The register of copyrights is the director of the United States Copyright Office within the Library of Congress, as provided by 17 U.S.C. § 701. The office has been headed by a register since 1897. Th
Thorvald Solberg official USCO headshot
William Lincoln Brown official USCO headshot
Clement Lincoln Bouvé official USCO headshot
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The Library of Congress is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the de facto national library of the United States. It
Register of Copyrights
…The register of copyrights is the director of the United States Copyright Office within the Library of Congress, as provided by 17 U.S.C. § 701. The office has been headed by a register since 1897. The register is appointed by, and responsible to, the librarian…
Main reading room in the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress
A series of photographs depicting the construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building between 1888 and 1894
The Library of Congress, then located in the Capitol Building in 1853
Library of Congress in the Capitol Building in the 1890s