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WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799) Bibliography
Washington, George. The Diaries of George Washington . Edited by Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1976-1979.. ... Washington, George and John H. Rhodehamel, editor. George Washington: Writings (Library of America) . New York: Library of America, 1997. ... Higginbotham, Don, ed. George Washington Reconsidered . Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 2001. ... [Read More]
George Washington Papers: About the Collection
The Diaries is presented in two formats, digital images and searchable text.The digital images--bitonal, grayscale, and color--provide facsimiles of the publishedvolumes. The searchable text contains updates to the editors' annotations or notes thatare not in the published version. These updates were provided by the editors of the Diaries at the University of Virginia's George Washington Papers project. They include small changesto dates and names and the addition of information not available when the volumes werefirst published from 1976 through 1979. The George Washington Papers project was establishedin 1969 at the University of Virginia under the joint auspices of the University and theMount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. The project is publishing The Papers of George Washington ... [Read More]
"Introduction" to The Diaries of George Washington
This essay is an excerpt from the "Introduction" to volume 1 ofDonald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of GeorgeWashington , 6 vols. (Charlottesville: University Press ofVirginia, 1976-79). In it the editors discuss the nature of thediaries and their history. They offer an overview of the six-volumedocumentary edition of the diaries that is available as part of thisonline collection of the George Washington Papers. ... George Washington Papers ... [Read More]
George Washington Papers: Selected Bibliography
Longmore, Paul K. The Invention of George Washington . Berkeley;Los Angeles; London: University of California Press, 1988. LC Call Number: E312.17 .L84 1988 ... Cleland, Hugh. George Washington in the Ohio Valley . Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press,1955. LC Call Number: E312 .C62 ... Alden, John R. George Washington: A Biography . Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State UniversityPress, 1984; reprinted, New York: Wings Books, 1995. LC Call Number: E312 .A58 1995 ... [Read More]
George Washington University
at the Judiciary Square, which then became the first teaching hospital in the city.At the beginning of the Civil War, Washington Infirmary was turned into a military hospital, and the school reopened in 1863 on E Street, between 12th and 13th Streets, NW. In 1868, it moved to a new building at 1335 H Street, NW, donated by the philanthropist W.W. Corcoran. Columbian College became Columbian University in 1873, and it changed its name to George Washington University in 1904. Today,the George Washington University Medical Center is located on a modern campus near the Washington Circle. ... [Read More]
George Washington Papers: Series Browse List
George Washington Papers Home >> Series Browse List ... 6 vols. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976-79 ... George Washington Papers Home >> Series Browse List ... [Read More]
George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker
2. Lawrence Martin, ed., The George Washington Atlas (Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932), vol. 1. The atlas was prepared in the course of one year and was published as a folio edition in February 1932. An expanded quarto edition appeared later in 1932 and was published in the first volume of the History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration (Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932). The folio edition was reprinted in 1995 by the Virginia Surveyors Association. ... [Read More]
Health Information Resource Database: George Washington University HEATH Resource Center
Abstract The George Washington University (GW) HEATH Resource Center responds to written, telephone, or email inquiries about support services for disabled individuals in postsecondary education options. The center provides information on topics such as Federal regulations, training and postsecondary education, vocational-technical programs, rehabilitation, career development, and transition resources. Publications HEATH Resource Directory. Keywords You may search for other related entries in the database under the following topics. ... [Read More]
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site (National Park Service)
Since the beginning of America’s existence, education has always been considered as one of the keys to social, political and economical acceptance for African Americans. Tuskegee Normal School was established by the state of Alabama, influenced by a former slave and a former slave owner to educate newly freed people and their children. The Normal school, later Institute, became a beacon of hope for African Americans to reach their goal of acceptance. The school officially opened on July 4, 1881 in the African American Methodist Episcopal Zion Church under the auspices of religion. This date was chosen to commemorate the independence of a Nation and the freedom of a forgotten people. Booker T. Washington became the first principal of a newly formed school at the age of twenty-six. He later hired individuals like George W. Carver and Robert Taylor to help lead the institute to its world-renowned status. ... [Read More]
George Washington Papers: Copyright and Other Restrictions
Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington . 6 vols.Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976-79; a series of The Papers of GeorgeWashington . Copyright 1976-79 by the Rector and Visitors of University of Virginia.Used by permission of the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for the correctnessand completeness of the images and texts as they appear in this online collection. ... The following statement is made by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,the copyright owners of The Diaries of George Washington . ... [Read More]
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