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Receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship, he wrote Virginia: The New Dominion (1971, which became the state history textbook for years). His other books written during this time included Richmond: The Story of a City (1976), Across the Years: Memories of a Virginian (1978, his autobiography), Mr. Jefferson's University: A History (1981) and Pistols ...
The books were written and compiled by writers from individual states and territories, and edited by Alsberg and his staff in Washington, D.C. The format was generally uniform: each guide included detailed histories of the state or territory, with descriptions of every city and town, automobile travel routes, photographs, maps, and chapters on ...
Lester J. Cappon. Virginia Newspapers, 1821–1935: A Bibliography with Historical Introduction and Notes. New York: Appleton-Century Co., 1936. Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", Virginia: a Guide to the Old Dominion, American Guide Series, Oxford University Press, pp. 130– 137, ISBN 9780403021956 – via Google Books; Harrison A ...
Cover of the Illinois state guide. The American Guide Series includes books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era program that was part of the larger Works Progress Administration in the United States.
Student newspapers published in Virginia (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Newspapers published in Virginia" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
On May 17, 2012, it was announced that investment company Berkshire Hathaway would be acquiring Media General's newspaper division. [7] The deal closed June 25, 2012, with Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary BH Media Group as the new owner and publisher. [8] [9] BH Media Group hired Lee Enterprises to manage its newspapers and websites starting on ...
He urged his daughter instead to ask the editors at The Sun, one of the great New York newspapers of the day. And so, Virginia sent a letter to the editor, and Francis P. Church, a long-time Sun ...
The Presidential Series, September 1788–March 1797 is an ongoing series of books that covers Washington's time served as the fledgling country's first President. The set includes papers written by the President as well as material presented to him during his presidency, and papers from his personal, social and business life.