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Title	America's membership libraries / edited by Richard Wendorf ; preface by Nicolas Barker.
Publication Info.	New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2007.

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Reference Room	Ref. 026 A c.3	IN LIBRARY
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Cataloging	Ref-Cat 026 A c.5	ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK

Edition	1st ed.
Description	354 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Note	"Printed and bound in China"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The Redwood Library and Athenæum / Cheryl Helms -- The Charleston Library Society / John C. Bernens and P.J. Gartin -- The New York Society Library / Mark Bartlett and Sara Elliott Holliday -- The Boston Athenæum / Richard Wendorf -- The Salem Athenæum / Charles L. Newhall -- The Athenæum of Philadelphia / Roger W. Moss -- The Portsmouth Athenæum / Thomas Hardiman -- The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen / Janet Wells Greene -- The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction / Noreen Tomassi with Mary Collins -- The Mercantile Library / Albert Pyle -- The Providence Athenæum / Alison Davis Maxell -- The St. Louis Mercantile Library Association / John Neal Hoover -- The Mechanics' Institute Library / Inez Shor Cohen -- The St. Johnsbury Athenæum / Mark D. Mitchell -- The Lanier Library Association / Judy Lanier -- The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library / Erika Torri.
Note	Prospectus / publisher's advertisements (8 unnumbered p.; color printing) featuring this title loosely inserted in H.L. office copy.
Subject	Redwood Library and Athenaeum -- History.
	Charleston Library Society (Charleston, S.C.) -- History.
	New York Society Library -- History.
	Boston Athenaeum -- History.
	Salem Athenaeum -- History.
	Athenaeum of Philadelphia -- History.
	Portsmouth Athenaeum (Portsmouth, N.H.) -- History.
	General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York -- History.
	Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York -- History.
	Mercantile Library (Cincinnati, Ohio) -- History.
	Providence Athenaeum -- History.
	St. Louis Mercantile Library Association -- History.
	Mechanics' Institute (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History.
	St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.) -- History.
	Lanier Library Association -- History.
	Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)) -- History.
	Libraries -- United States -- History.
	Subscription libraries -- United States -- History.
Added Author	Wendorf, Richard.
	Barker, Nicolas, author of introduction.
ISBN	9781584561996 (acid-free paper)
	1584561998 (acid-free paper)

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