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The Aaron Copland Collection, ca. 1900-1990
Of general interest:
Copland Aaron and Vivian Perlis. Copland 1900 Through 1942. New York: St. Martins Press, 1984. Catalog Record
Copland, Aaron and Vivian Perlis. Copland Since 1943. New York: St. Martins Press, 1989. Catalog Record
Levin, Gail and Judith Tick. Aaron Copland's America : a cultural perspective. New York : Watson-Guptill, 2000. Catalog Record
Pollack, Howard. Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1999. Catalog Record
Especially for younger readers:
Bredeson, Carmen and Ralph Thiboudeau. Ten Great American Composers. Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 2002. Catalog Record
Peare, Catherine Owens. Aaron Copland: His Life. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Catalog Record
Venezia, Mike. Aaron Copland. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1995. Catalog Record
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Abraham Lincoln Papers
Of general interest:
Cuomo, Mario M. and Harold Holzer. Lincoln on Democracy: His Own Words,
with Essays by America's Foremost Civil War Historians. N.Y.: HarperCollins,
1990.
Donald, David Herbert. Lincoln. N.Y.: Simon & Shuster, 1995.
Neely, Mark E., Jr. The Last Great Hope on Earth: Abraham Lincoln and
the Promise of America. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press; San
Marino, Calif.: The Huntington Library, and Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State
Historical Library, 1993.
Peterson, Merrill. Lincoln in American Memory. N.Y.: Oxford University
Press, 1994.
Especially for younger readers:
Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography. N.Y.: Clarion Books,
1987.
Kent, Deborah. The Lincoln Memorial. N.Y.: Children's Press, 1996.
Morris, Jeffrey Brandon. The Lincoln Way. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications,
1996.
If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln. N.Y.: Scholastic, 1992.
Robertson, James I., Jr. Civil War! America Becomes a Nation. An Illustrated
History for Young People. N.Y.: Knopf, 1996.
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The African American Odyssey
Of general interest:
Franklin, John Hope. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans. 7th ed., N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Christian, Charles M. Black Saga: The African-American Experience. A Chronology. Washington, D.C.: Civitas/Counterpoint, 1999.
Ham, Debra Newman. The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture.
Washington, Library of Congress, 1993.
Especially for younger readers:
Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousands Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom. N.Y.: Knopf, 1993.
Hudson, Wade and Cheryl, eds. How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for children. N.Y.:Scholastic, 1995.
Medeavis, Angela Shelf. This Far to Freedom: A History of African Americans. N.Y.: Atheneum, 1993.
Potter, Joan and Constance Claytor. African Americans Who Were First. N.Y.: Cobblehill Books, 1997.
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The African-American Experience in Ohio
Of general interest:
Banta, R. E. The Ohio.
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1949.
Franklin, John Hope. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans.
7th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Ham, Debra Newman. The African-American Mosaic:
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress,
1993.
Hedrick, Joan D. Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Especially for younger readers:
Bentley, Judith. "Dear Friend": Thomas Garrett & William Still:
Collaborators on the Underground Railroad.
New York: Cobblehill Books, 1997.
Ferris, Jeri. Go Free and Die: A Story About Harriet Tubman.
Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1988.
Roberts, Russell. Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery.
San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books, 2000.
Stein, R. Conrad. The Underground Railroad.
New York: Children's Press, 1997.
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African American Perspectives, 1818-1907
Of general interest:
Duster, Alfreda M., ed. Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970.
Franklin, John Hope. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans. 7th ed., N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Harlan, Louis R. Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1972.
McFeely, William S. Frederick Douglass. N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 1991.
Especially for younger readers:
Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom. N.Y.: Knopf, 1993.
Klots, Steve. Ida Wells-Barnett. N.Y.: Chelsea House, 1994.
Medeavis, Angela Shelf. This Far to Freedom: A History of African Americans. N.Y.: Atheneum, 1993.
Meltzer, Milton, ed. Frederick Douglass: In His Own Words. N.Y.: Harcourt Brace, 1995.
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African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
Of general interest:
Badger, Reid. A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Floyd, Samuel A. The Power of Black Music: Interpreting its History from Africa to the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Levy, Lester S. Grace Notes in American History: Popular Sheet Music from 1820-1900. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967.
Levy, Lester S. Picture the Songs: Lithographs from the Sheet Music of Nineteenth Century America. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976.
