topic:"Buchanan, James, 1791-1868" found 20 records - Research Collections

America's bachelor president and the First Lady

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Author: Stern, Milton.

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ste

Responsibility: by Milton Stern.

ISBN: 1413729088; 9781413729085

Author: Stern, Milton.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: PublishAmerica,

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: 326 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-326).

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Presidents - United States - Biography.; Presidents' spouses - United States - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ste

Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

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Author: Shelley, Mary Virginia.

Date of Publication: c1980.

Call Number: 920.7 L265s 1980

Responsibility: Mary Virginia Shelley & Sandra Harrison Munro ; with ill. by Regina Weatherlow.

ISBN: 0915010291 :

Author: Shelley, Mary Virginia.

Place of Publication: Lititz, PA

Publisher: Sutter House,

Date of Publication: c1980.

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Summary: Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.

Subjects: Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903. - Juvenile literature.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family - Juvenile literature.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family.; Presidents - United States; Presidents

Additional Author: Munro, Sandra Harrison,; Weatherlow, Regina.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.7 L265s 1980

Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

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Author: Shelley, Mary Virginia.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 920.7 L265s 2011

Responsibility: Mary Virginia Shelley & Sandra Harrison Munro.

Author: Shelley, Mary Virginia.

Place of Publication: Charleston, S. C

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: 42 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Summary: Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.

Subjects: Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903. - Juvenile literature.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family - Juvenile literature.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family.; Presidents - United States; Presidents

Additional Author: Munro, Sandra Harrison,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.7 L265s 2011

Harriet Lane : (Later Harriet Lane Johnston)

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Author: Hostetter, Ida L. K.

Date of Publication: 1929

: Harriet Lane : (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) / by (Mrs. A.K.) Ida L. K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Women--Biography--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical

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Responsibility: by (Mrs. A.K.) Ida L. K. Hostetter.

Author: Hostetter, Ida L. K.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1929

Physical Description: 97-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 6

Subjects: Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Correspondence.; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 6 (1929), p. 97-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

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James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13070

Author: Baker, Jean H.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ba

Responsibility: Jean H. Baker.

ISBN: 0805069461

Author: Baker, Jean H.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Times Books,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: xviii, 172 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: The American presidents

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ba

James Buchanan and his cabinet on the eve of secession

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1126

Author: Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.

Date of Publication: 1926.

Call Number: 923.173 B918a

Responsibility: by Philip Gerald Auchampaugh ...

Author: Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Priv. Print.,

Date of Publication: 1926.

Physical Description: ix, 224 p. front. (port.) 24 cm.

Notes: Label attached to t.-p.: This volume, subsequently expanded by the results of further research, was a dissertation submitted to the Graduate board of Clark university ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy ... [1926]; Bibliography: p. 202-210.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918a

James Buchanan and his family at Wheatland

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Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 728.37 C132j

Alternate Title: James Buchanan's Wheatland

Responsibility: by Sally Smith Cahalan ; [photography by John P. Herr].

Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: James Buchanan Foundation,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: 100 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Notes: Cover title: James Buchanan's Wheatland.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Family.; Buchanan family.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States; Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 C132j

James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17417

Date of Publication: c2013.

Call Number: 973.68 B918

Responsibility: edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner.

ISBN: 9780813044262 (alk. paper); 081304426X (alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Gainesville

Publisher: University Press of Florida,

Date of Publication: c2013.

Physical Description: x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Papers from a conference held at LancasterHistory.org in 2008. Presentation copy from the editors.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.

Summary: An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.