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Jefferson Bldg-Floor 1-Room LJ 139B--Microfilm Reading Room
City directories, ca 1790-1969,
Telephone directories, France 1880-1955,
Griffith's Valuations of Counties In 1850.

Jefferson Bldg-Floor 1-Room LJ 100-Main Reading Room- Biographical collection
Orientation Classes

Deck 46 off the Main Reading Room northeast.
City directories, telephone directories, 130 countries.

Madison Bldg -Room LM 133--Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room
9,000 newspapers -300 years. Open shelves--N Y Times, Washington Post

Madison Building Room LM B 1 -Geography & Maps,
Largest collection on earth.

Cafeterias and Food:
Madison Bldg-Ground floor-two coffee shops; Mon-Sat
Madison Cafeteria 6th floor after 12:30pm Mon-Fri
Jefferson Bldg cellar- by tunnel -snacks

Gift Shop- Jefferson Bldg--Ground floor NW corner 202-707-3895

Archives: Madison LM 101 Manuscript Division
includes Hamburg Emigration Lists

Libraries: 21 Research Centers

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