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The Chicago public library: origins and backgrounds (Gregg Press, 1972) Watson, Paula D. "Founding mothers: The contribution of women's organizations to public library development in the United States." Library Quarterly (1994): 233-269. in JSTOR; Whitehill, Walter Muir. Boston Public Library: A Centennial History (Harvard University Press, 1956)
Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts is the oldest building that houses a public library in America. [1] [2] The original library building was built in 1644 as the house of Rev. John Lothropp and is the oldest building housing a public library in the United States. Since Reverend Lothrop used the front room of the house for public ...
Darby Free Library is a public library at 1001 Main Street in Darby Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Founded as the Darby Library Company in 1743 – just 12 years after Benjamin Franklin organized the Library Company of Philadelphia – it remains one of the oldest libraries in the United States.
Oswego City Library is a historic library building located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It has also been known as the Oswego School District Public Library . [ 2 ] It was built in about 1855 and is a two-story brick structure over a full basement.
Harvard Library is the oldest library system in the United States and both the largest academic library and largest private library in the world. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Its collection holds over 20 million volumes, 400 million manuscripts, 10 million photographs, and one million maps.
Long before the U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers had already founded lasting settlements. These are 10 of the oldest inhabited cities in the U.S. that you ...
The year 1876 is key in the history of librarianship in the United States. The American Library Association was formed on October 6, [176] The American Library Journal was founded, Melvil Dewey published his decimal-based system of classification, and the United States Bureau of Education published its report, "Public libraries in the United ...
List of Toronto Public Library branches; List of libraries in Hamburg, Germany; List of libraries in Lahore, Pakistan; List of libraries in Metro Manila, Philippines; List of libraries in Hyderabad, India; List of public libraries of Seoul, South Korea; List of libraries in Barcelona, Spain; List of libraries in Ankara, Turkey