I recently read Gérard Genette's Paratexts: Thresholds of interpretation. Trans. Jane E. Lewin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Because I have served 2 terms on the ALA Notable Books Committee I thought that a subset of the notables might be interesting to analyze for acknowledgements to libraries. I have begun a dataset and am posting it below.
1955
Allen, Gay W. The Solitary Singer: A Critical Biography of Walt Whitman.
MacMillan, New York, 1955.
The Walt Whitman Foundation
Duke University Library, Trent Collection
Yale University Library, Van Sinderen Collection
New York Public Library, Berg Collection, Rare Book Room
University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book Department
Library of Congress, Harned Collection
John Pierpoint Morgan Library
Long Island Historical Society
Huntington Historical Society- Martha K. Hall
New York University Libraries
New York Historical Society
Pennsylvania Historical Society
American Antiquarian Society
Boston Public Library
Harvard University, Houghton Library
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Archives
Union College Library
National Archives- Nathan Reingold
Nassau County Historian- Jesse Merritt
Bishop, Jim. The Day Lincoln Was Shot.
Harper Bros., New York, 1955
Illinois State Historical Library- Harry E. Pratt, Historian
Teaneck (NJ) Public Library- Olive Tambourelle, Librarian
New York Public Library- Robert Hug, Librarian
Chase, Gilbert. America’s Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1955
“In all the places where I worked on this book I had occasion to appreciate the combination of friendliness and efficiency that characterizes the American librarian.” (p. x)
New York Public Library, Music Division: Dr. Carleton Sprague Smith and staff
58th Street Music Library, NYC: Gladys Chamberlain
Free Library of Philadelphia, Music Room: Arthur Cohn and staff
University of North Carolina [Library], Music Department: Dr. Glen Haydon and staff
University of North Carolina, General Library: staff
Library of Congress, Music Division: Richard S. Hill, William Lichtenwanger, Edward N. Waters.
Clifford, James L. Young Samuel Johnson
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1955
Birmingham Reference Library
British Museum
Bodleian Library
William Salt Library
Yale University Library
Hanson, Lawrence and Elizabeth Hanson. The Noble Savage: A Life of Paul Gauguin
Chatto & Windus, London, 1954
Bibliotheque Nationale d’Art et d’Archeologie, Paris
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Irvine, William. Apes, Angels and Victorians: The Story of Darwin, Huxley, and Evolution
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1955
Cambridge University Library
Macgowan, Kenneth, and William Melnitz. The Living Stage: A History of the World Theater
Prentice-Hall, Englewood, NJ, 1955
Vic-Wells Association, Archives: Reginald P. Mander
Harvard College Library, Theater Collection: William Van Lennep, archivist
Elmer Belt Library, Los Angeles: Kate Steinitz
Clark Memorial Library Los Angeles: Edna C. Davis
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA: Leslie E. Bliss
Millar, George. A Crossbowman’s Story of the First Exploration of the Amazon
Knopf, New York, 1955
The London Library
Tunnard, Christopher, and Henry Hope Reed. American Skyline: The Growth and Form of our Cities and Towns
Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA, 1955
Columbia University, Avery Library: Adolph Paczek and James Grote Van Derpool
Boston Atheneum: David McKibbin
The Art Institute of Chicago, Burnham Library of Architecture: Mrs. T. M. Hofmeester
Cleveland Public Library: Aline Cosgrove and Donna L. Root
Harvard University, Library of Architecture: Ruth V. Cook
Harvard University, Library of Landscape Architecture and City Planning: Katherine McNamara
Enoch Pratt Free Library: staff
New York Public Library, Art Department: Muriel Baldwin, Ina Cassirer, Jane Waite, Norwood Vail, Naomi S. Street, Takato Saiko, Neal Richmond, Margaret Viviano
New York Public Library, American History Room: Dr. James J. Heslin, F. Ivor Avellino
New York Public Library, Print Department: Elizabeth Roth
New York Public Library, Map Room: Gerard Alexander, Edward Gardner, Richard Hitchcock
New York Public Library, Genealogy Room: Rosalie Bailey
New York Public Library, Epiphany Branch: Cornelia Strohl
St. Louis Public Library: Mildred Boatman
Yale University, Art Library: Lydia Wentworth
Yale University, Sterling Library: Alexander O. Vietor
New York Historical Society: Wayne Andrews, Curator of Manuscripts
STAFF NAMED ALSO IN NUMEROUS MUSEUMS
Walker, Richard L. China under Communism: The First Five Years
Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1955
Yale University Library: staff
White, Walter. How Far the Promised Land?
