Booklet providing guidance related to the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction of historic buildings for owners, building managers, preservation consultants, architects, contractors, and any others who might manage or engage in those types of projects. Each type of project has subsections describing building materials; building features and systems; building site; setting (district/neighborhood); code-required work; resilience to natural hazards; sustainability; and new exterior additions to historic buildings and related new construction.

This listing is "an approximately complete checklist of all public documents issued by the United States Government during the first century and a quarter of its history." (p. vii) List of bureaus, departments, divisions, offices, etc. starts on page 1683.

This catalog lists the books, pamphlets, and other documents published by the U. S. government between September 1774 and March 1881. The list is organized by date of publication and includes the title, date, short description, page counts, and relevant Congress sessions and persons related to each document.