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Missouri : a guide to the "Show me" State

Title
Missouri : a guide to the "Show me" State / compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri ; sponsored by the Missouri State Highway Department.
Publication
  • New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1941]
  • copyright 1941

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Additional Authors
  • Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri, compiler.
  • United States. Work Projects Administration. Missouri.
  • Duell, Sloan & Pearce, publisher.
  • Missouri. State Highway Department, sponsor.
  • United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
  • Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri
Description
28 unnumbered pages, 652 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps; 21 cm
Series Statement
American guide series
Uniform Title
American guide series.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Maps.
  • Guidebooks.
  • Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1941.
Note
  • The plates are in eight groups, each preceded by half-title not included in paging.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-611) and index.
Binding (note)
  • Copy in Rare Books 23-145 bound in publisher's grey cloth; with original dust jacket.
Contents
Part I. The general background. People and character / Irving L. Dillard -- Land of Missouri -- Archeology and Indians -- History and government -- Agriculture -- Industry, commerce, and labor -- Transportation -- Newspapers and radio -- Religion -- Sports and recreation -- Folklore and folkways -- Literature -- The theater -- Music -- Art and the crafts -- Architecture -- Part II. Principle cities. Cape Girardeau --Columbia -- Hannibal -- Jefferson City -- Joplin -- Kansas City -- St. Charles -- Ste. Genevieve -- St. Joseph -- St. Louis -- Springfield.
Call Number
F466
LCCN
41052647
OCLC
399007
Title
Missouri : a guide to the "Show me" State / compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri ; sponsored by the Missouri State Highway Department.
Publisher
New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1941]
Copyright Date
copyright 1941
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
American guide series
American guide series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-611) and index.
Binding
Copy in Rare Books 23-145 bound in publisher's grey cloth; with original dust jacket. NN
Added Author
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri, compiler.
United States. Work Projects Administration. Missouri.
Duell, Sloan & Pearce, publisher.
Missouri. State Highway Department, sponsor.
United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri
Research Call Number
*R-USLHG F466 .W85
Sc 917.78-W (Writers' Program. Missouri, a guide)
Rare Books 23-145
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