The Boston Athenaeum : bicentennial essays / edited by Richard Wendorf.

Title & Author:

The Boston Athenaeum : bicentennial essays / edited by Richard Wendorf.

Publication:

Boston, MA : Boston Athenaeum ; Lebanon, N.H. : Distributed by University Press of New England, 2009.

Description:

397 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Athenaeum origins / Richard Wendorf -- America's most influential library? / Kenneth E. Carpenter -- The role of women at the Boston Athenaeum / Barbara Adams Hebard -- Nineteenth-century British tourists in search of culture in Boston / David B. Dearinger -- Whose library? / Katherine Wolff -- Prints and photographs at the Boston Athenaeum / Sally Pierce -- Building an architectural collection / Catherina Slautterback -- The Boston Athenaeum and the creation of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts / Hina Hirayama -- Scruples and restricted access at the Boston Athenaeum / Mary Warnement -- Conservation at the Boston Athenaeum / James Reid-Cunningham -- Building the Boston Athenaeum's book arts collection / Stanley Ellis Cushing -- The Calderwood writing initiative at the Boston Athenaeum / John Brereton.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The Boston Athenaeum is an important and unusual cultural institution. The largest membership library in North America, the Athenaeum also boasts an extensive collection of rare books and manuscripts as well as one of the most significant art collections at any American library. The twelve essays in this bicentennial publication address some of the most important events, issues, and initiatives during the Library's two hundred-year history."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780934552769 (acid-free paper)
0934552762 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Boston Athenaeum History.
Boston Athenaeum.
Boston (Mass.) Boston Athenaeum.
Subscription libraries Massachusetts Boston History.
Bibliothèques de prêt payant Massachusetts Boston Histoire.
Subscription libraries.
Massachusetts Boston.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Wendorf, Richard.
Carpenter, Kenneth E., 1936-
Hebard, Barbara Adams
Dearinger, David B. (David Bernard), 1950-
Wolff, Katherine, 1963-
Pierce, Sally
Slautterback, Catherina
Hirayama, Hina
Warnement, Mary
Reid-Cunningham, James
Cushing, Stanley Ellis
Brereton, John C.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275484
Call No.: Z733.B74 B6 2009
Status: Available

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