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The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association : 150 years of restoring George Washington's home
Title
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association : 150 years of restoring George Washington's home / essays by Carol Borchert Cadou ... [et al.] ; edited by Stephen A. McLeod.
ISBN
0931917433
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Mount Vernon, Va. : Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 2010.
Physical Description
191 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 32 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 07, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Visiting Mount Vernon, 1860-2010 / Stephen A. McLeod
The vice regents : "ladies, the home of Washington is in your charge!" / Stephen A. McLeod
The regents : "sister laborers
whose hearts have been
single unto their patriotic work" / Stephen A. McLeod and Mary V. Thompson
The early years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association : "a mite from their hard earnings cheerfully given" / Mary V. Thompson
Years of preserving and restoring Mount Vernon : "restored as nearly as possible to General Washington's days" / Dennis J. Pogue
Bringing them home : building the Mount Vernon collection / Emily D. Shapiro and Laura B. Simo
In pursuit of authenticity : furnishing George Washington's Mount Vernon, 1860-2010 / Carol Borchert Cadou
Restoring the gardens and landscapes at Mount Vernon / "Let one spot in this grand country of ours be saved from 'change!'" / J. Dean Norton.
Subjects
Also listed under
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union.
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