Journal article
“My Duty and My Pleasure”: Alice S. Tyler’s Reluctant Oversight of Carnegie Library Philanthropy in Iowa
Information & culture, Vol.48(1), pp.91-111
2013
DOI: 10.1353/lac.2013.0005
Abstract
J. O. Modisette (1881-1942), a small-town Louisiana attorney, was "interested in public libraries"and resolute that every Louisianian deserved the opportunity to read. As a longtime member of the Louisiana Library Commission, Modisette supported the library cause by doing the commission's legal work, seeking grant funding, and publicizing the commission-all free of charge. This biographical sketch examines the role of a library trustee during a formative period of library development and illustrates Modisette's productive collaboration with the library community to place libraries within reach of all the people of Louisiana.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- “My Duty and My Pleasure”: Alice S. Tyler’s Reluctant Oversight of Carnegie Library Philanthropy in Iowa
- Creators
- Shana L Stuart
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Information & culture, Vol.48(1), pp.91-111
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- DOI
- 10.1353/lac.2013.0005
- ISSN
- 2164-8034
- eISSN
- 2166-3033
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Library and Information Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984122559002771
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