"So Well Begun and So Much Needed": Building up Libraries for Residents of Iowa's State Institutions.

Autor: LINDELL, LISA R.
Zdroj: Annals of Iowa; Spring2020, Vol. 79 Issue 2, p121-151, 31p
Abstrakt: The article discusses the systematic development by the government of Iowa of library services in state social welfare institutions like prisons, and hospitals in early 1900s. Also cited are the appointment of Miriam E. Carey as supervisor of state institution libraries, the social and cultural purposes of libraries and reading, and the training of librarians.
Databáze: Supplemental Index