"I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations

Of general interest:

Boller, Paul F., Jr. Presidential Inaugurations. New York: Harcourt, 2001. [Catalog Record]

Cunningham, Noble E., Jr. The Inaugural Addresses of President Thomas Jefferson, 1801 and 1805. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2001. [Catalog Record]

Gabriel, John Hunt, ed. The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents. New York: Gramercy Books, 1997. [Catalog Record]

Ryan, Halford, ed. The Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1993. [Catalog Record]

White, Ronald C., Jr. Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. [Catalog Record]

Especially for younger readers:

Santella, Andrew. U.S. Presidential Inaugurations. New York: Children's Press, 2002. [Catalog Record]

Woronoff, Kristen. America's Inaugurals: The Speeches, the Presidents, and Their Times. Woodbridge, Conn.: Blackbirch Press, 2002. [Catalog Record]

Inside an American Factory: Westinghouse Works, 1904

Of general interest:

Licht, Walter. Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Nelson, Daniel. Managers and Workers: Origins of the Twentieth-Century Factory System in the United States, 1880-1920. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.

Prout, Henry G. A Life of George Westinghouse. N.Y.: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1921. Reprinted by Arno Press, 1972.

Trachtenberg, Alan. The Incorporation of America: Culture & Society in the Gilded Age. N.Y.: Hill and Wang, 1982.

Especially for younger readers:

Colman, Penny. Strike: The Bitter Struggle of American Workers from Colonial Times to the Present. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1995.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. Thomas Alva Edison: Great Inventor. N.Y.: Scholastic, 1996.

Ravage, Barbara. George Westinghouse: A Genius for Invention. Austin: Raintree-Steck-Vaughn, 1997.

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

Inventing Entertainment: The Edison Companies

Of general interest:

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

Lynes, Russell. The Lively Audience: A Social History of the Visual and Performing Arts in America, 1890-1950. N.Y.: Harper & Row, 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. Thomas Alva Edison: Great Inventor. N.Y.: Holiday House, 1990.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. Thomas Alva Edison: Great Inventor. N.Y.: Scholastic, 1996.

Sandler, Martin W. Inventors: A Library of Congress Book. N.Y.: Harper Collins, 1996.

The Irving Fine Collection, ca. 1914-1962

Of general interest:

Pollack, Howard. Harvard Composers: Walter Piston and His Students from Elliott Carter to Frederic Rzewski. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1992.

Sacher, Abram L. A Host at Last. Rev. ed. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England/Brandeis University Press, 1995.

Weeks, Marcus. Music: A Crash Course. N.Y.: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999.

Especially for younger readers:

Armentrout, David. Classical. Vero Beach, Fla.: Rourke, 1999.

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

Turner, Barrie. Strings. Mankato, Minn.: Smart Apple Media, 1999.