Morgan, Thomas L. and William Barlow. From Cakewalks to Concert Halls: An Illustrated History of African American Popular Music from 1895 to 1930.
Washington, D.C.: Elliott & Clark, 1992.
Peterson, Bernard L. A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Especially for younger readers:
Igus, Toyomi. I See the Rhythm. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press, 1998.
Medearis, Angela. Music. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1997.
Rediger, Pat. Great African-Americans in Music. New York: Crabtree, 1996.
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After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Of general interest:
Berry, Henry. This is no drill: living memories of the attack
on Pearl Harbor. New York: Berkley Books, c1992. [Catalog
Record]
Prange, Gordon. At dawn we slept: the untold story of Pearl Harbor. 60th
anniversary ed. New York: Penguin Books, [2001] [Catalog
Record]
Toland, John. Infamy and its aftermath. New York: Anchor Books, 1992. [Catalog
Record]
Van Der Vat, Dan. Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy - An Illustrated History.
New York: Basic Books, c2001. [Catalog
Record]
Especially for younger readers:
Allen, Thomas B. Remember Pearl Harbor : Japanese And American Survivors
Tell Their Stories. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, c2001.
[Catalog
Record]
Krensky, Stephen. Pearl Harbor. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. [Catalog
Record]
Lord, Walter. Day of Infamy. New York: Holt [1957] [Catalog
Record]
Taylor, Theodore. Air Raid--Pearl Harbor!: The Story of December 7,
1941. 1st Gulliver Books pbk. ed. San Diego: Harcourt, 2001. [Catalog
Record]
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Alexander Graham Bell Papers, 1862-1939
Of general interest:
Bruce, Robert V. Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude. Boston: Little, Brown, 1973. Reprint, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. Alexander Graham Bell. N. Y.: Atheneum Books, 1998.
Grosvenor, Edwin S. and Morgan Wesson. Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone. N. Y.: Harry Abrams, 1997.
Matthews, Tom. The World and All That's In It: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1999.
Especially for younger readers:
Davidson, Margaret. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the Telephone. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1997.
Parker, Steve. Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone. N. Y.: Chelsea House, 1995.
Pasachoff, Naomi E. Alexander Graham Bell: Making Connections. N. Y.: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Sandler, Martin. Inventors: A Library of Congress Book. N. Y.: Harper Collins Publishers, 1996.
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America at Work, America at Leisure, 1894-1915
Of general interest:
Musser, Charles. The Emergence of Film: The American Screen to 1907. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990.
Niver, Kemp. Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress. Washington: Library of Congress, 1985.
Robinson, David. From Peep Show to Palace: The Birth of American Film. N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1996.
Especially for younger readers:
Alter, Judy. Amusement Parks: Roller Coasters, Ferris Wheels, and Cotton Candy. N.Y.: Watts, 1997.
Levinson, Nancy Smiler. Thomas Alva Edison: Great Inventor. N.Y.: Scholastic, 1996.
Sandler, Martin W. Inventors: A Library of Congress Book. N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1996.
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America Singing: Nineteenth Century Song Sheets
Of general interest:
Finson, Jon. The Voices That Are Gone: Themes in Nineteenth American Popular Song.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Hamm, Charles. Yesterdays: Popular Song in America.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1979.
Kinn, Karen. That Half-Barbaric Twang: The Banjo in American Popular Culture.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980.
Tawa, Nicolas. The Way to Tin Pan Alley: American Popular Song, 1866-1910.
New York: Schirmer Books, 1990.
Especially for younger readers:
Hopkins, Lee Bennett, ed. Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Silverman, Jerry. Singing Our Way West: Songs and Stories from America's Westward Expansion.
Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1998.
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An American Ballroom Companion, ca. 1490-1920
Of general interest:
Aldrich, Elizabeth, and Mina Mulvey. From the Ballroom to Hell: Grace and Folly in Nineteenth Century Dance. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1992.
Dulles, Foster Rhea. A History of Recreation: American Learns to Play. 2nd ed. N.Y.: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1965.
Malnig, Julie. Dancing Till Dawn: A Century of Exhibition Ballroom Dance. N.Y.: New York University Press, 1995.
Stephenson, Richard M. The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992.
Especially for younger readers:
Bussell, Darcey. The Younger Dancer. N.Y.: DK Publishing, 1994.
