Spreading the Gospel of Books : Essae M. Culver and the Genesis of Louisiana Parish Libraries /

"In 1925, Essae Martha Culver, a California librarian, arrived in Louisiana to direct a three-year project funded by the Carnegie Corporation that aimed to introduce public libraries to rural populations. Culver purchased a round-trip ticket, but she never used the second half. Instead, she sta...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Jumonville, Florence M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2019.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Culver, Essae Martha, > 1882-1973.
Libraries.
Librarians.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Bibliothecaires > Louisiane > Biographies.
Bibliotheques > Louisiane > Histoire.
Librarians > Louisiana > Biography.
Libraries > Louisiana > History.
Louisiana.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"In 1925, Essae Martha Culver, a California librarian, arrived in Louisiana to direct a three-year project funded by the Carnegie Corporation that aimed to introduce public libraries to rural populations. Culver purchased a round-trip ticket, but she never used the second half. Instead, she stayed in Louisiana the rest of her life, working tirelessly to see libraries established in every parish by 1969"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (271 pages).
ISBN:9780807172599

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