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"Well acquainted with books" : the founding framers of 1787 / by Robert A. Rutland

Author:
Rutland, Robert Allen 1922-  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Subject:
Madison, James 1751-1836 Books and reading  Search this
Library of Congress History  Search this
Physical description:
95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Book lists
Place:
United States
Date:
1987
18th century
Topic:
Legislators--Books and reading--History  Search this
Books and reading--History  Search this
Government libraries  Search this
Early printed books  Search this
Best books  Search this
Constitution  Search this
Signers  Search this
Books and reading  Search this
Call number:
Z1039.L4R87 1987X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_329640

A handbook for the study of book history in the United States / Ronald J. Zboray and Mary Saracino Zboray

Author:
Zboray, Ronald J  Search this
Zboray, Mary Saracino 1953-  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 155 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Place:
United States
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Books--History--Study and teaching  Search this
Books--History--Research  Search this
Books--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_602633

Administrative and Professional Files

Collection Creator:
Jett, Ruth M.  Search this
Extent:
3.3 Linear feet (Boxes 2-5, OV 9)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1954-2009
Scope and Contents:
The administrative and professional files series is arranged in seven subseries: American Society of African Culture records; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace records; Cinque Gallery records; Cinque Artists Program, Romare Bearden Foundation records; Library of Congress Center for the Book records; other activities; and Schomburg Corporation records. Included in these subseries are by-laws, correspondence and memoranda, meeting minutes, financial documents, reports, and printed material. Cinque Gallery Records also include a small number of artist files, which may include resumes, agreements, printed material, and photographic material. Audiovisual and born digital material is also present in the Cinque Gallery records subseries.
Arrangement:
Files in subseries are arranged in rough chronological order, with the exception of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace subseries, which is arranged alphabetically. Original groupings and folder titles have been maintained when possible.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Archival audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access digitized audiovisual materials in the Archives' Washington, D.C. or New York, N.Y. Research Centers by appointment. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Ruth Jett papers, 1914-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.jettruth, Series 3
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Ruth Jett papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b9be1141-660b-4c82-b21d-0270aa42d8a9
EDAN-URL:
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Biography & books / edited by John Y. Cole

Title:
Biography and books
Author:
Cole, John Young 1940-  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Physical description:
75 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
United States
Date:
1986
Topic:
Biography as a literary form  Search this
Biography  Search this
Call number:
CT21 .B467 1986X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_563597

Books in action : the armed services editions / edited by John Y. Cole (Center for the Book)

Author:
Cole, John Young 1940-  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Subject:
Armed Services Editions, Inc  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 78 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1984
20th century
Topic:
Soldiers--Books and reading  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war  Search this
Publishers and publishing--History  Search this
Paperbacks--Collectors and collecting  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_522886

Books in our future : a report from the Librarian of Congress to the Congress

Author:
Library of Congress  Search this
Boorstin, Daniel J (Daniel Joseph) 1914-2004  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library  Search this
Physical description:
49 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1984
Topic:
Books and reading  Search this
Libraries  Search this
Call number:
Z1003.2.L52 1984X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_294379

Books in our future : perspectives and proposals / edited by John Y. Cole

Author:
Cole, John Young 1940-  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 399 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1987
Topic:
Books and reading--Forecasting  Search this
Libraries--Forecasting  Search this
Book industries and trade--Forecasting  Search this
Electronic publishing--Forecasting  Search this
Call number:
Z1003.2.L52 1984 Suppl.X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_345800

Collaboration with Library of Congress, Center for the Book, 2012

Collection Creator::
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director  Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 6
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2029; Transferring office; 8/31/1982 memorandum, Bain to Kirkpatrick; Contact reference staff for details.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 14-096, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director, Subject Files
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Subject Files
Subject Files / Box 1
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
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Correspondence

Collection Creator:
Jett, Ruth M.  Search this
Container:
Box 4, Folder 36
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1978-1980
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Archival audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access digitized audiovisual materials in the Archives' Washington, D.C. or New York, N.Y. Research Centers by appointment. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Ruth Jett papers, 1914-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Ruth Jett papers
Ruth Jett papers / Series 3: Administrative and Professional Files / 3.5: Library of Congress Center for the Book Records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw990301e09-c48d-45fb-a9b2-754e1fe1d196
EDAN-URL:
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Correspondence