Grau, Andree. Dance. N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Thomas, Annabel. Ballet & Dance. An Usborne Guide. London: Usbourne, 1992.
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American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936
Of general interest:
Hays, Samuel P. Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890-1920. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959.
Mitman, Gregg. The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American Social Thought, 1900-1950. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Tobey, Ronald. Saving the Prairies: The Life Cycle of the Founding School of American Plant Ecology, 1895-1955. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981.
Worster, Donald. Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas. 2nd ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Especially for younger readers:
Brandenburg, Jim. An American Safari: Adventures on the North American Prairie. New York: Walker, 1997
Suzuki, David T. Looking at the Environment. New York: Wiley, 1992.
Vauhan, Jenny. Grasslands. Lexington, Mass.: Schoolhouse Press, 1986.
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American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
Of general interest:
Frazier, Patrick and the Library of Congress Publishing Office, eds. Many Nations: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Indian and Alaska Native Peoples of the United States. Washington: Library of Congress, 1996.
Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest. Abridged Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971.
Ruby, Robert H. and John A. Brown. Indians of the Pacific Northwest. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981.
Schwantes, Carlos A. The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
Especially for younger readers:
Anderson, Madelyn Klein. North American Indian Games. N.Y.: Franklin Watts, 2000.
Hakim, Joy. The First Americans. Second Edition. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Philip, Neil. ed. A Braid of Lives: Native American Childhood. N.Y.: Clarion Books, 2000.
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American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
Of general interest:
Carr, Ethan. Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
Hall, Lee. Olmsted's America: An "Unpractical Man" and his Vision of Civilization. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995.
Major, Judith K. To Live in the New World: A.J. Downing and American Landscape Gardening. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1997.
Zapatka, Christian. The American Landscape. N.Y.: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996.
Especially for younger readers:
Dunlap, Julie. Parks for the People: A Story About Frederick Law Olmsted. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1994.
Glenn, Patricia Brown. Discover America's Favorite Architects. N.Y.:
John S. Wiley & Sons, 1996.
King, Penny. Landscapes. N.Y.: Crabtree, 1996.
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American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920
Of general interest:
Collier, Peter and David Horowitz. The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty. N.Y.: Holt, 1976.
Ferrell, Robert H. Woodrow Wilson and World War I, 1917-1921. N.Y.:
Harper & Row, 1985.
Kennedy, David M. Over Here: The First World War and American Society. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1980.
McCoy, Donald R. Calvin Coolidge. N.Y.: Macmillan, 1967.
Ravitch, Diane. The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation. N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1990.
Suriano, Gregory R., ed. Great American Speeches. N.Y.: Gramercy Books, 1993.
For younger readers:
Clare, John D., ed. First World War. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1995.
Jantzen, Steven L. Hooray for Peace, Hurrah for War: The United States During World War I. N.Y.: Facts on File, 1991.
Leavell, J. Perry. Woodrow Wilson. N.Y.: Chelsea House, 1987.
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American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Of general interest:
Banks, Ann, ed. First-Person America. N.Y.: Knopf, 1980.
Boorstin, Daniel J. The Americans: The National Experience. N.Y.: Random House, 1965.
Federal Writers' Project. These Are Our Lives. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1939.
Leech, Margaret. In the Days of McKinley. N.Y.: Harper, 1959.
Mangione, Jerre. The Dream and the Deal: The Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943. Boston: Little Brown, 1972.
Rae, Noel, ed. Witnessing America: The Library of Congress Book of Firsthand
Accounts of Life in America, 1600-1900. N.Y.: Penguin, 1996.
Especially for younger readers:
Greenberg, Judith E. and Helen Carey McKeever. A Pioneer Woman's Memoir. N.Y.: Watts, 1995.
Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire. N.Y.: Scholastic, 1995.
Sandler, Martin W. Pioneers: A Library of Congress Book. N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1994.
Shelby, Anne. Homeplace. N.Y.: Orchard, 1995.
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American Revolution and Its Era, 1750-1789
Of general interest:
Carnes, Mark C., Garraty, John, and Patrick Williams. Mapping America's Past: A Historical Atlas. N.Y.: Henry Holt and Co., 1996.
Ellis, Joseph J. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
Keegan, John. Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America. N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
Quinn, Arthur. A New World: An Epic of Colonial America from the Founding of America to the Fall of Quebec. London: Faber and Faber, 1994.