Viking, New York, 1955
Four women not specifically called librarians to whom the author is “indebted for their patience and valuable assistance in digging out and checking hundreds of facts.” (234)
1965
Bell, Millicent. Edith Wharton & Henry James: The Story of their Friendship
George Braziller, New York, 1965
Harvard University, Houghton Library: Prof. William A. Jackson and Carolyn E. Jakeman
Amherst College Library: Rena Durkin
Yale University Library: Prof. Donald C. Gallup
Harding, Walter. The Days of Henry David Thoreau: A Biography
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1965
Middlebury College, Abernethy Library: Grace Davis
Boston Public Library: John Alden
Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, MA: Mrs. Harry Erdman
Colby College Library: Richard Cary
Concord Free Public Library: Marcia Moss, David Little, Dorothy Nyren
Fruitlands Museum: William Henry Harrison
Harvard College Library: Dr. William Bond, Dr. William Jackson, Caroline Jakeman
Haverford College Library: Marjorie F. Davis
Huntington Library
Kentucky Historical Society
Library of Congress
Lilly Library of Indiana University
Louisville, KY, Free Public Library: Mrs. Arthur S. Ricketts
Massachusetts Historical Society
Medford, MA, Public Library: Helen G. Forsyth
Pierpoint Morgan Library: Herbert Cahoon
New Bedford Free Public Library: Loretta E. Phaneuf
New Hampshire State Library: Paul K. Goode
New York Public Library: John Gordon
University of Notre Dame Library
Paulist Archives of New York City: Rev. Vincent Holden, C.S.P.
Portland, ME, Public Library: Eugenia M. Southard
Sawyer Free Library of Gloucester, MA: Mrs. Alan G. Hill
Springfield, MA, Library: Margaret Rose
University of Texas Library
University of Virginia Library: John Wylie and Kendon Stubbs
Silas Bronson Library of Waterbury, CT
Yale University Library
Josephy, Alvin M. Jr. The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1965
Washington State University Library: Mrs. Emmett Avery
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley: George B. Hammond, Robert H. Becker, John Barr Tompkins
British Museum: R.A.Skelton, Helen Wallis
Oregon State Library: David C. Duniway, State Archivist
Yale University Library, Western Americana Collection: Archibald Hanna and staff
Huntington Library: Robert O. Dougan, Haidee Noya, Lyle H. Wright and colleagues
Idaho Historical Society
Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Kansas State Historical Society: Nyle H. Miller and Robert W. Richmond
Public Archives of Canada: W. Kaye Lamb
Washington State Historical Society: Bruce LeRoy
Missouri Historical Society: George R. Brooks, Frances H. Stadler, and associates
Montana Historical Society: Michael Kennedy, Mary K. Dempsey, Vivian A. Paladin
National Archives: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Herman R. Friis, Jane Smith, Elizabeth Drewery, Carmelita Ryan, Victor Gondos, Jr.
Oregon Historical Society: Thomas Vaughan, Barbara Elkins, Priscilla Knuth
Royal Ontario Museum, University of Toronto: Eugene S. Rogers
Smithsonian Institution: John C. Ewers, Margaret C. Blaker, Edgar M. Howell
Archives of Ontario: G. W. Spragge
Chicago Historical Society
Library of Congress
New York Public Library
Spokane, WA, Public Library
Idaho Historical Society
Lamott, Lansing. Day of Trinity
Atheneum, New York, 1965
Acknowledges “Information Officers”
Morris, Donald R. The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Zulu Nation under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1965
Campbell Library, Durban, South Africa: Dr. Killie Campbell, Mary McQueen, Kay Collins, and staff
Morris, Richard B. The Peacemakers: The Great Powers and American Independence
Harper & Row, New York, 1965
Columbia University Library
University of Michigan, Clements Library: Dr. William H. Peckham, William S. Ewing, Randolph G. Adams
National Historical Publications Commission: F. Helen Beach, Archivist
Library of Congress: Dr. David C. Mearns, Dorothy S. Eaton
New York Historical Society: Dr. James J. Heslin, Librarian
New York Public Library: Robert W. Hill
Harvard University, Houghton Library: William A. Jackson
Massachusetts Historical Society: Stephen T. Riley
New Jersey State Library, Bureau of Archives and History: Thomas Amelia
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: R. Norris Williams
Huntington Library: John E. Pomfret and Allan Nevins
South Carolina Historical Society: Mrs. Granville T. Prior
Columbia University Libraries: Dr. Richard H. Logsdon, Roland O. Baughman, Dean and Mrs. Harold C. Syrett.
