The American Tradition: An Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts Illustrating the Development of the Democratic Principle
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4219
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photostat positives of the book title pages and manuscript items that made up the 1942 exhibit at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University that were used to illustrate the documents that were influential in the development of the democratic princilpe in the United States. There are also descriptive labels for these images that detail the significance of the books.
Dates
- 1942
Creator
- Brown University. Library (Organization)
Extent
2.2 Linear Feet (photostat positives of book title pages and manuscript items in the 1942 exhibit at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Photostat positives of book title pages and manuscript items in the 1942 exhibit at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
Immediate Source of Acquisition
received from the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, 1942.
General
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Processing Information
Processed by Martha Bace, 2018
Creator
- Brown University. Library (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to The American Tradition: An Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts Illustrating the Development of the Democratic Principle
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository