Guide to the Winterthur Library: The Joseph Downs Collection and the Winterthur Archives - Hardcover

Joseph Downs Collection Of Manuscripts & Printed Ephemera; McKinstry, E. Richard; Winterthur Archives; Winterthur Library

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0912724617 ISBN 13: 9780912724614

Publisher: Winterthur Museum, 2003

Synopsis

This guide to the Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, named for Winterthur's first curator, provides descriptive information for the primary research material held in the collection. The Downs Collection acquires materials from the mid seventeenth century through the twentieth century that document American lifestyles, concentrating on the domestic scene and activities within the household and art. It includes such items as diaries, business accounts of craftsmen whose products decorated dwelling houses, family papers, tax records, swatchbooks that contain century-old fabric samples, architectural drawings used in the construction of homes, artists' sketchbooks, wills and household inventories, children's toys and games, and scrapbooks and journals. Items from individuals famous in American history rest alongside materials from people who led routine lives yet still contributed to the development of America. An extensive microform collection, including copies of material owned by other public repositories and private individuals, supplements the manuscript holdings.

About this title

From the Publisher

6 x 9 trim. 13 illus.

About the Author

E. RICHARD MCKINSTRY is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Senior Librarian at Winterthur Library and adjunct associate professor in the Winterthur program in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware.

Edition details

• Publisher: Winterthur Museum
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0912724617
• ISBN 13: 9780912724614
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640