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EOE nener sere a wpa » UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LL INFORMATION CONTAINED , . B= —— -EREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED 6 i= SOF THE LATE SENATOR ATE 3-3/-92 BY 923 @QDD foc tom GEORGE We NORRIS FoPa 296 1y7 Reape Lam —oeen reference to your inguiry about obtaining the paper lor the late Senator“Nortis, I wish to advise that his papers consist of approzimately 100,000 ttems. Norris died in 1944. He was in the House from 1902-1912, in the Senate from 1912-1943. All of his papers were given to the Library of Congress (N. Y. fines 9/26/43, Pe36, col. 6). His papers are located in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, Room 3005, Anner, and they must be reviewed in that Division. Knowing the Library of Congress ca he does, QB pects - tt would be most difficult to obtain Norris!’ papers, or any portion of them, for review in the Bureau, without the approval of the Chief of the Manuscript Diviston, two ef his superiors and possibiy the Librarian of Congress. . You will recall that was @sstgned to assist the Library of Congress officials in tnetr search for $50,000 worth of | 0 Walt Whitman's manuscripts which were stolen between 1941-51. 4 dearned during the course of his contacts with the Library ~ | rongress officials at that timesthat none of the subordinate officials were willing to make a final decision on anything, particularly where original manuscripts were involuvede They wrote endless memoranda on the questions raised b and would voice , RO opinion until the word came down from end OPe 2 2 f BY Peels that any request he might make for any portier of the Norris’ papers should be made directly tq MrecDayid;C. Mecrms Chief of the Manuscript Diviston. He would probably hdve to get the approval of the following officials before he could make @ decisions B® -* -* Deputy Chief Assistant Librarian = Lucile Me Morsch Chief Assistant Librarian = yernon ¥. Clapp Keeper of the Collections «Alvin W. Kremer: tes Librarian of Congress - Le Quincy Mumford. - / Zit would mean that each time portiene of the papers are borrowed it would be the subject of a separate memorandum; and would be @ matter of permanent record to prove what papers were borrowed and to insure thot these particular pages were returned. All of the officials Gre security conscious since the loss of the Whitman papers They want to be ¢ osttt to ¢ & they are overly srtion peomncnad/ Pa PPes \ Aiea < DEC 2yteee-” rn (Ze 10 DEC 19 1955 UF BMS 2aee (4; | _ a ye - _ rcs