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Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879,. Autograph collection of Davis R. Marshall [manuscript], 1801-1868.

Title: Autograph collection of Davis R. Marshall [manuscript], 1801-1868.

A scrapbook of signatures, letters, and some poems, chiefly of famous 19th century American literary figures. Among those represented by letters are Elihu Burritt, Edward H. Courtenay, Joseph R. Chandler, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Samuel G. Goodrich, Gessner Harrison, Joseph Henry, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Charles C. Jewett, George Junkin, John Lewis, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Also Nathan Lord, Anna Cora Ritchie, William H. McGuffey, Edward Joy Morris, Denison Olmsted, Robert M. Patterson, Edgar Allan Poe, Hiram Powers, Lydia Howard Sigourney, William Gilmore Simms, Jared Sparks, Frances Milton Trollope, George Ticknor, George Washington, Noah Webster, and Nathaniel P. Willis.

ArchivalResource: 103 items on 1 reel microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647922224 View

Yale course lectures collection, circa 1720-1986

Title: Yale course lectures collection circa 1720-1986

The collection consist of notes on course lectures taken by Yale students.

ArchivalResource: 51.75 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0159 View

Yale University. Autographs, 1856.

Title: Autographs, 1856.

An album of autographs, photographs and engravings of Yale University students, class of 1856, and the president, chaplain and professors of Yale. Sentiments are dedicated to W.T. Kittredge of the 1856 class. 105 autographs. Some engravings of Yale buildings.

ArchivalResource: album 1 volume (ca. 250 pages) : bound in leather 29.5 x 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18334350 View

Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

https://sova.si.edu/record/SIA.FARU7060 View

Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Spec. Coll., Dibner Coll.. [Contact repository for more information].

Title: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Spec. Coll., Dibner Coll.. [Contact repository for more information].

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Yale University, Beinecke Library. Redfield Letterbook.

Title: Yale University, Beinecke Library. Redfield Letterbook.

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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId, 1837-1844

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId 1837-1844

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IId-ead.xml View

Jones, Iredell, 1842-1914. Iredell Jones papers, 1797-1913.

Title: Iredell Jones papers, 1797-1913.

Family correspondence with Annie Iredell Jones, Cadwallader Jones, and Jane Margaret Scott Adams; including letter, 11 Apr. 1861, Columbia, S.C., to his mother, [Annie Iredell Jones], Rock Hill, re marching to Charleston; letter, 20 Mar. 1862, S.C. College, from Charles S[cott] Venable, re forming college military company and impact of Civil War on student life. Four letters, 15 Apr. 1861, 18 May 1862, 12 June 1862, and 8 Feb. 1863, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, S.C., to [Annie Iredell Jones], re evacuation of Fort Moultrie, death of S.C. College librarian Beverly William Means, attacks at Fort Sumter, iron-clad ships, escape of "Planter," and capture of Federal steamer "Isaac P. Smith"; letter, 31 Mar. 1864, Charleston, S.C., from Wade Hampton, to James A[leaxander] Seddon, Secretary of War, re Jones' request for transfer to active duty. Two letters, 28 June 1868, and 23 0ct. 1868, Chester County, re organization of Chester Conservative Clan at Rock Hill, including oath, objectives, members, admission requirements, minutes, and membership notes; 2 letters, 1 Nov. 1871 and 3 Nov. 1871, from jail in Yorkville, S.C., to [Annie Iredell Jones] and his wife, [Ellen Tree Adams Jones]; 2 letters, 31 Mar. 1833 and 6 May 1833, Philadelphia, from Isabelle Mease and "Caroline," Raleigh, N.C., to Anna [Annie Isabella] Iredell, re school life and activities. Letter, 29 Apr. 1857, Hillsborough, N.C., from M.A. Curtis, re returning as parish minister and religious training for children of A.I.I. Jones; 14 poems, 1888-1892, written by Cadwallader Jones re military life, etc.; 6 letters, 1896-1907, to his daughter, Lillian Jones Butler; notebook, of Annie Isabella Iredell Jones, re handwritten copy of Fontenelle's "A conversation on the plurality of worlds;" 2 textbooks, of Iredell Jones, Denison Olmsted's "An introduction to natural philosophy," and Hugh Blair's "Lectures ..."

