growth of public libraries in nebraska
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Growth of Public Libraries in Nebraska. Charley Seavey Nebraska Library Commission March 22, 2001. Alliance. Where We Are Going. Prior to the 1850s Founding of Boston Public Library Growth , 1850s-1890. The Rest of the Story…. The Carnegie Era Post WWII Developments Nebraska. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Growth of Public Libraries in
Nebraska
Charley SeaveyNebraska Library
CommissionMarch 22, 2001
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Alliance
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Where We Are Going...
•Prior to the 1850s•Founding of Boston Public
Library•Growth , 1850s-1890
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The Rest of the Story….
•The Carnegie Era•Post WWII Developments•Nebraska
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Auburn, Then and Now1926…………….1996
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Pre- “Public” Libraries
•Social Libraries
–Plain vanilla–Athenaeum –Mercantile Libraries
•Circulating Libraries
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Boston, MA, Public Library
• Boston, 1850• Enabling
Legislation• Social
Purpose?• Trustees
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1850 1860 1870 1880 1890Year
Growth, 1850-1890
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Lincoln PL 1902 or So
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Mr. Carnegie’s Money
• $40,000,000+
• 1418 Towns nationwide
• 65 in Nebraska
• More later
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f Lib
raries
1890 1900 1910 1920Year
Growth, 1890-1920
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The Kearney Carnegie
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Post-Carnegie, or The Rest of the Story
•The Great Depression•World War II•Library Services Act, 1956•Library Services and
Construction Act, 1964
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Nebraska, the 1870s
•Population 122,993•16,083 of whom live in
Omaha
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States with PLs, 1872
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1870s Nebraska Libraries
• Fort McPherson
• Fremont• Lincoln (4
libraries)
• Nebraska City• Omaha (6
libraries)• Peru
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Library Foundings in Nebraska
1872-1984
1867 to 18871887 to 19071907 to 19261926 to 19461946 to 1984
Omha - 1872Lincoln - 1877Crete - 1878Grand Island - 1884Broken Bow- 1885Humboldt - 1885
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Teddy at Grand Island
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Rank by Population Served
•1890• Iowa - 15• Kansas- 19• Nebraska- 26
•1920• Nebraska- 8• Iowa- 12• Kansas 13
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Ceresco PL
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Mr.. Carnegie’s MoneyThe Most Successful States
• 1. Wyoming• 2. Utah• 3. Indiana• 4. Nebraska• 5. California
• 6. Montana• 7. Iowa• 8. South
Dakota• 9. Oregon• 10. Kansas
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Percentages of Carnegie Grants
National Nebraska
Prior to1901
12.6% 4.6%
After1901
87.4% 95.4%
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Weeping Water
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PL is a Community Phenomenon
•Women’s Clubs •Enabling Laws (Home Rule)
•Local Initiative!
The End