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In the shadow of the Prophet essays in Islamic history Roy P. Mottahedeh

Author:: Mottahedeh, Roy P. 1940- Search this

Physical description:: xxviii, 608 pages illustrations, map 24 cm

Type:: Books; History; Essays

Place:: Middle East

Date:: 2023

Topic:: Islam--History Search this; Islamic civilization Search this; Islam--Histoire Search this; Islam Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1164486

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India before Europe Catherine B. Asher, University of Minnesota, Cynthia Talbot, University of Texas at Austin

Author:: Asher, Catherine B (Catherine Blanshard) 1946- Search this; Talbot, Cynthia Search this

Physical description:: xxvii, 395 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm

Type:: Books; History

Place:: India; South Asia; Inde; Asie méridionale

Date:: 2023; 1000-1765; 1200-1765

Topic:: HISTORY / Asia / South / General Search this; Civilization Search this; History Search this; Histoire Search this; Civilisation Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1164487

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A cultural history of plants edited by Annette Giesecke

Editor:: Giesecke, Annette Search this; Mabberley, D. J Search this; Touwaide, Alain Search this; Dalby, Andrew Search this; Milam, Jennifer Dawn 1968- Search this; Forbes, Stephen Search this

Physical description:: 6 volumes illustrations 25 cm

Type:: Books; History

Date:: 2022

Topic:: Plants and civilization Search this; Plants and history Search this; Crops--History Search this; Plants in art Search this; Plants in literature Search this; Plantes et histoire Search this; Cultures--Histoire Search this; Plantes et civilisation Search this; Plantes dans la littérature Search this; Crops Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1164489

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The Jiankang Empire in Chinese and world history Andrew Chittick

Author:: Chittick, Andrew Search this

Physical description:: xi, 411 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm

Type:: Books; History

Place:: China; Jiankang Fu (China); Chine; Jiankang Fu; Nanjing; Jiankang fu (China)

Date:: 2020; To 1500; 220-589; 221 B.C.-960 A.D; 221 av. J.-C.-960

Topic:: Ethnicity--History Search this; Civilization Search this; Ethnicity Search this; Östliche Jindynastie Search this; Südliche und Nördliche Dynastien Search this; History Search this; Histoire Search this; Civilisation Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1117833

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Kyōto no torai bunka to Chōsen Tsūshinshi Nakao Hiroshi

Title:: 京都の渡来文化と朝鮮通信使 / 仲尾宏

Author:: Nakao, Hiroshi 1936- Search this

Physical description:: viii, 237 pages illustrations (some color) 19 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Kyoto (Japan)

Date:: 2019

Topic:: Civilization Search this; History Search this; Foreign influences Search this; Relations Search this

Call number:: DS897.K85 N36 2019

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1145058

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What the emperor built architecture and empire in the early Ming Aurelia Campbell

Author:: Campbell, Aurelia Search this

Physical description:: xiii, 217 pages illustrations (some color), maps (some color) 27 cm

Type:: Books; History

Place:: China; Chine; Verbotene Stadt

Date:: 2020; Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912; To 1500; 1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing); 1368-1912 (Dynastie des Ming et dynastie mandchoue); 960-1644

Topic:: Architecture--History Search this; Architecture and state--History Search this; Architecture--Histoire Search this; Architecture and state Search this; Architecture--Ming-Qing dynasties Search this; Art patronage Search this; Civilization Search this; Architektur Search this; Palast Search this; Städtebau Search this; Tempel Search this; Architecture Search this; Civilisation Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1145321

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Korean relations with Blacks and Latinos after civil unrest

Author:: Park, Kyeyoung 1956- Search this

Physical description:: 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages)

Type:: Electronic resources; History

Place:: California; Los Angeles; Californie; Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: 2019; 20e siècle

Topic:: Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 Search this; Korean Americans--Social conditions Search this; African Americans--Social conditions Search this; Latin Americans--Social conditions Search this; Américains d'origine coréenne--Histoire Search this; Américains d'origine latino-américaine--Histoire Search this; Black people Search this; Ethnic relations Search this; Hispanic Americans Search this; Korean Americans Search this; Race relations Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1156460

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Sewing and survival Native American quilts from 1880 - 2022 Teresa Duryea Wong

Author:: Wong, Teresa Duryea Search this

Physical description:: 169 pages, 3 unnumbered pages chiefly color illustrations 28 cm

Type:: Books; History

Place:: United States

Date:: 2022

Topic:: Quilts--History Search this; Indian quilts--History Search this; Star quilts Search this; Hopi quilts Search this; Indian quilts Search this; Quilts Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1161076

view William Hopper, 85 Yr Old Civil Veteran, John E. Erickson, Montana Governor, and John W. Johnson?, Scout to Gen Miles In 1877, 82 Yrs Old, at Monument Dedication digital asset: William Hopper, 85 Yr Old Civil Veteran, John E. Erickson, Montana Governor, and John W. Johnson?, Scout to Gen Miles In 1877, 82 Yrs Old, at Monument Dedication