Historical Manuscripts Commission of Great Britain: Roger Ellis
National Register of Archives, Great Britain: W.D. Coates
British Museum
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Oxford University, Merton College Library
Sheffield City Libraries
Archives, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres [France]: Jean Baillou
La Bibliotheque Nationale [de France]
Les Archives Nationales [de France]
La Bibliotheque de l’Arsenal
La Bibliotheque de l’Institut de France
Archives, Ministere de la Guerre
Archivo Historico Nacional [Madrid]: Tomas Perez Saenz
Archivo General de Simancas
Archivo General de Indias [Seville]: Otto Pikaza
Gabinete de Historia et Leitura Paleografica [Portugal]: Rosalinha Cunha
Algemeen Rijksarchief, the Hague: N. M. Gapikae, Archivist
Rigsarkivet, Copenhagen: Svend Askjaer, Archivist
Archivio Segreto, the Vatican: Monsigonor Martino Giusti, Archivist
Staatsarchiv, Vienna
Archivio di Stato, Venice
Archivio di Stato, Florence
Riksarkivet, Stockholm
Rudofsky, Bernard. The Kimono Mind: An Informal Guide to Japan and the Japanese
Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1965
New York Public Library: Elizabeth Ross
Columbia University Libraries: Philip Yampolski
Swanberg, W.A. Dreiser
Scribner’s, New York, 1965
University of Pennsylvania Library: Neda M. Westlake
Indiana University, Lilly Library: David A. Randall
Princeton University Library: Alexander P. Clark
Cornell University Library: Dr. George H. Healey, Michael Jasenas, John F. Guido
New York Public Library: Robert W. Hill
Los Angeles Public Library: Lois M. Jones
Yale University Library: George Nally, David R. Watkins
Newberry Library: Amy Nyholm
Huntington Library: Herbert C. Schulz
Dartmouth College, Baker Library: Elizabeth M. Sherrard
Fairbanks Memorial Library, Terre Haute: Stillman K. Taylor
Weltfish, Gene. The Lost Universe
Basic Books, New York, 1965
Nebraska State Historical Society: Marvin Kivett
Oklahoma Historical Society: Rella Looney
1975
Berlin, Ira. Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South
New Press, New York, 1975
State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Ellen Burke, Ruth Davis, Charles Shetler
University of Illinois Library at Chicago Circle: Deirdre Ford
Library of Congress: Caroline Sung
Virginia State Library: Daphne Gentry
Duke University Library: Mattie Russell
Louisiana State University Library: John M. Price, Margaret Fisher
Tulane University Library: Connie Griffith
Brownmiller, Susan. Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1975
New York State Library
New York Psychoanalytic Society, A. A. Brill Collection
New York University Law Library
Columbia University, International Law Library
National Archives
New York Public Library
Dawidowicz, Lucy S. The War Against The Jews: 1933-1944
Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, New York, 1975
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research: Dina Abramowicz, librarian; Ezekiel Lifschutz. archivist; Dr. Isaiah Trunk; Dr. Lucjan Dobroszycki
Blaustein Library of the American Jewish Committee: Harry J. Alderman; Milton Himmelfarb; Ruth Rauch
American Jewish Joint Distribution Archives: Rose Klepfisz, archivist
Leo Baeck Institute, unpublished collections: Dr. Fred Grubel
Jewish Labor Bund Archives: Franz Kurst
Zionist Library and Archives: Sylvia Landress
Institut fur Zeitgeschichte, Munich: Dr. Hildegard von Kotze, archivist
National Archives: Robert Wolf, John E. Taylor
Studium Polski Podziemnej, London: H. Czarnocka
Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine, Paris: M. Mazor
Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea, Milan: Dr. Eloisa Ravenna
Federation of Jewish Communities in Yugoslavia, Belgrade: Luci Petrovic
Fleming, Thomas. 1776: Year of Illusions
W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1975
“[It] is impossible to acknowledge all the help I have received from librarians...” Thanks staff at:
University of Michigan, William L. Clemens Library
New York Historical Society
New York Public Library, American History Room
Yale University Library
Wesleyan University, Olin Library
Library of Congress: Jayne K. Tomkins
New York Society Library
University Club Library
Hibbert, Christopher. The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
