id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16273 Ryan, Michael Philip F. Gura. The American Antiquarian Society, 1812–2012: A Bicentennial History. Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 2012. 454p. alk. paper, $60 (ISBN 9781929545650). LC 2011-27183. 2012-11-01 4 .pdf application/pdf 2531 118 52 As more specialized institutions began to appear and develop during the 19th century, the AAS was able to prune and weed its collections of many of the artifacts and anthropological material that it had accumulated in its earlier years. I recommend the earlier parts of the story that describe the origins and early history of the AAS. cache/crl-16273.pdf txt/crl-16273.txt