Wisconsin Free Library Commission

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The Free Library Commission was established in 1895. It existed as an independent state agency until 1965. In 1965 the Legislature transferred the functions, personnel and properties of the Free Library Commission to the jurisdiction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as the Division for Library Serices (WIHV85-A897) in the Department of Public Instruction (WIHV86-A116).

The Free Library commission was originally established to acquire and circulate books not available locally and to plan and develop an effective system of public libraries in the state. Subsequently, additional functions were assigned to the Commission by law, e.g., giving special service to legislators; certifying public librarians; extending and improving library service to rural areas; and supervising all public libraries in the state by fixing standards and receiving annual reports.

From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145776990
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creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Correspondence and memoranda on library legislation, 1918-1945. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Personnel correspondence and memoranda, 1917-1947. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Indexes to general correspondence, 1916. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. General administrative reports and memoranda, 1904-1949. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Library bulletin copy and correspondence, 1915-1937. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Library School notes of C.B. Lester, 1916-1931. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division for Library Services. Library association files, 1957-1976. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Wisconsin Library Association correspondence, 1918-1945. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. American Library Association correspondence, 1912-1948. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Book lists and bibliographies, 1902-1946. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. American Merchant Marine Library Association correspondence, 1936. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Community files, 1906-1968. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. National Association of State Libraries correspondence and reports, 1913-1929. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division for Library Services. Library services and construction act federal program documentation -- Titles I and III, 1938-1979. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division for Library Services. General correspondence, 1904-1964, 1976, 1978-1979, 1985-1987. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Door-Kewaunee regional library demonstration time study, 1950-1952. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Personnel correspondence and memoranda, 1917-1947. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Library publicity releases, 1913-1927. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Reports and correspondence on institution library work, 1911-1929. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Library extension general file, 1920-1946. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Library School correspondence, reports, and records, 1905-1938. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Traveling library station book lists, 1921-1943. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Parcel post correspondence, 1914-1919. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Lester, Clarence Brown, 1877-1951. Papers, 1865-1957. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Reports on county library service, 1913-1949. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Budget estimates and memoranda, 1920-1946. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Library extension correspondence, 1938-1943. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Traveling library correspondence, 1902-1944. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Reports of institutes and library meetings, 1907-1946. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Correspondence and bulletins on county library campaign, 1911-1942. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Reports and correspondence on World War I library service, 1917-1919. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Miscellaneous correspondence and memoranda, 1903-1957. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Photographs of the exteriors and interiors of public library buildings in Wisconsin, 1890-1940. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. State Reference and Loan Library photograph, circa 1918. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Payrolls, 1904-1948. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Correspondence with local libraries, 1900-1943. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Wisconsin Reading Circle Board for Teachers and Young People records, 1915-1962. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Agency history record. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. League of Library Commissions correspondence, questionnaires, and bulletin, 1906-1931. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Research reports and studies, 1905-1962. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division for Library Services. Library services records, 1903-1979. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Correspondence and reports about library surveys, 1923-1940. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Traveling library photographs, 1897. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin. Division for Library Services. Public librarian certification files, 1923-circa 1967. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Correspondence, 1913-1943. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Abstracts of library statistics, 1926-1942. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Plans of local libraries, 1905-1917. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Library visitors reports, 1904-1946. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Relief library projects correspondence and records, 1933-1943. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Dudgeon, Matthew Simpson, 1871-1949. Papers, 1910-1920. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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associatedWith Legler, Henry Eduard, 1861-1917. person
associatedWith Lester, Clarence Brouwn, 1877- person
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associatedWith United States. Work Projects Administration. corporateBody
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associatedWith Wisconsin. Division for Library Services. corporateBody
associatedWith Wisconsin Library Association. corporateBody
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