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: value: The Redwood Library and Athenæum / Cheryl Helms; value: The Charleston Library Society / John C. Bernens and P.J. Gartin; value: The New York Society Library / Mark Bartlett and Sara Elliott Holliday; value: The Boston Athenæum / Richard Wendorf; value: The Salem Athenæum / Charles L. Newhall; value: The Athenæum of Philadelphia / Roger W. Moss; value: The Portsmouth Athenæum / Thomas Hardiman; value: The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen / Janet Wells Greene; value: The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction / Noreen Tomassi with Mary Collins; value: The Mercantile Library / Albert Pyle; value: The Providence Athenæum / Alison Davis Maxell; value: The St. Louis Mercantile Library Association / John Neal Hoover; value: The Mechanics' Institute Library / Inez Shor Cohen; value: The St. Johnsbury Athenæum / Mark D. Mitchell; value: The Lanier Library Association / Judy Lanier; value: The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library / Erika Torri.