Florida State University Library School Home Reading Courses Collection, 1914-1990
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hunt, Mary Alice
- Extent:
- 0.40 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University Library School Home Reading Courses Collection, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2007-045
Background
- Scope and content:
The Florida State University Library School Home Reading Courses Collection contains a sample of seven monographic publications that were part of this collection that circulated to women's clubs throughout Florida during the mid 20th Century. Covering such topics as biography, historical "best seller" books, early colonial settlement in the South, librarianship, poetry, reading, and tropical plants and trees, these books comprise a cross-section of reading materials that were popular with these clubs at that time.
- Biographical / historical:
Florida State College for Women (later Florida State University) President Doak S. Campbell hired Dr. Louis Shores in 1946 as the dean of FSU's library school, which opened in late 1947. At Mrs. Edna Simmons (Mrs. Doak S. Campbell) request, Dr. Shores advocated a Home Reading Course for the Women's Clubs in Florida. She felt this was necessary because most of these clubs did not have library services and the public libraries that existed in the late 1940s and early 1950s were located in large Florida cities.
- Acquisition information:
- Given by Dr. Mary Alice Hunt.
- Custodial history:
These books were acquired by Dr. Mary Alice Hunt, a former FSU Library School faculty member, after the Reading Courses Collection was dispersed in the late 1950s.
- Processing information:
Processed by Burt Altman in December 2007.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.
- Preferred citation:
[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University Library School Home Reading Courses Collection, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2007-045
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
