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Dissertation Information for Jane Ellen Carstens

NAME:
- Jane Ellen Carstens

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1975)

ADVISORS:
- Frances Henne

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Ambiguous

Title: THE BABCOCKS: PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS

Abstract: the major purpose of this study is to determine the nature, extent,
and significance of the contributions of three generations of a family
(Elisha, John, Sidney, William R. Babcock, and their children) and their
various associated to literature for children in America from 1785-1860.
The Introduction presents a brief picture of printing and publishing in
America and of the printing and publishing of children's books in particular
up to and during the first year of Babcock publishing. Part I provides
brief biographical lnformation on the Babcocks and describes in
detail their printing, publishing, and bookselling activities, mostly in
Bartford and New Haven, Connecticut, but also in Springfield, Massachussets,

Lansingburgh and Albany, New York, New Orleans, Louisiana, and in
Charleston, South carolina. Part 2 covers Babcock publications for adults,
beginning with a rather thorough discussion of Elisha Babckock's newspaper,
The American Mercury, and then contiouing with a brief discussion of
their other adult works, according to content classification.

Pert 3 and 4 deal with the major focus of this study -. Babcock
children's books. In Part 3 these are identified, analyzed and categorized
as to the following: (1) content including subject, theme, style of
writing and difficulty level: (2) format: Including form (toy, chap, et
cetera), size, paging, covers, and illustrations; (3) numbers of titles
and editions: related to specific Babcock publisher. timee, place of
publication, and singling out original Babcock titles as well as origins
of other titles: and, (4) author and Illustrators of Babcock children's
books (Noah Webster and Alexander Anderson in particular), with brief
biographical information and discussion of their works.

A chronological Checklist of 536 Babcock titles in 1,042 editions.
it presented in Part 4, with the followlng information included: (1)
bibliographic details, (2) location symbols for extant copies, (3) symbols
for copies described in entries, as well as for those examined by
the writer, and (4) entry numbers for editions listed in trade and special
bibliographies. Checklist entries are preceded by what are
designated as Carstens numbers.

Several Appendixes provide the following 1nformation:: (1) chronological
charts on the Babcocks and Babcock printing; (2) expenditures
and inventories related to Babcock printing, publishing and bookselling;
(3) lists of identified Babcock toy books; (4) unique Babcock titles;
aDd (5) doubtful Babcock titles

MPACT Scores for Jane Ellen Carstens

A = 0
C = 0
A+C = 0
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2008-01-31 06:01:47

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Students under Jane Ellen Carstens

ADVISEES:
- None

COMMITTEESHIPS:
- None