New York Times

Scope and Contents Scrapbooks maintained by Charles Carpenter, Grafton, between 1939-1963. Subjects include descriptions of libraries, book and manuscript collections, museums, rare and unusual books, magazines, book reviews, newspapers, and advertisements for books. There are items as early as 1838, 1875, 1898, 1905, 1917, but the mass of the collection is in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Recurrent topics include book...

Overview

Contains photographic history of World War I entitled New York Times Picture Section, 1917, a book containing the photographs published by the newspaper from Sunday, January 7, 1917, through Sunday, December 30, 1917. They were published using the rotogravure process. Also includes the New York Times War Map. The volume measures 18 in. by 24 in. by 1 1/4 in.