Exploring the Bancroft Library: The Centennial Guide to Its Extraordinary History, Spectacular Special Collections, Research Pleasures, Its Amazing Future, and How It All Works - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1893663191 ISBN 13: 9781893663190

Verlag: Univ of California Berkeley, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Celebrating the centennial of the acquisition of the Bancroft collection by the U. of California, Faulhaber (Spanish and Bancroft Library, U. of California, Berkeley) and Vincent, a writer and editor, compile an overview of the collection. Curators describe the holdings, including the Western Americana, Latin Americana, and Pictorial Collections; rare books and literary manuscripts; History of Science and Technology Program; University Archives; Tebtunis Papyri; Mark Twain Papers and Project; and Regional Oral History Office. Scholars, students, and artists discuss their work at the library, and its research and publication programs are detailed. Photos and facsimiles of some of the manuscripts are included. Highlights of the holdings are also listed. No index is provided. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Univ of California Berkeley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1893663191
• ISBN 13: 9781893663190
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 190
• Herausgeber: Faulhaber Charles B., Vincent Stephen
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar