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100 1 $aVan Slyck, Abigail Ayres.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92031283
245 10 $aFree to all :$bCarnegie libraries & American culture, 1890-1920 /$cAbigail A. Van Slyck.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c©1995.
263 $a9510
300 $axxvii, 276 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-270) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tGiving: The Reform of American Library Philanthropy.$tLibrarians vs. Architects.$tAndrew Carnegie Enters the Philanthropic Game.$tCarnegie's Reform of American Philanthropy.$tDefining "The Modern Library Idea"$tDesigning the Modern Library.$tCarnegie's Reform of American Library Architecture.$tRedefining the Nature of Library Use --$g2.$tMaking: The Marketing of Library Design.$tThe Culture of Professionalism.$tThe Library Bureau and the Modern Library.$tThe Impact of the Carnegie Library Program --$g3.$tTaking: Libraries and Cultural Politics, Part I.$tCultural Politics in Larger Cities.$tThe Impact of the Carnegie Library Program.$tBuilding the Central Library.$tBuilding Branch Libraries --$g4.$tTaking: Libraries and Cultural Politics, Part II.$tCultural Politics in Smaller Towns.$tCarnegie's Reception in Small-Town America.$tMale and Female Visions of the Library.$tThe Temple in the Park --$g5.$tWorking: The Feminization of Librarianship.$tEngendering American Librarianship.
505 80 $tEngendering Library Design.$tTranscending the Limits of the Gendered Work Station --$g6.$tReading: The Experiences of Children as Library Users.$tComing of Age in the Small-Town Library.$tClaiming New Space in Urban Branches.$tAppendix 1: Notes on the Erection of Library Buildings --$tAppendix 2: Carnegie Libraries Sampled in Table 4.1 and Graphs 4.1-4.5.
520 $aFamiliar Landmarks in hundreds of American towns, Carnegie libraries have shaped the public library experience of generations of Americans and today seen far from controversial. In Free to All, however, Abigail Van Slyck shows that the classical facades and symmetrical plans of these buildings often mask the complex and contentious circumstances of their construction and use.
520 8 $aFree to All is the first comprehensive social and architectural history of the Carnegie library phenomenon, an unprecedented program of philanthropy that helped erect over 1600 public library buildings in the United States.
520 8 $aVan Slyck skillfully untangles the overlapping and conflicting motives of the many people involved in erecting, staffing, and using the libraries: Andrew Carnegie himself; small-town civic boosters avid for new investment; metropolitan library trustees anxious to maintain the elite character of urban libraries; architects reacting to increased professional specialization; a growing number of female librarians; and the children and adults, frequently immigrants, who came to borrow books.
650 0 $aLibrary architecture$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aLibrary architecture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPublic libraries$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aArchitecture and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aArchitecture and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y1865-1918.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139940
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