How the Library of Congress acknowledged gifts in 1955

cyoungc
Feb 28, 2023
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Some 17,000 items of rare books and ephemera were added by Hanna and John McManus along with Chesley and Morris Young to the material Harry Houdini had donated from his personal library to create one of the most inclusive libraries on Magic in the world.

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