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The first White House library : a history and annotated catalog
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The first White House library : a history and annotated catalog

Author: Catherine M Parisian
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Published by the Pennsylvania State University Press for the Bibliographical Society of America and the National First Ladies' Library, ©2010.
Series: Penn State series in the history of the book.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Examines the founding in 1850 of the first library in the White House purchased with public funds, which was intended to remain there as a permanent collection. Documents the contents of the library and considers it within the political, social, and intellectual milieu of mid-nineteenth-century America"--Provided by publisher.
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Genre/Form: Catalogs
Named Person: Millard Fillmore; Abigail Powers Fillmore
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Catherine M Parisian
ISBN: 9780271037134 027103713X
OCLC Number: 437115055
Description: xvi, 398 p. ; 27 cm.
Contents: Millard Fillmore and his library / Sean Wilentz --
The White House collection : the mind of the common man / Catherine M. Parisian --
Abigail Powers Fillmore : first lady of the library / Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada --
Creating a room for the collection / William G. Allman --
Millard Fillmore and his booksellers / Catherine M. Parisian --
Bibliographical methods / Catherine M. Parisian --
Catalogue of the first White House Library / Catherine M. Parisian.
Series Title: Penn State series in the history of the book.
Responsibility: edited by Catherine M. Parisian.

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"Examines the founding in 1850 of the first library in the White House purchased with public funds, which was intended to remain there as a permanent collection. Documents the contents of the library and considers it within the political, social, and intellectual milieu of mid-nineteenth-century America"--Provided by publisher.

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