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Title
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Boston Public Library
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First photo: A photograph of the Boston Public Library located in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Boston Public Library is the first publicly supported library in the United States. Established in 1848, it is now the second largest library in the U.S., housing over 22 million items. The library consists of two buildings, the general and the research library. Also designated as a National Historic Landmark, the McKim Building, the research portion of the Boston Public Library, features the "first outstanding example of Renaissance Beaux-Arts Classicism in America." The McKim building features fine murals, collections of rare books, manuscripts, maps, and prints. Another feature of the Boston Library is Bates Hall, which is acknowledged by many to be one of the most architecturally important rooms in the world. The reading room of the library, Bates Hall is lighted by 15 arched and grilled windows and remains one of the most historically significant spaces of the library. The general library portion is located in the Johnson Building, which houses over 700,000 volumes - the largest circulating collection of materials of the Boston Public Library.
Second photo: Photograph shows the staircase corridor at the main entrance of the Boston Public Library.
The Boston Public Library was founded in 1848 by the General Court of Massachusetts, and was the first free large municipal library in the United States. However, it had to go through several changes, as the original building was a former schoolhouse that only held 1, 600 volumes. In December of the same year, a new building was Boylston Street, which has been the permanent residence of the Boston Public Library ever since. The library continued to make history as the first branch library in the United States was opened in East Boston in 1870. This act would establish the branch system seen in other libraries. In 1986, it became a National Historic Landmark for its legacy and influence on other libraries in the country.
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First photo - Unknown
Second photo - A.W. Elson & Co.
Date
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1909
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Source: Boston Public Library. (2012, October 25). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/RE7nZb">http://bit.ly/RE7nZb</a>
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Medium: Painting <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Public_Library,_McKim_Building"></a>
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https://fedora.digitalcommonwealth.org/fedora/objects/commonwealth:c821gx66c/datastreams/access800/content
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Boston Public Library, Public Libraries, Murals, Bates Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, Historic
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Link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Public_Library,_McKim_Building">Wikipedia</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:c821gx653">Digital Commonwealth</a>
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Boston Public Library
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Boston Public Library
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English
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Library
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Massachusetts
Bates Hall
Boston
Boston Public Library
Historic
Massachusetts
Murals
Public Libraries
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Title
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Carnegie Library
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<p><strong><em>The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.</em></strong></p>
<p><em>Andrew Carnegie</em></p>
A photograph of one of the many Carnegie Libraries. It was built in Houston, located at the corner of Travis Street and McKinney Avenue.<br /> <br />Andrew Carnegie was a rich philanthropist who helped create over 2,000 libraries between 1883 and 1929. 1,689 were built in the United States, 660 in Britain and Ireland, 125 in Canada, and even more were made around the world. At the time of their creation, segregation was still an ongoing issue, as many white libraries forbade African-Americans from entering. Carnegie didn’t want to deprive anyone of knowledge, so he created some libraries specifically for African-Americans. Today, 1,554 of the 1,681 original buildings in the United States still exist, with 911 still used as libraries.
Date
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1904
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Source: Carnegie library. (2012, October 10). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:49, October 12, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/RCHBU7">http://bit.ly/RCHBU7</a>
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Medium: Photograph.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Houston_Carnegie_Library_1904.jpg/753px-Houston_Carnegie_Library_1904.jpg
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Carnegie Library, Andrew Carnegie, Houston, Philanthropy, Public Libraries, African-Americans
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Historic Houston Photographs
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Link: <a href="http://digital.lib.uh.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p15195coll2&CISOPTR=158">Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. UH Digital Library</a>
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Historic Houston Photographs
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Historic Houston Photographs
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English
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Library
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Texas
African-Americans
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Library
Houston
Philanthropy
Public Libraries
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Title
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Forrest Spaulding from Nashua Telegraph
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A black and white photograph of Forrest Brisbin Spaulding, a humanitarian who created the Library Bill of Rights.<br /> <br />Forrest Spaulding strongly believed that library access should be for everyone and did his best to act on this belief by organized traveling libraries and working with the YMCA to send books to the military. As he worked with the Des Moines Public Library, he saw the upcoming threat of censorship hitting other libraries. He believed in free speech, and so created the Library Bill of Rights which declared that anyone who swore under it would not give in to the pressures of censorship. The Bill would later be adopted by the American Library Association, and while there have been some changes to make up for the passage of time, it still holds strong today. Spaulding believed censorship hurt more than it helped, such as when his library was being challenged to censor Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, he responded 'if more people had read Mein Kampf, some of Hitler's despotism might have been prevented.'
