"Examines the founding in 1850 of the first library in the White House purchased with public funds, which was intended to remain there as a permanent collection. Documents the contents of the library and considers it within the political, social, and intellectual milieu of mid-nineteenth-century America"--Provided by publisher.

Millard Fillmore and his library /rSean Wilentz --The White House collection : the mind of the common man / Catherine M. Parisian -- Abigail Powers Fillmore : first lady of the library / Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada -- Creating a room for the collection / William G. Allman -- Millard Fillmore and his booksellers / Catherine M. Parisian -- Bibliographical methods / Catherine M. Parisian -- Catalogue of the first White House Library / Catherine M. Parisian.