ArchivalResource: 166 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46820129 View

Natural Science manuscripts collection, 1817-1918

Title: Natural Science manuscripts collection 1817-1918

An artificial collection of papers of Yale faculty members and other individuals active in the academic fields of astronomy, biology, botany, geology, mathematics, physics, agriculture, chemistry and zoology. The papers of inventors are also included. Individuals and organizations represented in the collection include: Oscar Dana Allen, Jesse Buel, William Whitman Bailey, John Torrey, Attale Riche, Denison Olmsted, Simon Newcomb, James Duncan Hague, Amos Beebe Eaton, Asa Gray, Arthur Williams Wright, Sidney Irving Smith, and the Geological Society of London.

ArchivalResource: 6.75 linear feet (15 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0583 View

Yale University, Beinecke Library. Loomis Papers.

Title: Yale University, Beinecke Library. Loomis Papers.

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Weather Bureau

Title: Weather Bureau

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/356 View

Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859. [Pamphlets and reprints].

Title: [Pamphlets and reprints].

ArchivalResource: v. ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701813958 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Title: Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Papers of the Palfrey family of New England. The material of this collection encompasses over 150 years of American history and many items of interest besides those documenting the life and works of John Gorham Palfrey, who is its central figure. A few of these may be briefly mentioned here. The papers of William Palfrey include letters between John Wilkes and the Sons of Liberty and William Palfrey's personal correspondence with Wilkes at the time of the latter's imprisonment in 1769-1770, including Palfrey's description of the Boston Massacre. William Palfrey's business account and financial papers are extensive and range in subject from accounts of trade with Virginia in 1763 to the disposition of funds of the Continental Army during the time Palfrey was Pay Master General. His close association and correspondence with John Hancock should be noted. Several interesting items pertain to the dispute between Hancock and the Boston printer, John Mein, which resulted in Thomas Longman's suit against Mein and the latter's imprisonment. The papers of John Palfrey deal mainly with his business affairs and the management of his plantation at Attakapas. However, several letters by his sons, Edward, William Taylor, and Henry William give first-hand accounts of battles in the war of 1812. Letters to John Gorham Palfrey from over 1000 corespondents form the largest single section in the collection. Of special importance are 377 letters from Jared Sparks and 148 letters from Charles Sumner.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet (130 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00387/catalog View

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

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Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900. Papers, 1765-1935 (bulk 1830-1899)

Title: Henry Barnard Papers 1765-1935 (Bulk: 1830-1899)

The Henry Barnard Papers of Fales Library holds a substantial portion of the manuscript materials collected and authored by Henry Barnard (1811-1900), a nineteenth century educationalist and prominent member of the Common School Reform movement. He joined with many of his era's most respected educators in advocating the improvement of public education in the United States, a pursuit which dominated his career as a scholar, orator, and politician. Barnard was particularly involved in expanding the literature describing the history, practice, and theories of education and teaching; over the course of his life he wrote extensively on these subjects and established multiple periodicals dedicated to them, including the . The collection at Fales Library is composed primarily of correspondence, much of which is of a routine business nature, but also includes some of Barnard's diaries, draft versions of articles published in his journals, and images of Barnard's correspondents. It also contains typed transcripts of Barnard's letters prepared by the donor of the collection, Will Monroe, notes regarding the genealogy of the Barnard family, clippings that discuss Barnard's life or the subject of education, and some of Monroe's own correspondence. American Journal of Education

ArchivalResource: 18 Linear Feet (12 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/barnard/barnard.html View

American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.

ArchivalResource: 25.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml View

Natural Science manuscripts collection, 1817-1918 (bulk).

