The New York State Capitol and the Great Fire of 1911

by Paul Mercer, Vicki Weiss, Friends of the New York State Library, et al.

Book Overview

In the early morning hours of March 29, 1911, a fire broke out in the New York State Capitol at Albany. By sunset, the entire western portion of the building had sustained extensive structural damage. Within lay the entire collection of the New York State Library, almost completely reduced to ashes. Founded in 1818, this had been one of the finest research libraries in the country and home to innumerable manuscript and printed rarities. In a particularly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738574007
• ISBN13: 9780738574004
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"