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Title History of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest Territory : a supplemental text for school use / prepared for the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission under the direction of a committee representing the states of the Northwest Territory, Harlow Lindley, chairman, Norris F. Schneider, and Milo M. Quaife ; the Federal Writers' Project cooperating.

Imprint Marietta, Ohio : Northwest Territory Celebration Commission, 1937.
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Special Collections Books  F479 .U67 1937    Library Use Only
Collation 6 unnumbered pages, 95 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
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Note Contributors include E.M. Hawes, executive director of the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission.--Preliminaries.
"One unique feature of the project is the fact that most of the illustrations are the work of students in the schools of the states which evolved from the old Northwest Territory."--Foreword.
Captions of illustrations give credit to: Jane Cory, Mary Brent Davis, Merle June Dehls, Sam Delaney, Robert Eggebrecht, Lloyd Hune, Marie Kellogg, Betty Kimmell, Geneva Kirschoff, Herbert Krofft, Earl Laweck, Helen Jean Marshall, William Olson, Robert Osterhag, Howard Petrey, Junior Vahle, and William R. Willison.
"This book is distributed free to the school and college teachers of Northwest Territory through the state departments of education of the various states. It is offered to all others, along with ... map ..., at ten cents per copy ..."--Verso of t.p.
Stapled text block, glued in wrapper (slate grey paper, with embossed title printed in dark blue).
Contents (from table of contents) Introduction -- Foreword -- 1. Pre-Ordinance summary -- 2. History of the Ordinance of 1787 -- 3. The first settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787 -- 4. The beginnings of government -- 5. Growth of settlements -- 6. Evolution of the Northwest Territory -- 7. Significance of the Ordinance of 1787 -- Bibliography -- School contests.
Bibliog. "Condensed bibliography of works on the Ordinance of 1787 and the history of the Northwest Territory, compiled by George J. Blazier, historian to the Commission": pages 85-90.
Note Gift of Francine Parker and Amanda Ian and Troy Parker.
Subject United States. Ordinance of 1787.
United States. Ordinance of 1787 -- Bibliography.
Northwest, Old -- History.
Northwest, Old -- History -- Bibliography.
United States -- History -- 1783-1865.
Alt Author Lindley, Harlow, 1875-1959.
Schneider, Norris F. (Norris Franz), 1898-1993.
Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.
Blazier, George Jordan, 1886-1970. Condensed bibliography of works on the Ordinance of 1787 and the history of the Northwest Territory.
Hawes, E. M.
Cory, Jane.
Davis, Mary Brent.
Dehls, Merle June.
Delaney, Sam.
Eggebrecht, Robert.
Hune, Lloyd.
Kellogg, Marie.
Kimmell, Betty.
Kirschoff, Geneva.
Krofft, Herbert.
Laweck, Earl.
Marshall, Helen Jean.
Olson, William.
Osterhag, Robert.
Petrey, Howard.
Vahle, Junior.
Willison, William R.
Northwest Territory Celebration Commission (U.S.)
Federal Writers' Project.
Cover Title Ordinance of 1787 and old Northwest Territory
Alt Title Half-title (page preceding t.p.): Northwest Territory celebration, 1787-88, 1937-38