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State names, flags, seals, songs, birds, flowers, and other symbols; a study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and on some of the leading state histories, with facsimiles of the state flags and seals.

Book/Text

Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1970]

1970-1938

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJFD 88-8279Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
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State names, flags, seals, songs, birds, flowers, and other symbols; a study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and on some of the leading state histories, with facsimiles of the state flags and seals.

Book/Text

New York, The H.W. Wilson company, 1938.

1938

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAWK 72-185Item locationOffsite
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The United States census compendium; a directory of census records, tax lists, poll lists, petitions, directories, etc. which can be used as a census. Compiled by John "D" Stemmons.

Book/Text

Logan, Utah, Everton Publishers [1973]

1973

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 73-2806Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Dictionary catalog of the Local History and Genealogy Division.

Book/Text

Boston : G.K. Hall, 1974.

1974

54 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberPub. Cat. Z881 .N59 1974 v. 18 (Wat-Z)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJFN 74-59 v. 18 (Wat-Z)Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall number*R-USLHG Z881 .N59 1974 v. 18 (Wat-Z)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121

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United States local history catalog; a modified shelf list arranged alphabetically by state, and alphabetically by locality within each state.

Book/Text

Boston, Mass., G. K. Hall, 1974.

1974

7 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJFN 74-60 v. 2 (N.Y.-Wyo.)Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberAP+ 74-763 v. 2 (N.Y.-Wyo.)Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberAP 74-763 v. 2 ( N.Y.-Wyo.)Item locationOffsite

United States local histories in the Library of Congress : a bibliography / edited by Marion J. Kaminkow.

Book/Text

Baltimore : Magna Carta Book Co., 1975-©1976.

1975-1976

11 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberNYGB Z 1250 U59 v. 5Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 75-1346 v. 5Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberNYGB Z 1250 U59 v. 4Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Les cinquante Amériques.

Book/Text

Paris, Presses de la Cité [1974]

1974

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberILH 75-582Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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The Cox Library : county, state & local histories : a microfilm offering from Americana Unlimited.

Book/Text

[Tucson, Ariz. : Americana Unlimited ; Glendale, Calif. : distribution by A. H. Clark Co.], c1974.

1974

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 77-266Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Illustrated dictionary of place names, United States and Canada / edited by Kelsie B. Harder.

Book/Text

New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., c1976.

1976

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 77-1041Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Underfoot : an everyday guide to exploring the American past / David Weitzman.

Book/Text

New York : Scribner, c1976.

1976

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberNYGB E 175.7 W44Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 77-1257Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Life is a local story; a collection of talks concerning local history, historic sites and history museums, edited by Clement M. Silvestro.

Book/Text

[Nashville, 1964]

1964

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 78-60Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Magazine of bibliographies.

Book/Text

[Fort Worth, Tex.]

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIAA 78-1230 V. 1-2Item locationOffsite

A guide to museum villages : the American heritage brought to life / Mitchell R. Alegre.

Book/Text

New York : Drake, 1978.

1978

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJFD 79-1621Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Recreating the historic house interior / William Seale.

Book/Text

Nashville, Tenn. : American Association for State and Local History, [c1979]

1979

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall number3-MLO 79-1274Item locationSchwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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Genealogical material and local histories in the St. Louis Public Library. Rev. ed. by Georgia Gambrill, Reference Dept.

Book/Text

[St. Louis] 1965 [cover 1966]

1965

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAP (St. Louis, Public Library, Genealogical material and local histories) First Supplement. 1971Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberAP (St. Louis, Public Library, Genealogical material and local histories)Item locationOffsite

Old names and new places / by Robert I. Alotta ; illustrated by Lee DeGroot. 1st ed.

Book/Text

Philadelphia : Westminster Press, c1979.

1979

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPD 79-2033Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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County systems of R. F. D. : patterns and postal markings of the 67 earliest systems established in 22 states, December 20, 1899-June 30, 1903 / by Edith R. Doane.

Book/Text

Crete, Neb. : J-B Pub. Co., 1977.

1977

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 79-2054Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Index to biographies in local histories in the Library of Congress.

Microform

[Washington, D. C., 197-?]

1970-1979

40 items

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FormatTextCall number*ZI-261 r. 40: WOO-ZItem locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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FormatTextCall number*ZI-261 r. 39: WHI-WOOItem locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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FormatTextCall number*ZI-261 r. 38: WAL-WHIItem locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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The naming of America : how continents, countries, states, counties, cities, towns, villages, hamlets & post offices came by their name / by Allan Wolk. 1st ed.

Book/Text

Nashville : T. Nelson, c1977.

1977

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 80-275Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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American Jewish landmarks : a travel guide and history / by Bernard Postal and Lionel Koppman ; foreword by Jacob R. Marcus.

Book/Text

New York : Fleet Press, c1977-c1986.

1977-1986

6 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberDesk-JWS E184.J5 P64 1977 v. 4Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Desk Room 111

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FormatBook/TextCall numberDesk-JWS E184.J5 P64 1977 v. 3Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Desk Room 111

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FormatBook/TextCall number*P Desk *PXY 80-268 v. 3Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Desk Room 111

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Local history today : papers presented at four regional workshops for local historical organizations in Indiana, June, 1978-April, 1979 / Richard Jensen ... [et al.] ; with an introd. by Thomas K. Krasean.

Book/Text

Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, c1979.

1979

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 80-2735Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Bibliography of American historical societies (the United States and the Dominion of Canada) / by Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffen. - 2d ed. rev. and enl.

Book/Text

[Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1966]

1966-1907

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberNYGB E 172 A60 V.R.Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberI 80-519Item locationOffsite

Bulletins.

Book/Text

[Madison, Wisc., etc., American Association for State and Local History]

1941-1962

4 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIAA (American Association for State and Local History. Bulletins)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121
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Historic preservation in small towns : a manual of practice / Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., Walter C. Kidney.

Book/Text

Nashville : American Association for State and Local History, c1980.

1980

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 81-643Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Historical development of county histories and county atlases in the United States / R. T. Mayhill.

Book/Text

Knightstown, Ind. : R. T. Mayhill, 1975.

1975

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ+ 76-1645Item locationOffsite

From memory to history : using oral sources in local historical research / Barbara Allen and William Lynwood Montell.

Book/Text

Nashville, Tenn. : American Association for State and Local History, c1981.

1981

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 82-324Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Library service for genealogists / J. Carlyle Parker.

Book/Text

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1981.

1981

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberNYGB CS 9 U5 P37Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPB 82-96Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Bibliography of place-name literature : United States and Canada / by Richard B. Sealock, Margaret M. Sealock, and Margaret S. Powell.

Book/Text

Chicago : American Library Association, 1982.

1982

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJFE 06-14072Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Nearby history : exploring the past around us / David E. Kyvig, Myron A. Marty.

Book/Text

Nashville, Tenn. : American Association for State and Local History, c1982.

1982

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 83-1363Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Library catalog / National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Book/Text

Washington, D.C. : NSDAR, 1982-

1982-present

5 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPG 83-82 v. 3 (1992)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPG 83-82 v. 2 (1986)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPG 83-82 v. 1 (1984) Suppl.Item locationOffsite

Urban America : a historical bibliography / Neil L. Shumsky & Timothy Crimmins, editors.

Book/Text

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio Information Services, 1982.

1982

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJLF 83-311Item locationOffsite

The handbook of American counties, parishes, and independent cities / by René Coulet du Gard and Dominique Coulet Western.

Book/Text

[Newark, Del.] : Editions des Deux Mondes, c1981.

1981

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJFD 83-890Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Names on the land : a historical account of placenaming in the United States / George R. Stewart.

Book/Text

San Francisco : Lexikos, 1982.

1982-1967

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJFD 83-4034Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Directory of state and local history periodicals / compiled by Milton Crouch and Hans Raum.

Book/Text

Chicago : American Library Association, 1977.

1977

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 82-1506Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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The American counties : origins of names, dates of creation and organization, area, population, including 1980 census figures, historical data, and published sources / by Joseph Nathan Kane.

Book/Text

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1983.

1983

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 83-2453Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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FormatBook/TextCall number*R-Map Div. E180 .K3 1983Item locationSchwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117

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Family history catalog ; [microform] local history catalog] / Sutro Library, San Francisco branch of the California State Library.

Microform

Bellevue, Wash. : produced under contract to the California State Library by Commercial Microfilm Service, 1982.

1982

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Bibliography of place-name literature : United States and Canada / by Richard B. Sealock, Margaret M. Sealock, and Margaret S. Powell.

Book/Text

Chicago : American Library Association, 1982.

1982

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall number*R-Map Div. Z6824 .S4 1982Item locationSchwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117

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Search and research, the researcher's handbook; a guide to official records and library sources of investigators, historians, genealogists, lawyers, and librarians.

Book/Text

Salt Lake City, Deseret Book Co., 1973, c1959.

1973-1959

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPB 83-2486 Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Preserving America's past / prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.

Book/Text

Washington, D.C. : The Society, c1983.

1983

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIAG 84-788Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Library catalog / National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Book/Text

Washington, D.C. : DAR, 1983-

1983-present

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPG 83-82 2nd ed.Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Directory of oral history programs in the United States / edited by Patsy A. Cook.

Book/Text

Sanford, N.C. : Microfilming Corp. of America, c1982.

1982

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 85-1614Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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A field guide to America's history / by Douglass L. Brownstone.

Book/Text

New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, c1984.

1984

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 84-2932Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Swedish place-names in North America / by Otto Robert Landelius ; translated by Karin Franzén ; edited by Raymond Jarvi.

Book/Text

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1985.

1985

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJFF 91-2095Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Finding our past : a guidebook for group projects in community history / by Charles F. Bryan, Jr. and Mark V. Wetherington.

Book/Text

Knoxville, Tenn. : East Tennessee Historical Society, c1984.

1983

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIXZ 85-1046Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Frontier / Louis L'Amour ; photographs by David Muench.

Book/Text

Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1984.

1984

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberMFX+ (Muench) 85-3111Item locationSchwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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Genealogical & local history books in print / compiled by Netti Schreiner-Yantis.

Book/Text

Springfield, Va. : Genealogical Books in Print, 1985.

1985

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPG 85-2789 v. 2Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAPG 85-2789 v. 1Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Illustrated dictionary of place names : United States and Canada / edited by Kelsie B. Harder.

Book/Text

New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, [1985], c1976.

1985-1976

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall number*R-Map Div. E155 .H37 1985Item locationSchwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117

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