Barnett, Teresa. <br/><br/>
Sacred relics :  pieces of the past in nineteenth-century America / 
Teresa Barnett. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1:  --  ORIGINS AND MEANINGS 1 Beginnings --  2 History's remains --  3. The sentimental relic. Part 2:  --  THE CIVIL WAR 4 The battlefield's remains --  5 "In memory of our beloved confederacy" --  6 From relic to souvenir: buffs' collecting of the war. Part 3:  --  CONCLUSION 7 The waning of the relic. 
<br/><br/> A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Various bits and pieces of the past-often called "association items"--May appear to be eccentric odds and ends, but they are valued because of their connections to prominent people and events in American history. Kept in museum collections large and small across the United States, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history. In Sacred Relics, Teresa Barnett explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating ho. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781299784710 9780226059747 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Collectors and collecting--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AM305  / .S237 2013