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American Journeys: Columbus to Kerouac
URL: http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/journeys/

Description:
This exhibit presents a "selection of treasured manuscripts, books, and artifacts, which trace some of the remarkable journeys that brought us from 1492 to the mid-twentieth-century era of social protest." Maps, drawings, photos, and other digitized material are accompanied by brief essays on topics such as travels by indentured labor, runaway slaves, the Harlem Renaissance, and John Steinbeck and Dust Bowl travelers. From the University of Virginia Library.

Publisher:
University of Virginia Library

LII Database Information:
Record 26602 created by Jennifer English on 07/28/2008
Last modification on 11/22/2008
Published: 08/07/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26602