CONTENTS    Acknowledgements & Publication Notes  Charles Bird King: A Brief Chronology   The Scrapbooks of Charles Bird King  Aesthetics and History: An Appreciation of the Collection  Inventory Numbers  Intellectual Order: Inventory and Cataloging   Substandard Housing: The Scrapbooks Themselves   A Better Future: Conservation and Housing   Conclusion   Select Bibliography   Appendix: Condition and Treatment Reports  Letters of Charles Bird King:       How the Scrapbooks Came to Newport in 1862  letter 1 - Jan. 12th, 1862          letter 2 - Jan. 24th, 1862

 

the   Rhode Island Commitee for the Humanities

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