An edition of Librarianship in Gilded Age America
(2009)
Librarianship in Gilded Age America
an anthology of writings, 1868-1901
by Leonard C. Schlup and Stephen H. Paschen
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"This book brings together writings of foundational figures in Gilded Age librarianship, including Charles Ammi Cutter, Melvil Dewey, Andrew Carnegie and Richard Rogers Bowker. Featuring seminal works of library scholarship alongside previously unpublished letters and reprints of long forgotten journal articles, the book places each selection in chronological order and includes an introductory narrative for each entry"--Provided by publisher.
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Librarianship in Gilded Age America: an anthology of writings, 1868-1901
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Librarianship in Gilded Age America: an anthology of writings, 1868-1901
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Table of Contents
Harvard College Library / Charles Ammi Cutter
American library journal / Melvil Dewey
Interlibrary loans / Samuel Swett Green
Publishers' slips for librarians / Charles A. Nelson
The work of librarians / John Fiske
The American Library Association / Melvil Dewey
The profession / Melvil Dewey
Communication letter / Melvil Dewey
Classification / Josephus N. Larned
Progress of library architecture / William Frederick Poole
Selecting and training library assistants / James L. Whitney
Report on the reading of the young / Mary A. Bean
The work of the nineteenth-century librarian for the librarian of the twentieth century / Richard Rogers Bowker
The free public library in the United States : evolution and function / Moses Coit Tyler
The young writer's use of a library / William E. Foster
Report of librarian on the Enoch Pratt Free Library to the board of trustees / Lewis H. Steiner
Report of the state librarian to the New Hampshire Legislature / William H. Kimball
Melvil Dewey to Whitelaw Reid / Melvil Dewey
Library philanthropy / Andrew Carnegie
Are public libraries public blessings? / James M. Hubbard
Theodore Roosevelt to George H. Putnam / Theodore Roosevelt
Being a librarian / Ernest C. Richardson
Library work / William Frederick Poole
Mary Abbie Bean to Charles Evans / Mary Abbie Bean
Duties of trustees and their relations to librarians / Samuel Swett Green
The function of libraries and schools in education / William T. Harris
Promoting the free library movement / Grover Cleveland
Uniformity versus individuality in the arrangement and administration of public libraries / Lewis H. Steiner
University libraries : an address at the opening of the Sage Library of Cornell University / David Coit Gilman
Presidential address / William Isaac Fletcher
Salaries of women librarians / Mary Salome Cutler
The library of the United States / Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Shelving pamphlets in libraries / Willard Austen
Future of local libraries / Justin Winsor
Books and readers in public libraries / Caleb B. Tillinghast
School libraries / Horace E. Scudder
Bookbindings of the present / Brander Matthews
Hear the other side / John Cotton Dana
The new building for the Library of Congress / Bernard R. Green
Public documents / Francis A. Crandall
The public and its public library / John Cotton Dana
Address of the president / William Howard Brett
The care of special collections / Wilberforce Eames
The care of manuscripts / Herbert Friedenwald
College libraries in the United States / Ashton R. Willard
Moral and literary responsibility of librarians in selecting books for a public library / Richard Jones
Free public libraries and the community / Herbert Putnam
Special training for college librarians / George T. Little
Ainsworth Rand Spofford to William McKinley / Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Herbert Putnam to John Addison Porter / Herbert Putnam
Bookbinding of American publishers / Ellen D. Biscoe
Letter of resignation / Melvil Dewey
The Library of Congress / Herbert Putnam
Azariah Smith Root to Askel G.S. Josephson / Azariah Smith Root
Years of American library progress : address of the president / Reuben Gold Thwaites
Summer vacation cards / Sam Walter Foss
Qualifications of a librarian / Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Open shelves and public morals / Isabel Ely Lord
Collection development and best books / Charles Ammi Cutter
Herbert Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt / Herbert Putnam
Timeline, 1860-1902.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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