{"id":97,"date":"2012-01-31T16:02:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=97"},"modified":"2012-02-27T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T13:47:54","slug":"library-special-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2012\/01\/31\/library-special-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Special Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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C.E. Bowden's "Diesel Model Engines" shows the wear and tear of age.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019ve been to the Lee Renaud Library at the Museum before, the next time you visit it is going to look a bit bare.\u00a0 Recently, we\u2019ve been going through the library collection and pulling books that were printed before 1945 from the public shelves.\u00a0 Although the books are valuable resources on early aviation experiences, often needed information on planes, engines and people and are a lot of fun to read, the majority of them have been read and handled so much that the bindings and pages are coming undone.\u00a0 To protect them and help them last longer, the books are being moved into a special collections room where they will be safe from unscrupulous handling.\u00a0 Besides, it will mean we have more room for other books on the public shelves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A cartful of books published pre-1945 that were pulled to create the Library's Special Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We recognize, however, that the books still should be read \u2013 after all isn\u2019t that what books are for?\u00a0 So, if there is a book you are looking for the next time you visit the museum on a weekday, just ask at the store desk and someone will retrieve it for you.\u00a0 If you are planning on visiting on a weekend, though, you\u2019ll have to plan ahead a bit.\u00a0 You\u2019re going to have to call Maria or Jackie in the Museum department.\u00a0 Once they know the date you plan on visiting, and what you are interested in they will leave the items at the store desk the day of your visit (this goes for the magazines in storage as well).<\/p>\n

If you want the trip down memory lane – without the trip to the museum – some of the books that have already moved into the public domain have been scanned and placed online by Google Books.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a small selection: (the links take you to Google Books)<\/p>\n

Cavanagh, George A.\u00a0 Model Aeroplanes and Their Motors: A Practical Book for Beginners<\/em>.\u00a0 New York: Moffat Yard & Company, 1916.<\/a><\/p>\n

Johnson, V.E.\u00a0 The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning<\/em>. \u00a0London: E&F N. Spon Ltd. 1910.<\/a><\/p>\n

Collins, Francis A. The Boys\u2019 Book of Model Aeroplanes: How to build and fly them, with the story of the evolution of the flying machine<\/em>.\u00a0 New York: The Century Co., 1910.<\/a><\/p>\n

Collins, Francis A.\u00a0 The Second Boys\u2019 Book of Model Aeroplanes<\/em>.\u00a0 New York: The Century Co., 1911.<\/a><\/p>\n

Verrill, A. Hyatt.\u00a0 Harper\u2019s Aircraft Book: Why aeroplanes fly, how to make models, and all about aircraft, little and big<\/em>.\u00a0 New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1913.<\/a><\/p>\n

If reading off a computer screen isn\u2019t your thing, you can also find reprints of several of the books for sale in the museum store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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