Full DescriptionThe Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925 |
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| Title: | The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925 |
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ListSets setName: The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region (books) ListSets title: Records for The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, 1600-1925 |
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| Description: | The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925 comprises 139 books selected from the Library of Congress's General Collections and two books from its Rare Book and Special Collections Division. The collection includes first-person narratives, early histories, historical biographies, promotional brochures, and books of photographs that capture in words and pictures a distinctive region as it developed between the onset of European settlement and the first quarter of the twentieth century. |
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Native Americans States and Regions Arts Social Studies Description and travel. History. Social life and customs. Biography. United States--Social conditions. Indians of North America. |
| DLF-specific Subjects: | American Culture |
| Geographic Coverage: | North America (continent) |
| Time Period: |
Early 20th Century (1901-1933) Late 19th Century (1868-1900) Middle 19th Century (1834-1867) Early 19th Century (1801-1833) Late 18th Century (1768-1800) Middle 18th Century (1734-1767) Early 18th Century (1701-1733) Late 17th Century (1668-1700) Middle 17th Century (1634-1667) Early 17th Century (1601-1633) Late 16th Century (1568-1600) Middle 16th Century (1534-1567) Early 16th Century (1501-1533) Modern (1701-present) Renaissance (1301-1700) |
| Objects Represented: | Books and pamphlets |
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image/jpeg image/tiff text/html |
| Language: | eng |
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The Library is not aware of any U.S. copyright protection (see Title 17, U.S.C.) or any other restrictions in the materials in The Capital and the Bay; however there are two items from the publication entitled A Lecture on Our National Capital by Frederick Douglass, Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, published by the Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1978, for which additional information is provided below: "'The Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, located on Pennsylvania Avenue at Fifteenth Street, N.W., opposite the Treasury Building.'" This image is credited to the National Archives in the above publication. The National Archives believes that this image has been incorrectly credited to their collections. They have no record of such an image in their holdings. Its source is unknown. All photographs credited to the AColumbia Historical Society@ in the above publication should now be credited to the AHistorical Society of Washington, D.C.@ Reproductions and permissions may be obtained from the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., 1307 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, email (re photos): hswlibrary@hswdc.org. |
| Copyright & IP rights: | The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. See American Memory, Copyright, and Other Restrictions and Privacy and Publicity Rights for additional information. |
| Size: | 135 |
| Frequency of additions: | Irregularly |
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http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/oai2_0?verb=ListRecords&set=lhbcbbib&metadataPrefix=oai_dc http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/oai2_0?verb=ListRecords&set=lhbcbbib&metadataPrefix=mods
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| This Record Last Updated By: | khage@umich.edu |
| This Record Last Updated On: | 4/23/2008 12:53:07 PM |
| Hosting Institution: | Library of Congress |
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| Notes: | 139 volumes with rekeyed text in SGML markup and page images. Page images are bitonal TIFFs or grayscale/color JPEG + smaller GIFs. A few oversize foldouts are grayscale/color TIFFS with MrSID derivatives. |
| Projects Associated with Digital Collection | |
| Title of Project: | Aquifer American Social History Online |
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http://www.diglib.org/aquifer/
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