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The Bliss bibliographic classification ( BC ) is a library classification system that was created by Henry E. Bliss ( 1870 – 1955 ), published in four volumes between 1940 and 1953.
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Bliss had a lifelong interest in the organization, structure and philosophy of knowledge and was very critical of the library classification systems that were available to him.
Bliss wanted a classification system that would provide distinct rules yet still be adaptable to whatever kind of collection a library might have, as different libraries have different needs.
Bliss and is
It is precisely from this crudity that the film itself gains a credibility of “ realism .” In an interview with Michael Bliss, De Palma notes “ Black, Baby was rehearsed for almost three weeks ...
In addition, the character metrics use a specific layout where the usual baseline is not used, and the ideographic em-square is not relevant for Bliss character designs, that use additional " earth line " and " sky line " to define the composition square.
It is in the El Paso Independent School District, located on Fort Bliss property, and serves a portion of Fort Bliss.
" Taking the Mick " or " taking the Mickey " is thought to be a rhyming slang form of " taking the piss ", where " Mick " came from " Mickey Bliss ".
Printed by Elam Bliss of New York, it was labeled as " Second Edition " and included a page saying, " To the U. S. Corps of Cadets this volume is respectfully dedicated.
Of these versions, the Bliss version, written well after the speech as a favor for a friend, is viewed by many as the standard text.
" When it comes to Monroe's thoughts on religion ," Bliss Isely notes, " less is known than that of any other President.
#* " When it comes to Monroe's ... thoughts on religion ", Bliss Isely comments in his The Presidents: Men of Faith, " less is known than that of any other President.
* 1899 – Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
This is a year before Patton arrived at Fort Bliss, and a year and a half before Villa became an official enemy of the U. S. in 1916 and Patton became an aide to Pershing in the U. S. campaign to track Villa down.
When their lives are threatened, Bliss uses her abilities ( and the shared intellect of Gaia ) to destroy the Solarian who is about to kill them.
She is featured in the Voyager episodes " Persistence of Vision " and " Bliss ", both times when Tuvok is hallucinating.
The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the backstory of Saved by the Bell.
Like Lisa and Screech, Jessie is Zack's childhood friend ( despite the lack of continuity with Good Morning, Miss Bliss ).
The Forbush Collection, named for Dr. Bliss Forbush, is composed of materials associated with the Quakers and slavery.
In addition to the aforementioned, Riverside is home to Klein's Supermarket, now known as Shop Rite, the sole grocery store ; plus Hair Cuttery, Riverside Pizzeria, Riverside Liquors, China Moon Chinese restaurant, Wye Knot Crabs, Bliss Coffee & Wine Bar, H & R Block, Rite-Aid, Subway and, in the summer, a snowball stand.
Bliss and library
Bliss was born in New York in 1870 and in 1891 began work in the library of the College of the City of New York ( now City College of the City University of New York ).
In 1908 Bliss reclassified 60, 000 of his library ’ s books, and in 1910 he published an article with a rough scheme of his general ideas.
The City College library continued to use Bliss ’ s system until 1967, when it reluctantly switched to the Library of Congress system.
In 1938 they engaged the architect Thomas T. Waterman ( 1900 – 1951 ) to build two pavilions to house their Byzantine Collection and an 8, 000-volume library, and in 1940 gave Dumbarton Oaks ( which included about of land ) to Harvard University, Robert Bliss ’ s alma mater.
Wishing to increase the scholarly mission of Dumbarton Oaks, in the early 1960s the Blisses sponsored the construction of two new wings, one designed by Philip Johnson ( 1906 – 2005 ) to house the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art and its research library and, the other, a garden library designed by Frederic Rhinelander King ( 1887 – 1972 ), of the New York City architectural firm Wyeth and King, to house the botanical and garden architecture rare books and garden history reference materials that Mildred Bliss had collected.
In 1964, the Research Library acquired Robert Woods Bliss's personal collection of 2, 000 rare and important works on Pre-Columbian art history, anthropology, and archaeology, which has since grown to more than 32, 000 volumes, and Mildred Bliss ’ s garden library, including rare volumes and prints, which now includes 27, 000 books and pamphlets.
The Rare Book Room, designed by Frederick Rhinelander King in the style of an 18th-century library, was completed in 1963 to house the collection of rare books and drawings which had been started by Mildred Bliss.
Her library was enlarged, with advice from Beatrix Farrand, designer of the Dumbarton Oaks gardens, once Mrs. Bliss conceived the idea in the 1950s of starting a program of studies in landscape architecture.
The garden rare book collection is both a unique tool for historical inquiry and a testimony to the enduring human delight in gardens and garden creation, which is, as Sir Francis Bacon wrote, “ the Purest of Humane pleasures .” It was a claim echoed by Mrs. Bliss, whose testimony to the value of gardens and scholarship is inscribed upon the exterior walls of her library.
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