Title: Natural Science manuscripts collection, 1817-1918 (bulk).

An artificial collection of papers of Yale faculty members and other individuals active in the academic fields of astronomy, biology, botany, geology, mathematics, physics, agriculture, chemistry and zoology. The papers of inventors are also included. Individuals and organizations represented in the collection include: Oscar Dana Allen, Jesse Buel, William Whitman Bailey, John Torrey, Attale Riche, Denison Olmsted, Simon Newcomb, James Duncan Hague, Amos Beebe Eaton, Asa Gray, Arthur Williams Wright, Sidney Irving Smith, and the Geological Society of London.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86093650 View

Billings, William W., 1802-1887. Small award to W.W. Billings for excellence in spelling, 1815 Aug. 18.

Title: Small award to W.W. Billings for excellence in spelling, 1815 Aug. 18.

Award to W.W. Billings for excellence in spelling, signed by teacher D. Olmsted.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154690839 View

Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859. Notes taken from Profr. Olmsted's lectures on natural philosophy, 1827-1829.

Title: Notes taken from Profr. Olmsted's lectures on natural philosophy, 1827-1829.

These classroom notes, taken by an unidentified student, present the state of knowledge in natural philosophy, especially astronomy, during these years. There are mentions of many contemporary scientists, and much on Newton and Newtonian philosophy.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (141 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122689401 View

University Of Texas (Austin), Humanities Research Center. Royal Meteorological Society Collection.

Title: University Of Texas (Austin), Humanities Research Center. Royal Meteorological Society Collection.

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Notes taken from Professor Olmsted's lectures on natural philosophy, 1827-1829, 1827-1829

Title: Notes taken from Professor Olmsted's lectures on natural philosophy, 1827-1829 1827-1829

These classroom notes, taken by an unidentified student, present the state of knowledge in natural philosophy, especially astronomy, during these years. There are mentions of many contemporary scientists, and much on Newton and Newtonian philosophy.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 141 p.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.OL5-ead.xml View

Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859. Letter, 1838, Sept. 22 : New Haven, Connecticut, to Thomas Cushing.

Title: Letter, 1838, Sept. 22 : New Haven, Connecticut, to Thomas Cushing.

ALS. Accepts the vice presidency of the American Institute of Instruction from Cushing, a Boston merchant and philanthropist.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35201351 View

Harvard University Archives. Correspondence, 1831 1840.

Title: Harvard University Archives. Correspondence, 1831 1840.

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Howe family papers, 1819-1910.

Title: Howe family papers, 1819-1910.

Correspondence and records of the Howe family of Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 32 boxes and 3 volumes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00398/catalog View

Moore, Augustus, 1803-1851. Augustus Moore student notebook, 1820 [manuscript].

Title: Augustus Moore student notebook, 1820 [manuscript].

"Notes on a Course of Lectures [in chemistry] delivered at the University of N[orth] Carolina by Professor D[enison] Olmstead [Olmsted] (1791-1859) began 13th September 1820," kept by Augustus Moore of Edenton, N.C.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25453366 View

Smith, Augustus William, 1802-1866. Papers, 1816-1918.

Title: Papers, 1816-1918.

The bulk of the material dates from 1825-1860. Majority of letters are of a personal and /or familial nature, to and from Smith, members of his family, his classmates at Hamilton College, his colleagues at Wesleyan University. There are letters dealing with scientific and theological (Methodist) mastters. Collection includes Smith's college diplomas, photographs, newspaper clippings and memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 335 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122691978 View

Royal Society. J. F. W. Herschel Papers.

Title: Royal Society. J. F. W. Herschel Papers.

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Silliman family. Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk).

Title: Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk).

