Historical children's literature, 1850-1869
Subtitle: filmed from the holdings of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature at George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville
Publisher: Primary Source Microfilm
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Woodbridge, CT
Language: eng
Format: [microform] :
Number of pages: 998
Subjects: Education; Sources; Children's literature, English; Children's literature, American; English literature; American literature; Children; Books and reading; Social conditions; Child rearing; Sociological aspects; Conduct of life; Biblical teaching; Children and adults; Children and death; Religious life; Christian life; Publishers and publishing; Books; Baldwin Library
Other titles: Baldwin Library Collection of Historical Children's Literature; Preservation and Access for American and British Children's Literature, 1850-1869 (NEH PA-23536-00)
Notes: Digitized selections from the collection avaliable on the University of Florida Digital Collections webpage at: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/UFDC.aspx?c=juv.

A collection of 19th century children's fiction and nonfiction on education and upbringing, family and gender roles, civic values, racial, religious, and moral attitudes, literary style and format, and the arts of illustration and book design. The majority of monograph titles date from 1850 to 1869.

A selection of these books have also been digitized and are part of the Children's Literature Collection of the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM) Project of the State University System Digital Library of Florida and are available online at http://palmm.fcla.edu/juv/

The original microfilming was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of a grant "Preservation and access for American and British Children's Literature 1850-1869."
Table of contents: title: unit 1. 1850 (reels 1-50); title: unit 2. 1850-52 (reels 51-100); title: unit 3. 1852-53 (reels 101-150); title: unit 4. 1853 (reels 151-200); title: unit 5. 1854 (reels 201-250); title: unit 6. 1854-55 (reels 251-300); title: unit 7. 1855-56 (reels 301-350); title: unit 8. 1856-57 (reels 351-400); title: unit 9. 1857-59 (reels 401-450); title: unit 10. 1859-60 (reels 451-500); title: unit 11. 1860-62 (reels 501-550); title: unit 12. 1862-63 (reels 551-600); title: unit 13. 1861 (reels 601-650); title: unit 14. 1863-64 (reels 651-700); title: unit 15. 1864-65 (reels 701-750); title: unit 16. 1865-66 and 1868-69 (reels 751-800); title: unit 17. 1866-67 (reels 801-850); title: unit 18. 1867 and 1869 (reels 851-900); title: unit 19. 1868-69 (reels 901-950); title: unit 20. 1868 (reels 951-998).