William Hopper, 85 Yr Old Civil Veteran, John E. Erickson, Montana Governor, and John W. Johnson?, Scout to Gen Miles In 1877, 82 Yrs Old, at Monument Dedication

Creator:: Fredlund, Ed Search this; Scott, Hugh Lenox General (Collector) Search this

Collection Creator:: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Search this; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology Search this

Extent:: 1 Photographic print (003 in x 005 in)

Culture:: Assiniboine (Stoney) Search this; Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this

Type:: Archival materials; Photographic prints; Photographs

Date:: 30 SEP 1929

Local Numbers:: NAA INV.00318500

NAA MS.4720

Local Note:: Black and white photoprint

Place:: Montana -- Bear's Paw Battleground/Chinook (Near)

Topic:: Assiniboin Search this

Genre/Form:: Photographs

Citation:: Photo Lot 24 SPC Plains Assiniboin BAE 4720 00318500, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:: Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects; Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Plains / Assiniboin

Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3945e4bf3-63ba-4a54-a539-6f424f15b4ec

EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref2831

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records

Creator:: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Search this

Author:: Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884 Search this; Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878 Search this

Collector:: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology Search this; National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Search this

Extent:: 33 Cubic feet (76 boxes, 46 map-folders)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Annual reports; Correspondence; Drawings; Glass plate negatives; Negatives (photographic); Photographs; Tracings

Date:: 1827-1987

Summary:: The collection consists of correspondence, invoices, drawings, photographs, and negatives and other printed literature documenting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.

Scope and Contents:: The collection consists of correspondence, engineering drawings, notes, photographs, transparencies, negatives, glass plate negatives, printed materials, and newspaper clippings documenting the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio in the 1960s.

Arrangement:: The records are arranged into ten series.

Series 1, Historical Background, 1827-1987

Series 2, Bridge Histories, 1867-1966

Series 3, President's Office, 1826-1880

Series 4, Correspondence, 1826-1859

Series 5, Business Records, 1894-1914, and undated

Series 6, Agreement, 1870

Series 7, Drawings, 1858-1957, and undated

Subseries 7.1, Indices and Lists, 1924-1943, undated

Subseries 7.2, Bailey's Station, 1887; 1899; 1901

Subseries 7.3, Baltimore Belt Railroad, 1895, undated

Subseries 7.4, Bay View and Canton Bridges, 1884-1885

Subseries 7.5, Big Seneca Creek Viaduct, 1905

Subseries 7.6, Bollman Bridges, undated

Subseries 7.7, Boyds, Maryland Station, 1886; 1927

Subseries 7.8, Bridewell Station, undated

Subseries 7.9, Bridges (general), 1893-1917

Subseries 7.10, Brunswick, Maryland, 1890-1907

Subseries 7.11, Building Materials List, undated

Subseries 7.12, Building Signs, 1911-1912

Subseries 7.13, Camden Station, 1881-1942 (not inclusive)

Subseries 7.14, Camden Station (related), 1881-1915

Subseries 7.15, Centenary Bridge Models, 1927

Subseries 7.16, Central Office Building, undated

Subseries 7.17, Chestnut Street Station, 1925-1952

Subseries 7.18, Coaling facilities, water tanks, turntables, and miscellaneous structures, 1888-1912

Subseries 7.19, Cumberland Station, 1910-1955

Subseries 7.20, Curtis Bay Branch, 1900-1911

Subseries 7.21, Frederick Station, 1908-1915

Subseries 7.22, Hyattsville Station, 1913

Subseries 7.23, Keedysville Station, undated

Subseries 7.24, Laurel Station, undated

Subseries 7.25, Ledger, undated

Subseries 7.26, Lieperville Station, 1889

Subseries 7.27, Locust Point, 1881-1957

Subseries 7.28, Maps, 1862; 1918

Subseries 7.29, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1913-1927

Subseries 7.30, Miscellaneous Buildings, 1875-1956

Subseries 7.31, Miscellaneous Large Photographs, undated

Subseries 7.32, Miscellaneous Structures, 1890-1916

Subseries 7.33: Mt. Clare (general)

Subseries 7.34, Mt. Clare New Blue Line Stable, 1899; 1905

Subseries 7.35, Mt. Clare New Car Shops, undated

Subseries 7.36, Mt. Royal Station, undated

Subseries 7.37, Newton Falls and Fairpoint, Ohio, 1909

Subseries 7.38, Patapsco River Bridge, 1883

Subseries 7.39, Plans for house no. 1846 (N. Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland), undated

Subseries 7.40, Point of Rocks Station, 1951

Subseries 7.41, Scales, 1903

Subseries 7.42, Signal towers, 1900-1908

Subseries 7.43, Stations (general), 1866-1907

Subseries 7.44, Sykesville Station, undated

Subseries 7.45, Untitled, undated

Subseries 7.46, Warnings, 1894-1911

Subseries 7.47, Woodstock Station, undated

Subseries 7.48, Miscellaneous (rolled), 1858-1930 (not inclusive)

Series 8, Photographs and Copy Prints, 1872-1980s (not inclusive)