William Morrow & Company, New York, 1975
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale: Patrizia Naldi and staff
Museo di Firenze: staff
British Museum
London Library
Oxford University, Bodleian Library
Horgan, Paul. Lamy of Santa Fe: His Life and Times
McGraw Hill, New York, 1975
The Vatican, Archives of the Propaganda Fide: Anton Debevec, archivist
Notre Dame University Library Archives: Fr. Thomas McAvoy, Fr. Thomas E. Blantz
Ecole Massillon, Clermont-Ferrand, France (archive): Abbe Garnaud
Monastere de la Visitation de la Sainte Marie (archive): Mother Therese
Library of Congress
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary: Fr. Edmund Halsey, archivist; Catherine Reese, librarian; Larry Taylor, archivist
Loretto Motherhouse: Sister Mathilda Barrett, archivist
Archdiocese of Baltimore: Msgr. Joseph Gallagher; Msgr. P. Francis Murphy, archivist
Diocese of Tucson: Fr. Frederick D. McAninch, archivist
Wesleyan University Library
Arizona Pioneers Historical Society
University of Arizona Library, Special Collections: P. Ball
Georgetown University Library: George Barringer, Jan Beyer
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library: Herman Liebert, Louis Martz, Donald Gallup, Archibald Hanna
Newberry Library, Ruth Lapham Butler
Cincinnati Historical Society: Mrs. Jordan
Colorado State Historical Society
Museum of New Mexico, History Division: Stephany Eger, librarian
Colorado State Museum: Bruce Ellis; Laura A. Ekstrom, librarian
El Paso Public Library: Virginia P. Hoke
New Mexico State Archives and Records Library, Dr. Myra Jenkins
Kansas State Historical Society: Frank Miller, Nyle Miller, Joseph Snell, Don Wilson
New Mexico Historical Society
Museum of New Mexico Historical Archives
Museum of New Mexico Library
New Mexico State Archives and Records Library
New Orleans Public Library
Rosenberg Library, Galveston: Robert Park
St. Louis Univeristy, Saint Pius X Library
New Mexico Records Center and Archives: Richard Salazar
Catholic University of America, Mullen Library: Thomas V. Schmidt
Kerr, Walter. The Silent Clowns
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1975
Eastman House: George Pratt
New York Public Library, Theatre Collection: Roderick Bladel
Frassanito, William A. Gettysburg: A Journey in Time
Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1975
Library of Congress
National Archives
Gettysburg College Library
Adams County Historical Society
New York Public Library
New York Historical Society
New York Historical Association
James, D. Clayton. The Years of MacArthur: Volume I, 1880-1941
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1970
MacArthur Memorial Bureau of Archives: Philip P. Brower
National Archives, Modern Military Records Division: Thomas E. Hohmann, John E. Taylor
National Archives, Old Military Records Division
Office of the Chief of Military History: Dr. Stetson Conn, Hannah Zeidlik, Detmar Finke
United States Military Academy Archives: Joseph M. O’Donnell, Kenneth W. Ropp
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Dr. Elizabeth Drewry, director
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library: Dwight M. Miller, senior archivist
University of Missouri Library, Western Historical Manuscript Collection: Nancy C. Prewitt, assistant director
University of Oklahoma Library, Western History Collection: Jack D. Haley, assistant curator
University of Michigan Library, Michigan Historical Collections: Thomas E. Powers
Yale University Library, Historical Manuscripts and university Archives Department: Judith A. Schiff, head
Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division: “the excellent staff”
Mississippi State University, Mitchell Memorial Library: George R. Lewis, director; Margaret Peebles, acquisitions head; Willie D. Halsell, special collections head, John M. Carter, assistant director
Jones, James. WW II
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1975
US Army Center of Military History, General Reference Branch, Army Historical Records Society: Hannah Zedlick, historian and archivist
Lewis, R.W.B. Edith Wharton: A Biography
Harper &Row, New York, 1975
Yale University, Beinecke Library: Donald Gallup and staff
Dumbarton Oaks, William Royall Tyler Collection
