books Archives

Apr 03, 2012

Russian Phrase Book

4 April 2012 Source: Special Collections Reference Collection PG2689 .U56 1943 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: This restricted World War II publication by the War Department "contains the Russian words...

Apr 18, 2011

Domestic Disturbances

Special Collections Reference U 230 .U6 1945 United States Army Field Manuals are currently published by the Army's Publishing Directorate. Over 500 manuals are currently in use. They provided detailed...

Jun 04, 2010

Black Man in Red Russia

Staff Person: Ralph Scott Source: Homer Smith, Black Man in Red Russia, Chicago, Johnson Publishing Company, 1964, Hoover Collection DK 267 S587 Description: Black Man in Red Russia relates the...

May 19, 2010

U.S.S. South Dakota

USS South Dakota   Special Collections Reference: VA 63 .S72 1972 The USS South Dakota was the first of a group of fast battleships built under 1939 fiscal year appropriations...

Nov 20, 2009

Annual Register

Source: Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politicks and Literature of the Year, Rare Book Collection #D 2 A7 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Annual Register, or a...

Nov 06, 2009

Dueling in New Bern, N.C. 1822-1872

Source: Guide to the Stephen F. Miller Memoir, 1872, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #371 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The images shown below are of the front cover and two...

Sep 04, 2009

S.S. Utah – A Banned Book

Source: S.S. Utah, Hoover PS 3531.E2967 S1 1933 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Mike Pell's S.S. Utah is an example of the genre of proletarian fiction. Proletarian fiction written in...

Jun 12, 2009

The Microscope

Source: The Construction of Timber, from Its Early Growth, Explained by the Microscope, Rare Book QK 475 H64 1770 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is generally credited...

Apr 03, 2009

The “Maine”

Source: The "Maine"; an account of her destruction in Havana Harbor, Joyner Rare E 721.6 S57 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: USS Maine, a 6682-ton second-class battleship, was built at...

Jan 16, 2009

The History of the Bucaniers of America

Source: The History of the Bucaniers of America Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Esquemelin, Alexandre Oliver The History of the Bucaniers of America; from the first original down to this...