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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"history of the public library"”.

  1. Democracy bestowed : the Boston Public Library and the evolution of the ideal of civic education

    A critical examination of the architectural and institutional history of the Boston Public Library, this thesis blends primary sources and contemporary architectural theory to develop a thematic argument about the linkages between architecture, urban design, and the institutional mission of the

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  2. Transmitting Whiteness: Librarians, Children, and Race, 1900-1930s

    <p>In the wake of the public library movement in the southern United States during the early twentieth century, local librarians began providing library services for those whom they deemed to be their most valuable resources, children. Representatives of a new profession, children’s librarians …

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