The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Subtitle: 150 years of restoring George Washington's home
By: essays by Carol Borchert Cadou ... [et al.] ; edited by Stephen A. McLeod.
Contributors: McLeod, Stephen A. 1965-; Cadou, Carol Borchert.; Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union.
Publisher: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Mount Vernon, Va
Language: eng
Subjects: Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate); Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union -- History; Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate) -- History; Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate); Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Visiting Mount Vernon, 1860-2010 / Stephen A. McLeod; title: The vice regents : "ladies, the home of Washington is in your charge!" / Stephen A. McLeod; title: The regents : "sister laborers; title: whose hearts have been; title: single unto their patriotic work" / Stephen A. McLeod and Mary V. Thompson; title: The early years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association : "a mite from their hard earnings cheerfully given" / Mary V. Thompson; title: Years of preserving and restoring Mount Vernon : "restored as nearly as possible to General Washington's days" / Dennis J. Pogue; title: Bringing them home : building the Mount Vernon collection / Emily D. Shapiro and Laura B. Simo; title: In pursuit of authenticity : furnishing George Washington's Mount Vernon, 1860-2010 / Carol Borchert Cadou; title: Restoring the gardens and landscapes at Mount Vernon / "Let one spot in this grand country of ours be saved from 'change!'" / J. Dean Norton.