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Library Launching At Usm, Associated Press Oct 1997

Library Launching At Usm, Associated Press

Glickman Family Library

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The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library Dedication, Usm Library Oct 1997

The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library Dedication, Usm Library

Glickman Family Library

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The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library Dedication Invitation, Usm Library Oct 1997

The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library Dedication Invitation, Usm Library

Glickman Family Library

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Men Of Letters, Doug Jones Oct 1997

Men Of Letters, Doug Jones

Glickman Family Library

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New Head Librarian Prepares To Meet Old Challenges, Scott Pease Sep 1997

New Head Librarian Prepares To Meet Old Challenges, Scott Pease

Glickman Family Library

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Portland Library Gets Cool Million, Richard J. Valdmanis Sep 1997

Portland Library Gets Cool Million, Richard J. Valdmanis

Glickman Family Library

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Celebrating The Portuguese Communities In America: A Cartographic Perspective (Exhibit Guide), Library Of Congress And The Embassy Of Portugal Jun 1997

Celebrating The Portuguese Communities In America: A Cartographic Perspective (Exhibit Guide), Library Of Congress And The Embassy Of Portugal

Osher Map Library Miscellaneous Publications

Celebrating the Portuguese Communities in America: A Cartographic Perspective.

June 10 - November 29, 1997

Although numerous countries and individuals were involved in the exploration and mapping of the Americas, it was the Portuguese who set the stage during the fifteenth century for the ensuing discoveries in the New World. Portuguese-born and sponsored explorers played a significant role, especially in charting a route around the southern tip of South America; in exploring and exploiting the waters bordering the northeast coast of North America; and in exploring the Pacific Coast of North America, particularly the area that today is the state …


Usm Library Receives Boost Toward Excellence, Unknown May 1997

Usm Library Receives Boost Toward Excellence, Unknown

Glickman Family Library

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Couple To Give More Than $1 Million To Usm Library, Meredith Goad May 1997

Couple To Give More Than $1 Million To Usm Library, Meredith Goad

Glickman Family Library

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Silk And Society: Silk Manufacturers And Users 1870-1930. Based On A Study Of The Haskell Silk Company, Westbrook, Maine, Jacqueline Field Ma Jan 1997

Silk And Society: Silk Manufacturers And Users 1870-1930. Based On A Study Of The Haskell Silk Company, Westbrook, Maine, Jacqueline Field Ma

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This thesis makes several contributions to the history of American silks. It shows that some of the most exemplary and well known U.S. silks were manufactured by Haskell despite its location at the far periphery of the major Mid Atlantic silk manufacturing region. It traces the changes in the domestic silk product over time and argues that changing consumer tastes and lifestyle exerted a major influence on what was made and sold.