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Author Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-

Title Main Street public library : community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956 / Wayne A. Wiegand.

Imprint Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Haldeman-Julius Collection  027.477 W635m 2011    ---  Lib Use Only
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Description xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Series Iowa and the Midwest experience
Iowa and the Midwest experience.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index.
Contents Introduction: information, reading, place -- Pride of a century: the Bryant Library of Sauk Centre, Minnesota -- A credit to the place: the Sage Library of Osage, Iowa -- Tourist attraction: the Charles H. Moore Library of Lexington, Michigan -- Those commission ideas: the Rhinelander Public Library of Rhinelander, Wisconsin -- Literature suitable for a small public library: Main Street public library collections -- Epilogue: agent of social harmony.
Subject Public libraries -- Middle West -- History.
Rural libraries -- Middle West -- History.
Libraries and community -- Middle West -- History.
Libraries and community. (OCoLC)fst00997508
Public libraries. (OCoLC)fst01082640
Rural libraries. (OCoLC)fst01101723
Middle West. (OCoLC)fst01240052
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781609380670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1609380673 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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