Subseries 8.1, Photographs, 1872-1980s

Subseries 8.2, Copy prints, 1901-1931, undated

Subseries 8.3, Indices and Lists, 1909-1920

Series 9, Negatives, 1850-1983 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

Subseries 9.1, Glass plate negatives (unidentified), undated

Subseries 9.2, Glass plate negatives (numbered), 1850-1957 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

Subseries 9.3, Negatives by number, undated

Subseries 9.4, Negatives by location, 1870; 1978-1983

Subseries 9.5, Negatives by subject, 1922-1930s, undated

Series 10, Stations and Buildings, 1884-1982

Biographical / Historical:: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was the nation's first extensive steam powered railroad. It was founded by Baltimore merchants in 1827 as a means of promoting trade and making Baltimore competitive with other east coast ports. The original intent of the founders was to provide direct and fast access to the Ohio River, and the markets that the river reached. The railroad, however, went beyond the Ohio River and its lines went as far west as St. Louis and Chicago. The B&O was also known for its use of an electric locomotive in the mid 1890s. It also had a completely air conditioned train, and it was a forerunner in the use of diesel-electric locomotives. Company activities paralleled those of other American railroads and over the course of its life included expansion, near bankruptcy, innovations, regulations, and finally buy out. In February 1963, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) completed its purchase of the B&O. Today, B&O is part of the CSX Transportation (CSX) network.

John Work Garrett president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1858-1884, was born in Baltimore, Maryland July 31, 1820. He was the second son of Elizabeth Stouffer and Robert Garrett. He married Rachel Ann Harrison, the daughter of Thomas Harrison, a Baltimore merchant. They had one daughter, Mary and two sons Robert and Thomas Harrison Garrett.

After attending Lafayette College (Pennsylvania) for two years John W. Garrett left in 1836 to become associated with his father's commission business in Baltimore. The commission house which dealt in wholesale groceries, produce, forwarding and a commission business expanded to establish direct connections with Latin America, seek outlets in Europe and develop its own banking operations. In time its financial operations overshadowed the commission and shipping business.

When John W. Garrett began to invest heavily in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stock, the road was in competition with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the stock was not popular. Its value rose steadily over the years. Mr. Garrett was elected a director of the railroad in 1855. His report as chairman of a subcommittee on the need for additional funds to complete the line to the Ohio River led to his election to the presidency of the road on November 17, 1858, a position he held for 26 years. New policies with emphasis on economy, personal supervision and gradual expansion were inaugurated and consistently maintained, in spite of a general financial crisis, Mr. Garrett's first year in office showed a net gain in earnings.

Sympathetic to his southern friends during the Civil War, Mr. Garrett nevertheless supported the Union. He recognized the inevitability of Confederate defeat by superior northern resources. Confederate leaders blamed him for their inability to seize Washington and he received warm appreciation for his services to the Union cause from President Lincoln. The railroad stretched along the theater of war and twice crossed Confederate territory. It was, therefore, a main objective for southern attack. Branches were frequently damaged by Confederate raids, but the main line to Washington became important for the transport of troops and supplies. The Baltimore and Ohio carried out the first military rail transport in history and the transfer of 20,000 men from the Potomac to Chattanooga in 1863 was a major triumph for its president.

With the advent of peace Mr. Garrett turned to rebuilding and strengthening the railroad. He replaced equipment and track damaged by the war, then extended the system by securing direct routes to Pittsburgh and Chicago and arranging an independent line into New York. Wharves were built at Locust Point for ocean liners and a system of elevators erected. The B&O. built its own sleeping and dining cars, established hotels in the mountains and created its own express company. By 1880, after battles over rates with other trunk lines, a costly rivalry with the Pennsylvania Railroad over the eastern route and charges of discrimination against local shippers Mr. Garrett was at the height of his success. He cooperated in establishing the B. and 0. Employees Relief Association for accident and life insurance, a hospital system, saving and building funds, and arrangements for improving sanitation in the work place. He was on friendly terms with Johns Hopkins, a trustee of John Hopkins Hospital, and with George Peabody, founder of the Peabody institute of which he was also a trustee. Garrett County, Maryland was named in his honor.

John W. Garrett died on September 26, 1884 within a year of his wife's death in a carriage accident. During his connection with the railroad the stock increased from $57 to $200; at the outbreak of the Civil War the railroad was operating 514 miles of rail, gross earnings were $4,000,097 and net per mile was $4246.1 By 1864 gross earnings were $10,138,876 and net per mile, $7113.2 By the end of his presidency mileage had increased to 1711 miles and net earnings were $4535 per mile.3

References

1 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

2 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

3 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

Related Materials:: Materials at Other Organizations

Maryland Historical Society

Baltimore and Ohio Museum

Provenance:: This collection was donated to the National Museum of American History by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:: Bridges Search this; Construction Search this; Engineering -- 19th century Search this; Railroads Search this; Repairing -- Railroads Search this; Railway engineering -- 1860-1890 Search this

Genre/Form:: Annual reports; Correspondence -- 19th century; Drawings -- 1860-1890; Glass plate negatives; Negatives (photographic); Photographs; Tracings