Villa I Tatti, Settignano, Italy, Archives: “to Signora Fiorella Superbi and the library staff at Villa I Tatti, I express enduring gratitude.” (p. 550)
Princeton University, Firestone Library: “My gratitude is very large to Alexander Clark and the staff at Firestone for their most thoughtful cooperation.” (p.550)
Harvard University, Houghton Library: ”I am most grateful to William Bond and Miss Carolyn Jakeman for courteous assistance over a number of years.” (p. 550)
Mee, Charles L., Jr. Meeting at Potsdam
M. Evans & Company, New York, 1975
British Foreign Office Archives: staff
National Archives
Truman Library
Harvard Club: Lounsbery Bates, librarian
Pope-Hennessy, James. Robert Louis Stevenson
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1975
National Library of Scotland
Yale University, Beinecke Library
Harvard University, Houghton Library
Silverado Museum
Scully, Vincent J. Pueblo: Mountain, Village, Dance
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1975
Museum of New Mexico Archives: Sallie Wagner, Lucille Stacey, Arthur Olivas
Yale University, Collection of Western American: Archibald Hanna
Yale University, Slide and Photograph Collection: Helen Chillman, librarian
1985
Kidder, Tracy. House
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1985
Jones Library, Northampton, MA: Dan Lombardo
Forbes Library, Northampton, MA: Elise Bernier Feeley
Smith College, Neilson Library: John Graiff, Mary McFeely, Mary Courtney
Lukas, J. Anthony. Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985
Boston Globe Library: David Beveridge
Boston Herald Library: John Cronin
Harvard University, Widener Library
John F. Kennedy Library
Reid, T. R. The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1985
Library of Congress, Science Reading Room: “[The] kind and knowledgeable staff there were the mainstays of my research from beginning to end.” (p.200)
University of Denver, Penrose Library: “Morris Dertz and his reference staff.”
Princeton University Library
Georgetown University Library
Stanford University Library
Manhattanville College Library
Denver Public Library
Washington, D.C., Public Library
P.S. Miller Branch of the Douglas County Library, Castle Rock, CO
Smithsonian Institution: Dr. Uta C. Merzbach
Robinson, David. Chaplin: His Life and Art
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985
Chaplin Archives: Rachel Ford, Pam Paumier
Birmingham Public Library
Greater London Record Office, Archives: Alan Neate
Garrick Club: Dr. Geoffrey Ashton, librarian
Seagrave, Sterling. The Soong Dynasty
Harper & Row, New York, 1985
National Archives
Library of Congress
Stanford University, Hoover Library
Wellesley College Library
Harvard University Libraries
Duke University Library
Oberlin College Library
Boston Public Library
Baltimore Public Library
Durham Public Library
Wilmington Public Library
“To each of those institutions I am grateful for assistance and for the freedom to make use of their documents.” (p. 465)
Whelan, Richard. Robert Capa: A Biography
“I wish to acknowledge my debt of gratitude to the New York Public Library, whose staff has been helpful beyond the call of duty and whose incredibly comprehensive collections have provided the key to many a puzzle that I had despaired of solving.”
Wilson, Roberta A., and James Q. Wilson. Watching Fishes: Behavior on Coral Reefs
Harper & Row, New York, 1985
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology Library
Marine Biological Laboratories of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library
“[Libraries] whose staffs are uniformly welcoming and helpful, for which we are very grateful.” (vii)
1995
Goodwin, Doris Kearns. No Ordinary Time, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1995
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Dr. William Emerson, (former) Director; Verne Newton, director; Ray Teichman; Bob Parks; Mark Renovitch; Paul McLaughlin; John Ferris; Nancy Snedecker; Karen Burtis.
National Archives: Jeanine Derr
Library of Congress: Andrew Blankenstein
Columbia University Library: Lulie Haddad
Nuland, Sherwin B. How We Die
Knopf, New York, 1994
Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Library: Ferenc Gyorgyey
2005
Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton
Penguin, New York, 2004
St. Croix Landmarks Society, Whim Library: Carol Wakefield, Barbara Hagan-Smith.
