Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901

Of general interest:

Leech, Margaret. In the Days of McKinley. N.Y.: Harper, 1959.

Musser, Charles. The Emergence of Film: The American Screen to 1907. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990.

Rydell, Robert W. All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.

Especially for younger readers:

Hakim, Joy. An Age of Extremes. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Smith, Carter, ed. Presidents of a World Power: A Source book on the U.S. Presidency. American Albums from the Library of Congress. Brookfield, Conn.: The Millbrook Press, 1993.

Leonard Bernstein Collection, ca. 1920-1989

Of general interest:

Burton, William Westbrook. Conversations About Bernstein. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Gottlieb, Jack, ed. Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts. Revised and Expanded. N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1994.

Bernstein, Leonard. The Joy of Music. N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

Secrest, Merle. Leonard Bernstein: A Life. N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994

Especially for younger readers:

Thomas, Roger. Classical Music. Des Plaines, Ill.: Heinemann Library, 1998.

Toby, Marlene. Leonard Bernstein: All-American Musician. N.Y.: Children's Press, 1995.

Venezia, Mike. Leonard Bernstein. N.Y.: Children's Press, 1997.

Life of a City: New York, 1898-1906

Of general interest:

Baldwin, Neil. Edison: Inventing the Century. N.Y.: Hyperion, 1995.

Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime. N.Y.: Random House, 1975.

Kasson, John F. Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century. N.Y.: Hill & Wang, 1978.

Niver, Kemp R. 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:

Adler, David A. Thomas Alva Edison: Great Inventor. N.Y.: Holiday House, 1990.

Lawlor, Veronica, ed. I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project. N.Y.: Viking, 1995.

Sandler, Martin W. Immigrants: A Library of Congress Book. N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1995.