Boston Public Library: A Centennial History

Walter Muir Whitehill

Published by Harvard University Press 1956

Boston Public Library

A Centennial History

Walter Muir Whitehill
Illustrator: Rudolph Ruzicka

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674593732

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Whitehill Walter Muir :

The late Walter Muir Whitehill was the Director of the Boston Athenaeum.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	x
CHAPTER I. “Out of Small Beginnings” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER II. The Founding of the Library Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
CHAPTER III. Narrow Premises in Mason Street Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
CHAPTER IV. Jewett in Boylston Street Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
CHAPTER V. The Winsor Decade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
CHAPTER VI. In the Doldrums Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
CHAPTER VII. Building the New Library Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
CHAPTER VIII. The New Library under Herbert Putnam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
CHAPTER IX. The Administrations of Whitney and Wadlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
CHAPTER Χ. Belden’s Fourteen Years Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
CHAPTER XI. Depression and Consolidation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
CHAPTER XII. Towards the Second Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1956
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 274
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 12
- Other: 12 line illustrations
Keywords: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General; Boston Public Library -- History.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674593732

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1956
ISBN: 9780674365858