American Antiquarian Society
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| American Antiquarian Society | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
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| Location: | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1812 |
| Architect: | Winslow,Bigelow & Wadsworth |
| Architectural style(s): | Colonial Revival, Other |
| Added to NRHP: | November 24, 1968 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 68000018[1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century American History and culture. AAS was founded in 1812 as the third oldest historical society and the first to be national in scope. The American Antiquarian Society web site states that images of its archived printed materials from the 18th and 19th centuries "must be licensed by the society in consequence of its proprietary rights"[2] [3] for publications in the public domain.
The mission of the AAS is to collect, preserve and make available for study all printed records of what is now known as the United States of America This includes printed records from first European settlement through the year 1876.
The AAS offers programs for professional scholars, pre-collegiate, undergraduate and graduate students, educators, professional artists, writers, genealogists, and the general public.
The Library collection of the AAS contains over three million books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, graphic arts materials and manuscripts as well as books from all fifty U.S. states, most of Canada and the British West Indies are included in their repository.
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- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Mazzone, Jason, http://www.law.nyu.edu/JOURNALS/LAWREVIEW/ISSUES/vol81/no3/nyu303.pdf "Copyfraud" New York Law Review vol. 81 p. 1053
- ^ Rights and Reproductions at the American Antiquarian Society
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