Libraries are more than books, 1961. [speech]

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Libraries are more than books, 1961. [speech]

An address, given before the Men's Group of the New York Education Department, discussing the benefits and diversity of activities of libraries and lobbying for increased awareness and support of libraries in New York State.

22 pages.

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Pforzheimer, Carl H., Jr., 1907-1996

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Because the appropriation for the Westchester County Commission on Government did not include funds to study the libraries in the county, Carl H. Pforzheimer, the Commission's chair, sought and received a grant from the Carnegie Foundation to conduct such a study. Mr. Pforzheimer directed the study which proposed an umbrella organization, the Westchester County Library System (today, the Westchester Library Association). These are Mr. Pforzheimer's files. From the description of West...