Historical consciousness in the early republic
Subtitle: the origins of state historical societies, museums, and collections, 1791-1861
By: edited by H.G. Jones.
Contributors: Jones, H. G. 1924-; North Caroliniana Society.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Series: North Caroliniana Society imprints ;; no. 25
Publisher: North Caroliniana Society and North Carolina Collection
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Historical libraries -- United States -- History.; Historical museums -- United States -- History.; United States -- History, Local -- Societies, etc. -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers read at the conference entitled For history's sake: state historical collections in the early republic, which was held May 20, 1994at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Includes the proceedings of the awards banquet of the North Caroliniana Society honoring the sesquicentennial of the North Carolina Collection, May 21, 1994.
Table of contents: title: Massachusetts / by Louis Leonard Tucker; title: Other New England states: Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont / by Clement M. Silvestro; title: New York / by James J. Heslin; title: Pennsylvania / by Susan Stitt; title: Virginia / by Charles F. Bryan, Jr.; title: North Carolina / by Willis P. Whichard; title: Other Atlantic states: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, and South Carolina / by Richard J. Cox; title: Trans-mountain states: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee / by Philip P. Mason; title: Wisconsin / by Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.; title: Trans-Mississippi states: Arkansas, California, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, and Tennessee / by Alfred E. Lemmon.