Cairo's Creswell Collection: A Legacy of Love.

Burns, Kristie

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ERIC Number: EJ436253

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Cairo's Creswell Collection: A Legacy of Love.

Burns, Kristie

American Libraries, v22 n10 p940-41,943-44 Nov 1991

Describes the Creswell Library of Islamic Art and Architecture, which is housed at the American University in Cairo. A history of the library collection and its founder, Sir Keppell Archibald Creswell, is presented; his cataloging system and controlled access to materials are described; and current plans for the library are discussed. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Architecture, Art, Cataloging, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Islamic Culture, Library Collections, Library Facilities, Library History, Special Libraries

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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