The American Collection celebrates the greatest American composers from the 19th to 20th centuries. Composers including Samuel Barber, Scott Joplin, Burt Bacharach and Phillip Glass are beautifully presented for solo Piano, allowing you to play your way to the heart of American culture. A specially-written foreword places the music in historical and national context and includes biographical details of many of the featured composers. Alongside this, Spotify integration allows you to listen as you learn, and uncover the America's immense contribution to the international world of music. The arrangements are intended for the intermediate to advanced pianist. Songlist: - Alfie [Burt Bacharach] - I'll Never Fall In Love Again [Burt Bacharach] - Not Goin' Home Anymore (Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid) [Burt Bacharach] - What The World Needs Now Is Love [Burt Bacharach] - Adagio For Strings [Samuel Barber] - Alexander's Ragtime Band [Irving Berlin] - Caprice No.2 [George W. Chadwick] - The Simpsons (Theme) [Danny Elfman] - Prelude To A Kiss [Ellington, Duke] - Satin Doll [Duke Ellington] - Meditation Op.61 [Arthur Foote] - Dance From Akhnaten [Philip Glass] - The Hours [Philip Glass] - Chinatown [Jerry Goldsmith] - The Mummy (The Sand Volcano) [Jerry Goldsmith] - The White Peacock (Roman Sketches) [Charles Griffes] - The Entertainer [Scott Joplin] - Fig Leaf Rag [Scott Joplin] - Heliotrope Bouquet [Scott Joplin] - Maple Leaf Rag [Scott Joplin] - Weeping Willow Rag [Scott Joplin] - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [Jerome Kern] - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [Jerome Kern] - The Way You Look Tonight [Jerome Kern] - To A Wild Rose (10 Woodland Sketches) [Edward MacDowell] - At An Old Trysting Place (10 Woodland Sketches) [Edward MacDowell] - From Uncle Remus (10 Woodland Sketches) [Edward MacDowell] - The Pink Panther (Theme) [Henry Mancini] - Funeral March Op.9 [Thomas Knowles Paine] - La Sauterelle Op.49 No.2 [Horatio Parker] - The Liberty Bell [John Philip Sousa] - Semper Fidelis [John Philip Sousa] - Stars And Stripes Forever [John Philip Sousa] - Shenandoah [Traditional] - The Yellow Rose Of Texas [Traditional] - E.T. Theme [John Williams] - Schindler's List [John Williams]

Sclater's catalogue of his personal collection of 4100 bird skins, representing specimens of 2170 species of American passeres, fissirostres and scansores.

This is a catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of rare books dealing with "popular medicine" in early America which is housed at the University of Rochester Medical School library. The books described in the catalogue were written by physicians and other professionals to provide information for the non-medical audience. The books taught human anatomy, hygiene, temperance and diet, how to maintain health, and how to cope with illness especially when no professional help was available. The books promoted a healthy lifestyle for the readers, giving guidance on everything from physical fitness and recreation to the special health needs of women. The collection consists of works dealing with reproduction [from birth control to delivering and caring for a baby], venereal disease, home-nursing, epidemics, and the need for public sex education. These books, covering areas largely ignored by the medical profession, made important contributions to the health of the American public, and the collection is a vital piece of medical history. The collector is Edward C. Atwater, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and the History of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical School. Christopher Hoolihan is History of Medicine Librarian at the University of Rochester Medical School's Edward G. Miner LIbrary.

The Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Collection is a comprehensive collection of wood type manufactured and used for printing in nineteenth-century America. Comprising nearly 150 typefaces of various sizes and styles, it was amassed by noted design educator and historian Rob Roy Kelly starting in 1957 and is now held by the University of Texas. Although Kelly himself published a 1969 book on wood type and nineteenth-century typographic history, there has been little written about the creation of the wood type forms, the collection, or Kelly. In this book, David Shields rigorously updates and expands upon Kelly’s historical information about the types, clarifying the collection’s exact composition and providing a better understanding of the stylistic development of wood type forms during the nineteenth century. Using rich materials from the period, Shields provides a stunning visual context that complements the textual history of each typeface. He also highlights the non-typographic material in the collection—such as borders, rules, ornaments, and image cuts—that have not been previously examined. Featuring over 300 color illustrations, this written history and catalog is bound to spark renewed interest in the collection and its broader typographic period.