John Franklin Jameson and the Development of Humanistic Scholarship in America: Volume 3: The Carnegie Institution of Washington and the Library of Co (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820320397)

This completes a three-volume documentary history of the work of John Franklin Jameson. Composed principally of Jameson's extensive public and private correspondence, Volume 3 highlights his most important contributions as managing editor of the American Historical Review, director of the Department of Historical Research at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, fund-raiser for the Dictionary of American Biography, and, most important, chief architect and promoter of both the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Archives. This volume brings once more to life a man whose deeds and thoughts continue to influence the world we live in.

Author: Frank Millikan, John Franklin Jameson
ISBN-10: 0820320390
ISBN-13: 9780820320397
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2001
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.59h x 6.45w x 1.28d