Main Street public library
Subtitle: community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956
By: by Wayne A. Wiegand
Series: Iowa and the Midwest experience
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781609380670; 9781609380687
Subjects: Public libraries; Rural libraries; Libraries and community; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : information, reading, place; title: Pride of a century : the Bryant Library of Sauk Centre, Minnesota; title: A credit to the place : the Sage Library of Osage, Iowa; title: Tourist attraction : the Charles H. Moore Library of Lexington, Michigan; title: Those commission ideas : the Rhinelander Public Library of Rhinelander, Wisconsin; title: Literature suitable for a small public library : Main Street public library collections; title: Epilogue : agent of social harmony.