Handbook of Kansas Libraries, 1902 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Handbook of Kansas Libraries, 1902

In a few towns, generous citizens have furnished the means to start a library. In the aggregate, gifts to Kansas libraries have been considerable.

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Excerpt from Handbook of Kansas Libraries, 1902

This Handbook is a contribution to the history of the library movement in Kansas, and purposes to give an account of the organization, maintenance and administration of libraries in this commonwealth.

Massachusetts, Connecticut and Ohio have already published histories of their libraries, and other states have similar work in preparation.

No one except the United States Commissioner of Education has ever attempted to collect data concerning Kansas libraries, and there was nowhere a complete list of the public libraries of the state. The preliminary working list for this report was formed from the lists of Kansas libraries in the reports of the Commissioner of Education, and from the lists of depositories for federal documents in Kansas given in the reports of the Superintendent of Documents, with additional names from the State Historical Society, the Traveling Libraries Commission, and other sources. Between 400 and 500 circular letters of inquiry were sent out in December, 1902, and January, 1903, to the public, society and college libraries, to the high schools, and the superintendents of city schools of the state. Some answered promptly; others, and by far the greater number, have not answered at all. Second letters were sent to the more important libraries. These elicited replies from a few. Third and fourth letters were sent to the silent majority. Again, some replied and others did not.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.