Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts.
Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Author: NUCMC.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The home page of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections program. Provides links to electronic versions of the Catalog, as well as to other databases and Internet resources on topics surrounding archives, archival research, and archival practice and education.
Washington at the Plow
Author: Bruce A. RagsdalePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674246381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose singular passion for farming would unexpectedly lead him to reject slavery. George Washington spent more of his working life farming than he did at war or in political office. For over forty years, he devoted himself to the improvement of agriculture, which he saw as the means by which the American people would attain the Òrespectability & importance which we ought to hold in the world.Ó Washington at the Plow depicts the Òfirst farmer of AmericaÓ as a leading practitioner of the New Husbandry, a transatlantic movement that spearheaded advancements in crop rotation. A tireless experimentalist, Washington pulled up his tobacco and switched to wheat production, leading the way for the rest of the country. He filled his library with the latest agricultural treatises and pioneered land-management techniques that he hoped would guide small farmers, strengthen agrarian society, and ensure the prosperity of the nation. Slavery was a key part of WashingtonÕs pursuits. He saw enslaved field workers and artisans as means of agricultural development and tried repeatedly to adapt slave labor to new kinds of farming. To this end, he devised an original and exacting system of slave supervision. But Washington eventually found that forced labor could not achieve the productivity he desired. His inability to reconcile ideals of scientific farming and rural order with race-based slavery led him to reconsider the traditional foundations of the Virginia plantation. As Bruce Ragsdale shows, it was the inefficacy of chattel slavery, as much as moral revulsion at the practice, that informed WashingtonÕs famous decision to free his slaves after his death.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Books in the Library of Congress: Bibles, liturgy, books of hours
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library of Congress catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections Index 1991-1992
Author: Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Author: American Women
Author: Library of CongressPublisher: Washington : Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Description This important publication is designed to introduce researchers to the opportunities for discovering American women's history and culture at the library of Congress. Covers materials such as textual sources, films, sound recordings, prints and photographs, and other audio or visual material. Intended for academics, advanced graduate students, genealogists, documentary filmmakers, set and costume designers, artists, actors, novelists, photo researchers, and general readers.
In Celebration, the National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher: Washington : Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
This document contains the principal papers from a 1981 symposium held to celebrate the completion of the 754-volume National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. Papers by both those who use the National Union Catalog (NUC) and those who developed it are included. A brief preface describes the mission of the Center for the Book and the purpose of the conference. The introduction defines the NUC, chronicles its history, and discusses the impact of technology on all forms of bibliographical control, with particular emphasis on the NUC. The papers tell the story of how the NUC, a 14-year publishing project, came to be and how it is being used now. Papers include: (1) "The Library of Congress and The National Union Catalog" (William J. Welsh); (2) "The National Union Catalog and Research Libraries" (Gordon R. Williams); (3) "Editing the NUC" (David A. Smith); (4) "Publishing the NUC" (John Commander); (5) "Antiquarian Booksellers and The National Union Catalog: A Survey" (Bernard Rosenthal); (6) "Scholarly Uses of The National Union Catalog: An International Perspective" (Nicolas Barker); and (7) "Scholarly Uses of the National Union Catalog: A Bibliographic Saga" (William B. Todd). (THC)