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Source: Forrest Spaulding. (2012, August 21). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:52, October 12, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/R44H6P">http://bit.ly/R44H6P</a>
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Medium: Photograph.
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https://photos.geni.com/p3/4741/2282/5344483658760655/Forrest_in_Des_Moines_large.jpg
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Forrest Spaulding, Public Libraries, Bill of Rights, YMCA, Des Moines, Censorship, Nazi Germany
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State Library of Iowa
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Unknown
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Link: State Library of Iowa <a href="http://publications.iowa.gov/9347/1/Spaulding.pdf">http://publications.iowa.gov/9347/1/Spaulding.pdf</a>
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State Library of Iowa
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State Library of Iowa
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English
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Figures
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Historic
Bill of Rights
Censorship
Des Moines
Forrest Spaulding
Nazi Germany
Public Libraries
YMCA
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Andrew Carnegie
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Description
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era.[...] Among his many philanthropic efforts, the establishment of public libraries throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and other English-speaking countries was especially prominent. Carnegie libraries, as they were commonly called, were built in many places. The first was opened in 1883 in Dunfermline. His method was to build and equip, but only on condition that the local authority matched that by providing the land and a budget for operation and maintenance. To secure local interest, in 1885, he gave $500,000 to Pittsburgh for a public library, and in 1886, he gave $250,000 to Allegheny City for a music hall and library; and $250,000 to Edinburgh for a free library. In total Carnegie funded some 3,000 libraries, located in 47 US states, and also in Canada, the United Kingdom, what is now the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, and Fiji. He also donated £50,000 to help set up the University of Birmingham in 1899.
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Smithsonian Institution
Date
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1906
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Source: Andrew Carnegie. (2012, October 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 12, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/SV4zo6">http://bit.ly/SV4zo6</a>.
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Medium: Photomechanical Print
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https://nasher.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/emuseum_media/emuse_3587.jpg
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Andrew Carnegie, Steel, Steel Industry, Philanthropy, Public Libraries, Birmingham, UK
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<a href="https://www.biography.com/business-figure/andrew-carnegie">Biography</a>
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian Institution
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English
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Figures
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Historic
Andrew Carnegie
Birmingham
Philanthropy
Public Libraries
Steel
Steel Industry
UK
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<h3><strong>Public Education (E-2)</strong></h3>
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<p><strong><em>"It is in fact a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time — for we are bound by that — but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time."</em></strong><br /> <br />- T. S. Eliot<br /> <br />Recognition of the importance of public education, for both the individual and society, is as old as Western civilization. There is a lot of science behind teaching and even more intuition and intelligence behind its success and yet, more often than not, there is inadequate support for curricula and learning, and small thanks or remuneration for even the most excellent teachers.<br /> <br />Like others called to public service, those working in public education are there to make a difference in the lives of their students and because of their commitment there have been wonderful developments in public education over time. First of all, there is no age limit to accessing public education. Many return to public education institutions as adults beyond the age associated with specific educational levels. Curricula continue to expand to include more diverse groups of student as well as new areas of study that help to keep public education relevant and accessible. <br /> <br />In the age of electronic access to information, those interested in accessing public education has many more options including online line courses and e-publications. The exhibits in this gallery allow up to reflect on the accomplishments of public education and the stalwarts that made important contributions to public education in roles such as public policy development, supervision of public education institutions, as well as the unionization of teachers.</p>
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Francis Wayland daguerreotype
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A black and white photograph of Francis Wayland, an American educator and president of Brown University.<br /> <br />Francis Wayland had always advocated for public libraries, and when he became president of Brown University, in 1827, he formed ne as soon as possible for the school. In 1851, he donated the funds needed to establish a library in Wayland, Massachusetts. Up until then, it was up to rich and high ranking philanthropists to donate and create libraries. But when Wayland’s help, legislation was soon put into action to allow towns to establish libraries. In addition to this, Wayland also created Wayland Seminary to educate former slaves, and in Brown, improved academic discipline.
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Cowan's Auctions
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Unknown
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(Source: Francis Wayland. (2012, July 20). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:20, October 12, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/RnhaEB">http://bit.ly/RnhaEB</a>)
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Medium: Photograph.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Francis_Wayland_daguerreotype.jpg
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Francis Wayland, Education, Library, Public Libraries, Slavery
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Link: <a href="https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player?mets_filename=evr7788mets.xml">http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/past-item.aspx?ItemId=103096</a>
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Cowan's Auctions
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Cowan's Auctions
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English
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Figures
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Historic
Education
Francis Wayland
Library
Public Libraries
Slavery