The Dallas Public Library: Celebrating a Century of Service, 1901-2001
Autor Michael V. Hazelen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 aug 2001
This is the story of committed leaders like May Dickson Exall, who persuaded Andrew Carnegie to give $50,000 to build Dallas's first free public library, and director Cleora Clanton, who stretched a shoestring budget to provide service to all citizens of Dallas at a time when minorities were often shunned and intellectual freedom challenged. It is also the story of beloved director Lillian Bradshaw, who built a major central library facility and a network of branches that reflect the interests of the neighborhoods they serve.
More than just a repository of books, the Dallas Public Library has offered many people a place for lifelong learning, practical skills development, pursuit of personal interests, and recreation. Through the years, the library has grown and changed with the city of Dallas and is ready once again--as technology drives the information market--to adapt its services to meet the needs of Dallas citizens.
This is the centennial history of a landmark institution, from its genesis as a single library with a staff of five to a central library and twenty-two branch libraries with a staff of more than five hundred. Richly illustrated with two hundred black-and-white photographs and ten color plates.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781574411416
ISBN-10: 1574411411
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 211 x 266 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.94 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: University of North Texas Press
ISBN-10: 1574411411
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 211 x 266 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.94 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: University of North Texas Press
Notă biografică
Michael V. Hazel is a native Dallasite and fifth-generation Texan. He has been an adjunct professor in history at both Southern Methodist University and the University of North Texas. Hazel has served as interim director of both the Dallas Historical Society and the Dallas County Heritage Society. Since 1989 he has edited a semiannual regional history journal, "Legacies," focusing on Dallas and North Central Texas. He is the author of "Dallas: A History of Big D" and "Dallas: A Dynamic Century," as well as editor of "Dallas Reconsidered" and "Stanley Marcus from A to Z," the latter published by the University of North Texas Press.