The papers consist of correspondence, lectures, notebooks, diaries, journals, and other material documenting the personal lives and professional careers of the Silliman family, including Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816-1885). Personal material details family life, relationships, social activities, and cultural pursuits. Professional material details the academic and literary interests of the Sillimans, particularly in chemistry, physics, and geology. The evolution and development of science, the beginnings of scientific instruction at Yale, and many related topics are documented. Material relating to John Trumbull and the Trumbull Art Gallery at Yale is also included. Family letters and journals offer observations on local and national events, as exemplified by Maggie Lindsley's journal and letters with Benjamin Silliman relating to the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 35 linear feet (69 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702154274 View

Redfield, John Howard, 1815-1895. Letterbook, 1841 Nov. 16-1844 Oct. 16.

Title: Letterbook, 1841 Nov. 16-1844 Oct. 16.

Letterbook, 1841 Nov. 16-1844 Dec. 16, containing letterpress copies of letters sent by John Howard Redfield to various members of the Redfield family, particularly to his brother, Charles B. Redfield, and to business associates and correspondents with the Lyceum of Natural History. Letters relate to family and personal matters, business, the collecting of shells and minerals, the natural history of New York, current events, politics, his marriage, housekeeping, birth of his son, William Wallace, etc. Correspondents include John G. Anthony, James A. Dana, Denison Olmsted, Jr., George S. F. Savage, Robert L. Stuart, Mary Ann Wallace, and others. Includes partial index.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (281 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58774607 View

Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (bulk 1717-1911)

Title: Silliman family papers 1717-1977 (bulk 1717-1911)

The papers consist of correspondence, lectures, notebooks, diaries, journals, and other material documenting the personal lives and professional careers of the Silliman family, including Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816-1885). Personal material details family life, relationships, social activities, and cultural pursuits. Professional material details the academic and literary interests of the Sillimans, particularly in chemistry, physics, and geology. The evolution and development of science, the beginnings of scientific instruction at Yale, and many related topics are documented. Material relating to John Trumbull and the Trumbull Art Gallery at Yale is also included. Family letters and journals offer observations on local and national events, as exemplified by Maggie Lindsley's journal and letters with Benjamin Silliman relating to the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 36.25 Linear Feet (90 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0450 View

Burr, E. F. (Enoch Fitch), 1818-1907. Enoch Fitch Burr papers, 1842-1888 (inclusive).

Title: Enoch Fitch Burr papers, 1842-1888 (inclusive).

Letters to Enoch Fitch Burr of Lyme, Conn., Yale 1839, clergyman, author, and lecturer on religion and science. The Reverend Dr. Burr was a direct descendant of Nathaniel Burr of Fairfield, Conn., a brother of Jehue Burr from Aaron Burr, the vice-president, was descended. Correspondents include William Cullen Bryant, Horace Bushnell, James Dwight Dana, William Gladstone, Mark Hopkins, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Denison Olmsted, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The correspondence consists mostly of routine acknowledgements and letters of introduction.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167533 View

New York Public Library. Miscellaneous Papers.

Title: New York Public Library. Miscellaneous Papers.

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Autograph collection of Davis R. Marshall, 1801-1868

Title: Autograph collection of Davis R. Marshall 1801-1868

A scrapbook of signatures, letters, and some poems, chiefly of famous 19th century American literary figures. Among those represented by letters are Elihu Burritt, Edward H. Courtenay, Joseph R. Chandler, Chaarles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Samuel G. Goodrich, Gessner Harrison, Joseph Henry, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Charles C. Jewett, George Junkin, John Lewis, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Also Nathan Lord, Anna Cora Ritchie, William H. McGuffey, Edward Joy Morris, Denison Olmsted, Robert M. Patterson, Edgar Allan Poe, Hiram Powers, Lydia Howard Sigourney, William Gilmore Simms, Jared Sparks, Frances Milton Trollope, George Ticknor, George Washington, Noah Webster, and Nathaniel P. Willis.

ArchivalResource: 103 items on 1 reel microfilm.

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/archival/items/u3793004 View

Dickinson Family. Dickinson family library. 1810-1943.