Collection Creator:
Jett, Ruth M.  Search this
Extent:
1.2 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1952-2014
Scope and Contents:
This series consists of both personal and professional correspondence with family, friends, diplomats, artists, and others in the art world. Notable correspondents include William Branch, Vinie Burrows, John and Vivian Hewitt, Langston Hughes, and Charles and Frances White. Researchers should note that additional correspondence and memoranda related to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Cinque Gallery, the Library of Congress Center for the Book, and the Schomburg Corporation may be found in the administrative and professional files series. Also included is a file of correspondence related to Lucinda Jett's care.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Archival audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access digitized audiovisual materials in the Archives' Washington, D.C. or New York, N.Y. Research Centers by appointment. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Ruth Jett papers, 1914-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.jettruth, Series 2
See more items in:
Ruth Jett papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98296154a-94a5-4dc8-949f-1b7fa3553580
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-jettruth-ref2

Fine printing : the Los Angeles tradition / Ward Ritchie

Author:
Ritchie, Ward 1905-1996  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 65 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Date:
1987
Topic:
Printing--History  Search this
Book design--History  Search this
Fine books  Search this
Imprints  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
Z209.L6R57 1987X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_389677

Full circle : ninety years of service in the Main Reading Room / by Josephus Nelson and Judith Farley

Author:
Nelson, Josephus  Search this
Farley, Judith  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Subject:
Library of Congress History  Search this
Physical description:
64 p. : ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1991
20th century
Topic:
Reference services (Libraries)--History  Search this
National libraries--History  Search this
Reading rooms--History  Search this
Call number:
Z733.U6N37 1991X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_428212

Getting the books out papers of the Chicago Conference on the Book in 19th-century America edited by Michael Hackenberg

Author:
Chicago Conference on the Book in 19th-century America (1985)  Search this
Hackenberg, Michael R  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 197 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Congrès
Government publications
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
USA
Date:
1987
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
Book industries and trade--History  Search this
Booksellers and bookselling--History  Search this
Publishers and publishing--History  Search this
Books and reading--History  Search this
Livres--Industrie--Histoire  Search this
Librairie--Histoire--Congrès  Search this
Édition--Histoire  Search this
Livres et lecture--Histoire--Congrès  Search this
Book industries and trade  Search this
Books and reading  Search this
Booksellers and bookselling  Search this
Publishers and publishing  Search this
Kongress  Search this
Uitgeverijen  Search this
Boekhandel  Search this
Buch  Search this
Geschichte--1800-1900  Search this
Call number:
Z473.C48 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_342595

In celebration, the National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints / edited by John Y. Cole

Author:
Cole, John Young 1940-  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Library of Congress  Search this
Physical description:
49 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
United States
Date:
1981
Topic:
Catalogs, Union  Search this
Call number:
Z881.A1U523X 1981
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_430789

Library : the drama within / photographs by Diane Asséo Griliches ; essay by Daniel J. Boorstin

Title:
Drama within
Author:
Griliches, Diane Asséo 1931-  Search this
Boorstin, Daniel J (Daniel Joseph) 1914-2004  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
Libraries--Pictorial works  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_501547

Library of Congress Center for the Book Records

Collection Creator:
Jett, Ruth M.  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1978-1982
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Archival audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access digitized audiovisual materials in the Archives' Washington, D.C. or New York, N.Y. Research Centers by appointment. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Ruth Jett papers, 1914-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.jettruth, Subseries 3.5
See more items in:
Ruth Jett papers
Ruth Jett papers / Series 3: Administrative and Professional Files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94d1e1e54-127f-4380-bd1a-0b4c3006dc1c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-jettruth-ref12

Library of Congress. Center for the Book. [Folder]

Additional name:
Center for the Book  Search this
Library of Congress. Center for Books  Search this
Contents:
Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs.
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Topic:
Art Organizations  Search this
Location:
Art & Artist files at the Smithsonian American Art Museum/ National Portrait Gallery Library
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILAF_105498

Literacy in historical perspective / edited by Daniel P. Resnick

Author:
Resnick, Daniel Philip  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
National Institute of Education (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
v, 170 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1983
Topic:
Literacy--History  Search this
Call number:
LC149.L499 1983X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_176628

Multiple meanings : the written word in Japan, past, present, and future : a selection of papers on Japanese language and culture and their translation presented at the Library of Congress / edited by J. Thomas Rimer

Author:
Rimer, J. Thomas  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Library of Congress Asian Division  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 111 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1986
Topic:
Japanese language  Search this
Japanese literature--Translations  Search this
Calligraphy, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
PL503 .M84 1986
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_892411

National Advisory Board Meeting Minutes, Reports and Documentation

Collection Creator:
Jett, Ruth M.  Search this
Container:
Box 4, Folder 37
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1978-1982
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Archival audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access digitized audiovisual materials in the Archives' Washington, D.C. or New York, N.Y. Research Centers by appointment. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Ruth Jett papers, 1914-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Ruth Jett papers
Ruth Jett papers / Series 3: Administrative and Professional Files / 3.5: Library of Congress Center for the Book Records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b5786957-e33e-4d29-8673-a498d9ae5c03
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-jettruth-ref134

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