Especially for younger readers:
Chambers, Catherine. All About Maps. N.Y.: Franklin Watts, 1998.
Hakim, Joy. From Colonies to Country. Second Edition. N.Y.: Oxford
University Press, 1999.
Mayer, T.W. The Caribbean and its People. N.Y.: Thomson Learning,
1995.
Silverman, Jerry, ed. Songs and Stories from the American Revolution.
Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 1994.
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An American Time Capsule
Of general interest:
Boorstin, Daniel J., ed. An American Primer. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1966.
Pomfret, John E. Great Americans Speak: Facsimiles of Original Editions,
Selected and Annotated. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1954.
Ravitch, Diane, ed. The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation.
N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1990.
Ricks, Christopher, and William L. Vance, eds. The Faber Book of
America. London: Faber and Faber, 1992.
Especially for younger readers:
Brill, Marlene Targ. Let Women Vote! Brookfield, CT: Millbrook
Press, 1996.
Grant, R.G. The American Revolution. N.Y.: Thomson Learning,
1995.
Kallen, Stuart A. The Gettysburg Address. Edina, MN: Abdo & Daughters,
1994.
Pascoe, Elaine. First Facts about the Presidents. Woodbridge,
CT: Blackbirch Press, 1996.
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American Variety Stage, 1870-1920
Of general interest:
Henderson, Amy and Dwight Blocker Bower. Red, Hot & Blue: A Smithsonian
Salute to the American Musical. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution
Press, 1996.
Lynes, Russell. The Lively Audience: A Social History of the Visual
and Performing Arts in America, 1890-1950. N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1985.
Silverman, Kenneth. Houdini! The Career of Ehrich Weiss: American
Self-Liberator, Europe's Eclipsing Sensation, World's Handcuff King &
Prison Breaker. N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1996.
Snyder, Robert W. The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular
Culture in New York. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Especially for younger readers:
Ardley, Neil. Music. N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Gish, Lillian, and Selma G. Lanes. An Actor's Life for Me! N.Y.:
Viking, 1987.
Hakim, Joy. Reconstruction and Reform. N.Y.: Oxford University
Press, 1994.
Venezia, Mike. George Gershwin. Chicago: Children's Press,
1994.
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America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes, 1839-1862
Of general interest:
Rinhart, Floyd. The American Daguerreotype. Athens, Ga.: University
of Georgia Press, 1981.
Rudisill, Richard. Mirror Image: The Influence of the Daguerreotype
on American Society. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press,
1971.
Shaw, Renata, comp. A Century of Photographs 1846-1946. Selected
from the Collections of the Library of Congress. Washington: Library of
Congress, 1980.
Wood, John, ed. America and the Daguerreotype. Iowa City: University
of Iowa Press, 1991.
Especially for younger readers:
Lowe, Jacques. Looking at Photographs: People. San Francisco:
Chronicle Books, 1996.
Sandler, Martin W. Inventors: A Library of Congress Book. N.Y.:
HarperCollins, 1996.
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Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Of general interest:
Goldberger, Paul. On the Rise: Architecture and Design in a Postmodern
Age. N.Y.: Times Books, 1983.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses.
N.Y.: Alfred A Knopf, 1995.
Poppeliers, John C., et. al. What Style Is It? A Guide to American
Architecture. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1983.
Stern, Robert A.M. Pride of Place: Building the American Dream.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986.
Especially for younger readers:
Glenn, Patricia Brown. Discover America's Favorite Architects. N.Y.:
John S. Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Morris, Ann. Houses and Homes. N.Y.: Mulberry Books, 1992.
Wilkinson, Philip. Building. N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
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Around the World in the 1890s, 1894-1896
Of general interest:
Bourne, Russell. Americans on the Move: A History of Waterways, Railways,
and Highways. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum Publishing, 1995.
Hales, Peter B. William H. Jackson and the Transformation of the
American Landscape. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988.
Jackson, William Henry. Time Exposure: The Autobiography of William
Henry Jackson. N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1940.
Especially for younger readers:
Blumberg, Rhonda. Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental
Railroad. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1996.
Madgwick, Wendy. Citymaze! A Collection of Amazing City Mazes.
Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1994.
Sandler, Martin W. Inventors. A Library of Congress Book. N.Y.:
HarperCollins, 1996.
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