Title: Dickinson family library

Books that were collected by the poet Emily Dickinson and her family.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear feet (591 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00321/catalog View

Cobb Family Papers, 1792-1975, (bulk 1874-1975)

Title: Cobb Family Papers, 1792-1975 (bulk 1874-1975)

Collier Cobb, geologist and professor at the University of North Carolina, was born in 1862 in Wayne County, N.C., the eldest of the seven children of Martha Louisa Cobb and Needham Bryan Cobb, a Baptist minister and the first person to receive a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina in 1856. Collier Cobb attended Wake Forest College, 1878-1880, and the University of North Carolina briefly in 1880. In 1879, he completed his , which was adopted by the State Board of Education and went through six editions. From 1889 to 1886, he taught school. From 1885 to 1889, he studied at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Annisquan, Mass., and at Harvard University, where he studied geology and also worked as an assistant on the United States Geological Survey. In 1892, he returned to Chapel Hill to become assistant professor of geology at the University of North Carolina. He eventually became head of the Geology Department, retiring in 1933. Besides teaching at the University, Cobb was also involved in community activities, especially those relating to schools. Cobb was married first Mary Lindsay Battle, with whom he had three children (William Cobb, Collier Cobb Jr., and Mary Louisa Cobb), second Lucy Battle, a cousin of his first wife; and third Mary Knox Gatlin of Little Rock, Ark. Cobb's sister, Lucy M. Cobb, was a writer, genealogist, and active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and his daughter, Mary Louisa Cobb, was chief of the Correspondence Bureau of the UNC Extension Division, 1922-1954. School Map of North Carolina The collection chiefly consists of materials relating to the lives and work of Collier Cobb and his sister, Lucy M. Cobb, but there are also materials relating to Collier Cobb's father, Needham Bryan Cobb; Collier Cobb's three wives; his daughter, Mary Louisa Cobb, especially while she was attending Fassifern, a school for girls at Hendersonville, N.C.; his son, Collier Cobb Jr.; and other members of the Cobb family. Included are letters and related materials, both personal and professional. Among the correspondents are botanist Harriet E. Freeman of Boston and geographer/botanist Roland M. Harper. There are also clippings relating to the Cobb family or to scientific subjects and writings by Lucy M. Cobb; Collier Cobb, including a book manuscript on evolution and biographical sketches of Kemp Plummer Battle, Maria Edgeworth, Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, Joseph Austin Holmes, George Horton, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Denison Olmsted, Laura Battle Philips, William George Randall, and others; as well as journals, account books, address books, a commonplace book, a recipe book, and a family Bible with annotations and enclosed ephemera. Some of the volumes relate to Needham Bryan Cobb's ministerial activities before, during, and after the Civil War. Pictures are of members of Cobb family members, friends, and relatives; the family's Mount Auburn Plantation; the Cobb family homes in Chapel Hill; the University of North Carolina campus; geological field expeditions; and travels. Included is a series of glass plate negatives depicting the University of North Carolina campus, people, travels to Alaska and China, and other subjects. There are also maps; childhood drawings; genealogical materials relating to Lucy M. Cobb's career as genealogical researcher for hire; financial and legal documents belonging to Needham Bryan Cobb; diplomas, including the first Master's degree awarded by the University of North Carolina; and other items. The Addition of 2009 includes Collier Cobb correspondence, writings, and other materials, as well as materials relating to the Chapel Hill, N.C., community activities of Collier Cobb Jr. and his wife, Emma Cobb. There are also photographs of University of North Carolina faculty, Collier Cobb, Nancy Cobb, Collier Cobb Jr., and Emma Cobb.

ArchivalResource: 34 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9200 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04008/ View

Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892. Diary, 1834-1838.

Title: Diary, 1834-1838.

Record of activities of young girl in Hartford, Conn., including sewing, playing, climbing trees, reading and new words learned; refers to Fourth of July celebrations and meteoric showers observed by Professor Olmsted.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43112846 View