Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-
Main Street public library community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956 / [electronic resource] : Wayne A. Wiegand. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2011. - xi, 244 p. : ill. - Iowa and the Midwest experience . - Iowa and the Midwest experience. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Public libraries--History.--Middle West
Rural libraries--History.--Middle West
Libraries and community--History.--Middle West
Electronic books.
Z732.M69 / W54 2011eb
027.4/77
Main Street public library community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956 / [electronic resource] : Wayne A. Wiegand. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2011. - xi, 244 p. : ill. - Iowa and the Midwest experience . - Iowa and the Midwest experience. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Public libraries--History.--Middle West
Rural libraries--History.--Middle West
Libraries and community--History.--Middle West
Electronic books.
Z732.M69 / W54 2011eb
027.4/77