Gathering history
Subtitle: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana
By: historical overview by Robert V. Remini ; with essays by Gerard W. Gawalt ... [et al.] ; edited by Sara Day.
Contributors: Remini, Robert Vincent, 1921-; Gawalt, Gerard W.; Day, Sara, 1943-
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Carson, Marian S. -- Library.; Carson, Marian S. -- Art collections.; Carson, Marian S. -- Photograph collections.; Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress); Library of Congress.; Americana -- Private collections -- Washington (D.C.); Library resources -- Washington (D.C.); United States -- Civilization -- Library resources.; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Civilization -- Library resources.
Description: "The most significant acquisition of Americana by the Library of Congress in this century, the Carson Collection contains vast amounts of historical raw material - manuscripts, photographs, prints, drawings, books, broadsides, and printed ephemera - from the Colonial era through the 1876 Centennial celebration. In essays illustrated with color photographs of 125 of the documents, noted historian Robert V.

Remini and Library of Congress specialists show how the largely unplumbed Carson Collection enriches our view of early American life and culture, and may even change our present understanding of the nation's ever-evolving story."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.