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Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

The library of Rameses the Great

The library of Rameses the Great

Engraved t.-p. "Eighty-seven copies of this book have been printed on hand made paper." "Paper ... read by Dr. Charles L. Nichols at a meeting of the Club of odd volumes, held at the University club house, Bost... More

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

The library of Rameses the Great

The library of Rameses the Great

Engraved t.-p. "Eighty-seven copies of this book have been printed on hand made paper." "Paper ... read by Dr. Charles L. Nichols at a meeting of the Club of odd volumes, held at the University club house, Bost... More

"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," by Shirley Pearlove, 1949

"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," ...

The guide was created to provide a resource for Library of Congress collections that may not have indexes or catalogs.

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," by Shirley Pearlove, 1949

"A Guide to the Special Book Collections in the Library of Congress," ...

The guide was created to provide a resource for Library of Congress collections that may not have indexes or catalogs.

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the Library of Congress, by Archibald MacLeish," Library of Congress, May 7, 1940

Press Release, "Presentation of the A. E. Housman Manuscripts to the L...

Press release announcing Gertrude Clarke Whittall's gift of original manuscripts of nearly all extant verse, published and unpublished, of the British poet, A. E. Housman.

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Copley Square, Trinity Church, Art Museum, Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts.

Copley Square, Trinity Church, Art Museum, Public Library, Boston, Mas...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Stinson Memorial Public Library, Main & High Streets, Anna, Union County, IL

Stinson Memorial Public Library, Main & High Streets, Anna, Union Coun...

Significance: The Stinson Public Library, Anna, Illinois, was designed by Walter Burley Griffin, architect. Opened to the public on March 30, 1914, the building is a memorial to Col. Robert Burns Stinson, Civil... More

Storer College, Lewis Anthony Library, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Lewis Anthony Library, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jeffe...

Significance: Currently recognized by the National Park Service (NPS) as the "Lewis Anthony Building," this two-story stone building was an integral part of Storer College and its evolution as an educational in... More

Shaker Meetinghouse (second), Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY

Shaker Meetinghouse (second), Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Columbia Count...

Significance: The Mount Lebanon Meetinghouse was the main place of worship for the most important and influential of the Shaker communities. Survey number: HABS NY-3254 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial... More

Reynold's Tavern, 4 Church Circle at Franklin Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Reynold's Tavern, 4 Church Circle at Franklin Street, Annapolis, Anne ...

Significance: An eighteenth century tavern with interesting brickwork typical of Annapolis architecture. // This mid-eighteenth century building, largely preserved in its original state, is representative of An... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, South Philadelphia Branch, 2407 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, South Philadelphia Branch, 2407 South Br...

Significance: South Philadelphia was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 for the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew ... More

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October 19, 1939

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October...

Speech given at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Wayside Inn, Post Road & Wayside Lane, Scarsdale, Westchester County, NY

Wayside Inn, Post Road & Wayside Lane, Scarsdale, Westchester County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-83 Survey number: HABS NY-4-104 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1700 Subsequent Work Buildin... More

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

Public domain photograph of library hall, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, ...

Significance: The hospital, completed in 1893, was one of the original buildings at Fort Sheridan. It was constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of Surgeon General in 1888 and is an excellent ... More

Old library and quadrangle, Yale College

Old library and quadrangle, Yale College

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Par...

Significance: Completed in 1925, the Cobbs Creek Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the next to last of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropi... More

Oliver Ames Free Library, 53 Main Street, North Easton, Bristol County, MA

Oliver Ames Free Library, 53 Main Street, North Easton, Bristol County...

Significance: The library was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, one of America's greatest architects. Richardson's name has become synonymous with Romanesque design. Together with Landscape Architect, Fred... More

Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The Pequot Library was designed by New York architect Robert H. Robertson (1849-1919) in 1885-87, and erected during 1887-93. Robertson had been a partner of William Potter, who together designed... More

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More

Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS

Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas Coun...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Spooner Hall was financed by William B. Spooner, a Boston merchant, with a bequest of $91,000. In 1893, "Van Brunt & Howe Architects" of Kansas City we... More

Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS

Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas Coun...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Spooner Hall was financed by William B. Spooner, a Boston merchant, with a bequest of $91,000. In 1893, "Van Brunt & Howe Architects" of Kansas City we... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Haddington Branch, 446 North 65th Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Haddington Branch, 446 North 65th Street...

Significance: Haddington was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 for the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carnegie... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Haddington Branch, 446 North 65th Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Haddington Branch, 446 North 65th Street...

Significance: Haddington was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 for the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carnegie... More

New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.

New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American Fur Company Buildings, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

American Fur Company Buildings, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HABS MI-215 Building/structure dates: 18q1 Initial Construction

MacDill Air Force Base, Library, 2313 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Library, 2313 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hill...

Significance: The Base Library, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of the MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The b... More

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...

Significance: Built in 1930 from a design by municipal staff architect James C. Niemeyer, the Merriam Park Branch Public Library is a fine local example of the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture. During i... More

Old Market House, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV

Old Market House, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV

Survey number: HABS WV-161 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Library Hall, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

Library Hall, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Library Hall, built in 1896, was one of the first buildings on the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana's Quadrangle and remains its corners... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila...

Significance: The Central Library, built between 1917 and 1927, was designed by well-known architect Horace Trumbauer and his associate Julian Abele and it is the flagship of the Philadelphia Free Library syste... More

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: Cyclorama is a 16-sided regular polygon originally constructed to house "cycloramas," or panoramic art displays popular in the United States in the late 1800s. The building is one of the few survi... More

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: Cyclorama is a 16-sided regular polygon originally constructed to house "cycloramas," or panoramic art displays popular in the United States in the late 1800s. The building is one of the few survi... More

[New Haven Government Center, New Haven, Connecticut. Blueprint set]

[New Haven Government Center, New Haven, Connecticut. Blueprint set]

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Howard University, Founders Library, 2400 Sixth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Howard University, Founders Library, 2400 Sixth Street Northwest, Wash...

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Howard University, Founders Library, 2400 Sixth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Howard University, Founders Library, 2400 Sixth Street Northwest, Wash...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Library of Congress, Northeast corner of First Street & Independence Avenue Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Library of Congress, Northeast corner of First Street & Independence A...

Significance: The nation's "main" library, the Library of Congress serves not only Congress but also acts as central source for resources collection and for copyright. Building is one of the world's largest an... More

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