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Index Abernethy, Alonzo, 54–55, 59–61 Alcott, Louisa May, 14, 58 Alexander, Jeffrey, 7 Alger, Horatio, 25, 58, 67, 97, 151, 159 Allison, William B., 60 American Baptist Society, 56 American Book Seller, 16 American Library Association: catalogs, 17, 25, 56, 111, 137, 144–47; Committee on Intellectual Freedom, 72; influence , 3, 75, 140, 150, 153, 173, 182; Library Bill of Rights, 160 Anderson, Benedict, 5 Annis, J. W., 54 Arzt, F. Anthony, 25 Atherton, Frank, 50, 52–53 Avalanche, 15, 20–21 banned books. See Boston Public Library ; censorship Barnes, Charles F., 94 Barnes, Mrs. John, 94 Barto, Charlotte, 22 Barto, Mrs. Lyman, 22 Barton, John R., 163–64 Bascom, Elva, 67, 141 Beach, Watson, 78 Bell, John, 80 Berger, Victor, 113 Bertram, James, 20–21, 23, 59–60, 99–100, 104 Board of Library Commissioners (Michigan ), 81–82 board of trustees. See library board of trustees Book-of-the-Month Club, 91, 157–58 Book Review Digest, 67, 144 book selection, influences on: community , 4, 133, 170, 177–78, 182; outside groups, 156, 158, 166 Booklist: annotations used, 30, 65; as selection guide, 67 bookmobiles, 18–19, 31, 34, 74, 81, 92, 96, 102–03, 125–28, 173–74 Boston Public Library (BPL), 9, 136–37 Botsford, W. S., 126–28 Brainard, J. M., 58 Brown, A. W., 95 Brown, E. O., 94, 96, 98, 101 Brown, Webster E., 93–94, 101–02 Bryant Library Association, 12–13 Bryant Literary and Historical Association , 16 Bryant, William Cullen, 12, 14 Bulletin of the Iowa Library Commission (BILC), 57–58, 67, 150 Burr, Elizabeth, 127 Bushey, Richard, 40 Butler, Pierce, 181 Cadillac House, 77, 81, 86 Calloway, W. L., 173–74 Carey Chautauqua Reading Circle, 53 Carnegie, Andrew, 3, 19–23, 35, 57–65, 96–103, 106, 113, 147 Cedar Valley Seminary, 49, 52, 54, 56, 66 censorship: collection development, 72, 149, 161–62, 170–72, 185–86; government , 27, 165; librarians as censors, 4, 240 • index 72, 111, 151, 164; New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, 140, 143, 149 Charles Kerr Publishing Company, 146–47 Children’s Book Week, 29, 31–32, 37–38, 42, 45, 88, 177 Children’s Catalog, 32, 173 circulation statistics: Bryant Library, 18, 24, 28, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41, 45, 176; Moore Library, 85, 88–89, 92, 175; Rhinelander Library, 112, 114, 119– 20, 123, 130, 175; Sage Library, 53, 56, 58, 66, 68, 73, 75, 174 Clarke, Daniel, 78 Cleary, James, 126 Cole, Oliver, 54–55 collection bias, 119, 129, 148. See also labor issues; socialism communism, 161, 170, 184 community outreach: circulars, 105–06; displays and exhibits, 34, 37, 42–45, 66, 119; general, 34–35, 42–43, 83; Good Book Week, 118; National Book Week, 73–75, 88, 129; newspaper columns, 42–43, 56, 58, 98, 105, 123, 146; open house, 86; Read and See program, 124–25. See also Children’s Book Week controversial reading materials: dime novels, 16, 48, 111, 150; magazines, 112, 124, 140–41, 164; paperbacks (pocket books) and comics, 161, 163–66, 169, 171; periodicals, 55; popular fiction, 17, 28, 33, 56, 58, 68, 150 Cooper, J. F., 20 cooperation with local schools, 14, 24, 38, 58, 64, 89, 105, 123, 125 county library systems. See regional library systems Crosby, Charles, 80–81, 84 Croswell, Michigan, 77, 80 Current Literature, 16, 138 Dana, John Cotton, 148–49 Darnton, Robert, 4–5 De Certeau, Michel, 5 demographics: Lexington (Michigan), 77–78, 81, 86–87; Osage (Iowa), 47, 53, 65–66, 134–35; Rhinelander (Wisconsin ), 93, 96, 100, 130; Sauk Centre (Minnesota), 11, 15, 25, 39–40; small towns, 1–2 Detroit (Michigan), 1, 77, 79, 81–82, 85– 86, 90, 153–54, 165; Detroit Tribune, 82 Dewey Decimal Classification, 21, 55–56, 96, 146 Dolliver, J. P., 60 DuBois, Julian, 22 Eastern Michigan Tourist Association, 87 Eaton, Laura, 54–55 Eaton, W. L., 54, 61 Eisenhower, Dwight, 173 Elsie Dinsmore series, 97, 151 Everett, Edward, 9–10, 182 Farrington, Anne, 127 federal government: funding of libraries , 28; Library Services Act, 173–74; Library Services Act 1956, 1 Fiction Catalog, 4, 157–58, 173 Fraser, Lillian, 84 Gable, W. H., 54, 62 Gallup, Winfield D., 40, 44 Garland, F. M., 22 Garland, Hamlin, 48–50, 53 Genung, George, 62 Gone with the Wind, 70, 123 Gopher Prairie, 2, 27, 40 Gorman, Michael, 182 Gradatim Club, 17–18, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34–35, 40, 44, 139 [18.116.63.174] Project MUSE (2024...

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