The first White House library : a history and annotated catalog

Author(s)

• Parisian, Catherine M.

Bibliographic Information

The first White House library : a history and annotated catalog

edited by Catherine M. Parisian

（Penn State studies in the history of the book / James L.W. West III, general editor）

Published by the Pennsylvania State University Press for the Bibliographical Society of America and the National First Ladies' Library, c2010

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Published in association with the Bibliographical Society of America and the National First Ladies' Library Although many early U.S. presidents were avid readers and book collectors-George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, to name a few-they usually brought their own books to the White House and removed them at the end of their terms. It was not until 1850 that Millard and Abigail Fillmore established the first official White House collection. This catalogue of the library that they assembled not only reveals much about their own preoccupations and interests and those of the age they lived in, but also provides insight into American library history, reading history, and book trade and distribution networks. Aside from the editor, the contributors are William Allman, Elizabeth Thacker-Estrada, and Sean Wilentz. For more information about the National First Ladies Libraries visit http://www.firstladies.org.

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

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB15370729
• ISBN:
  • 9780271037141
• LCCN: 2009035727
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: University Park, Pa.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 398 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z732.W18
  • DC22 : 027.5753
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Libraries -- Washington, D.C. -- History
  • LCSH : Libraries -- Washington, D.C. -- Catalogs
  • LCSH : White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History
  • LCSH : Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 -- Books and reading
  • LCSH : Fillmore, Abigail Powers, 1798-1853 -- Books and reading
  • LCSH : Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB15370693