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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.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Public libraries--Middle West--History.
Rural libraries--Middle West--History.
Libraries and community--Middle West--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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.

Series:

Iowa and the Midwest experience

ISBN:

1609380681 (e-book)
9781609380687 (e-book)
1609380673 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781609380670 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011013862

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

SGPD074 -- Evansdale Public Library (Evansdale)

DJPD353 -- Hampton Public Library (Hampton)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

NBPB943 -- Lehigh Public Library (Lehigh)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)