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New York : a guide to the Empire State

Title: New York : a guide to the Empire State / compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the state of New York ; sponsored by New York State Historical Association.
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, 1940.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Sc 917.47-W (Writers' Program. New York, a guide)	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Sc 917.47-W (Writers' Program. New York, a guide)	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	Rare Books 23-850	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	IR 95-5215	Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	IR (United States. Works Progress Administration. New York (State). New York)	Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	No restrictions	*R-USLHG F124 .W89	Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121

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Description

xxxi, 782 pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps; 21 cm

Series Statement

American guide series

Subject

Genre/Form

Führer.
Guidebooks.
Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1940.

Note

"First published in November 1940."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Binding (note)

Copy in Rare Books 23-850 bound in publisher's blue cloth; with original dust jacket.

Processing Action (note)

condition reviewed

Contents

Part I : The general background -- The New York countryside -- Geology and topography -- Conservation and recreation -- Archaeology and Indians -- History -- Transportation -- Agriculture -- Industry -- Labor -- Ethnic groups -- Folklore -- Public welfare -- Religion -- Education -- Newspapers and radio -- Sports -- The Arts -- Architecture.

Call Number

F124

LCCN

40028672

OCLC

477356

Title

New York : a guide to the Empire State / compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the state of New York ; sponsored by New York State Historical Association.

Publisher

New York : Oxford University Press, 1940.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

American guide series

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action

Young library c.1 condition reviewed 2009

Young library c.1 map condition reviewed 2009

Binding

Copy in Rare Books 23-850 bound in publisher's blue cloth; with original dust jacket. NN

Added Author

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York.

Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.)

Research Call Number

*R-USLHG F124 .W89

Sc 917.47-W (Writers' Program. New York, a guide)

IR 95-5215

IR (U.S. Works Progress Administration New York (State). New York. 1940)

Rare Books 23-850

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