American Antiquarian Society
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James Fenimore Cooper: Shadow & Substance | This online exhibition explores Cooper's manuscript material at AAS, the American and foreign illustrations from Cooper's novels, and some of the books used to produce the Cooper Edition. |
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In Pursuit of a Vision: Two Centuries of Collecting at AAS | This exhibition celebrates the generosity and farsightedness of some of the many collectors, book dealers, and librarians who have, each in his or her own way, contributed to the greatness of AAS. |
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From English to Algonquian: Early New England Translations | This exhibition explores the contributions of those who labored in translating and printing works in the Algonquian family of native languages. |
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Collecting the Jacksonian Era: How Books Become Library Collections at AAS | This online exhibition follows books, donated with the William C. Cook Jacksonian Era Collection, through the process of being integrated into the Society's collection. |
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Catalogue of American Engravings | A union catalogue, the Catalogue of American Engravings describes engravings issued as separate publications or as illustrations in books and periodicals from the early eighteenth century through the year 1820. Included are portraits, views, political cartoons, and illustrations covering many subjects and genres. Excluded are maps and ephemera, such as bookplates, billheads, trade cards, and currency. Approximately 85 percent of the holdings are at the American Antiquarian Society. |
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Caribbeana Project at AAS | This exhibition examines and emphasizes the close relationship between early British North America or the United States and the Caribbean World in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. |
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Big Business: Food Production, Processing & Distribution in the North, 1850-1900 | This exhibition features lithographs, chromolithographs, trade catalogues, trade cards, and product labels that show the way Americans in the North produced and sold their food in the second half of the 19th century. |
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Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere | This online exhibition examines Revere’s many skills as a craftsman who stood at the intersection of social, economic, and political life during the formation of the new nation. |
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Beauty, Virtue and Vice: Images of Women in 19c American Prints | Most of the prints in this exhibit were designed simply to please the eye, but they are also useful to historians who would like to understand how 19th century Americans thought about the world in which they lived. |
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Beauties of America: The Staffordshire Pottery of John and William Ridgway | This online resource both catalogs and contextualizes the twenty-two pieces of the Ridgway dinner service “Beauties of America” – a subset of the Society' collection of Staffordshire. |