Traveling library correspondence, 1902-1944.

ArchivalResource

Traveling library correspondence, 1902-1944.

Records, 1902-1944, of the Traveling Library and Study Club Department. Records consist primarily of correspondence, including requests for traveling libraries and for study club books and book lists, inquiries about traveling library service, and complaints about lost or damaged books. Also included are book lists, newspaper clippings about traveling library service, and promotional leaflets and correspondence.

24.8 c.f. (62 archives boxes)

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Wisconsin Free Library Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69h0jf7 (corporateBody)

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 ...