Author: John FultonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Memoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard, Tenth President of Columbia College in the City of New York
Author: John FultonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Memoirs of Frederick A.P. Barnard
Author: John FultonMemoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard
Author: John FultonPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337523909
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Memoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard,
Author: John FultonPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021416346
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Frederick A.P. Barnard was one of the most influential educators of his time, serving as the President of Columbia College (later Columbia University) from 1864 to 1889. In this fascinating memoir, he tells the story of his life and career, from his days as a struggling young teacher to his rise as one of the most respected figures in American academia. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of education in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Reading Publics
Author: Tom GlynnPublisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823262650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
On May 11, 1911, the New York Public Library opened its “marble palace for book lovers” on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. This was the city’s first public library in the modern sense, a tax-supported, circulating collection free to every citizen. Since before the Revolution, however, New York’s reading publics had access to a range of “public libraries” as the term was understood by contemporaries. In its most basic sense a public library in the eighteenth and most of the nineteenth centuries simply meant a shared collection of books that was available to the general public and promoted the public good. From the founding in 1754 of the New York Society Library up to 1911, public libraries took a variety of forms. Some of them were free, charitable institutions, while others required a membership or an annual subscription. Some, such as the Biblical Library of the American Bible Society, were highly specialized; others, like the Astor Library, developed extensive, inclusive collections. What all the public libraries of this period had in common, at least ostensibly, was the conviction that good books helped ensure a productive, virtuous, orderly republic—that good reading promoted the public good. Tom Glynn’s vivid, deeply researched history of New York City’s public libraries over the course of more than a century and a half illuminates how the public and private functions of reading changed over time and how shared collections of books could serve both public and private ends. Reading Publics examines how books and reading helped construct social identities and how print functioned within and across groups, including but not limited to socioeconomic classes. The author offers an accessible while scholarly exploration of how republican and liberal values, shifting understandings of “public” and “private,” and the debate over fiction influenced the development and character of New York City’s public libraries in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Reading Publics is an important contribution to the social and cultural history of New York City that firmly places the city’s early public libraries within the history of reading and print culture in the United States.
Book Bulletin
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Bulletin of the Toronto Public Library
Author: Toronto Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Columbia University Quarterly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Vol. 6 includes 150th anniversary number.
A Bibliography of Mississippi
Author: Thomas McAdory OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description