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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)
The first large public library supported by taxes in the United States was the Boston Public Library, which was established in 1848 but did not open its doors to the public until 1854. [ 65 ] The Redwood Library and Athenaeum was founded in 1747 by a group led by Abraham Redwood. [ 66 ]
The presidential library system is made up of thirteen presidential libraries operated fully, or partially, by NARA. [n 1] [4] Libraries and museums have been established for earlier presidents, but they are not part of the NARA presidential library system, and are operated by private foundations, historical societies, or state governments, including the James K. Polk, William McKinley ...
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.
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 ...
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. [4] It is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill , adjacent to the United States Capitol , along with the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia , and additional storage facilities at Fort George G. Meade and ...
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 ...
Watson, Paula D. (1994). "Founding Mothers: The Contribution of Women's Organizations to Public Library Development in the United States" Library Quarterly 64, no. 3 (July 1994): 233–270. Wiegand, Wayne A. (2011). Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 (University of Iowa Press).