterston (1815–29) Meehan (1829–61) Stephenson (1861–64) Spofford (1864–97) Young (1897–99) Putnam (1899–1939) MacLeish (1939–44) Evans (1945–53)...
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    Shepard Morgan lived on Mountain Road, Norfolk. Spofford was the granddaughter of Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Librarian of the United States Congress from...
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    accomplishment largely the responsibility of his predecessor, Ainsworth Rand Spofford. Spofford served as Chief Assistant Librarian under Young. Young held...
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    Gifford Leland Award for that book. In 2012 Gwinn was awarded the Ainsworth Rand Spofford President's Award by the District of Columbia Library Association...
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    S. Spofford (died 1888), a Boston lawyer, and son of Dr. R. S. Spofford, a physician of Essex County; he was also cousin to Ainsworth Rand Spofford, the...
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