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Melville Reuben Bissell (September 25, 1843 – March 15, 1889) was an American entrepreneur who invented the modern carpet sweeper. [1] The Bissell corporation is named after him. Life and career
The library system is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 51 library systems in 143 counties in Georgia. [2] Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to the system's collection of 10.6 million books. [3]
This is a list of all public library systems in Georgia, United States, serviced under the Georgia Public Library Service. [1] Georgia has 62 library systems [2] consisting of 387 branches serving its 159 counties. [3] Out of these, 284 libraries are serviced by the state-wide library system PINES. [4]
Melville Reuben Bissell files a patent for an improved carpet sweeper. [6] First carousel at Coney Island built by Charles I. D. Looff. Spring – Vast numbers of Indians move north to an encampment of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull in the region of the Little Bighorn River, creating the last great gathering of native peoples on the Great Plains.
Houston County (/ ˈ h aʊ s t ən / HOW-stən) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 163,633 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Its county seat is Perry ; the city of Warner Robins is substantially larger in both area and population.
Anna Bissell was born on 2nd December 1846 in River John, Nova Scotia, to William and Eleanor Sutherland. They moved to Wisconsin when Anna was a child. [6] Bissell's husband was Melville Reuben Bissell. They had five children. In 1889, Bissell's husband died from pneumonia. On November 8, 1934, Bissell died in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1023 Hillery Lane, P.O. Box 69, Sapelo Island, GA 31327 Ida Hilton Public Library 1961 1105 North Way, Darien, GA 31305 Long County Public Library 1961 28 South Main Street, Ludowici, GA 31316 Pierce County Public Library 2024 785 College Ave, Blackshear, GA 31516 St Marys Public Library 1965 100 Herb Bauer Drive, St. Marys, GA 31558
The first special collections department at the University of Georgia was established in 1953. In the years since, the original collection – now the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library – has grown, as have the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, the Walter J. Brown Media Archives, and the Peabody Awards Collection.