America's membership libraries
By: edited by Richard Wendorf ; preface by Nicolas Barker.
Contributors: Wendorf, Richard.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Castle, DE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781584561996
Subjects: Subscription libraries -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Redwood Library and Athenæum / Cheryl Helms; title: The Charleston Library Society / John C. Bernens and P.J. Gartin; title: The New York Society Library / Mark Bartlett and Sara Elliott Holliday; title: The Boston Athenæum / Richard Wendorf; title: The Salem Athenæum / Charles L. Newhall; title: The Athenæum of Philadelphia / Roger W. Moss; title: The Portsmouth Athenæum / Thomas Hardiman; title: The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen / Janet Wells Greene; title: The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction / Noreen Tomassi with Mary Collins; title: The Mercantile Library / Albert Pyle; title: The Providence Athenæum / Alison Davis Maxell; title: The St. Louis Mercantile Library Association / John Neal Hoover; title: The Mechanics' Institute Library / Inez Shor Cohen; title: The St. Johnsbury Athenæum / Mark D. Mitchell; title: The Lanier Library Association / Judy Lanier; title: The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library / Erika Torri.