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Public libraries in the United States of America; their history, condition, and management. Special report, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education. Part I
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- 1876
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- Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off.
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- Publisher
- Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off.
- Date
- 1876
- Description of Original
- xxxv, 1187 p. illus., tables. 25 cm.
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- History Collection
- [Cover]
- [Title Page]
- Errata
- Table of contents
- List of illustrations
- Letter / Eaton, John
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Public libraries a hundred years ago / Scudder, Horace E.
- Chapter II. School and asylum libraries
- Chapter III. College libraries
- Chapter IV. Theological libraries in the United States / Sumner, John S.
- Chapter V. Law libraries / Griswold, Stephen B.
- Chapter VI. Medical libraries in the United States / Billings, J. S.
- Chapter VII. Scientific libraries in the United States / Gill, Theodore
- Chapter VIII. Libraries in prisons and reformatories
- Chapter IX. Professorships of books and reading / Perkins, F. B.; Mathews, William
- Chapter X. Libraries of the general government
- Chapter XI. Copyright, distribution, exchanges and duties
- Chapter XII. State and territorial libraries / Homes, Henry A.
- Chapter XIII. Historical societies in the United States / Homes, Henry A.; Fletcher, W. I.
- Chapter XIV. Young men's mercantile libraries / Perkins, F. B.
- Chapter XV. Young men's Christian associations / Brainerd, Cephas
- Chapter XVI. Free libraries / Quincy, J. P.
- Chapter XVII. Public libraries in manufacturing communities / Fletcher, W. I.
- Chapter XVIII. Public libraries and the young / Fletcher, W. I.
- Chapter XIX. How to make town libraries successful / Perkins, F. B.
- Chapter XX. Reading in popular libraries / Winsor, Justin
- Chapter XXI. Art museums and their connection with public libraries / Frieze, H. S.
- Chapter XXII. Free town libraries
- Chapter XXIII. Free reading rooms / Todd, W. C.
- Chapter XXIV. Library buildings / Winsor, Justin
- Chapter XXV. The organization and management of public libraries / Poole, William F.
- Chapter XXVI. College library administration / Robinson, Otis H.
- Chapter XXVII. Library catalogues / Cutter, C. A.
- Chapter XXVIII. Catalogues and cataloguing / Dewey, Melvil, et al.
- Chapter XXIX. On indexing periodical and miscellaneous literature / Robinson, Otis H.
- Chapter XXX. Binding and preservation / Spoffard, A. R.
- Chapter XXXI. Periodical literature and society publications / Spoffard, A. R.
- Chapter XXXII. Works of reference for libraries / Spoffard, A. R.
- Chapter XXXIII. Library memoranda / Winsor, Justin
- Chapter XXXIV. Titles of books / Robinson, Otis H.
- Chapter XXXV. Book indexes / Perkins, F. B.
- Chapter XXXVI. Library bibliography / Spoffard, A. R.
- Chapter XXXVII. Library reports and statistics
- Chapter XXXVIII. Public libraries of ten principal cities
- Chapter XXXIX. General statistics of all public libraries in the United States
- Index
- [Cover]