Florence A. S. Williams Library, Christiansted: Patricia Ramirez
Museum of Nevis History: Joan Robinson
Nevis Historical and Conservation Society: Lornette Hanley
St. Kitts Archives: Victoria Borg O’Flaherty, Tamara O’Flaherty
Enid Baa Library and Archives, Von Scholten Collection: Beverly Smith
Danish National Archives
Charleston County Public Library: Liz Newcombe
South Carolina Historical Society: Lucas Nikonchuk
Leo Baeck Institute: Carol Kahn Strauss, Dana Ledger
Mitchell Library, Glasgow
North Ayrshire Archives: Jill McColl, Elizabeth Bell, Peggy O’Brien, John Millar
University of Detroit Mercy, Black Abolitionist Archives: Roy Finkenbine, director
New York Genealogical and Biological Society: Robert F. Gibson
Schomburg Center: Christopher Moore, Howard Dotson
Columbia University, Butler Library: Jean Ashton and “the library’s pleasant and efficient staff.” (p. 735)
Columbiana Library, University Archives: Marilyn Pettit, director
New York Historical Society: Valerie Komor
New York Public Library
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
Weehawken Public Library: Eric Negron
Bank of New York, archive: Christine McKay, consulting archivist
Museum of American Financial History: Brian Thompson, Meg Ventrudo
Trinity Church: Gwynedd Cannan, archivist
New York Society Library: Mark Piel, Edmee B. Reit, Sara Holliday
New York State Library: Fred Bassett, senior librarian
Rockefeller Archive Center: Darwin Stapleton, Tom Rosenbaum
Passaic County Historical Society: Kathy Grimshaw
New Jersey Historical Society: James Lewis
Joint Free Public Library of Morristown
Library of Congress: Jeffrey M. Flannery
Massachusetts Historical Society: Nicholas Graham and staff
Ehrlich, Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich. One with Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future
Island Press, Washington, 2005
California State University, Henry Madden Library: Colleen Mitchell
Fischer, David Hackett. Washington’s Crossing
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004
Brown University, John Hay Library: Peter Harrington
Minuteman National Historic Park: Marc Nichipur
Brandeis University Library: “the reference staff…never failed to find helpful answers to hard questions.” (p.547)
Boston Public Library: Sinclair Hitchings
Massachusetts Historical Society: Peter Drummey, Nicholas Graham
New York Historical Society: Liz Larson
Frodham University Library, Special Collections: Patrice Kane
Morristown National Historic Park, library: David J. Veechioli and staff
Historical Society of Princeton: Marisa Moriga
Princeton University Library: Anna Lee Pauls and staff “turned up some uncatalogued materials.” (p. 548)
Trenton Public Library: Wendy Nardi
Monmouth County Library: Celia Yao
American Philosophical Society: Valerie Lutz
David Library: “Richard Ryerson and his staff could not have been more helpful and hospitable in opening the amazing resources of the David Library…” (p. 548)
Haverford College Library: Diana Peterson
Maryland State Archives: Nadine Shapiro
Smithsonian Institution: Jennifer Jones
Library of Congress: Jeffrey Flannery, Fred Bauman., division chief James Hutson
James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library: David Voelkel
University of Michigan, Clements Library: John Dann, Clayton Louis, John Shy
British Library
Henig, Robin Marantz. Pandora’s Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2004
National Archives, New York: Martin Rosenberg and Staff
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation: Judy Engleberg, archivist
Kurlansky, Mark. 1968: The Year that Rocked the World
Ballantine Books, New York, 2005
New York Public Library: Alice Dowd
Philbrick, Nathanael. Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Viking, New York, 2005
Smithsonian Institution: Jane Walsh
Yale University, Beinecke Library: Stephen Jones, Taran Schindler
Boston Athenaeum: Catharina Slautterback
Harvard University, Botany Libraries: Lisa DeCesare
Library of Congress: Jeffrey Flannery
National Archives: Richard Peuser
U.S. Naval Academy, Nimitz Library: Mary Catalfamo
Vine, Phyllis. Clarence Darrow: In Defense of the American Dream
Amistad/Harper Collins, New York, 2005
New York Daily News: Peter Edelman. Assistant Head Librarian
“Scores of librarians and archivists have answered requests, and I am grateful for the help of [the following:]” (p.316)
Sarah Lawrence College: Judy Kucinski
North Central State College, Wilberforce, OH: Sheila Darrow
Wilberforce University: Jacqueline Brown, Jean Mulhern
Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society: Joe Spann
University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library: Karen Jania
Howard University Archives: Dr. Clifford Muse
Detroit News: Pat Zacharias
Wayne State University, Walter Reuther Library: Mary J. Wallace, William LeFevre
Schomburg Center: “the entire staff … provided steady, consistent help over the life of the project.” (p.316)
“I cannot overstate my appreciation to my local library in Hastings-on-Hudson: thanks to Sue Feir who granted me unconditional access, including during months of a dusty renovation when we all had to duck trailing electrical lines; to Janet Murphy for her indefatigable help at every stage, deftly managing the reference component of the interlibrary loan system, endlessly locating obscure titles; to Terri Fox, from the Westchester County Library System.” (Pp. 316-317)
