Chester County & its day by Berenice M. Ball

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Berenice M., 1903- author.

Contributor:

Chester County (Pa.) Day Committee

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chester County (Pa.).

Physical Description:

xii, 224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plan, portraits (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

[Limited ed.].

Place of Publication:

West Chester, PA : Chester County Day Committee of the Women's Auxiliary Chester County Hospital, [1970]

Contents:

I. Chester county & its day (1936-1941)

A visit to "The Athens of Pennsylvania"

II. New beginnings (1946)

Portfolio of memories-1946 booklet

III. A newspaper is born (1947)

IV. "Calmly take a prospect of things (1946-1956)

A portfolio of barns

V. The hawk of time (1957-1959)

A visit to Longwood Gardens (color section)

VI. "The land I know and love" (1960-1965)

A visit to "Hibernia"

VII. The tyranny of old houses

A visit to "Waynesborough"

VIII. The year of Jupiter Pluvius (1966)

A portfolio of bridges

IX. "The beyond of what we are"

A visit to an outstanding museum

X. The past stands quietly (1936-1970)

Our Chester county

Homes & landmarks-1936-1970

Bibliography.

Notes:

2854 of a limited edition of 3000 copies.

Includes bibliographical references (page 224).

OCLC:

92627