The first White House library : a history and annotated catalogue /

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 Ameri...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Parisian, Catherine M., 1963-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : 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.
Subjects:	Libraries > Washington (D.C.) > History. Libraries > Washington (D.C.) > Catalogs. White House (Washington, D.C.) > History. Fillmore, Millard, > 1800-1874 > Books and reading. Fillmore, Abigail Powers, > 1798-1853 > Books and reading. Books and reading > United States > History > 19th century. United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Millard Fillmore and his library /rSean 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.