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The First White House Library
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Table of Contents

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Mary Regula

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Millard Fillmore and His Library

Sean Wilentz

The White House Collection: The Mind of the Common Man

Catherine M. Parisian

Abigail Powers Fillmore: First Lady of the Library

Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada

Creating a Room for the Collection

William G. Allman

Millard Fillmore and His Booksellers

Catherine M. Parisian

Bibliographical Methods

Catherine M. Parisian

Catalogue of the First White House Library

Catherine M. Parisian

Appendix A: A List of the Books Purchased for the First White House Library in 1850

Appendix B: A Subject Index of Books in the First White House Library Catalogue

Appendix C: Edward Everett’s Recommendations for the First White House Library

Selected Works Cited

General Index

About the Author

Catherine M. Parisian is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

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"Do not be misled by the modest title of this book or by the fact that one of our least-known presidents was behind the first White House library. This book brings together wonderful essays, starting with that by historian Sean Wilentz, and going on to others on the role of Mrs. Fillmore, the library room, the process of forming the library, and, of course, the library's contents. The catalog proper of this library that represented the 'collective mind of the age' contains mini-essays explaining how each book fit in. This is library history at its best; in other words, it's cultural history. This splendid contribution to American history deserves to be widely available." - Kenneth E. Carpenter, Fromer Assistant Director for Research Resources, Harvard University Library and the Harvard College Library"

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