Excerpt from Indiana Imprints, 1804-1849: A Supplement to Mary Alden Walker's "Beginnings of Printing in the State of Indiana," Published in 1934 In closing this brief introduction, I desire to express my appreciation to a number of librarians who have rendered espe cially helpful service in the listing of these titles Mr. Edward C. Starr of the Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Collection, Miss Esther mcnitt of the Indiana State Library, Miss Flor ence Venn of the Smith Memorial Library of the Indiana His torical Society, Mr. L. Nelson Nichols of the New York Public Library, Mr. Willard O. Waters of the Henry E. Huntington Library, Mr. V. Valta Parma of the Library of Congress. A general acknowledgment is due to the librarians of most of the institutions in which imprints are located. To my associate, Mr. Albert H. Allen, I am grateful for his competent and painstaking aid in assembling this material and preparing it for publication. Finally, I am appreciative of the interested cooperation of Dr. Christopher B. Coleman and his competent assistant, Miss Nellie Armstrong, in seeing this copy through the press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Short History of Libraries, Printing and Language tells the story of printing, language, books, writing and libraries. Learn about the development of ink, papyrus, parchment, paper and the story of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press. This Indiana Edition relates the history of early Indiana libraries, the Indiana State Library and Indiana library laws.

This is a splendid example of how to write well balanced, highly readable state history. --The Old Northwest "Madison has succeeded as have few other authors of state histories in blending modern scholarly concerns with the traditional narrative historiography of his state. This book is in many ways a model state history." --Choice "Neither too detailed and provincial, nor too broad and comparative, The Indiana Way adopts an integrated analytical approach, but also includes some narrative and biography." --Journal of American History

Vol. 1, t.-p. dated 1897, includes the Society's proceedings and all papers and publications from its organization in 1830 to 1886. Each succeeding volume made up from papers originally issued separately. Vol. 6, no. 4 contains minutes of the society, 1886-1918.