Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ673389
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Publication Date: 2003
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"Before the Public": Some Early Libraries of Antigua.
Frohnsdorf, Gregory
Libraries & Culture, v38 n1 p1-23 Win 2003
Discusses early libraries of Antigua. Highlights include Thomas Bray's libraries in the 1690s; meeting literary needs in the 1700s; private libraries of the time; rise of library organizations in the mid-1800s, including the Antigua Library Society and the Presbyterian Church Library; racial issues; difficult economic times; and transformation of the Antigua Library Society into the public library in 1854. (Contains 115 references.) (AEF)
Descriptors: Background, Developing Nations, Libraries, Library Development, Public Libraries, Special Libraries
Libraries & Culture, University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. Tel: 512-471-4531; Fax: 512-320-0668; e-mail: journals@uts.cc.utexas.edu; Web site: http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jlc.html/.
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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