The most significant acquisition of Americana by the Library of Congress in this century, the 10,000 items assembled by the Marian Carson family of Philadelphia contain vast amounts of historical raw material -- manuscripts, early photographs, prints, drawings, watercolors, maps, architectural drawings, music books, broadsides, sheets music covers, children's games, printed ephemera, and more -- from the Colonial era through the 1876 Centennial celebration. In essays illustrated with color photographs of 125 of the documents, noted historian Robert V. Remini and Library of Congress specialists show how the largely unplumbed Carson Collection enriches our view of early American life and culture, and may even eventually change our present understanding of the nation's ever-evolving story.

Author/Creator: Robert Remini, historical overview; Sara Day, editor Gerard W. Gawalt, Carol Johnson, Harry L. Katz, & Rosemary Fry Plakas, essays

Description: Paper, 136 pages, 137 color illustrations, 9 x 9 inches

ISBN: 0844409774

Price: $24.95

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Product #: 21107042