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From Refuge to Risk: Public Libraries and Children in World War I

Kimball, Melanie A.

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/3707

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Title
From Refuge to Risk: Public Libraries and Children in World War I
Author(s)
Kimball, Melanie A.
Issue Date
2007
Keyword(s)
  • Libraries and society
  • World War I
  • Children in libraries
  • Public Libraries
  • Epidemics
Abstract
During World War I public libraries in the United States functioned in multiple ways as civic spaces. This was particularly true of libraries in large, urban centers with diverse ethnic populations, many from countries involved in the conflict. For children, the library was a refuge that provided story hours, reading material, and space dedicated to their needs. Just before the end of the war, the influenza pandemic broke out and children were not allowed in the library building. In a few short months, the library went from being a refuge to being a health risk for children.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3707
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2007 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

Owning Collections

Library Trends 55 (3) Winter 2007: Libraries in Times of War, Revolution, and Social Change PRIMARY
Library Trends 55 (3) Winter 2007: Libraries in Times of War, Revolution, and Social Change. Edited by W. Boyd Rayward and Christine Jenkins.