Central European Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library
Auteur: Pierpont Morgan Library
Nombre de pages: 86 pages
ISBN: 0875980147, 9780875980140
Edition: Pierpont Morgan Library
Date de publication: Pierpont Morgan Library
Description: This collection presents 163 Sunday school books published in America between 1815 and 1865, drawn from the collections of Michigan State University Libraries and the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University Libraries. They document the culture of religious instruction of youth in America during the Antebellum era. Among the topics featured are history, holidays, slavery, African Americans, Native Americans, travel and missionary accounts, death and dying, poverty, temperance, immigrants, and advice.
