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