The New York State Capitol and the Great Fire of 1911
By: Paul Mercer and Vicki Weiss for the Friends of the New York State Library
Contributors: Weiss, Vicki; New York State Library
Series: Images of America; Images of America: a history of American life in images and texts
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, S.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Fires; Great Fire, Albany, N.Y., 1911; New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.); New York State Library
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127).
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: "Chateau on a Hill" : the construction of the Capitol; title: "Records, books, papers, and other things" : building a State Library; title: "Terrible to look upon" : the Capitol in flames; title: "Some stained or blackened remnants" : salvage and restorationi; title: "We are inexpressibly shocked" : reactions to the fire; title: "The dream of Dr. Draper" : the Education Building and the State Library; title: "Perched upon the highest hill" : building for the future; title: About the New York State Library; title: Bibliography.