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| Format | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Creator | Hoyt, Dolores J. |
| Title | The Role of Libraries in the American Turner Organizations |
| Dissertation Note (type -- academic institution) | Ph.D -- Indiana University |
| Date | 1993 |
| Extent of Work | 243 pages |
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| Abstract | Much of the library literature pertaining to early American library development ignores or minimizes library development and support for libraries within ethnic groups. The records of such groups are often not in English, frequently handwritten, and not generally accessible. The archives of the AmerIcan Turners and some of Its local Turner groups provide a unique opportunity to study primary materials related to an influential and large German American organization. A close examination of the role of Libraries in the American Turners provided an important case study for the role of libraries and reading in ethnic groups during a period of major immigration to the United States, 1850 to 1918. In their early years, the Turner libraries functioned for the German American community similar to public libraries, although the Turner-held titles reflected more radical authors than those offered by the public resources. As the Turners became more conservative, and the public libraries developed their German-language holdings, the need to maintain separate collections diminished. This case study, when added to those of other ethnic groups, will form a revised national composite of early American library development. |
| Call Number | Digital file (PDF) |
| MKI Terms | Libraries -- United States -- History/ Turners/ Societies, etc./ German Americans |