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American libraries before 1876
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American libraries before 1876

Author: Haynes McMullen
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: Beta Phi Mu monograph series, no. 6
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Haynes McMullen
ISBN: 031331277X 9780313312779
OCLC Number: 42038155
Description: xiv, 179 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction -- Libraries in the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods -- Libraries from the end of the Revolutionary Period through 1875 -- Kinds of libraries in existence before 1876 -- Social libraries -- Libraries belonging to organizations that were not formed to establish libraries -- Libraries belonging to institutions, some of which were operated by private organizations and some of which were operated by government units -- Libraries belonging to government agencies -- Libraries belonging to business firms and individuals -- Libraries of uncertain ownership -- Subject matter of the collections -- Private libraries, school libraries, and Sunday School libraries.
Series Title: Beta Phi Mu monograph series, no. 6
Responsibility: Haynes McMullen ; foreword by Kenneth E. Carpenter.

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